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  'the town of Nottingham, and to the River Trent, near Nottingham Trent Bridge, and also certain collateral Cuts therein described, from the said intended Canal.' Under this act the company are directed to make a lock near the junction with the Cromford Canal and reservoirs for re-supplying water taken from the said Cromford Canal, but no reservoirs are to be made where the Erewash Company have a previous right, nor is any reservoir to be made in the Earl of Stamford's land. Proprietors of land have power to make railways to the canal, or the company may make the same, provided that none shall be made by them, without their forming another at the same time, for the use of the Duke of Newcastle's Collieries at Brinsley; collateral cuts may also be made, and lords of manors or owners of lands may build warehouses on the line; if they refuse, the company may do so. The following are ordered to be taken as

WHARFAGE RATES.
Coal, Iron and Lime-stone may remain on the Wharf Six Months; and Timber, Clay, Lime, Iron-stone, Stone, Brick, Tile, Slate or Gravel, may remain Thirty Days without further Charge; but all other Goods are to pay One Penny per Ton for the Space of Ten Days after the first Six, and One Penny per Ton for every additional Day they remain.

The company is empowered to raise £50,000 in shares of £100 each; and in case that should be insufficient, a further sum of £25,000 may be procured on mortgage, or assignment of the navigation; and for the payment of necessary expenses and the interest of monies employed, the following are to be demanded as

TONNAGE RATES.
In Addition to which they are to pay a Rate of One Half-penny per Ton, per Mile, provided that the whole does not exceed One Shilling per Ton.

Fractions of a Mile to be taken as a Mile; of a Ton as the Quarters therein, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.