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TONNAGE RATES ON THE NEW BRANCH.
This railway was projected for the purpose of bringing the coal and other minerals, with which this country abounds, to the mouth of the Tees, where the coal is shipped for the supply of London and the eastern coast of the kingdom; and has attracted considerable attention, from locomotive engines being generally and advantageously used upon it.

STORT RIVER.
32 George II. Cap. 42, Royal Assent 23rd March, 1759.

6 George III. Cap. 78, Royal Assent 30th April, 1766.

THE first act of parliament relating to this river is entitled,'' 'An Act for making the River Stort navigable, in the counties of Hertford and Essex, from the New Bridge, in the town. of Bishop Stortford, into the River Lea, near a Place called the Rye, in the county of Hertford,' ''and appointed certain persons commissioners for carrying into effect the provisions of the act.

In 1766 a second act was passed, entitled, 'An Act for making and continuing navigable the River Stort, in the counties of Hertford and Essex;' which states, that in consequence of the difficulty experienced by the commissioners appointed under the first act, in raising money for carrying into effect the purposes therein stated, no progress had been made in effecting the said navigation; but that Charles Dingley, George Jackson and William