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 above enumerated are conveyed ; and in return, the interior of the country is supplied either by Hull and Gainshorough or Boston and Lincoln, with such commodities as are required by an immense population.

TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL.
6 Geo. III. C. 96, R. A. 14th May, 1766.

10 Geo III C. 102, R. A. 12th April, 1770.

15 Geo. III. C. 20, R. A. 13th April, 1775.

16 Geo. III. C. 32, It. A. 13th May, 1776.

23 Geo. III. C. 33, R. A. 17th April, 1783.

37 Geo. III. C. 36, R. A. 24th Mar. 1797.

37 Geo. III. C. 81, R. A. 6th June, 1797.

42 Geo. III. C. 25, R. A 15th April. 1802.

49 Geo. III. C. 73, R. A. 20th May, 1809.

4 Geo. IV. C. 87, R. A. 17th June, 1823.

8 Geo. IV. C. 81, R. A. 14th June, 1827.

THIS important work commences at a place called Wilden Ferry, in the county of Derby, where the Derwent empties itself into the Trent; thence running in a south-westerly direction, it passes Shardlow, Aston, Weston, Swarkestone (near which it is crossed by the Derby Canal) and Egginton, in the same county; thence continuing to Burton, where it communicates with the River Trent, it proceeds by Wichnor, to its junction with the Coventry and Fazeley Canal at Fradley; from this point, turning to the north-west, it passes by Rugeley to Heywood Mill, where it is joined by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal; then running by Weston to Stone, it there takes a northerly course, passing Trentham to Stoke, where it is joined by the Newcastle-under-Lyne Canal on the south, and the Caldon Branch runs from the north side of it to near Uttoxeter, and a railway branches from it at a place called Frog Hall to the Caldon Lime Works; and there is also a railway leading from the canal to the coal works above Lane End; continuing its northerly course, it passes Etruria and Burslem to the south end of Harecastle Tunnel in Staffordshire; after passing through the tunnel it is joined by the Macclesfield Canal, and then inclines to the north-west, running by Church Lawton, leaving Sandbach on the north-east, to Middlewich, at which place the Middlewich Branch goes from it; from thence it continues a north-west course, passing the salt pits near Northwich, and through Barnton, Saltersford and Preston Tunnels, to Preston Brook, at which place it communicates with the Duke of Bridgewater's Canal, and from thence proceeds in