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RATES CONTINUED.
Coal navigated out of this Canal into the Oxford Canal towards Braunston, and laid down on the Banks of such Canal and not carried into the Grand Junction Canal, the usual Tonnage over and above the said Two Shillings and Nine-pence per Ton.

Goods (except Coal, Lime, Lime-stone and Manure) navigated out of this Canal into the Oxford Canal, and along the same towards Braunston, and laid down on the Banks of the said Oxford Canal, and not carried on the Grand Junction Canal, or from any Place on the Oxford Canal, between Braunston and Napton, along the Oxford Canal into this Canal, the usual Tonnage payable for such Goods, Wares and Merchandize (except as aforesaid) on such Canal, over and above the said Four Shillings and Four-pence per Ton.

This canal is upon the same level with the Warwick and Birmingham Canal at their junction at Budbrook, and is entitled to the waste water of that canal; but from thence to its junction with the Oxford Canal it rises 134½ feet.

The last act of parliament obtained by this company was passed in 1809, and is entitled,' An Act for amending, altering and enlarging the Powers of the several Acts relating to the Warwick and Napton Canal Navigation.' Its principal clause is explaining one in a former act, respecting vessels under twenty tons passing any of the locks, and providing that such vessels may pass them at all times on paying for twenty tons.

By executing this short canal from Warwick to Napton, another and a shorter line of communication is opened between London and Birmingham; besides affording a more direct conveyance for coal to supply the demands of the country connected with the Oxford and Grand Junction Canals, and the River Thames, to the great advantage of many large towns, as well as to the trade carried on between London and Birmingham.