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  ' and Glasgow Union Canal at or near Ryhall, in the parish of Uphall, to Whiteburn, and other places, in the counties of Linlithgow and Lanark.' It incorporates the subscribers by the name of "The West Lothian Railway Company," and empowers them to raise amongst themselves, for the purposes of the act, the sum of £40,700, in shares of £50 each, and, if necessary, a further sum of £20,000 by mortgage of the tolls, and authorizes them to take the following

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions of a Hundred Weight to be taken as a Hundred Weight, of a Ton and a Mile as the Quarters therein, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.

The company may also establish carriages for the conveyance of passengers and parcels, and charge the following

FARES AND RATES.
Owners of lands on the line may erect wharfs and warehouses, and on their refusal the company may do it, and take the following

WHARFAGE RATES.
And for a longer Period than Six Months, a Rate of a Farthing per Ton per Month for the first Species of Goods enumerated above; a Half-penny per Ton per Month for the second Species, and a Penny per Ton per Month for the last Species.

The estimate for completing this railway and branches, as made by Mr. H. Baird, civil engineer, in 1824, is as follows:-