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TONNAGE RATES.
The commissioners may borrow such sums as shall be necessary for executing the work, on security of the above tolls.

The length of this river from its junction with time Thames at Godalming, is nearly twenty miles, with a rise to Guildford of 68½ feet; and from Guildford to Godalming 32½ feet.

The keeping of this river navigable is of great service to the towns of Godalming and Guildford, in the conveyance of their chalk, corn and other agricultural products to London, and by furnishing in return supplies of coals, deals, timber and groceries; whilst by its junction with the Wey and Arun and Basingstoke Canals, its connections are extended into Hampshire and Sussex.

WEY AND ARUN JUNCTION CANAL.
53 George Ill. Cap. 19, Royal Assent 19th April, 1813.

THIS canal commences at the River Wey, near Shalford Powder Mills, between Guildford and Godalming; thence running south, it passes Wonerst Park, Ridinghurst and Lockswood, to New Bridge, where it joins the Arun Navigation, after completing a course of nearly eighteen miles.

This canal was executed under authority of an act of parliament passed in 1813, entitled,  'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal, to unite the Rivers Wey and Arun, in the counties of Surrey and Sussex,' which incorporates the subscribers thereto, by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Wey and Arun Junction Canal," and empowers them to raise amongst themselves, for the purposes of the act, the sum of £90,500, in nine hundred and five shares of £100 each, and, if necessary, a further sum of £9,500, either amongst themselves or by mortgage of the tolls and rates; they are also to demand the following tonnage rates.