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 in the parish of Washingborough, 80 feet long and 16 feet 6 inches in width, and to remove the locks at Barlings Kirkstend and Stamp End, and to do other works, with the double object of improving the navigation and effecting a better drainage for the extensive fens which border on the Witham. The former tonnage being repealed by this act, the following were granted.

TONNAGE RATES.
Fractions an for a Quarter of a Ton and Quarter of a Mile.

All Goods, Wares, Merchandise and Commodities on which a Toll or Duty shall become due or payable under the Authority of this Act shall, for the Purpose of ascertaining such Toll or Duty, be estimated and taken to be of the several Weights following, and be paid for accordingly.

All other Goode, Wares, Merchandise and Commodities, to be estimated and paid for after the Rate of Two Thousand Tw0 Hundred and Forty Pounds per Ton.