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 decreased. This last clause was repealed by the act of parliament for extending the Dudley Canal to this navigation. The company is also to pay £40 per annum to the Corporation of Worcester, in lieu of the water-bailiff's tolls.

By the Stratford-upon-Avon and Dudley Extension Acts, the proprietors of this canal are allowed the following

TONNAGE RATES.
For all Goods (except Coal and Coke) passing from the Dudley Extension, along the Worcester and Birmingham Canal towards Worcester, and not passing into the Stratford-upon~Avon Canal,the same Tonnage per Mile, according to the Distance the same passes on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal, as is payable for such Goods passing from the Town of Birmingham, and upon the same Part only of the said Canal.

Some of the rates allowed by the above acts are also mentioned in the Stratford-upon-Avon and Dudley Canal Articles; but as there are some omissions, the whole have been repeated here.