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CAISTOR CANAL.

WHARFAGE RATES CONTINUED.

For Wrought Copper or Brass and Nails, per Ton 1s 8d
For Brass Wire, and Red and White Lead, per Ton 1s 6d
For Tin, per Block or Barrel 0s 2d
For Tin Plates, per Box 0s 1d
For Coal, CuIm or Stone Coal, per Ton 0s 9d
For Oak Bark, per Ton 2s 0d
For Oak, Ash, Elm, Fir, or other Timber, per Load 1s 3d
For Deal Ends, per 120 0s 4d
For Deals, per 120 1s 0d
For large Oak Knees, each 0s 2d
For small ditto, each 0s 1d
For Oak, Ash, Elm and Fir Plank, per 100 Superficial Feet 0s 6d
For Quarter Oak, per 100 Feet in length 0s 6d
For Mast, Yard or Bow-sprit, Six Inches and under Eight in Diameter 0s 3d
For ditto, Eight Inches in Diameter and under Twelve 0s 6d
For ditto, if Twelve and upwards 1s 0d
For Wheat, Barley, Oats, Peas and Beans, per Quarter 0s 2d
For Flour, or Meal, per Twenty Barrels or Bags 2s 0d
For Tar, per Barrel 0s 1d
For Gunpowder, per Barrel 0s 2d
For Bricks or Pantiles, per Thousand 1s 0d
For Paving Bricks and Malt Kiln Tiles, per Hundred 0s 6d
For Fire Bricks, per Thousand 2s 0d
For Limestone, per Ton 0s 3d
For Manure, per Ton 0s 1d

And so in proportion for any greater or less Quantity than a Ton.

For any other Article or Merchandize whatsoever, which shall be shipped from or landed or deposited upon any of the Wharfs, such reasonable Rate, Rent or Sum, not exceeding the Rates then usually paid in the Port of Bristol.

Goods not to remain on the Quays or Landing Places more than Three Days, without consent of the Marquis of Bute, or his Agents.

His Majesty's Vessels are exempt from payment of any of the above Rates or Duties,

The object of this canal is to avoid the dangers and difficulties of the present intricate navigation from the sea to the Glamorganshire Canal; and by affording additional accommodation to the shipping interest it will have the effect of increasing and improving the trade of Cardiff and its vicinity; and by facilitating the exportation of the mineral productions of this rich district, and providing a safe and convenient place for the loading and unloading afloat ships, and other vessels of greater burthen than can be at present accommodated, a general advantage will of necessity accrue to the public, and too much praise cannot be given to the noble Marquis for his spirited undertaking.

CAISTOR CANAL.

33 George III, Cap. 114, Royal Assent 3rd June, 1793.

THIS canal commences on the New River Ancholme Navigation, near Creampoke, in Kesley Carrs, and proceeds in an easterly