direction by the village of South Kelsey, to its termination at Moortown, three miles and a half west of the town of Caistor. It is four miles in length, with Six locks, and it was made under the authority of an act, entitled, 'An Act for making and maintaining a navigable Canal, from the River Ancholme, in the parish of South Kelsey, in the county of Lincoln, into the parish of Caistor, in the said county,' by which the subscribers are incorporated by the name of "The Company of Proprietors of the Caistor Canal Navigation," with power to raise £15,000, in one hundred and fifty shares of £100 each, with further authority for raising an additional sum of £10,000, if necessary.
TONNAGE RATES.
| Wheat, Rye, Shelling, Beans, Peas, Vetches, Lentils, Apples, Pears, Onions and Potatoes | 1½d per Quarter per Mile. |
| Barley, Malt, and Oats | 1d ditto. ditto. |
| Wool, Dried Pelts or Spetches | 1½d per Pack, per Mile. |
| Coal, Slack, Cinders, Culm, and Charcoal | 4d per Ton, per Mile. |
| Lime | 3d ditto. ditto. |
| Bricks and Tiles | 2d ditto. ditto. |
| Stone-flag, Paving-stone and Slate | 3d ditto. ditto. |
| Cast Metal Goods, Bar and other Iron | 6d ditto. ditto. |
| Timber (English or Foreign) and Deals | 4d ditto. ditto. |
| Groceries, Linen and Woollen Yarn, Cotton, Flax, Hemp, Manufactured Goods, and all Wares and Merchandize | 8d ditto. ditto. |
Fractions to be taken as for a Mile, and as for a Quarter of a Ton.
EXEMPTION FROM RATES.
Timber and Stone for the use of his Majesty; Gravel and Sand for the repair of Roads; Dung, Marl, and Soil for the purpose of Manuring Lands belonging to Owners of adjoining Lands; though these last-mentioned Articles are not permitted to pass a Lock free, unless the Water shall flow over the Waste Weir. Vessels under Twenty Tons, not to pass without leave, or without paying for that Tonnage.
By this canal, and the Ancholme Navigation, the surplus agricultural produce of the north of Lincolnshire is exported; and coal, agricultural lime, and general merchandize, is the return to Caistor and its neighbourhood.
There was some attempt made, in 1801, to make a canal from this, along the foot of the Wolds, to near Market Raisin, but as no act was obtained for the purpose, it seems now to be abandoned.
