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NEW RATES AND DUES.

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On passing the Lock at Ferraby Sluice, for Wheat, Rye, Beans, Peas and Lentils
0 1 per Quarter, and ½d. per Mile additional - and if they pass through the other Lock, a further charge of ½d. per Quarter.
Barley, Malt, Oats and other Grain, for passing Ferraby Lock
0 1 per Quarter, and Œd. for every two Miles - and if they pass through the Second Lock, ½d per Quarter in addition.
Coals, ditto. ditto
0 3 per Chaldron, and 1d. per Mile - and 2d. more if they pass the Second Lock.
Lime, ditto. ditto
0 3 per Chaidron, and 1d per Mile - and ½d. for the Second Lock.
Bricks and Tiles, ditto
0 4 per Thousand, and 1d per Mile - and 2d. through the Second Lock.
Timber, Iron, Lead, Slate and Plaister
0 4 per Ton, and 1d. per Mile - and 2d. through the Second Lock.
Stone
0 3 per Ton, and ¾d. per Mile - and ½d. for the Second Lock.
Sand
0 ½ per Ton per Mile through the said Navigation.
Groceries, and all other Goods, Wares and Merchandize, not before enumerated, for passing Ferraby Lock
0 8 per Ton, and a 1½d. per Mile - and 4d per Ton for the Second Lock.
Manure (when exported) passing Ferraby Sluice
2 0 per Ton.

The commissioners appointed for directing the affairs of this navigation and drainage are not to be less than eighty in number, whose qualification is a possession, in the level, of one hundred acres of land, or a mortgage upon the tolls, to the amount of £1,000.

The quantity of land liable to be flooded, and consequently to the assessment for drainage, is 17,197A. 3R. l0p.

It is recited in the act of 42nd George III. that the annual amount of tolls on the navigation, was £700. The spring tide at Ferraby Sluice rises 19 feet above the sill of the lock, which is placed 4 feet above low-water-mark, spring tides.

Mr. John Rennie is the engineer to this navigation appointed by the act of parliament.


ANDOVER CANAL.

29 George III. Cap. 72, Royal Assent 13th July, 1789.

THE Andover Canal commences at Barlowes Mill, near the town of Andover, and passing the village of Upper Clatford, proceeds on the western bank of the little River Anton to the