TONNAGE RATES.
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For all Stone for the repairs of any Turnpike-Roads, Streets or Highways; Lime for Manure and all other Manure |
8d per Ton. |
| For all Coal, Coke, Culm, and for all other Stone, Coal, Cinders, Chalk, Marl, Sand, Lime, Clay, Ashes, Peat, Lime-stone, Pitching and Paving-stone, (not being for Manure, or for the repair of any Turnpike-Roads, Streets or Highways) Iron-stone, Iron or other Ore and other Minerals, and Brick, the Produce of the said Forest, which shall be carried or borne on the said Railways, from any Place within the said Forest, and not passing beyond Staunton Lane End, in Coleford, or to any other Place of less Distance than aforesaid, at which such Goods shall be deposited for Sale, or to be from thence conveyed by any other Means than on the said Railway or Railways | 6d ditto. |
| For all Coal, Coke, CuIm, and for all Stone, Coal, Cinders, Chalk, Marl, Sand, Lime, Clay, Ashes, Peat, Lime-stone, Pitching and Paving-stone, (not being for Manure, or for the repair of any Turnpike-Roads, Streets or Highways) Iron-stone, or other Ore and other Minerals, and Bricks, the Produce of the said Forest, which shall be borne or carried from the said Place called Staunton Lane End, along the said Railways or either of them | 6d per Ton, per Mile. |
| For all Goods, Commodities, Wares or Merchandizes whatsoever carried from Redbrook aforesaid, to or near Pool Dee aforesaid, or back again from thence to the River Wye | 6d ditto. |
| For every Carriage conveying Passengers, or light Goods or Parcels, not exceeding Five Hundred Weight | 6d per Mile. |
| For all other Goods, Commodities, Wares and Merchandizes whatsoever carried on the said Railways or either of them, whether the Produce of the said Forest or not | 6d per Ton, per Mile. |
Fractions of a Ton and a Mile to be reckoned as the Quarters therein, and of a Quarter as a Quarter.
Coal brought up the Lines of the Lydney and Lidbrook Company to pay only Three-fourths of the above Rates, except those carried from Redbrook to Pool Dee.
Several clauses are inserted for preservation of the timber in the forest, and for securing his Majesty's rights to shares of the mines. Inspectors are to be appointed by the King's Surveyor General for searching suspicious persons and their carriages, for the maintenance of which inspectors and for the enjoyment of certain privileges, the proprietors are to pay certain annual and weekly rentals or allowances. Wharfs, &c. may be erected by the company, who are to receive according to the annexed scale of wharfage rates.
WHARFAGE RATES.
| For Coals, Culm, Lime, Lime-stone, Clay, Iron, Tin-plates, Iron-stone, Lead and other Ores, Timber, Stone, Bricks, Tiles, Slates, Gravel, Hay, Straw, Corn, Corn in the Straw or Manure | 1d per Ton. |
| For all other Goods, wares, Merchandizes or Things whatsoever | 3d ditto. |
None but the that enumerated Articles may remain on the Wharfs above Six Days, but these may lie thereon for One Month on the Payment of Sixpence per Ton. After the other Articles have remained Ten Days more than the Six before-mentioned, they shall pay One Penny per Ton, and One Penny per Ton for every further Day.
