for this undertaking was made by Mr. J. 0. Blackett and Mr. J. Stedholme, under the direction of Benjamin Thompson, Esq. who estimated the cost at £272;633, 0s. 10d.; of which the item for bridges alone amounts to £49,950, 3s. 9d.
The subscribers are to be allowed £4 per cent, as interest on the sums advanced, till the annual dividends shall amount to that sum per cent. The usual clauses are inserted in this act, and the tonnage rates are declared as below.
TONNAGE AND CARRIAGE RATES.
| For Dung, Compost, Lime and all other Manure | 0s 1d per Ton, per Mile. |
| For Coal, Lime.stone not used as Manure. Iron-stone, Iron and other Ores, Timber, Deals, Building, Pitching and Paving-stones, and Clay | 0s 1½d ditto. ditto. |
| For Coke, Culm, Charcoal, Flags, Bricks, Tiles, Slates, Lead, lion and other Metals | 0s 2d ditto. ditto. |
| For Corn, Grain, Flour, Hay and all other Agricultural Produce | 0s 2½d ditto. ditto. |
| For Sugar, Dye.woods, Groceries, Cotton and other Wool, Hides, Drugs, Manufactured Goods, and all other Wares, Merchandize, Matters or Things | 0s 3d ditto. ditto. |
| For all Persons Travelling on the Railroad in any Coach, Waggon or other Carriage, not more than Five Miles | 0s 6d each. |
| For ditto above Five Miles and not exceeding Ten | 1s 0d ditto. |
| For ditto above Ten Miles and not exceeding Fifteen | 1s 6d ditto. |
| For ditto above FifteenMiles and not exceeding Twenty | 2s 0d ditto. |
| For ditto above Twenty Miles and not exceeding Twenty-five | 2s 6d ditto. |
| For ditto above Twenty-five Miles and not exceeding Thirty | 3s 0d ditto. |
| For ditto above Thirty Miles and not exceeding Forty | 3s 6d ditto. |
| For ditto above Forty Miles and not exceeding Fifty | 4s 0d ditto. |
| For ditto any Distance exceeding Fifty Miles | 5s 0d ditto. |
| For all Horses, Mules, Asses, Beasts of Draught or Burthen, and for all Oxen, Cows or Neat Cattle carried in such Carriage, not exceeding Fifteen Miles | 2s 6d ditto. |
| For ditto not exceeding Forty Miles | 4s 0d ditto. |
| For ditto above Forty Miles | 6s 0d ditto. |
| For every Calf, Sheep, Lamb or Pig, any Distance | 0s 9d ditto. |
| For all Lime-stone, Lime, Ironstone, Iron and other Ores; all Sorts of Dung, Compost and Manure; all Materials for repairing Roads; all Stone, Sand, Clay, Building, Pitching and Paving-stones, Tiles and Slates; all Timber, Staves and Deals carried on the Road by the Company | 12s 0d per Ton. |
| For all Sugar, Corn, Grain, Flour, Dye-woods, Lead, Iron and other Metals ditto | 14s 0d ditto. |
| For all Cotton and other Wool, Hides, Drugs, Groceries and Manufactured Goods ditto | 16s 0d ditto. |
| For all Wines, Spirits, Vitriol, Glass and other Hazardous Goods ditto | 20s 0d ditto. |
| For all Coal, Coke, Culm, Charcoal and Cinders | 0s 3d ditto, per Mile. |
For all Persons, Cattle and other Animals, according to such Rates as the Company shall determine.
The company, if they should build bridges at Corby and Scotswood, which under certain restrictions they may do, are entitled to receive, in addition to the above tonnage rates, a pontage on
