in the parish of Washingborough, 80 feet long and 16 feet 6 inches in width, and to remove the locks at Barlings Kirkstend and Stamp End, and to do other works, with the double object of improving the navigation and effecting a better drainage for the extensive fens which border on the Witham. The former tonnage being repealed by this act, the following were granted.
TONNAGE RATES.
| For all Goods, Wares, Merchandise or Commodities, carried or conveyed from any Place within One Mile of Lincoln High Bridge, to within the like Distance of the Grand Sluice near to Boston, or from any Place within One Mile of the said Grand Sluice to within the like Distance of Lincoln High Bridge | 3s 0d per Ton. |
| For any Distance upon the said Navigation, not exceeding Twelve Miles, as and for a Gross Tonnage thereon | 1s 6d ditto. |
| For all Goods, Wares, Merchandise or Commodities carried or conveyed any greaterDistance than Twelve Miles upon the said Navigation, and not being subject to the payment of Three Shillings per Ton | 0s 1½d ditto, per Mile. |
Fractions an for a Quarter of a Ton and Quarter of a Mile.
All Goods, Wares, Merchandise and Commodities on which a Toll or Duty shall become due or payable under the Authority of this Act shall, for the Purpose of ascertaining such Toll or Duty, be estimated and taken to be of the several Weights following, and be paid for accordingly.
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All other Goode, Wares, Merchandise and Commodities, to be estimated and paid for after the Rate of Two Thousand Tw0 Hundred and Forty Pounds per Ton.
