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before them, would be justified in calculating it at less expense than you incurred?
Yes. I think they would.
99. Do you know the amount contributed in poor's rates by the company to the parishes through which it passes?
About 4,000l, per annum.
71. What description of goods are there, besides cottons, carried along the Railway?
Sugar, coffee, rum, corn, and flour in very considerable quantities, and bacon, and almost every description of merchandise.
Appendix.
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Extract from the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Lords Committees, 8th July.
Mr. Follett is heard to sum up the evidence in support of the allegations of the preamble.
The counsel referring in his address to the number of owners who had formerly dissented, but who are now assenting; and the Commitee requiring evidence upon this point. Mr. George Morris Barker says he is authorised to state, that the following persons are now assenting to the measure: namely. George Harris Thomas Caldecott, Richard Lee of Kilsby, {{SIC|Willliam|William]] Hart, and Thomas Payne; and that William Butlin desires to be considered neutral.
Mr. William Smith, solicitor to the opponents of the bill, says he is authorised to state, that the following gentlemen are now dissenting to the measure; namely, Thomas Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esquire, and Francis Dancer, Esquire.
Mr. Samuel Carter then states, that Thomas Fountain, who appears in the list as an owner of property on the line, is dead, and that the property is now gone among his three sons. Thomas, William, and Newland Fountain; Thomas and William assent to the measure, and Newland dissents. The witness further states, that Mr. Marsden Miles now assents, and that Mr. William Miles is neuter.
