Letter from ?, ?, Wed 28 Sep 1842

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Wed 28 Sep 1842
From ?
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Summary

Up Carriage and Down Carriage Rates as charged on the Stroudwater Canal as in 38.

Verbatim text

Up Carriage
Upon all Coal delivered below Radcot Bridge on the River Thames or beyond Even Swindon on the Wilts & Berks Canal (2/3 charge by T&S) Stroud 1./-.
Upon all Salt delivered at or beyond Newbridge on the River Thames or beyond Swindon Wharf on the W&B Canal (3/7¼ by T&S) Stroud 1/-.
Upon Manure Salt to any place beyond the limits prescribed by the Act of Parl (1½ per ton per mile on T&S) Stroud 1/-,
Upon all Slates delivered to any place beyond Brimscombe (3d per ton per mile to Cirencester & 1½ in the Thames or Wilts & Berks) Stroud 1/-.
Upon all Grain brought from or beyond the Junction of this Canal with the Gloucester & Berkeley Canal and delivered to or beyond Cirencester (reduced from 3 per ton per mile to 2 per ton per mile) Stroud 1/-.
Down Carriage
Back Tonnage
Upon all articles now chargeable with a Tonnage Rate of One Shilling per ton brought from any place beyond the East end of the T&S Canal Tunnel in Vessels whose proceeding Cargo passed thro this Canal & delivered at or beyond the Junction of this Canal with the G&B Canal
Upon all articles now chargeable with a Tonnage Rate of Eight Pence per Ton under Similar Regulations with the above

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