Canals Rates, Tolls and Charges, No.11 (Grand Canal) Order Confirmation Act 1894
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1894 c. cciii |
| Year | 1894 |
[57
&
58 VICT.]
Canal
Bates,
Tolls,
and
Charges,
[Ch. CCiiL]
No.
11
(Grand
Canal),
Order Confirmation
Act, 1894.
CHAPTER cciii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
1894.
of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Rates, Tolls, and Charges
applicable thereto, for the Grand Canal.
[17th August 1894.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, ^2*52Vict*
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the
classification of merchandise traffic and schedule of maximum rates,
tolls,
and charges, including all terminal and wharfage charges
which, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, ought to be adopted
by the Grand Canal Company :
And whereas it is expedient that the Provisional Order, as set
out in the schedule to this Act annexed, be confirmed by Act of
Parliament:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows :—
1.
This Act may be cited as the Canal Rates, Tolls, and Charges, Short title.
No.
11 (Grand Canal), Order Confirmation Act, 1894.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, Confirmatioa
i. n i ^ . . oi Order m
snail be and the same is hereby confirmed, ana all the provisions scnedule.
of the said Order in manner and form as they are set out in the
said schedule shall, from and after the passing of this Act, have
full validity and effect.
[Price
3s.] A 1
[Oh.
CCiii.] Canal Bates,
Tolls,
and
Cliarges,
[57 & 58 Tier.]
JVp7
11 (Grand
GanaT)r.Order
Gonfirm^ipn Mi18$4.
SCHEDULE
Grand
Canal.
THE GRAND CANAL.
Order
of
the Board
of
Trade under the Railway
and
Canal
Traffic Act, 1888, embodying the Classification of Merchandise
Traffic and the authorised Schedule
of
Maximum Hates, Tolls,
and Charges, including
all
Terminal and Wharfage Charges
applicable to the said Classification for the Grand Canal.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Canal Kates, Tolls, and Charges, No. 11
(Grand Canal), Order, 1894.
2.
This Order shall come into force and have effect on the first day of January
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, or such later date as the Board of
Trade may
by
order direct, which date
is in
this Order referred
to as the
commencement of this Order.
Interpretation.
3.
This Order
is to be
read and construed subject
in «ll
respects to
the
provisions
of
the Eailway and Canal Traffic Acts, 1873 to 1888, and
of
any
other Acts or parts of Acts incorporated therewith.
Schedule of
4.
From and after
the
commencement
of
this Order the maximum rates,
rates,mtoUs,and tolls> an(* charges which
the
Grand Canal Company shall
be
entitled
to
charges. charge and make
in
respect of merchandise traffic on the Grand Canal shall
be the rates, tolls, and charges specified
in
the said schedule, and shall
be
subject to the classification, regulations, and provisions
set
forth
in
the said
schedule.
A.D.
1894.
Short title.
Commence-
ment.
'
2
[57 & 58
VICT.]
Canal Raks, Tolh and
Charges,
[Oh. CCiil]
No.
11 (Grand Canal),
Order Confirmation
Act, 1894.
SCHEDULE
OF MAXIMUM
RATES,
TOLLS,
AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICATION A.D. 1894.
OF
MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC APPLICABLE TO THE GRAND CANAL. GmwTcanai.
I.—MAXIMUM
BATES,
TOLLS,
AND CHARGES.
1.
Table A. in this schedule is divided iato four parts, and shall be deemed DiTision
of
part o£ this schedule. Part I. of the table contains the maximum rates and
station and service terminals which the Company may charge in respect of the
merchandise comprised in the several classes of merchandise specified in the
classification when conveyed by the Company over the canal. Part II. of
the table contains the maximum tolls and wharfage charges which the
Company may charge in respect of the merchandise comprised in the
several classes of merchandise specified in the classification when con-
veyed by bye-traders over the canal. Part IIT. of the table contains the
exceptional charges which the Company may charge in respect of the articles,
animals, goods, and things specified in that part, and the circumstances in
which the exceptional charges may be made. Part IV. of the table contains
the rates and charges which the Company may make for the conveyance by
them of small parcels, with the provisions and regulations which are to
apply to such parcels.
2.
The maximum rates are the maximum rates which the Company may Maximum
charge for the conveyance by them of merchandise over the canal, and include rates.^
the provision of boats and towage or other motive power by the Company,
and every other expense incidental to such conveyance not otherwise in this
schedule provided for: Provided that it shall not be obligatory on the
Company to convey over the canal any merchandise comprised in Class A.
of the classification, or any of the following articles in Class B., viz., ammo-
niaeal liquor, pitch (coal tar) (during the months of June, July, August,
and September), compost for manure, creosote, coal tar, gas tar, gas water,
draff
or
brewers' or distillers' grains, gravel (tarred, for paving), lime in bulk,
manures in bulk, salt in bulk, sugar scum for manure, or any article or thing
which in weight or bulk may exceed the lifting power of the Company's
cranes, or the carrying capacity of their boats, or which may be liable to
injure the boats of the Company or other goods carried therein, or which may
be dangerous or explosive.
3.
The maximum station terminals are the maximum charges which the Maximum
Company may make to a trader for the use of the accommodation (exclusive ^J^,.
of coal or other drops) provided, and for the duties undertaken by the
Company for which no other provision is made in this schedule, at the
terminal station for or in dealing with merchandise, as earners
thereof,
before
°r after conveyance.
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