( ՀՏե, ) [PART II. The 21st February 187 No. 92.-Notification.—The following draft Rules, having reference to the Main Western Canal, first section; the Arrah Canal; the Buxar Canal, first section ; the Main Eastcrin Canal, first section; and the Patna Canal, are hereby published under the provisions of Sections XI and XII of the “Canals’ Act, 1864,” (No. V., B.L.C.) :— I. Every vessel on cntering any of the above canals shall be liable to measurement for the purpose of ascertaining the amount of toll the vessel should pay according to the schedule of rates authorized by Government to be charged on the canal. 1I. The tonnage of every vessel, whether laden or empty, shall, for the purposes of the “Canals’ Act, 1864,” and of these Rules, be determined by the following measurements:– (a.) The product of half the length of the vessel, from stem to stern, measured along the water line, multiplied by the interior greatest breadth of the vessel, multiplicd by the depth from the water line to the bottom of the vessel, is to be taken as the number of maunds upon which toll shall be levied. (b.) The measurement of the length is to be made in feet, rejecting inches, and the measurement of the breadth and depth in feet and quarters of fect, rejecting portions of less than a quarter of a foot. (e.) In calculating the amount of toll to be levied on vessels exceeding 100 maunds tonnage, any fraction of 100 maunds less than 25 maunds is to be omitted ; exceeding 25 and not exceeding 50 maunds, is to be charged as 25 maunds only ; exceeding 50, and not exceeding 75 maunds, to be charged as 50 mlaunds ouly; and exceeding 75 maunds as 75 maunds only. Above 1,000 maunds no fraction of 100 maunds tomuage is to be charged. Toll will be charged ou vessels under 100 maunds tonnage on the actual measurements of the vessels, omitting fractions of tens of maunds. III. Every vessel entering any of the above canals shall be furnished with a ticket on paying the prescribed toll. The ticket shall specify the station at which it has been issued, the name of the pers.ju in charge of the vessel, the date the vessel entercd the canal, the point to which it may proceed in the canal, the maundage of the vessel, the amount of toll charged, and the number of days for which the vessel inay remain in the canal, and the date of such last day. The number of days which the vessel may remain in the canal, without additional payment, shall be calculated at the rate of one day for cvery eight miles, or portion of eight miles, to be traversed. IV. Toll may be paid at the first station either for the entire number of toll stations on the line of navigation, or sor any less uumber of stations. V. The tickets thus given may be demanded for inspection by any duly authorized Canal Officer, and must be kept on board and at hand for that purpose. They must be shown at cach toll station the vessel has to pass as a passport that no further payment of toil is to be demanded. The ticket shall be delivered up at the last toll station. VI. Owners of vessels may compound by the payment of a fix sum for the use of the whole or a portion of any of the above canals for any period that may be agreed upon, not exceeding one year. 12-ich vessel so compoundcd for shall be furnished with a ticket showing the amount of toll paid, the period for which the toll has been compounded for, and the limits of the canal within which the vessel may pass ; such ticket shall be kept on board the vessel, and shall be produced when required under Rule V, but shall be given up only on the date of the cypiry of the period for which granted, and at the station from whence issued. VII. Duplicates of lost tickets, of which the numbers and the dates of entry can be satisfactorily established, will be granted by officers in charge of toll stations on payment of a see of one rupee. Vlli. Vessels remaining in the canals for a period exceeding that allowed under Rule Ill, will pay a demurrage of eight annas per 100 maunds per diem for each day or part of a day that they may remain in excess. 1X. No boats above 18 fect beam over all, and no rafts or floats of more than 10 feet width and 150 in length, will be allowed to enter the canals. X. It will not be compulsory for the locks to be opened to single vessels of less than ',00 maunds burden, except in the case of mail or despatch boats; but the locks shall be opened for the passage of boats at least twice a day. o (Go! ernment Gazette, 29th February 1876.]
