HC Deb 10 June 1856 vol 142 c1227
SIR BENJAMIN HALL

said, he had been asked a question on a former evening by the right hon. Member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) respecting Chelsea bridge, and had promised to obtain further information. He found that a sum of £5,500 was advanced in 1853 towards the expenses of the bridge; and, on reference to an Act of Parliament passed in 1846, he further found the Treasury was authorised to advance £65,000, to be repaid from tolls to be levied upon the bridge. Therefore there would be tolls upon that bridge, and the proceeds, after repayment of the £65,000, would be devoted to the purposes of metropolitan improvements.

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