§ Bill, as amended, considered.
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BRYCE,) Aberdeen, S.said, he had to move the Amendments standing in his name. They were the result of a very careful examination which had been given to the subject by representatives of the conflicting interests concerned, who on Tuesday last met at the Board of Trade. The Joint Committee of the two Houses of Parliament to whom the Bill was referred did not accept the proposals of the Board of Trade, and inserted a table of tolls that continued the toll-taking powers possessed by the Navigation. After a great deal of discussion between the representatives of the opposing interests, a compromise, embodied in the Amendments on the Paper, was arrived at. This compromise represented, he thought, the best that could be done under the circumstances; and as the assent of all parties had been obtained, he trusted the Amendments might be accepted by the House without further question.
§ Amendments proposed,
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(Fraction of a mile.)
(ii) For a fraction of the first mile the trustees may charge as for a mile, and for a fraction of a mile after the first mile the trustees may charge according to the number of quarters of a mile in that fraction, and a fraction of a quarter of a mile may be charged for as a quarter of a mile.
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