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LONDON,
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MARCH 26, 1750
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WHEREAS an Act of Parliament was made in the Third Year of His Present Majesty, for the Regulation
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and Improvement of the Navigation of the
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Westward from London; and Commissioners
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were therein appointed for executing the same But the Powers granted to the said Commissioners
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being defective, and they having for Several Year
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sed to act; the said Navigation is become very
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chargeable, by the Owners of the Locks, I own
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advancing their Prices, and by several other Ob-
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structions that have of late Years arisen to the sa
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at Prejudice of the Trade and Commerce carried
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on between the Cities of
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and
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, an
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several Counties of
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Middlesex
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, Bucks, Berks,
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Oxon,
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Gloucester
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, Wilts, Hants, and diverse other Par
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And unless some Provision is made for removing
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more effectually the Shelves, Sand-Banks, and Obstrucons in the Channel of the said River and moderating
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the Expence of Navigating the same, it is to be feared that the said Navigation will soon become so chargeable,
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tedious and uncertain as to be of little Use to the Public To the End therefore that the State of the said Na-
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vigation may be fully considered, and some Method concluded upon for rendering the same more safe, easy, and
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expeditious than it has been hitherto, a Proposal has be made, and approved of, by several Gentlemen well ac-
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quainted with the State of the said Navigation, that an exact Survey shall be taken of the said River, Locks,
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Towing-Paths, Etc. and a Plan of the same be drawn, to be laid before the Parliament next Sessions; by which a
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clear Judgment may be made at is necessary to be do for compleating the said Navigation. The Public is
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so much interested this Undertaking, the City
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to the River
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doubted but the same will meet with due Encouragement. And seeing the only Way at Prefer to raise Money for
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defraying the Expence of the Survey, and of a new Act of Parliament, is by a voluntary Subscription; it is hop'd
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that this Design, so useful to the Publick, will not be lot or rendered ineffectual, for want of the necessary As-
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sistance. And when the Survey is compleated, and a Petition made to Parliament for a new Act, a List of the
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Subscribers will be given in, and a humble Request m
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that Part of the Money to be appropriated by Parlia-
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ment for Improvement of the said Navigation, may be applied for reimbursing such of the Subscribers as shall
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desire the same. We therefore, whose Names are hereto
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Subscribed, being willing to promote to useful a Work,
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have advanced the respective Sums under-mentioned, to be deposited in the Hands of Mr.
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Hugh Ross
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, Junior,
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, London, and applied for the Purpose abvoe-mentioned.
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