“For all Limestone, Materials for the Repair of Turnpike Roads or Highways, and all Dung, Compost, and all sorts of Manure, except Lime, which shall be carried or conveyed upon the said Railways or Tramroads, such sum as the said Company of Proprietors shall from time to time direct or appoint, not exceeding the Sum of Fourpence per Ton per Mile. “For all Coal, Coke, Culm, Cinders, Stone, Marl, Sand, Lime, Clay, Ironstone, and other Minerals, Building Stone, Pitching and Paving Stone, Bricks, Tiles, Slates, and all gross and unmanufactured Articles, and Building Materials, such sum as the said Company of Proprietors shall from time to time direct and appoint, not exceeding the Sum of Fourpence per Ton per Mile. “For all Lead in Pigs or Sheets, Bar Iron, Wagon Tire, Timber, Staves, and Deals, and all other Goods, Commodities, Wares and Merchandises, such Sum as the said Company of Proprietors shall from time to time direct and appoint, not exceeding the Sum of Sixpence per Ton per Mile. “For all the Articles, Matters, and Things for which a Tonnage is hereinbefore directed to be paid, which shall pass the Inclined Planes upon the said Hail ways or Tramroads, such Sum as the said Company of Proprietors shall appoint, not exceeding the Sum of One Shilling per Ton. “And for all Coal which shall be shipped on board of any vessel or vessels in the Port of Stockton-upon-Tees aforesaid, _for the purpose of exportation_, such Sum as the said Company of Proprietors shall appoint, not exceeding the _Sum of One Halfpenny per Ton per Mile_.” By the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Act, 1826, that Company were empowered to charge maximum rates for the whole distance, 31 miles 6 chains, viz.:-- “For all Lime, Limestone, and all sorts of Dung, Compost, and Manure, and all materials for the repair of the public roads and all Stone, Sand, Clay, Building, Pitching and Paving Stones, Tiles and Slates, and also for all Timber, Staves and Deals not exceeding Eight Shillings per Ton. “For all Sugar, Corn, Grain and Flour, Dyewoods, Lead, Iron, and other metals not exceeding Nine Shillings per Ton. “For all Cotton and other Wool, Hides, Drugs, Groceries and, manufactured goods not exceeding Eleven Shillings per Ton. “For all Wines, Spirits, Vitriol, Glass, and other hazardous goods not exceeding Fourteen Shillings per Ton. “And for any distance short of the whole length, not exceeding a rateable proportion of such several sums according to distance. “And for all Coals, Coke, Culm, Charcoal and Cinders carried or conveyed along the same or any part thereof any sum not exceeding Twopence Halfpenny per Ton per Mile.