Monarch

GEORGE III

Year

1791

Title

31 Geo. III, c. 42,

Description

An Act for directing the further Application of the Sum of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds granted by an Act passed in the Twenty-ninth Year of His present Majesty Intitled An Act for the Promotion and Encouragement of Inland Navigation.

Classification

Communications - canals, £2,120 12s 6d in 4 per cent debentures to complete junction of Grand Canal/Barrow, 4 per cent debentures £4,370 2s 4d to carry canal towards Kilkenny colleries, 4 per cent debentures Grand Canal to carry navigation to Ballyrider, 4 per cent debentures £3,703 12s to Lord Abercorn to build a Strabane-Foyle canal, both Grand Canal Co. and Abercorn to deposit 10 per cent of subscriptions in government securities, 4 per cent debentures £22,000 for making docks, quays and wharves, company undertaking docks to spend £7,000 before claiming £7,000 debentures, on spending a further £30,000 to claim £15,000 debentures or proportionally [cm]