The Thames Highway a History of the Inland Navigation
The Thames Highway a History of the Inland Navigation
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It was stated that, at this date, " the tolls, at least in the upper district of the River, are very imperfectly collected. " In March, 1831, it was piously resolved to be inexpedient that females should, at any time or under any circumstances, hold the situation of pound - keeper. Officially or otherwise, however, females long continued so to do.
In the latter year the commissioners could no longer close their eyes to the fact, hinted at on page 1 68, that they were being seriously defrauded b...y the lockkeepers. In June their committee reported : "It has been established beyond the shadow of a question that Barges, in considerable numbers, which were entered and duly accounted for as passing through Poundlocks A and C, are altogether unnoticed at the intermediate Poundlock B, and thus the tonnage at the last mentioned 180 The Thames Highway pound is wholly lost to the Commissioners/' These practices they found fairly general ; but Romney lock was specially signalised, " where instances of omission approaching 200 in number and 30 or 40 in amount, are wholly unaccounted for.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was stated that, at this date, " the tolls, at least in the upper district of the River, are very imperfectly collected. " In March, 1831, it was piously resolved to be inexpedient that females should, at any time or under any circumstances, hold the situation of pound - keeper. Officially or otherwise, however, females long continued so to do.
In the latter year the commissioners could no longer close their eyes to the fact, hinted at on page 1 68, that they were being seriously defrauded b...y the lockkeepers. In June their committee reported : "It has been established beyond the shadow of a question that Barges, in considerable numbers, which were entered and duly accounted for as passing through Poundlocks A and C, are altogether unnoticed at the intermediate Poundlock B, and thus the tonnage at the last mentioned 180 The Thames Highway pound is wholly lost to the Commissioners/' These practices they found fairly general ; but Romney lock was specially signalised, " where instances of omission approaching 200 in number and 30 or 40 in amount, are wholly unaccounted for.
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