Toll rates on the canal were set at 8d (), per ton for coal from Shipley and West Hallam collieries and for all other goods, with reduced rates of 4d (),for other coal moved along the canal but not transferring to the Erewash Canal, and 1d (), for coal from the Mapperley, Kirk Hallam, Ilkestone and Little Hallam collieries. Joseph Outram, the younger brother of Benjamin Outram, complained about tolls for limestone, and they were cut by half from November 1796. Other concessions for road stone, manure, agricultural lime and gravel were made at intervals between 1798 and 1825.