(b) three copies of the draft order and of each of the documents required by these Rules to be deposited; (c) a statement as to the proposed gauge and motive power of the railway ; (d) a list of the owners, or reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers on whom notices have been served, and a statement as far as can then be made whether in each case they assent, dissent, or are neuter; (e) a list of the county borough district and parish councils in or through any part of whose county district or parish any part of the railway is proposed to be made, and a statement whether or not they have intimated assent or dissent to the proposal; (f) a list of the railway, tramway, or canal companies (if any) on whom any notice has been served under these Rules, and a statement whether or not they have intimated assent or dissent to the proposal; (g) a statement whether any consent of the Board of Agriculture required to any grant of land or to the acquisition of any common land proposed to be authorised by the draft order has been obtained; (h) a statement whether it is proposed that the Council of any county borough or district shall expend or advance any money, and if so, of the nature and amount of such expenditure or advance; (i) a statement whether it is proposed to apply to the Treasury for the advance of any money, and if so, of the amount of the advance sought; (k) a certificate that a fee of £50 has been paid to the Board of Trade; (1) a certificate in the case of an application by an existing company, that the members of the company have assented to the application by such a resolution as is required by the Standing Orders of Parliament in the case of an application to Parliament by such company. General Provisions as to Notices. 28. Authentication, etc., of notices. -Notices and other such documents under these Rules may be in writing or print, or partly in writing and partly in print; and shall be sufficiently authenticated if signed by the clerk of the council, or by some principal officer of the company, or by the promoter or any two or more of the promoters, on whose behalf the notice or other document is served. 29. Service of notices.-Notices and any other documents required or authorised to be served under these Rules may be served by delivering the same to or at the residence of the person to whom they are respectively addressed, or where addressed to the owner or occupier of premises by delivering the same or a true copy thereof to some person on the premises; or if there is no person on the premises who can be so served, then by fixing the same on some conspicuous part of the premises; they may also be served by post by a prepaid letter, and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the notice or other document was properly addressed and put into the post. Any notice by these Rules required to be given to the owner or occupier of any premises may be addressed by the description of the "owner" or "occupier" of the premises (naming them) in respect of which the notice is given without further name or description. Fees. 30. Fee payable to Board of Trade.-Before lodging any application with the Commissioners a fee of £50 must be paid by the promoters to the Board of Trade, by cheque in favour of an Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade. General. 31. All communications to the Commissioners should be on foolscap paper and written on one side only, and should be addressed to― 32. In the case of an application for an amending order, such of the requirements of these Rules as are inapplicable will be dispensed with. 33. These Rules shall remain in force until modified by the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade, September 1896. COURTENAY BOYLE, Secretary. to SCHEDULE. Form of Notice to Landowners and others. SIR, WE beg to inform you that application is intended to be made to the Light Railway Commissioners for an order authorising a light railway from and that the property mentioned in the annexed schedule or some part thereof, in which we understand you are interested as therein stated, will be required for the purposes of the said railway, according to the line thereof as at present laid out, or may be required to be taken under the usual powers of deviation to the extent of yards on either side of the said line which will be applied for. We also beg to inform you that a plan and section of the said undertaking, with a book of reference thereto, have been or will be deposited with the clerks of the (specify county and other councils as the case may be) on or before the last day of May [or November], and that copies of so much of the said plan and section as relates to the (parish) in which your property is situate, with a book of reference thereto, have been or will be deposited for public inspection with the (clerk of the parish, district, or borough council) on or before the day of on which plan your property is designated by the numbers set forth in the annexed schedule. As we are required to report whether you assent to or dissent from the proposed undertaking, you will oblige us by writing your answer of assent or dissent in the form left herewith, and by stating any objections you may have to your property being taken, and returning the same to us with your signature on or before the day of next; and if there should be any error or misdescription in the annexed schedule, we shall feel obliged by your informing us thereof at your earliest convenience, that we may correct the same without delay.. We are, &c., Schedule referred to in the foregoing notice describing the property therein alluded to: I, the undersigned, assent to [dissent from] my property being taken for the proposed work [and my objections are that]. APPENDIX X. GENERAL ENACTMENTS RELATING TO RAILWAYS REFERRED TO IN SECTION 12 (2) OF THE LIGHT RAILWAYS ACT, 1896, AND NOT PREVIOUSLY NAMED IN CHAP. XI. Carriers Protection Act, 1830 (1 Will. IV. c. 68). 66 [This Statute (11 Geo. IV. & 1 Will. IV. c. 68) protects common carriers for "hire, against the loss of or injury to parcels or packages delivered to them for conveyance or custody, the value and contents of which shall not be declared 66 to them by the owners thereof." Under this Act a common carrier is not liable for loss or injury to money, gold, silver, jewellery, banknotes, stamps, titledeeds, securities, paintings, glass, china, silks, etc., when the value exceeds £10, unless it shall have been declared at the time of delivery, and the increased charge accepted by the person receiving such parcel or package. But common carriers cannot limit their liability at common law in respect of other goods not covered by this Act. Nor does this Statute protect the carrier from any loss arising from the felonious act of any servant in his employ; nor from responsibility to the owner for loss occasioned by delay, over-sending or mis-sending them, or, generally, in any case where the damage complained of is occasioned by the carrier's misfeasance. See Chitty's Law of Contracts, Ch. III., edit. 1876.] Conveyance of Mails by Railways, 1837 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 98). Regulation of Railways Act, 1840 (3 & Vict. c. 97). [This Statute deals with returns to be made by the company, bye-laws, branch railways, etc.] Regulation of Railways Act, 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 85). [Tolls, Board of Trade prosecutions, cheap trains, etc.] Documentary Evidence, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 113). Railway Clearing System, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 33). Abandonment and Dissolution of Railways, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 83). Railway and Canal Traffic, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31). [Traffic facilities, undue preference, through traffic, special contract as to goods and animals.] Railway Companies Arbitration Act, 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 59). Lands Clauses Consolidation Act (Amendment), 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 106). Railway Companies Powers, 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 120). Railway Companies Securities Act, 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 108). [Loan capital account to be kept open to inspection, etc.] Lands Clauses Consolidation Act (Amendment), 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 18). Abandonment of Railways, 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 114). Railways (Powers and Construction) Amendment Act, 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 19). Railway Rolling-Stock Protection Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 50). Railway and Canal Traffic, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 48). Contagious Diseases (Animals), 1878 (41 & 42 Vict. c. 74). Post Office (Parcels), 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 74). SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE ON THE COLONIES. THERE are generally so few obstacles in the way of cheap construction and simple methods of working in the Colonies, wherever the utmost economy is essential, that light railways are frequently built without being specially classed as such. Thus, the office (in London) of the Agent-General for Western Australia would probably inform an enquirer that the government of that colony have not adopted the system of light railways; and, indeed, a country which has constructed 830 miles of 3 feet 6 inch gauge railway at a cost of not more than £4499 per mile may very well do without a separate system of still cheaper lines. Data regarding light railway development in South Australia may not be directly obtainable from the London office, and the cost per mile of railway on both gauges (5 feet 3 inches and 3 feet 6 inches) may average as much as £7364, but extensions on the broader gauge were actually made on light railway principles more than thirty years ago. The cost per mile of railways in Queensland is less, but the government of that colony last year deputed their chief engineer to visit and report on light railways in Europe and America. The average cost of railways in Victoria is about £12,250 per mile, and a trial of light railways is being made in one or two of the outlying districts. The Mallee extensions in Victoria may not individually show a profit, but they act as feeders to main lines, they contribute to the general revenue, they have encouraged the settlement and the cultivation of an increased area, the traffic is growing, and their practical success is assured. The cost of railways in New South Wales is as much as £14,157 per mile, but lines of the Pioneer" class are now being laid in that colony at a cost of only £2019 per mile. In Natal 402 miles of railway on the 3 feet 6 inch gauge have cost as much as £15,514 per mile. The cost per mile of 2253 miles of railway, on the same gauge, in Cape Colony is (quoted by the Minister of Railways, New Zealand, 1898, Return No. 15, at) £9407. The cost per mile of 2055 miles of railway in New Zealand -also on the 3 feet 6 inch gauge-is £7783, according to the latest figures; in this colony there appear to be no light railways, specially so-called, other than tramways. In Canada, during the warmer season of the year from April to |