tion of a certificate of the Board of Trade, order the deposit fund, or a proportionate part thereof, as the case may be, to be paid to the depositors, or as they shall direct. The issuing in any case of any warrant or certificate relating to deposit or to the deposit fund, or any error in any such warrant or certificate or in relation thereto, shall not make the Board of Trade, or the person signing the warrant or certificate on their behalf, in any manner liable for or in respect of the deposit fund, or the interest of or dividends on the same, or any part thereof respec tively. Any application under these Rules to the Supreme Court of Judicature shall be made in a summary manner by summons at Chambers (z). Opening of tramways. OPENING OF TRAMWAYS. RULE XXV. The promoters shall give to the Board of Trade at least 14 days' notice in writing of their intention to open any tramway, or portion of a tramway, and such tramway or portion of tramway shall not be opened for public traffic until an inspector appointed by the Board of Trade has inspected the same, and the Board of Trade has certified that it is fit for such traffic (a). The above-mentioned notice should be accompanied by the following documents, viz. : (1.) A copy of the Act or Provisional Order authorising the construction of the tramways. (2.) A copy or tracing of so much of the deposited plans and sections as relates to the portion of tramway proposed to be opened, distinguishing between double (b) and single line, and showing in red ink any variations therefrom in the tramways as constructed. (3.) A list of the local and road authorities concerned. (4.) A diagram of the lines submitted for inspection, on a scale of about two inches to a mile. Prolongation of time for commence ment or completion of works. BOARD OF TRADE RULES WITH RESPECT TO THE PROLONGATION OF TIME The Board of Trade, under the powers conferred upon them by section 18 of the Tramways Act, 1870, have made the following Rules with respect to applications for a prolongation of time for the commencement or the completion of the works authorised by any Order made under the above-named Act (c):— 1. The application should be in the form of a memorial setting (z) See note (o) to Rule XXI. (a) See sect. 25 of the Act and note (m) thereto. (b) Including passing-places (Rule XI.). forth the grounds on which the application is made, and must be made at least one month before the expiration of the time prescribed for the commencement or the completion of the works, as the case may be. 2. The promoters of any tramway undertaking authorised by any Order, who intend to apply to the Board of Trade for a prolongation of the time limited for the commencement or the completion of the works authorised by such Order, shall publish by advertisement, once at least in each of two successive weeks, in some one and the same newspaper published in the district affected by such Order, a notice of their intention to apply to the Board of Trade for a prolongation of time. 3. The notice must state the period to which it is proposed to prolong the time limited for the commencement or the completion of the works, as the case may be, and must contain a notification that all persons desirous of making any representation to the Board of Trade, or of bringing before them any objection respecting the application, may do so by letter addressed to the Assistant Secretary (Railway Department), Board of Trade, on or before a day to be named in the advertisement, being not less than 21 days from the date of the first publication of the advertisement, and that copies of their representations or objections should at the same time be sent to the promoters. 4. A similar notice must be delivered to every local and road authority before the second publication of the notice. Copies of newspapers containing the notice, and a statement that a copy of it has been duly served on the local and road authorities as required by these Rules, must be sent to the Board of Trade with the application. 5. Before the Board of Trade comply with the application, they will impose such conditions (if any) as they think fit. Board of Trade (Railway Department), COURTENAY BOYLE. TRAMWAYS. REQUIREMENTS, in cases of Application to the Board of Trade, for their Approval of the Plan and Statement relating to the Rail and Substructure of a Tramway. There should be forwarded to the Board of Trade: 1. A drawing (in duplicate), consisting of a full-sized section of the proposed rail; and a full-sized plan and elevation of the same, extending for about nine inches on each side of the joint, and showing how the joint is proposed to be secured, and the electrical bonding. There should be a statement on the drawing of the material. weight, and length of the proposed rail and fish-plates, and of the depth and width of the groove; also whether the Tramway is to be worked by mechanical power. 2. A drawing, on a scale of two inches to the foot (in duplicate), consisting of a plan, cross section, and longitudinal section of the permanent way and substructure of the tramway, and showing the mode of fixing the rails and chairs (if any), and the gauge ties (if any). There should be a statement on this drawing of the nature of the paving proposed to be adopted between the rails, and for a distance of eighteen inches on the outside of the rails. There should also be on this drawing a plan, on a scale of one inch to the foot, of the points proposed to be employed at single line passing places and junctions. The drawings in each case should be on tracing linen. 3. The names and addresses of the Road Authorities, with a copy of the under-mentioned notice endorsed with the date and manner of service. 4. Tracings of the above drawings should also be served upon the Road Authorities, with a notice that any objections or representations may be brought before the Board of Trade within ten days from the date of such service. THE BOARD OF TRADE, (Railway Department), Whitehall Gardens. TRAMWAYS. BOARD OF TRADE MEMORANDUM ON CERTAIN MATTERS. Clearance. The space between the inner rails of a double line must to some. extent depend upon the overhang of the cars. It is, however, necessary that there should be at least 15 inches between the sides of passing cars, and also a similar space between the side of a car and any standing work such as lamp posts, telegraph posts, trolley wire standards (including centre standards for electrical traction) in a street. The space between the kerb and the nearest rail depends to a great extent on what is shown on the plans deposited when lines were authorised. On straight roads a minimum distance of 18 inches between the side of the car and the kerb is desirable, but in exceptional cases a distance of 15 inches might be allowed for short lengths. On curves a greater space would be required in order to allow for the overhang of the car platform. Where central poles are used for electric traction any stone kerbing should not be left wide enough at the sides facing the rails to enable any person to stand upon it as a refuge. Rails. For mechanical traction it is generally considered that the weight of rails should not be less than 90 lbs. per yard, 100 lbs. being preferred. The groove of the rail should not exceed one inch in width. BOARD OF TRADE, November, 1900. Tramways Schedule 1. The par. ticulars not applicable should be struct out and marked accordingly. Required by the Board of Trade of compliance with the provisions of the Tramways Act, 2. Prof 1870, and the Rules made by the Board of de giren Trade under the powers of the Act with respect to applications for Provisional Orders. I. Name of Provisional Order. Advertisement and Notices in October or November and December. and the of the the manner specifed in ti margin. 3. Statutory declarations must be stamped. i production the documents of the notice, III. will prove the publication in October or Personally November in the following newspapers; viz., The Gazette of the which is prescribed by Schedule B., Part I., to the Act, of the intention of the promoters to apply for a Provisional Order, and, (if not already furnished,) will produce a copy of the Gazette and newspaper containing the notice. IV. will prove: declaration. By gndet s 1. That the published notices are copies of each other, statutory and that they state the objects of the intended application: 2. That the notices give a general description of the 3. That the notices contain the names of all the town- be made: 4. That the notices state the times and places at which |