ich only of the plans and sections as ct in or through which the work is essary.

3 on or before 23rd December.

aired by Section 6 (3) of the Act must

Advertisements in October of Schedule B.

publication of the advertisement

s to be made in manner prately 1 and Road Authorities.

cal authorities through whose districts 3 must accompany the deposit on 23rd istrict is or forms part of a highway f"the Highway Acts," a statement to deposit. Where there is a road autho

ions must at the same fine authority, a description of such road

ed in the streets in October or November hich is required by Rule No. 4, must r before the 23rd December.

distance of thirty feet or upwards it han nine feet six inches shall intervene otpath on either side of the road and y, or a less space than ten feet six inches e tramway carriages or trucks adapted plete list of all the owners or reputed sees, and occupiers of all houses, shops, any part of the highway, where such er with a copy of the notice which was the 15th December, as required by Rule plication on or before the 23rd December, reet separately and give the number or

is more than one objection in respect of as will be treated as one objection only, objections on the part of owners and n 9 of the Act.

is made by any local authority, a certified ving of the intention to make the appliof the notice convening the special meetcompany the deposit on 23rd December

that the requisite proportion of members ity were present and voted at the meeting, Schedule A. to the Act.

is made by any promoters, not being the in which the tramway is proposed to be t required by Section 4 of the Act, must ion can be entertained. Such evidence g a certified copy of the resolution passed or road authority, as the case may be, at approved, together with a copy of the ng, which notice must contain a statement posed tramway will be brought before the

the marks mentioned in Article [6.] of this order, shall at any time be commenced or executed within the limits above described without the previous sanction and approval in writing of the Board of Trade.

9. The company shall render to the Board of Trade such accounts of their capital, expenditure, and income, and of all oysters and mussels sold by the company, in such form and at such times as the Board of Trade may require, and shall allow the Board of Trade or any person appointed by the Board of Trade to inspect the fishery and all books and documents in their possession relating thereto, and shall give to such Board or person all such information relating thereto as they or he may require.

10. This order shall continue in operation for confirmation by Act of Parliament, and no longer.

years from its

11. This order shall not be taken as a consent to the surrender of any rights, interests, powers, authorities, or privileges transferred to the management of the Board of Trade by The Crown Lands Act, 1866. 12. This order may be cited as The

Fishery Order, 18

Notice to Objectors.-During the month following the date of the first advertisement of the draft order, the Board of Trade will receive any objections or representations made to them respecting the same. All such objections must be transmitted in duplicate, written on common foolscap paper on one side of the paper only, and with a wide margin. A copy of such objections must also, at the same time, be sent to the promoters; and in sending the objections to the Board of Trade, the objectors or their agents should state that this has been done.

For objects clause of a memorandum of a Fishery Company, sce supra, p. 116. The Articles, supra, p. 190, are suitable.

PROVISIONAL ORDERS UNDER "THE TRAMWAYS ACT, 1870" (33 & 34 VICT. c. 78).

The above Act enables the Board of Trade to make provisional orders for the construction of tramways, and a large number have been made and confirmed by Parliament. Mr. Sutton's work, intituled, "The Tramway Acts," &c., will be found to contain some valuable information as to the course of proceeding under the Act; but the rules of the Board have been altered since that work was published, and it may be convenient, therefore, to give those now in force. They are as follows:

BOARD OF TRADE RULES.

The Board of Trade, under the powers conferred upon them by Section 64 of The Tramways Act, 1870, have made the following rules with respect to provisional orders:

Incorporation.

1. Promoters of Tramways desiring incorporation must register them. selves under the Companies Act, 1862.

Advertisements in October or November.

2. The publication of the advertisements required by Section 6 (1) of the Act is to be made in manner prescribed by Part I. of Schedule B. to the said Act.

3. The advertisements must state 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 of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, on or before the 15th January next ensuing, and that copies of their objections must at the same time be sent to the promoters.

Construction of Tramway.

4. Where a tramway is proposed to be so laid that for a distance of thirty feet or upwards a less space than nine feet and six inches shall intervene between the outside of the footpath on either side of the road and the nearest rail of the tramway, or if it is intended to run thereon carriages or trucks adapted to run upon railways a less space than ten feet six inches, the promoters must comply with the requirements of the following standing orders. The advertisement of the intention of the promoters to make application for a provisional order in pursuance of Section 6 of the Act, must contain a description of each such place. Notices must also be posted in the streets in compliance with standing order No. 10.

Standing order No. 6 of the House of Commons for Session 1877. (See also House of Lords standing order No. 6.)

In cases of bills for laying down a tramway in any street, the notices shall specify at what point or points, and on which side of the street, it is proposed to lay such tramway, so that for a distance of thirty feet or upwards a less space than nine feet six inches, or if it is intended to run thereon carriages or trucks adapted for use upon railways, a less space than ten feet six inches shall intervene between the outside of the footpath on the side of the road and the nearest rail of the tramway.

Standing order No. 10 of the House of Commons for Session 1877. (See also House of Lords standing order No. 10.)

In the months of October and November, or one of them, immediately preceding the application for any bill for laying down a tramway, notice thereof shall be posted for fourteen consecutive days in any street or streets along which it is proposed to lay the tramway, in such manner as the authority having the control of such street or streets shall direct; and if after application to such authority no such direction shall be given, then in some conspicuous position in such street or streets; and such notice shall also state the place or places at which the plans of such tramways will be deposited.

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Standing order No. 45 of the House of Commons for Session 1877. (See also House of Lords standing order No. 45.)

In cases of bills for laying down a street tramway, the plans shall indicate whether it is proposed to lay such tramway along the centre of any street, and if not along the centre, then on which side of, and at what distance from an imaginary line drawn along the centre of such street, and whether or not, and if so, at what point or points it is proposed to lay such tramway, so that for a distance of thirty feet or upwards a less space than nine feet six inches, or if it is intended to run thereon carriages or trucks adapted for use upon railways, a less space than ten feet six inches shall intervene between the outside of the footpath on either side of the road, and the nearest rail of the tramway.

Standing order No. 13 of the House of Commons for Session 1877. (See also House of Lords Standing order No. 13.)

On or before the fifteenth day of December immediately preceding the application for a bill for the laying down a tramway, notice in writing shall be given to the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of all houses, shops, or warehouses abutting upon any part of the said highway where, for a distance of thirty feet or upwards, it is proposed that a less space than nine feet six inches shall intervene between the outside of the footpath on either side of the road and the nearest rail of the tramway, or a less space than ten feet six inches, if it is intended to run on the tramway carriages or trucks adapted for use upon railways.

5. The notice referred to in the above-named standing order No. 13, must contain a notification that if such owner, lessee, or occupier abutting on any part of the highway where such less space is proposed, dissents from the tramway being so laid, he may express his dissent by a statement in writing, addressed to the Assistant Secretary of the Railway Department of the Board of Trade, on or before the 15th January next ensuing.

Deposit of Documents on or before 30th November.

6. The deposit of documents required by Section 6 (2) of the Act is to be made as required by Part II. of Schedule B. The plans and sections to be deposited must be such plans and sections as would be required by the standing orders, for the time being, of the House of Commons, if the promoters, instead of applying for a provisional order, were proceeding by private bill; and all tidal waters are to be coloured blue on the plans.

7. The documents required by Part II. of the said Schedule, to be deposited for public inspection in the office of the parish clerk of every parish, shall, in the case of any extra-parochial place, be deposited with the parish clerk of some parish immediately adjoining thereto, or, in the case of any place within the limits of the metropolis, as defined by the 18th and 19th Vict. cap.. 120, intituled, "An Act for the better local management of the metropolis," except the city of London, with the clerk of the vestry of each parish in Schedule A., and with the clerk of the district board of parishes in Schedule B. of the said Act. In every case in which the proposed works are intended to be made in or through one or more parishes or districts