census. It will of course be competent to the committee, if they shall see sufficient cause, to require further evidence as to traffic.

12. With a view to place some reasonable limit on the amount of engineering evidence, parties shall be required to furnish the committee with the names of the engineering witnesses whom they propose to call; and it is recommended that committees should place some limit on the number of engineering witnesses to be examined with reference to the same portion of any proposed line.

13. În the case of amalgamation bills, the promoters of any such bill shall be required to furnish the committee with a printed statement of all the pecuniary claims and liabilities to which any company included in the proposed amalgamation is subject by any previous act of parliament.

APPENDIX IV.

RAILWAY FOR MS.

Parliamentary Contract.
Subscribers' Agreement.
Form of Application to Owners.

PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT.

- day of, one thoubetween the several persons

THIS INDENTURE, made the sand eight hundred and whose names and seals are respectively subscribed and affixed in the schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed, of the first part, and and (trustees named and appointed for the purpose of enforcing and giving effect to the covenants herein contained), of the second part; WITNESSETH, that each of them the said several persons parties hereto of the first part, together with the several other persons who have severally subscribed or may hereafter subscribe their names, and who have severally affixed or may hereafter affix their seals to a certain other indenture of the same tenor, purport and effect, and bearing even date herewith, in which said indenture reference is made to this present indenture, doth hereby for himself and herself, his and her respective heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, but to the extent only of the sum of money set opposite to his or her name in the said schedule hereto, and not further or otherwise, covenant, promise and agree with and to the said and their executors and administrators, in manner following, (that is to say,) that each of them the said several persons, parties hereto of the first part, hath subscribed and doth hereby subscribe the sum set opposite to his or her name in the said schedule hereto, for the purpose of making and establishing a railway, to be called by the name of the railway, or by such other name or names as may at any time hereafter be adopted by the provisional directors for the time being, engaged in promoting the establishment of such railway; the said railway to commence at or near -, in the parish of in the county of, and to terminate at or near — the parish of in the county of, with such branch

in

or branches from the said main railway to any towns, places, railways or canals, by such course or route respectively as may hereafter by such directors be deemed necessary or desirable, together with proper approaches, stations, warehouses, roads, wharfs, quays and other works, erections and conveniences thereunto respectively appertaining, the same respectively to be made, constructed, established, maintained and conducted, in such manner as shall be provided for by an act of parliament to be applied for in the next session of parliament: AND the said parties hereto of the first part agree in appointing, and so far as in them respectively lies do hereby appoint to be the provisional directors for prosecuting the said intended undertaking, and do give to such provisional directors fresh power from time to time to add to or to reduce their number, and to fill up vacancies which may be occasioned by death, resignation or otherwise, and do hereby authorize and empower the provisional directors for the time being to apply for and endeavour to obtain in the next session of parliament an act or acts for all or any of the purposes aforesaid, and to insert in such act or acts, in addition to the usual proper clauses, all such special clauses and provisions as the provisional directors may consider necessary or desirable, with full power and authority to confine the application to a portion only of the said undertaking, omitting the remaining part thereof: AND the said parties hereto of the first part do hereby anthorize and empower the provisional directors for the time being to fix upon and from time to time to alter and vary as well the site or spot at which the said intended railway shall commence, as also the site or spot at which it shall terminate, and also the intermediate course, route or line thereof, and the parishes, townships and places through which the same shall pass: AND also from time to time to determine what branches, if any, shall be made therefrom, and to fix upon and from time to time to alter and vary the course or line of such branches, or any of them, and also to abandon and relinquish or to abstain from making or completing any such branch or branches, and also to determine with what railway or railways a junction shall be made, and from time to time to alter and vary the same; and also to fix upon and from time to time to alter and vary the place or places where the said intended railway or any branch therefrom may be or may have been intended to form a junction with any other railway or railways, and to arrange the terms upon which any such junction may be made, and also the terms upon which the construction of any portion of the line or works may be undertaken jointly with any

other company, and also to fix upon and from time to time
to alter and vary the extent and situation of the several sta-
tions and other works connected with the said intended
railway, and with full power and authority for the provi-
sional directors to permit any other company or companies
to hold shares in the said intended undertaking, and to
enter into any arrangement for the amalgamation either
wholly or partially of the said undertaking with any other
undertaking or undertakings, and to enter into and make
any agreement, contract or arrangement with any other
company or companies, person or persons whomsoever, for
giving an interest in the said undertaking and a control or
direction in the management thereof to such company or
companies, person or persons, to such extent, on such terms,
and subject to such stipulations, provisions and agreements
as such provisional directors may think fit: AND THIS IN-
DENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH, that each and every of
them the said several persons parties hereto of the first
part, doth hereby for himself and herself, and his and her
heirs, executors and administrators, and as concerning him-
self and herself only, and his and her own acts, deeds and
defaults respectively, covenant with the said and
their executors and administrators, that each and
every of them the said several persons parties hereto of the
first part respectively, his or her heirs, executors or admi-
nistrators, shall and will well and truly pay or cause to be
paid the amount subscribed by each of them the said seve-
ral persons, or such part thereof as shall not have been paid
by them respectively at the date of their respective signa-
tures to these presents, in such sums and at such place or
places, and at such time or times as shall be required by
the said directors, until an act or acts of parliament shall
have been obtained as aforesaid, and after such act or acts
of parliament shall have been obtained, as the directors or
others authorized by the said act or acts shall lawfully di-
rect or appoint. In witness, &c.

SUBSCRIBERS' AGREEMENT.

THIS INDENTURE, made the

day of January, A. D. one Between [members

thousand eight hundred and forty of the committee of the first part, the several other persons who, together with the said several persons parties hereto of the first part, have hereunto respectively subscribed their names and affixed their seals in the schedule hereunder written or hereunto annexed, of the second part, and and (trustees nominated and appointed for the purpose of giving effect to the covenants hereinafter contained), of the third part, WITNESSETH that the several parties hereto of the first and second parts do hereby acknowledge themselves to be subscribers to an undertaking for constructing, establishing and maintaining a certain line of railway, with all proper apapproaches, depôts, stations, quays, wharfs, landing places, works and conveniences connected therewith: (that is to say,) a line of railway, to commence at or near, in the parish of, in the county of, and to terminate at the town and parish of ——, in the county of: AND FURTHER, that the said several persons, parties hereto of the second part, do hereby recognize and acknowledge the said several persons, parties hereto of the first part, and the survivors or survivor of them, and such other persons as shall be from time to time appointed under the powers and provisions for that purpose hereinafter contained as provisional directors for managing and conducting the affairs relating to the same undertaking until an act or acts of parliament shall be obtained in that behalf: AND THIS INDENTURE FURTHER WITNESSETH, that in furtherance of the said undertaking, and in addition to the parliamentary contracts respectively bearing even date with these presents, under the respective hands and seals of certain of the said several persons parties hereto as aforesaid, and which have been respectively executed, or are intended to be forthwith executed, for the purpose of obtaining the sanction of parliament to the establishment of the aforesaid line of railway and works hereby contemplated, each of them the said several persons, parties hereto of the first and second parts, so far as relates to the acts and deeds of himself and herself respectively, and his and her respective heirs, executors and administrators,