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Construction and Maintenance. 186. Railways to be made only under special Act. 187. Midland Railway. 188. Procedure for making railway. Governor to proclaim limits within which railway is to be made. Plans and maps to be made and copies deposited in Supreme Court. After Proclamation, land may be occupied. Governor may take land or close road for railway. Before or after the time of taking land notice to be given to person whose land is taken. Proclamation to be indefeasible. Sheriff may deliver possession of lands. Costs. Provisions as to notioes of objections not to apply. 189. Area of Crown land or reserves used or set apart to be deemed to be of two chains width. Land not used to revest as Crown land or reserve. Road, street, or land previously disposed of not to be interfered with. 190. Powers to make railways and railwaystations, &c. 191. Rights of way and traffic where railway made along or aoross road on a level. 192. Compensation where road interfered with or wholly closed. 193. Government to make crossings to give access to lands. 194. Road or street wholly closed before passing of Act to be deemed lawfully closed. 195. Application of four preceding sections to railway owned by company. 196. Alterations in roads, drains, pipes, &c, to be made without detriment to the publio or to owners. Plan of alteration to be submitted to owners. Governor to settle objections. Notice to be given of intention to make repairs. In case of emergency works may be carried out forthwith. 197. Governor may declare land taken for railway to be road or street, and vest it in local authority. 198. Local authority may agree with Minister as to conversion of railway bridge into one for combined traffic 199. Right of way on joint railway and common bridges. 200. Land maybe occupied temporarily. Twentyone days' notice of occupation to be given. Justioes to decide if occupation necessary, and to settle conditions. 201. Owner may require land to be permanently taken. 202. Tree dangerous to railway to be removed. 203. Penalties for trespassing on railway in course of construction. 204. Crown may eleot to ereot fences along boundaries of railways. 205. Railway servants may impound trespassing cattle. 206. Railway buildings exempted from local building regulations. 207. Officer of Railway Department may appear in proceedings in inferior Court. PART VIII. Railways and Tbamways Regulation and Inspection. Government Railways. 208. Inspection of railways. Private Railways and Tramways. 209. Definition of railway, proprietors, and telegraph.

Regulation of Private Railways and Tramways. 210. General Manager to be appointed for every railway. 211. Mails to be conveyed free of charge. Railway at Governor's disposal in time of war. 212. Governor may construct telegraphs on any line. Inspection of Private Railways and Tramways. 213. No railway to be open for traffic except on certificate of Inspector. Penalty for obstructing Inspector. 214. Notice of intended opening of railway. Penalty for opening without notice. 215. Governor empowered to postpone the opening or working of a railway. Penalty for breach of order to postpone opening or discontinue working. 216. General Manager to give notice of accidents to the Minister. 217. Inquiry as to acoidents. 218. Governor may direct returns of acoidents to be supplied. 219. Width of carriages and rolling-stock. PART IX. Defence. Defence Works. 220. Definition of fortification and obstruction. 221. Minister may construct fortifications. 222. And may olose roads and streets, and require land to be freed from obstruction. 223. Manner of taking, &o. 224. Section 28 not to apply. 225. Taking land for parade or camping grounds or rifle ranges. 226. Refusing to give up possession of land, or obstructing Minister. 227. Compensation, when payable. 228. Penalty for destroying, altering, &c, fortifications. PART X. Dbainage by Public Bodies. 229. Definition of drain and public drain. 230. Publio drains under the control of County Council. 231. Minister may make Government drains. All drains upon railway land to be Government drains. 232. In case of Government drains, Minister to have powers of County Council. 233. Drainage map of county. Datum plane. Datum plane to be fixed by appointed engineer. Drainage map to be open for inspection. 234. Powers of County Council to drain. 235. County Council may place drains under Road Board. 236. Where a drain runs through two counties, Minister to construot it. 237. Cost to be recovered from the County Councils. 238. If any money provided by Parliament, only balance of cost to be recovered. 239. County Council may delegate to Road Boards power to make new drains. 240. Penalties for destroying drains. 241. Railways not to be interfered with. 242. Saving of " Christchurch Distriot Drainage Act, 1875," and other Acts. PART XI. Supply op Wateb fob Mining Distbicts. 243. Definition of water-raoe and mining district.