THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 5

clauses of the Bill (referring to them by their num-
ber) such powers are given and shall further state
that such Bill does not give power to effect any of
the objects enumerated in this Order, other than
those stated in the declaration. If the proposed Bill
shall not give power to effect any of the objects
above enumerated, the said declaration shall state that
the Bill does not give power to effect any of such
objects. The said declaration shall also state that
the Bill does not give any powers other than those
included in the notices for the Bill.

Deposit of Bills in Office of Colonial Secretary.
48. Within ten days after the commencement of
the Session, a printed copy of every Railway or
Canal Bill, and of every Bill for incorporating or
giving powers to any Company, and of every Bill
relating to any tidal lands, dock, harbour, navigation,
pier or port, shall be deposited in the Office of the
Colonial Secretary.

Deposit of Estimates, &c., in Private Bill Office.
49. Within fourteen days after the commencement
of the Session there shall also be deposited in the
Private Bill Office all Estimates, Declarations, and
Lists of Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers, which are
required by the Standing Orders.

Documents to be deposited in Private Bill Office, in regard to
Joint Stock Companies.
50. As respects all Bills for the incorporation of
Joint Stock Companies, or proposed Companies, for
carrying on any trade or business, or for conferring
on such Companies the power of suing and being
sued, there shall be deposited in the Private Bill
Office within fourteen days after the commencement
of the Session a copy of the Deed or Agreement of
Partnership (if any) under which the Company or
proposed Company is acting, and in all cases a
Declaration stating the following matters :--
1st. The present and proposed amount of the
capital of the Company.
2nd. The number of shares.
3rd. The number of shares subscribed for.
4th. The amount of subscriptions paid up.
5th. The names, residences, and description of the
shareholders or subscribers (so far as the same
can be made out) and of the actual or Provisional
Directors, Treasurers, Secretary, or other officers
(if any) and such documents shall be verified
by the signature of some authorized Officer of
the Company, or proposed Company (if any)
and by some responsible party promoting the
Bill.

Deposits, when invalid.
51. No deposit shall be deemed valid if made on
a Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas Day, or
before eight o'clock in the forenoon, or after eight
o'clock in the afternoon of any day.

E.—FORMS IN WHICH PLANS, BOOKS OF REFERENCE,
SECTIONS, AND CROSS SECTIONS SHALL BE PRE-
PARED.

Description of Plans—Lands within deviation to be in Plan.
52. Every plan required to be deposited shall be
drawn to a scale of not less than four inches to a
mile; and in cases of Bills of the First Class, shall
describe the lands intended to be taken; and in
cases of Bills of the Second Class, shall describe the
line or situation of the whole of the work (no
alternative line or work being in any case permitted),
and the lands in or through which it is to be made,
maintained, varied, extended, or enlarged, or through
which every communication to or from the work shall
be made, and where it is the intention of the parties
to apply for powers to make any lateral deviation or
from the line of the proposed work, the limits of

such deviation shall be defined upon the plan, and
the lands included within such limits shall be marked
thereon.

Canals, &c., Plans to describe brooks, &c., to be diverted.
53. In all cases where it is proposed to make, vary,
extend, or enlarge any cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct,
or navigation, the plan shall describe the brooks and
streams to be directly diverted into such intended
cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigation, or into
any variation, extension, or enlargement thereof
respectively, for supplying the same with water.

Railways, Distances to be marked in Miles, Furlongs, &c.
54. In all cases where it is proposed to make, vary,
extend, or enlarge any railway, the plan shall
exhibit thereon the distances in miles and furlongs
from one of the termini, and a memorandum of the
radius of every curve not exceeding one mile in
length shall be noted on the plan in furlongs and
chains, and where tunnelling, as a substitute for open
cutting is intended, such tunnelling shall be marked
by a dotted line on the plan.

Diversion of Roads, Rivers, Railways, &c.; extent thereof to be
marked on Plans.
55. If it be intended to divert, widen, or narrow
any public carriage road, navigable river, canal, or
railway, the course of such diversion, and the extent
of such widening or narrowing, shall be marked on
the plan.

F.—BOOK OF REFERENCE.

Contents of Book of Reference.
56. The Book of Reference to every such plan shall
contain the names of the owners, or reputed owners,
lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of all lands
or houses in the line of the proposed work, or within
the limits of deviation as defined upon the plan,
and shall describe such land and houses respectively.
(See Schedule.)

G.—SECTIONS.

Scale of Sections.
57. The section shall be drawn on the same
horizontal scale as the plan, and to a vertical scale
of not less than one inch to every one hundred
feet, and shall show the surface of the ground marked
upon the plan, the intended level of the proposed
work, the height of every embankment, and the
depth of every cutting, and a datum horizontal line,
which shall be the same throughout the whole length
of the work, or any branch thereof respectively, and
shall be referred to some fixed point (stated in writing
on the section), near some portion of such work,
and in case of a canal, cut, navigation, or public
carriage road, or railway, near either of the termini.

Rivers.—Section to specify level of both Banks.
58. In cases of Bills for improving the navigation
of any river there shall be a section which shall
specify the levels of both banks of such river, and
where any alteration is intended to be made therein,
it shall describe the same by inches and feet, or
decimal parts of a foot.

Railways.—Section to mark upper surface of the Rails.
59. In every section of a railway the line of the
railway marked thereon shall correspond with the
upper surface of the rails.

Vertical Measures to be marked at change of gradient.
60. Distances on the datum line shall be marked
in miles and furlongs to correspond with those on
the plan; a vertical measure, from the datum line
to the line of the railway, shall be marked in feet
and inches, or decimal parts of a foot, at each change
of the gradient or inclination, and the proportion
or rate of inclination between each such change shall
also be marked.