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Plans to be open to inspection. 5.0., No. 28.

27. The Commissioner of Crown Lands shall make a memorandum in writing upon the plans, books of reference, and sections so deposited with him, stating the time when the same were lodged in his office, and shall, during office hours, permit any person to view and examine the same, and to make copies thereof or extracts therefrom. 28. All such plans, books of reference, and sections shall remain in the Commissioner's Office until eight days before the commencement of the Session, and shall then be forwarded by the Commissioner to the Examiner. Before forwarding the same, the Commissioner shall note thereon the number of days during which they have remained open for public inspection in his Office. 29. In any case where any plans, books of reference, and sections are required to be deposited as aforesaid, copies of the the Gazette containing the advertisements of the proposed Bill shall be deposited therewith. Plans. 30. Every plan required to be deposited shall be drawn to a scale of not less than four inches to a mile, and shall describe — (a.) The lands intended to be taken, used, or burdened with an improvement-charge ; or (6.) The line and position of the whole of the work (no alternative line or position being in any case permitted), and the lands in or through which the work is to be made, maintained, diverted, extended, or enlarged, or through which any communication therewith is to be made, and also, where it is intended to apply for power to make any lateral deviation from the line of the work, the limits of the deviation, and the lands included within those limits. 31. In all cases where it is proposed to make, divert, extend, or enlarge any cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or navigable channel, the plan shall show the brooks and streams that are to be led directly into the cut, canal, reservoir, aqueduct, or channel, or into any diversion, extension, or enlargement thereof respectively. 32. In all cases where it is proposed to make, divert, extend, or enlarge any railway, the plan shall show 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 any tunnelling proposed to be made shall be marked by a dotted line on the plan. 33. If it be intended to divert, widen, or narrow any public road, navigable river, canal, or railway, the course of the diversion, and the extent of the widening or narrowing, shall be marked on the plan. Book of Reference. 34. The book of reference to be deposited with the plan shall contain the names of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of all lands intended or liable to be taken, used, or burdened with an improvementcharge, and shall describe all such lands respectively. Sections. 35. 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 one hundred feet, and shall show the surface of the ground marked on the plan, the intended level of the work, the height of every

To be forwarded to Examiner before Session.

Advertisements to be lodged with plans. IbU., No. 29.

Scale and contents of plan. Ibid., No. 36.

Plan to show brooks and streams in certain cases. Ibid., No. 37.

Distances, &c, to be shown on plan of railway. Ibid., No. 38.

Alteration in road, &c, to be shown. Ibid., No. 39.

Contents of book of reference. Ibid., No. 40.

Scale and contents of section. IbU., No. 41.