A.—sc.

Public Works.

Impounding Act, 1884," to be performed or done by the occupier of land as defined in such Act may be performed or done in respect of any such railway by any person authorised generally or .particularly for that purpose by or on behalf of the Minister, the district railway officer, or the General Manager or any District Manager of such railway. 5 206. No building or other erection built or erected for railway purposes upon a railway shall be subject to any Act, or any by-laws or regulations made under the same, by which any local authority is empowered to regulate the erection, construction, or use of any buildings or erections within the jurisdiction of such local authority. 10 207. Whenever it is necessary to take any proceedings in any Court of inferior jurisdiction for the recovery of any debt due to His Majesty under this Act, or any other Act relating to Government railways, or for the recovery or enforcement of any fine recoverable under any such Act, the Minister for Railways may empower any officer 15 of the Railway Department to appear and act in any such proceedings, either generally or in any particular case ; and the statement of any such officer that he so appears or acts by the authority of the Minister shall be sufficient evidence of such authority for all purposes. PART VIII. 20 Railways and Tramways Regulation and Inspection. Government Railways. 208. No part of any railway constructed by the Governor under this Act, or under any other Act relating to the construction of public works or railways, shall be opened for traffic until such part of such 25 railway has been inspected by some proper person appointed by the Minister for that purpose, nor until such person has reported to the Minister that he has inspected the whole of such part, and (except in the case of an extension of an existing railway) all the rolling-stock to be used thereon, and that such railway and rolling-stock are in good 30 and efficient repair, and may be safely and conveniently used for public traffic thereon. Private Railways and Tramways. 209. Where used in sections two hundred and ten to two hundred and nineteen hereof— 35 " Railway" means and includes all railways (other than railways for the time being vested in His Majesty) and all tramways constructed under the authority of this or any other Act or any Provincial Ordinance, and intended or used for the conveyance of passengers in or upon carriages drawn or 4Q impelled by steam, electricity, or any other mechanical power, or by animals : " Proprietors " means and includes the proprietors for the time being of any such railway as in this section defined, or in whom any such railway is vested, or who have the manage- 45 ment or control of such railway, whether such proprietors are a body corporate or individuals : " Telegraph " includes " telephone."

Railway buildings exempted from local building regulations. 1894, No. 42, sec. 186

Officer of Railway Department nwy appear in proceedings in inferior Court. 1895, No. 47, sec. 5

Inspection of railways. 1894, No. 42, sec. 222

Definition of railway, proprietors, and telegraph. Ibid, sec. 223

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