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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 31ST MAY. 1881.

places, sidings, junctions, rails and conveniences, connected therewith, or for the purposes thereof, and the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns may work and use the sun?, Provided always that before the commencement of the construction of the suid snuken and overhead Tramways or either of such tramways, the said CATCHICK PAUL Chater his executors, adurinistrators or assigns shall deposit in the office of the said Surveyor General plans and specifications shewing in detail the mode of construction of the said sunken and overhead Tramways, which said plans and specifications shall be approved of by the Governor in Council,

5. The Sunken Tramways referred to in this Ordinance shall be constructed on a gauge not exceeding 2 feet in width, and with two steel grooved rails, which said rails shall before being laid down be approved of by the Surveyor General, and shall be laid and inaintained in such manner, that the uppermost surface thereof shall be on a level with the surface of the road. Provided that the Governor in Council may from time to time require the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns to adopt and apply such improvements in the said sunken or overhead Tramways including their rails, sleepers, bridges and sub- structure as experience may suggest, having regard to the greater security of the public and advantage to the ordinary traffic, and the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall with all reasonable despatch, comply with any order made by the Governor in Council for the purpose of carrying out any such improvements.

6. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, ad- ministrators or assigns may from time to time for the purpose of making, forming, laying down, maintaining, renewing, altering, adding to or removing any Tramway under this Ordinance, or any part or parts thereof respectively, open and break up any road subject to the following regulatious:

1. They shall give to the Surveyor General notice of their intention, specifying the time at which they will begin to do so, and the portion of road proposed to be opened or broken up, such notice to be given seven days at least before the commencement of the work.

2. They shall not open or break up or alter the level of any road except with the authority, under the superintendence, and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General,

7. When the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, administrators or assigns shall have opened or broken up any portion of any road, they shall be under the following further obligations, namely:

1. They shall with all convenient speed, complete the work on account of which they opened or broke up the same, and (subject to the formation, maintain- ing, renewal, or alteration of addition to or removal of the Tramway) fill in the ground and make good the surface, and to the satisfaction of the Surveyor General, restore the road to as good condition as that in which it was before it was opened or broken up.

2. They shall in the meantime cause the place where the road is opened or broken up to be fenced and watched and to be properly lighted at night.

If the said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his executors, ad- ministrators or assigns fail to comply with this section, they shall, for every offence (without prejudice to the enforcement of the speciße performance of the requirements. of this Ordinanec, or to any other remedy against them) be liable to a penalty not execeding one hundred dollars, and to a further penalty not exceeding 25 dollars for each day during which any such failure continues after the first day on which such penalty is incurred.

8. The said CATCHICK PAUL CHATER his exccutors, ad- ministrators and assigns shall maintain in good condition and repair, and at their proper level so as not to be a danger or anuoyance to the ordinary traffic, the rails of which any of the Tramways for the time being consist, and the sub-

Gauge of Tramways.

Power to break up Ronds.

Completion of work and reiusturement of road.

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