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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH DECEMBER, 1882.

The expressions "carriage" or "carriages" shall include all carriages, cars, and trucks used upon any Tramway.

The expression "the works" or " the undertaking" shall mean the works or undertaking of whatever nature which shall by this Ordinance be authorized to be executed.

Construction of Tramways.

3. When and so soon as this Ordinance shall have come into operation as hereinafter provided (but not before) the Company may construct and maintain, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, and in accordance with the plans which have been deposited as hereinafter mentioned, the Tramways hereinafter described, with all proper stations, crossings, passing-places, sidings, junctions, rails, turn-tables, plates, offices, weigh-bridges, sheds, works, and conveniences connected therewith, or for the purposes thereof, and may work and use the same.

The Tramways authorized by this Ordinance are:-

Tramway No. 1.-A single line, one mile, two furlongs, 4.24 chains in length, commencing at the North- west corner of Inland Lot Number Four hundred and seventy-one,thence passing along the Praya East. Wanchai Road, and Queen's Road East, and terminating at a point opposite the entrance to the Eastern Market at the junction with Tramway No. 2.

Tramway No. 2.-A double line, one mile, four fur- longs, 1.21 chains in length, commencing at a point opposite the entrance to the Eastern Market at the junction with Tramway No. 1 at its termina- tion, thence passing along Queen's Road East, Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road West, and terminating at a point opposite Inland Lot Number Two hundred and nineteen at the junction with Tramway No. 3.

Tramway No.3.-A single line, three furlongs, 2.77 chains in length, commencing at a point opposite Inland Lot Number Two hundred and nineteen at the junction with Tramway No. 2 at its termi- nation, thence passing along Queen's Road West, and terminating at a point opposite Marine Lot Number Eighty-one, at the junction with Tram- way No. 4.

Tramway No.4.-Whichever of the two following lines the Company shall desire to construct and main- tain, that is to say:----

(a.) A single line three furlongs, 7.82 chains in length, commencing at a point opposite Marine Lot Number Eighty-one, at the junction with Tramway No. 3 at its termination, thence passing along that part of Centre Street which lies between Queen's Road West and Praya West, thence along Praya West and termi- nating at a point in the Roadway there oppo- site the Northern end of an imaginary line separating Marine Lot Number One hundred and eighty-nine from Marine Lot Number One hundred and ninety.

(b.) single line one furlong, one chain in length, commencing at a point opposite Marine Lot Number Eighty-one, at the junction with Tramway No. 3 at its termination, thence passing along Queen's Road West to a point opposite the Southern entrance of the premises known as the Sailors' Home on Inland Lot Number One hundred and eighty-seven A. Tramway No. 5.-A single line four miles, two fur- longs in length, commencing at the North-west corner of Inland Lot Number Four hundred and seventy-one, thence passing along the Shau-ki-wán Road to a point on the North side of, and opposite to, the Eastern side of Shau-ki-wán Lot Number Seven. Tramway No. 6.-A partly single and partly double line, commencing on the South side of the South- west boundary of the War Department ground at its junction with the Garden Road, thence passing in a Southerly direction up the hillside to the Victoria Gap, crossing over the Kennedy and Plantation Roads by means of bridges, and terminating at the Victoria Gap at a point on the North side of Farm Lot Number Fifty-three.

"Carriage."

"The works."

Construction

of Tramways.

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