Minmi and Hexham Railway Act 1854 (NSW)

Mam avo Hex At) Act to authorize the continuation of a Rail-

Ratiway.

Preamble.

way from Minmi to Hexham. [7th November, 1854. ]

LY 7 TTEREAS John Eales and John Christian of Berry Park in the county of Northumberland Esquires have opencd coal mines and established collieries at Minmi in the said county and in order to facili- tate communication between the said coal mines and collicrics and the Hunter River are constructing a railway between Minmi and Hexham to be called "The Minmi and Hexham Railway" And whereas part of the said railway must be made upon and pass through land situate in the said county the property of John Malcolm of the city of Sydney gentleman but over which the said railway cannot be continued with- out legislative authority And whereas the other proprictors interested namely William Dougall Christie William Charles Wentworth and James Mitchell Esquires have each conceded to the said John Eales and John Christian the land required from them respectively for the proposed railway under the conviction that it would improve the value of their properties and otherwise benefit them And whereas the said coal mines and collieries of the said John Eales and John Christian are likely to prove beneficial to the Colony and the public are concerned in promoting such an increase in and facilities for the supply of coal for local consumption steam navigation and export as would result from the completion of the said railway And whercas the Minmi and Hexham Railway cannot be continued to the terminus at Hexham without crossing the Hunter River Railway Company's line on the level and the Ifunter River Railway Company have consented to such crossing on the conditions hereinafter expressed And whereas it is desirable to authorize by legislative enactment the continuation of the Minmi and Hexham Railway subject to the provisions hereinafter contained upon payment of compensation to the said John Malcolm for such portion of his land as may be required to be occupied thereby Be