Pine Ridge Tramway Act of 1892 55 Vic (NSW)

Pry River

tara An Act to authorise the construction and — maintenance ofa tramway from the mines, quarries, and lands situate in the parish of Enmore, counties of Yancowinna and Menindee, Colony of New South Wales, comprised in applications for mincral leases numbered four thousand seven hundred and sixteen, four thousand seven hundred and seventeen, four thousand seven hundred and eighteen, four thousand seven hundred and_ thirty-seven, four thousand seven hundred and thirty-eight, four thousand seven hundred and thirty- nine, four thousand seven hundred and forty, four thousand seven hundred and forty-one, to a point to be determined on mineral lease, portion two, parish Sebastopol, in the said Colony, connecting with the tramway system of the Broken

Hill mines. [1s¢ April, 1892.]

Preamble. wrens large quantities of mineral ores and fluxing material exist, and are being quarried and mired at the quarries and mines on the lands situate in the parish of Enmore, counties of Yancowinna and Menindce, in the Colony of New South Wales, for which applications have been duly made 'tor mineral leases by Ernest Govett, of Broken IIill, in the said Colony, freeholder : And whereas large quantities of timber suitable for fucl exist upon the said lands : And whereas for the purpose of facilitating the carriage of the said mineral ores, fluxing material, fuel, and timber from the said quarries, mines, and lands, the said Ernest Govett is desirous of constructing a single or double tramway for horse, steam, cr other traction, over, across, and along the lands described in the Schedule hereto, from the said quarries, mines, and lands, in the said parish of Enmore, comprised in application for mincral Icases numbered four thousand seven,

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Pine Ridge Tramuay.

seven hundred and sixteen, four thousand seven hundred and seventeen, four thousand seven hundred and eighteen, four thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven, four thousand seven hundred and thirty- eight, four thousand seven hundred and thirty-nine, four thousand seven hundred and forty, four thousand seven hundred and orty-one, to a point to be determined on mincral lease, portion two, parish of Sebastopol, county Yancowinna aforesaid : And whereas such tramway cannot be made without Legislative authority: And whereas the construction of the said proposed tramway would be largely for the benefit of the mining public by materially decreasing the cost of carriage, thereby enabling the poorer class of ores to be profitably worked, and would be also the means of supplying the district. of Broken 1ill with cheap fucl, and it is therefore advisable to authorise, by Legislative enactment, the construction and maintenance of the said proposed tramway, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows -—