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THE GAS LIGHT and COKE COMPANY payment of interest •
or dividend upon the said capital, or
and CITY of LONDON GAS LIGHT and COKE any part thereof.
COMPANY.
The Bill will also enable the Company and the Compa-
(AMALGAMATION—INCREASE OF CAPITAL— vies hereinbefore mentioned, or any of them, from time to
AMENDMENT OF ACTS.) time, to make and carry into effect contracts for and in
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is respect of the working, management, maintenance, and
intended to be made to Parliament in the next Session for use, not only of the intended Railway, or any part thereof,
an Act for the Amalgamation of Tho City of London Gas but also of the undertakings, or any parts of the undertak-
Light and Coke Company with The Gas Light and Coke ings, of the contracting Companies, the supply of rolling
Company, so as to vest in the last named Company the stock and machinery, and of officers and servants for the
undertaking, works, buildings, lands, machinery, mains, conduct of the Araffic on the undertakings of the contract-
pipes, plant, property, and effects of every description of ing parties, the payments to be made, and the conditions
the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company; and all to be performed, with respect to, such working, manage-
rights, powers, and privileges of or' belonging to or en- ment, maintenance, use, and services, the interchange, ac-
joyed by that Company, of what nature or kind soever, commodation, and conveyance of traffic coming from, or
including the making and recovering of rates, rents, and J destined for, the undertakings of die contracting companies,
charges, and to enable the Gas Light and Coke Company and the division and appropriation of the revenue arising
to use, exercise, and enjoy all or any of those rights, from that traffic, or from traffic which might have been
powers, and privileges.„ conveyed on such undertakings respectively; and the Bill
Aud it is also intended by the said Act to provide for the will authorise the appointment of joint committees, to be
dissolution of the City of London Gas Light and Coke nominated by the contractino• Companies, or by.two or
more of them, for carrying into effect any such contracts
Company, and for the incorporation of the Shareholders
in that Company with the Gas Light and Coke Company. as aforesaid.
And it is also intended by the said Act .to enable the The Bill will empower the Company, and all Companies
Gas Light and Coke Company for the purposes aforesaid and persons working or using the intended' Railway, to
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agreement or agreements which have been or may be trader 1.) St, much
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entered into between the two companies in relation to the
scribed, and the Swansea Harbour Railway at Swansea.
matters aforesaid.
(2.) The Swansea Harbour hallway, together ‘with all ter-
And it is also intended by the said Act to alter, amend,
initial and other stations, sidings, warehouses, buildings,
and extend, or to repeal all or some of the provisions of
booking and other offices, approaches,. watering places,
the Acts (local and personal), 50th Geo. 111., cap. 163 ;
54th Geo. 111., cap. 116 ; 56t Geo. 111., cap. 87 ; 59th
sheds, standing room for engines, shipping stages, machi-
Geo. 111., cap. 20; and 4th Geo. IV., cap. 119; relating to
nery, works and conveniences, water supplies, telegraphs
the Gas Light and Coke Company, and also of the Act
and signals,,in and upon those railways respectively,
companies and persons working the same
(local and personal) 22d and 23d Vic. cap. 52, relating to he
the City of London Gas Light and Coke Company, and
respectively to afford and render all necessaryfacilities and
also the Act (local and personal) 27th and 28th Vic., cap. tore require
322, relating to the Metropolitan District Railway Corn-
The Bill will incorporate with itself the necessary pro-
pai?y._ services f.or the purposes aforesaid.

And Notice is Hereby also Given that on or before the
23d day of December next, printed copies of the intended
Act will be deposited in the Private Bill-office of the House
of Commons.

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visions of " The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act,
1845 ;" " The Railways Clauses Act, 1863 ;" " The Com-
panies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" " The Com-
panies Clauses Act, 1863 ;" " The Lands Clauses Con-

Dated this 17th day of November, 1865.
CURTIS and BEDFORD
Haberdashers' Hall,
Solicitor to tho Gas Light and Coke Company.
PAINE and LALOR,
Gresham House,
Solicitors to the City of London Gas Light and
Coke Company.

Lands s; Clausesa nd it Con-
solidationwl
solidation Act,Aeta 1845
Amendment and
"amend or repeal, as far as may be necessary, all or some of
Act, 1860
the provisions of the several Acts following, namely, the
9 and 10 Vic., cap. 341, and of all other Acts relating to the
Vale of Neath Railway Company, the South Wales Mineral
Railway Act, 1853, and of all other Acts relating to the
South Wales Mineral Railway Company, 5 and 6 Wm. IV,.
cap. 107 ; 18 and 19 Vic., cap. 98 ; and 26 and 27 Vic., cap.
198 ; and of all other Acts relating to the Great Western
Rail way Company.
Duplicate plans and sections, describing the line, situa-
tion and levels of the proposed Railway, and the lands,
houses, and other property in or through which the same
will be made, together with a book of reference to such
plans, containing the names of the owners and lessees, or
reputed owners and lessees, or of the occupiers of such
lands, houses, and other property ; also a published map,
with the line of Railway delineated thereon, and a copy of
this notice will, on or before the 30th day of November
next, be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of
the Peace for the county of Glamorgan, at his office at
Cardiff ; and, on or before the same day, a copy of so much
of the said plans, sections, and book of reference as relates
to each of the parishes in or through which the said
Railway will be made, and a copy of this notice will be
deposited with the parish clerk of each such parish at his
residence or place of abode, and in case of any extra paro-
chial place, with the parish clerk of the parish immediately
adjoining thereto.
Printed copies of the intended Bill will be deposited in
the private Bill-office of the House of Commons on or be-
fore the 23d day of December next.
Dated this 16th day of November, 1865.

NEAT H JUNCTION RAILWAY.

ZinCorporation of Company—Construction of Railways
to connect the South Wales Mineral Railway with the
Swansea and Neath Railway, near Neath—Powers to
Great Western, South Wales Mineral, and Vale of Neath
Railway Companies—User of Portions of other Railways
Amendment of Acts.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application will
be made to Parliament, in the next Session, for an Act to
incorporate a Company (hereinafter called "the Com-
pany") for making and maintaining the railways following
or one of them (with stations, approaches, works, and con-
veniences), viz. :
No. 1. A railway commencing in the hamlet of Coed-
frank, in the parish of Cadoxton, juxta Neath, by a junction
with the Vale of Neath Railway, at or near the point
where the tramroad to the Crown Copper Works crosses
over that railway and terminating in the parish of Neath
by a junction with the South Wales Railway at or near
the distance post thereon indicating 207 k miles, which in-
tended railway will pass from, in, through, or into the
parishes and places of Cadoxton, juxta Neath, Blaen-
honddon, Neath, Dyffryn, Clydach, Coedfrank, Briton
Ferry, and Llantwit.
2. A railway commencing at or near the termination of
the intended railway before described, and terminating by
a junction with the South Wales Mineral Railway at or
near Gwrt Sart Lane, in the parish of Briton Ferry ; which
intended railway will pass from, in, through, or into the
parishes and places of Briton Ferry, Llantwit, Llantwit-
juxta-Neath, and Neath.
The said intended railways will be wholly situate in the
county of Glamorgan, and may be constructed upon the
broad or narrow gauge, or adapted to both gauges.
The intended Act will empower the Company to exer-
cise all or some of the following powers (that is to say) ,
To purchase by compulsion and also by agreement
lands, houses, and hereditaments for the purposes of the
said proposed railways and works connected therewith ;
to levy tolls, rates, and charges upon or in respect of the
proposed railways and works ; to confer exemptions from
the payment of tolls, rates, and charges • to vary or extin-
guish all rights and privileges inconsistent with the objects
of the intended Act ; and to confer other rights and
privileges.
To cross, divert, alter, or stop up, for the purposes of
the intended Act, and either temporarily or permanently,
roads, streets, ways, streams, pipes, sewers, canals, navi-
gations, rivers, bridges, railways, tramroads, and water-
courses within or adjoining the parishes and places afore-
said, or any of them.
The intended Act will empower the Great Western
Railway Company, the South Wales Mineral Railway
Company, and the Vale of Neath Railway Company, or
any one or more of those Companies, to exercise the powers
of the intended Act, and to become promoters thereof, and
to take and hold shares in and subscribe towards the in-
tended undertaking or any part thereof, and to guarantee
to the Company interest, dividend, or annual or other
payments, and for those purposes to empower the said
several Companies to apply their corporate funds and
revenues, and to raise further capital by the creation of
new shares or stock iu their respective undertakings, with
or without any preference or priority in payment of in-
terest or dividend, or other privileges attached thereto, and
by borrowing on mortgage or otherwise.
And it is intended by the said Act to empower the Com-
pany on the one hand, and the Great Western Railway
Company, the South Wales Mineral Railway Company,
and the vale of Neath. Railway Company, or any one of
them, on the other hand, to make and carry into, effect
agreements with respect to the maintenance and manage-
ment, use, and working of the railways of the contracting
parties, or any parts thereof, and the conveyance of traffic
thereon; the fixing, collecting, and apportionment of the
tolls, rates, charges, receipts, and revenues levied, taken,
or arising in respect of such traffic, and the supply and
maintenance of engines, stock, and plant.
The intended Act will empower the Company and all
companies and persons working or using their railways,
or any part thereof, to run over, work, and use with their
engines, carriages, and waggons, and for the purposes of
traffic of every description, upon rates, payments, terms,
and conditions to be prescribed by the Act, or (failing
agreement) settled by arbitration, the following railway
and portion of railway; viz.,
1. So much of the Swansea and Neath line of the Vale
of Neath Railway Company as is situated westward of the
intended junction therewith of the railway firstly before
described.
2. The Swansea Harbour Railway.
Together with all terminal and other stations,
sidings, warehouses, buildings, booking, and other
offices, approaches, watering places, sheds, stand-
ing room for engines, works, and convenience,
water supplies, telegraph signals, shipping stages, and
machinery, in and upon such railway and portion of rail-
way respectively, and to require the companies and persons
owning and working the said railway and portion of rail-
way respectively, to afford and render all facilities and
services for the purposes aforesaid.
And it is proposed, so far as may be necessary for all or
any of the purposes of the intended Act, to alter, amend,
extend, vary, and enlarge, or repeal all or some of the
powers and provisions of the several local and personal
Acts of Parliament following, or some of them, viz., 5 and
6 William IV., cap. 107, and 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 168, and
of all other Acts relating to the Great Western Railway
Company ; The South Wales Mineral Railway Act, 1853,
and of all other Acts relating to the South Wales Mineral
Railway Company ; 9 andlo Vic., cap. 341, and of all other
Acts relating to the Vale of Neath Railway Company and
their undertaking.
And it is also proposed to incorporate in the said Act all
or some of the provisions of "'T'he Companies' Clauses
Consolidation Act, 1845 ;" "The Companies' Clauses Act,
1863 ;" " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845;"
" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Acts Amendment Act,
1860 ;" " The Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ;"
and " The Railways Clauses Act, 1863."
Duplicate plans and sections of the intended railways
and works, with a book of reference to such plans, and a
published map having •the lines of railway delineatedio
i
thereon, and a copy of this notice, as published int
London Gazette, will be deposited on or before the 30th
November, in the present year, with the Clerk of the Peace
for the County of Glamorgan. at his office in Cardiff, and
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deuce.
Printed copies of the intended Act will be deposited in
the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, on or
before the 23d day of December nest.
Dated this 16th day of Nove
Kmber. 1865.
JAMES EMP THORNE,
Neath, Solicitor.
WILLIAM BELL,
26, Duke-street, Westminster,
Parliamentary Agent.

SWANSEA and BRIXTON FERRY JUNC-
TcoImONpanRyA;ILNVAY.
construction of Railway ;
(Incorporation of
powers to other Companies and over
amendment of Acts.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is
intended to be made to Parliament in the next session
thereof for leave to bring in a Bill t
Com-
panyo (herein called "the Company"), incorporate
andoeon a
confer upon
them the following, or some of the following, powers:
To make and maintain a Railway with all necessary
works,
stations, approaches, and conveniences connected
there • with, to commence by a junction with the Swansea
and Neath line of the Vale of Neath Railway, about five
chains north of the Red Jacket Copper Works, and to pass
thro):igh or into the parishes and places of Llansainlet,
Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Neath, Coedfrank, Llantwit,
Llantwit Lower, and Briton Ferry, or some of them, all
in the county of Glamorgan, and to terminate in the said
parish of Briton Ferry by junctions with the South Wales
Mineral Railway, and South Wales Railway at or near
Cwet Sart Lane.
To purchase lands, houses, and other property com-
pulsorily for the purpose of the said intended Railway and
.
works ; to levy tolls, rates, and charges in respect thereof ,
to cross, alter, stop up, and divert roads, railways, tramd-
ways, drains, sewers, navigations, rivers, streams,. an
watercourses, and to vary and extinguish
con.existinsfrurgihngs
and privileges, so far as may be necessary, ks connected
or maintaining the Railway or any of the works
therewith.
Instead-of conferring the foregoing powers on a Com-
pany to be incorporated as aforesaid, the Bill may confer
those powers on the Great Western Railway Company,
South Wales Mineral Railway Company, and on the Vale
of Neath Railway Company, or on any one or two of those
Companies.
The Bill will authorise the Vale of Neath, the South
Wales Mineral, and thePreat Western Railway,Companies,
or any one or more of those Companies, to contribute to-
wards the cost of constructing the said intended Railway
and works, and towards the other purposes of the Bill, out
of their corporate funds ; and, if necessary, the Bill will
authorise those Companies respectively to raise additional
capital by shares and stock, and by loan, and with or with-
out any priority of dividend or interest and other advan-,
tage over their existing and authorised capital, and the
Bill will enable those Companies or any of them, to hold
Shares in the capital of the Company, and to guarantee the