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GROUP XLV.

This Committee met this day in Room 16 ; Sir Dennis le
Merchant, chairman, and proceeded to take the

EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN (ST. AN-
DREW'S AND NEWBURGH BRANCHES).
Traffic evidence was taken in favour of the promoters, and
the formal proofs were put in by the secretary of the com-
papy. This closed the case for-the promoters.
Mr. WHATELZY4 Q.C., addressed the Committee for a Mr.
!!!,y. of Maydrum, and then called witnesses to prove the
Injury to his property if this Bill were sanctioned.
Mr. Ross then opened for the Cupar-road trustees, rho were
also petitioners against the Bill.
The Committee then broke up.

GROUP XLVI.
NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY (No. I).

The Committee met at the usual hour, Mr. Sotheran
chairman.

The CHAIRMAN stated the House would adjourn to-mor-
row, but that it was the intention of the Committee to sit
upon that day, and also that after that day the Committee
would not meet again until Tuesday week.
The cross-examination of Mr. Miller was then resumed
by Mr. Sergeant BELLACIS—The proposed line would take
about ten acres of the property of Mr. Miller. The water-
courses made for the purposes of irrigation were not shown
upon the Parliamentary sections. In such parts where
the railway would pass below the level of the water
courses, there would be no difficulty in carrying
the water across the line by means of a syphon ;
ample provision was made for these expenses, under the head
of contingencies. The radius of the curve at the part in
question of the railway was ten chains. The railway would
cross upon the level over several of the roads in the neigh-
bourhood of Mr. Miller's property. Upon the roads pro-
posed to be crossed on Mr. Miller's property, there was a
considerable traffic, chiefly among Mr. Miller's tenants, who
were very numerous. He did not anticipate any objection
from crossing the roads on the proposed plan. The North
British crossed many of the roads by the same mode.
Application was then made on the part of the Leith and
Granton Railway Company, to cross-examine the witness.
After some discussion upon the question" of their locus
standi, the room was ordered to be cleared, and the Committee
decided that they should not be allowed to be heard.
Mr. Merrit, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at
Leith, gave favourable evidence of a similar nature.
Mr. Wilson, banker, of Kelso, also gave evidence to the
same effect.
This closed the case on behalf of the promoters.
Mr. Sergeant BELLASLS then addressed the Committee on
behalf of Mr. Miller, and contended that a better line could
have been found, and one which would not at all have inter-
fered with the property of his client. At the conclusion of
his address,
The Committee adjourned till twelve to-morrow.

XLVII.
This Committee metGRO
toU-daP y at three o'clock; the Ron.
Eliot Yorke in the chair.
AIRDRIE AND BATECGATE =NOTION
(AMENDMENT AND DEVIATION).
The report of the Railway Commissioners on this Bill
having been received to-day, on the meeting of the Com-
mittee the preamble of the Bill was declared to be proved,
and the clauses of the Bill gone through and agreed to.
This terminated the business of the group.

GROUP XLVIII.
This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; Lord
Courtenay in the chair.
GLASGOW, AIRDRIE, AND DIONIELA.NDS
JUNCTION (cowmaxas CENTRAL JUNC.
TION A3.T33 CARMYL BRANCHES).
The case in opposition to this Bill was resumed.
Mr. N. Robson was re-called, and cross-examined on behalf
of the Bill. The object was to, show that Mr. Walker's line
would not accommodate the through traffic so well as the Cen-
tral Junction proposed.
This closed the case for the corporation against the Bill.
Mr. Johnston, C.E., was examined, with the object of
showing that Mr. Dixon's works, in Tradeston, would be
considerably injured by the proposed line of railway, which