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not more than eleven inches apart above that height, and being interlaced 

 with cross-wiring or fastened to wooden droppers or poles placed at 

 ' regular intervals of not more than four feet ; or 



(e.) Of woven standard-gauge wire fencing secured to posts not more than 

 twenty-four feet apart, with lowest wire not more than fourteen inches 

 above the ground, the top and bottom wires to be not less than No. 9 

 gauge, and Intervening wires not less than No. 12 gauge ; or 



(f.) Of barbed wire not less than No. 12 gauge, and secured to posts not more 

 than twenty-four feet apart, the lowest wire being not more than fourteen 

 inches from the ground, the wires being not more than nine inches apart 

 up to a height of thirty-two inches from the ground, and not more than 

 eleven inches apart above that height, and being interlaced with cross- 

 wiring or fastened to wooden droppers or poles placed at regular intervals 

 of not more than six feet ; or 



(g.) Of a combination of the materials specified in any two or more of the 

 foregoing clauses (a) to (f) ; but where any combination includes wire or 

 barbed wire the provisions as to cross-wiring, droppers, or poles shall be 

 observed, and the spacing of the cross-wiring, droppers, or poles shall not 

 be more than the minimum spacing provided for wire of the character used 

 in the combination. 



(4.) Any hedge of the height of at least four feet six inches, and any river bank 

 or other natural boundary, if sufficient to keep cattle out of any land, and any 

 unfordable lake, pond, river, or sea, shall be deemed to be a lawful fence. 



VICTORIA, B.C.: 



Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 



1920. 



