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EEPOKT OF THE 



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disposal of debris and litter, on a strip of sufficient width on one or both sider, 

 of the track; the ploughing or digging of land in strips of sufficient width on 

 one or both sides of the track; and such other work as may, under the existing 

 local, conditions and at reasonable expense, tend to reduce to a minimum the 

 occurrence and spread of fire. 



(c) Said statements of the Chief Fire Inspector shall be so arranged as to 

 deal with and prescribe measures for each separate portion of such railway upon 

 and adjacent to which the fire risk calls for specific treatment. The intention 

 shall be to adjust the protective measures to the local conditions and to make the 

 expense proportionate to the fire risk and possible damage. 



Pig. 4 — Plantation made in 1909. Now seven years old (1915). 



(d) Said statements of the Chief Fire Inspector shall prescribe dates on or 

 within which the foregoing protective measures shall be commenced and completed, 

 and the fire-guards maintained in a clean and safe condition. 



(e) No such railway company shall permit its employees, agents, or con- 

 tractors to enter upon land under cultivation, to construct fire-guards, without 

 the consent of the owner or occupant of such land. 



(/) Wherever the owner or occupant of such land objects to the construction 

 of fire-guards, on the ground that the said construction would involve unreasonable 

 loss or damage to property, the Company shall at once refer the matter to the 

 Board, giving full particulars thereof, and shall in the meantime refrain from 

 proceeding with tlie work. 



