1905.] Notes from Foreign Office Reports. 375 



Sub-section (3) requires that a railway company exercising 

 powers under this section shall pay full compensation to any 

 person injuriously affected by the exercise of those powers,, 

 including compensation in respect of loss of amenity. 



This Act is not to apply in the case of any action for damage 

 by fire brought against any railway company unless notice of 

 claim and particulars of damage, in writing, shall have been sent 

 to the said railway company within seven days of the occurrence 

 of the damage as regards the notice of claim, and within four- 

 teen days as regards the particulars of damage. 



The Government of Queensland have issued revised Regula- 

 tions, dated December 21st, 1904, dealing with the granting of 

 loans under the Agricultural Bank Act, 

 ^Lo^ans^hl^ I 9° I * Advances not exceeding 12s. in 

 Queensland. tne £ °^ tne ^ r estimated value of the 

 holding are granted for the payment of 

 liabilities, for the purchase of stock, machinery, or implements, 

 and for the carrying out of improvements, such as clearing, 

 fencing, draining, provision of wells, reservoirs, buildings, &c. 

 The advances to any one person are not to exceed £800, and 

 applications not exceeding £200 are to have priority. 



Under the Act, interest is to be paid by the borrower at the 

 rate of 5 per cent, for the first five years ; after which the 

 amount must be paid off within a term of twenty years by half- 

 yearly instalments of £4 os. 3d. for every £100. 



Dairy Show at Chicago. — The Board have been informed^ 

 through the Foreign Office, that a National Dairy Show 

 will be held in Chicago in February next, 



Notes from and that it is hoped by the Executive Corn- 

 Foreign Office , . \ . ■ ' . „ . . 



Reports. mittee that British, especially Canadian, 



butter and cheese manufacturers will ex- 

 hibit. A good opportunity will also be offered for bringing 

 before the public any dairy machinery. 



* Journal, June, 1902, p. 106. 



