LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Amalgamation of the North Devon Railway and Dock Company, and the Bideford Extension Railway Company, with the Company; Lease, or Sale, and purchase of Chard and of Petersfield, and of Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth, and of Bishops Waltham Railways; Lease, or Sale, and purchase of Epsom and Leatherhead Railway, and part of Wimbledon and Dorking Railway to the Company, and the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company jointly; powers to purchase Lands In Lambeth, Isleworth, and Hamworthy; Station and other arrangements with London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company, and with West London Extension Railway Company; Amendment of that Company’s Act as to Junctions; Amendment of Southampton Pier and Harbour Acts; Further Capital; Amendment of Acts of the Company and of other Companies. 

     NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,—That application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session, by the London and South-Western Railway Company (hereinafter called ‟The Company”), for an Act to effect or comprise the following purposes, or some or one of them (that is to say):—

  1.    For the union and amalgamation upon such terms and conditions as may have been or as may hereafter be agreed upon by the Companies next hereinafter mentioned, or as may be fixed and determined by or under the provisions of the intended Act of the North Devon Railway and Dock Company, hereinafter called the North Devon Company, with the Company, and for the union and consolidation into one undertaking of the undertakings of the North Devon Company and of the Company, that the undertaking, property, estate and effects, rights, powers and privileges, liabilities and obligations, of what nature and kind soever, of the North Devon Company may be vested in and may be exercised by and attached to the Company or the amalgamated Company. 
  2.    For the union and amalgamation upon such terms and conditions as may have been or as may hereafter be agreed upon by the Companies next hereinafter mentioned, or as may be fixed and determined by or under the provisions of the intended Act of the Bideford Extension Railway Company (hereinafter called the Bideford Company), with Company, and for the union and consolidation into one undertaking, of the undertakings of the Bideford Company, and of the Company, so that the undertaking, property, estate and effects, rights, powers, and provisions, liabilities and obligations, of what nature or kind soever of the Bideford Company, may be vested in, and may be exercised by and attached to the Company or the amalgamated Company. 
  3.    To enable the Petersfield Railway Company to lease for a term of years, or in perpetuity, or to sell and transfer to the Company, the Petersfield Railway, together with the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences; property, rights, powers, and privileges connected therewith, upon such terms and conditions, and for such considerations as may have been or may be agreed upon between the Petersfield Railway Company and the Company, or as may be fixed and determined in and by the said intended Act; and to enable the Company to take a lease of, or to purchase or take the said railway stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, or any or either of them, or any part or parts thereof; and to the union and amalgamation of the Petersfield Railway Company with the Company; and the union and consolidation into one undertaking of the undertaking of the Petersfield Railway Company and the Company, so that the undertaking, property, estate, and effects, rights, powers, and provisions, liabilities, and obligations of what nature or kind soever of the Petersfield Railway Company, may be vested in, and may be exercised by and attached to the Company, or the amalgamated Company. 
  4.    To enable the Chard Railway Company to lease for a term of years, or in perpetuity, or to sell and transfer to the Company, the Chard Railway, together with the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, property, rights, powers, and privileges, connected therewith, upon such terms and conditions, and for such considerations, as may have been or may be agreed upon between the Chard Railway Company and the Company, or as may be fixed and determined in and by the said intended Act; and to enable the Company to take a lease of, or to purchase, or take the said railway, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, or any or either of them, or any part or parts thereof, and to authorise the union and amalgamation of the Chard Railway Company with the Company, and the union and consolidation into one undertaking of the undertakings of the Chard Railway Company and the Company, so that the undertaking, property, estate, and effects, rights, powers, and provisions, liabilities, and obligations, of what nature or kind soever of the Chard Railway Company, may be vested in, and may be exercised by and attached to the Company, or the amalgamated Company.
  5.    To enable the Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Railway Company, hereinafter called the Ringwood Company, to lease for a term of years, or in perpetuity, or to sell and transfer to the Company the Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Railway, together with the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, property, rights, powers, and privileges connected therewith, upon such terms and conditions, and for such considerations, as may have been or may be agreed upon between the Ringwood Company and the Company, or as may be fixed and determined in and by the said intended Act; and to enable the Company to take a lease of, or to purchase, or take the said railway, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, or any or either of them, or any part or parts thereof; and to authorise the union and amalgamation of the Ringwood Company with the Company, and the union and consolidation into one undertaking of the undertakings of the Ringwood Company and the Company, so that the undertaking, property, estate, and effects, rights, powers, and provisions, liabilities, and obligations, of what nature or kind soever, of the Ringwood, Christchurch, and Bournemouth Railway Cowpony, may be vested in, and may be exercised by and attached to the Company, or the amalgamated Company.
  6.    To enable the Bishops Waltham Railway Company to lease for a term of years or in perpetuity, or to sell and transfer to the Company the Bishops Waltham Railway, together with the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, property and privileges connected therewith, upon such terms and conditions, and for such considerations, as may have been or may be agreed upon between the Bishops Waltham Railway Company and the Company, or as may be fixed and determined in and by the said intended Act; and to enable the Company to take a lease of, or to purchase or take the said Railway, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, or any or either of them, or any part or parts thereof; and to authorise the union and amalgamation of the Bishops Waltham Railway Company with the Company, and the union and consolidation into one undertaking of the undertakings of the Bishops Waltham company and the Company, so that the undertaking, property, estate, and effects, rights, powers, and provisions, liabilities and obligations, of what nature or kind soever, of the Bishops Waltham Railway Company, may be vested in, and may be exercised by and attached to the Company, or the amalgamated Company.
  7.    To enable the Company and the Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Company (hereinafter called the Leatherhead Company), and each of them, either alone or jointly to lease for a term of years or in perpetuity, or to sell and transfer to the Company, and to the Company called the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, hereinafter called the Brighton Company, all or any part of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, stations, works, sidings, and conveniences, property, rights, powers, and privileges connected therewith. And also to enable the Company and the Wimbledon and Dorking Railway Company (hereinafter called the Wimbledon Company), and each of them, either alone or jointly, to lease, for a term of years, or in perpetuity, or to sell and transfer to the Company and to the Brighton Company, a part in the parish of Epsom, near the Epsom Station thereon of the railway and works, and conveniences, now or heretofore of the Wimbledon Company, and so that such respective leases or transfees be on such terms and conditions, and for such considerations, as may have been, or may be agreed upon between the Companies so leasing or transferring, or either of them, on the one hand, and the Companies to whom the respective leases or transfers may be made, or either of them, on the other hand, and so that the respective railways, stations, works, and conveniences so leased or transferred, may be vested in the Company and the Brighton Company jointly, according to the terms and conditions of the respective leases and transfers. And to enable the Company, and the Brighton Company, to take a lease or transfer of the said Railway, and portion of railway, stations, sidings, works, conveniences, and premises respectively, or any or either of them, or any part or parts thereof. And to enable the Company and the Brighton Company, or either of them, on the one hand, and the Company, and the leathered Company, and the Wimbledon Company, or any or either of them, on the other hand, to make and carry into effect, contracts and arrangements with reference to the ownership, construction, maintenance, working, and uses of the same Railway, portion of Railway, and premises, or any part or parts thereof; the management, protection, and transmission of the traffic thereon; the fixing, collection, and appropriation, and distribution of the tolls, income, and profits therefrom; the payment, contribution, and allowances to be made by any or either of the contracting Companies to the other, or others of them, and all incidental or other accessory objects and matters; and to enable the Company and the Brighton Company to appoint a joint Committee of Directors for or with reference to all or any of the objects and matters aforesaid.
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     And notice is hereby given, that printed copies of the said intended Act will be deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons, on or before the 23rd day of December next.

Dated this 7th day of November, 1862
BIRCHAM, DALRYMPLE, DRAKE, AND WARD
46, Parliament Street,

Solicitors for the intended Act