§ "Where, under Section forty-five of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, a warrant has been granted by the Board of Trade authorising the abandonment of any unnecessary or derelict canal, an application may be made, with the consent of the proprietors of such canal, to the Light Railway Commissioners for an order authorising a light railway upon the site of such canal, if such order shall be made and confirmed as required by this Act, the said proprietors shall be at liberty to sell and transfer the site of such canal to the person or persons authorised by such order to construct the light railway upon such terms as may be agreed between the said proprietors and the said person or persons."
§ The hon. Member said he did not propose to move, as he had been assured by the President of the Board of Trade, whose view was supported by the Attorney General, that all that was sought to be effected by this clause could be effected by an Order of the Board of Trade.
§ SIR W. CAMERON GULL (Devon, Barnstaple) moved the following new Clause:—