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PEAK FOREST, BEARD AND WOODLANDS RAILWAYS.
56 George III. Cap. 29, Royal Assent 21st May, 1816.

THESE railways not having yet been executed, it is only necessary to state that the act for their establishment was obtained in 1816, as 'An Act for making and maintaining a Railway or Tramroad from Peak Forest to Beard, and from Peak Forest aforesaid to or near to Woodlands, all in the county of Derby.' The railways are to be executed at the cost of the Duke of Devonshire and Lord George Henry Cavendish.

The estimate for the first road to Beard was made by Mr. James Meadows, being £1,227 for one mile and about three quarters; the second was surveyed by Mr. Josias Fairbank, being a distance of seven miles and three quarters, the execution of which was estimated by him at £6,637, 15s. 3d.; but as the time, limited by the act, is expired for making them, it is useless to remark further upon this article.

PEMBREY HARBOUR, CANAL AND RAILWAY.
6 George IV. Cap. 115, Royal Assent 10th June, 1825.

THIS is not an extensive work; commencing in Pembrey Harbour, the connecting cut or canal runs directly northward to the junction with the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal.

The act for executing this work was obtained in the year 1825, under the title of 'An Act for making and constructing a Harbour and other Works, in the parish of Pembrey, in the county of Carmarthen, and for making a Canal and Railway from the said Harbour to Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal, in the said county;' by which certain persons, incorporated as" The New Pembrey Harbour Company," have power to establish a safe and commodious harbour on the north of Burry River, with a navigable canal, quays, wharfs, piers and railways, communicating with the Kidwelly and Llanelly Canal; for defraying the expenses attendant