Section 36Part 6 — Improvements
What included
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Improvement of or to land shall include the —
drainage of land, and the straightening, widening, deepening or otherwise improving the drains, streams and watercourses of any kind;
irrigation and warping of land;
embanking and weiring of land from the sea or tidal waters, or from lakes, rivers or streams, in a permanent manner;
inclosing of lands, the making of dividing fences and the straightening of fences and re-division of fields and the surveying and running of lines;
reclamation of land, including all operations necessary thereto;
making of permanent plantation and farm roads and permanent tramways and railways and navigable canals for all purposes connected with the improvement of the estate;
clearing of land;
erection of labourers' cottages, plantation and farmhouses, and other buildings required for plantation and farm purposes, and the improvement of and addition to labourers' cottages, works, houses and other buildings for plantation and farm purposes already erected so as such improvements or additions are of a permanent nature;
planting for shelter;
constructing or erecting of any engine-houses, stills, waterwheels, sugar, coffee, saw and other mills, kilns, shafts, wells, ponds, tanks, reservoirs, dams, leads, pipes, conduits, watercourses, bridges, weirs, sluices, floodgates or hatches, which will increase the value of any lands for agricultural purposes, or for the manufacture of agricultural products;
construction or improvement of jetties or landing places on the sea coast, or on the banks of navigable rivers or lakes, for the transport of cattle, sheep and other agricultural stock and produce, and of lime, manure and other articles and things for agricultural purposes:
the execution of all such works as in the judgment of the Court may be necessary for carrying into effect any matter hereinbefore mentioned, or for deriving the full benefit thereof.
Provided that the Court shall be satisfied that such works will add to the permanent value of the lands to be charged to an extent equal to the expense thereof;
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