23Description of improvements authorized by Act

23 Description of improvements authorized by Act

*[Section 23 Amended by 25 Geo. V No. 78 ]*Improvements authorized by this Act are the making or execution on, or in connection with, and for the benefit of settled land, of any of the following works, or of any works for any of the following purposes, and any operation incident to or necessary or proper in the execution of any of those works, or necessary or proper for carrying into effect any of those purposes, or for securing the full benefit of any of those works or purposes, namely:

(a) Drainage, including the straightening, widening, or deepening of drains, streams, and watercourses;

(b) Irrigation; warping;

(c) Drains, pipes, and machinery for supply and distribution of sewage as manure;

(d) Embanking or weiring from a river or lake, or from the sea, or a tidal water;

(e) Groynes; sea walls; defences against water;

(f) Enclosing; straightening of fences; redivision of fields;

(g) Reclamation; dry warping;

(h) Farm roads; private roads; roads or streets in villages or towns;

(i) Clearing; trenching; planting;

(j) Cottages for labourers, farm servants, and artisans, employed on the settled land or not;

(k) Farm-houses, offices, and out-buildings, and other buildings for farm purposes;

(l) Sawmills and other mills, water-wheels, engine-houses, and kilns, which will increase the value of the settled land for agricultural purposes or as woodland or otherwise;

(m) Reservoirs, tanks, conduits, watercourses, pipes, wells, ponds, shafts, dams, weirs, sluices, and other works and machinery for supply and distribution of water for agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, or for domestic or other consumption;

(n) Tramways; railways; canals; docks;

(o) Jetties, piers, and landing-places on rivers, lakes, the sea, or tidal waters, for facilitating transport of persons and of agricultural stock and produce, and of manure and other things required for agricultural purposes, and of minerals, and of things required for mining purposes;