Excerpt from Cape of Good Hope: Further Railway Convention Between the Orange Free State and the Cape Colony The Rails to be used in the construction of the New Railways shall be of steel, and, subject to the provisions of Article 3 of this Part and of Annexure D to this Convention, weigh not less than 60 lbs. Per yard. The sleepers to be used in the construction shall be of steel or wrought iron, unless otherwise determined by mutual agreement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.