Section 8. The word "improvements," as used in section thirty-seven, means works by which the annual letting-va

38. The word "improvements," as used in section thirty-seven, means works by which the annual letting-value of the land has been, and at the time of demanding compensation continues to be, increased, and shall comprise— 1st, the construction of works for the storage of water, for the supply of water for agricultural purposes, for drainage, and for protection against floods; the 192 ACT No. XXVIII of 1868. the construction of wells, the reclaiming and clearing of waste lands and other works of a like nature; 2nd, the renewal or reconstruction of any of the foregoing works, or such alterations therein, or additions thereto, as are not required for maintaining the same, and which increase durably their value. Compensation how made.