✨ Proclamation of Bridge Tolls
PROCLAMATION.
I, WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury, by and with the advice of my Executive Council, and in exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Waimakariri Bridge Ordinance, 1863,” do hereby notify that on and after the TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY of FEBRUARY INSTANT, the Tolls levied on White’s Waimakariri Bridge, shall be in accordance with the Schedule or Scale hereunder written, and may be demanded by the person for the time being having the charge and custody of the said Bridge, every time of crossing the same.
SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.
For every horse, ass, or mule ... Threepence
For every horse, ass, mule, or other beast, with pack ... Threepence
For all horned cattle, driven without pack, per head ... Twopence
For every wheeled vehicle, drawn by one horse, or other beast ... Sixpence
For every additional horse, or other beast drawing such vehicle ... Threepence
For every sheep, lamb, goat, or pig, in one drove, not exceeding 100 ... One Halfpenny
For every additional sheep, lamb, goat, or pig ... One Farthing
Given under my hand at Christchurch, this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy one.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Superintendent.
CHRISTCHURCH :
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the Lyttelton Times Office, Gloucester Street, by WILLIAM REEVES, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 6
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🏗️ Proclamation of Waimakariri Bridge Tolls
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works25 February 1871
Proclamation, Bridge Tolls, Waimakariri Bridge, Canterbury
- WILLIAM ROLLESTON, Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury