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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Declined :

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Nelson, 18th March, 1875.

THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified that
CHARLES LENDRICK MACLEAN, Esquire,
has resigned his seat in the Provincial Council for the district of Buller.

EUGENE O'CONOR,
Provincial Secretary.

Tenders.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 24th March 1875.

THE following lists of successful and unsuccessful Tenderers are published for general information.

EDWARD RICHARDSON.

NELSON AND FOX HILL RAILWAY.
PERMANENT WAY CONTRACT.

Accepted.

Declined.

BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE LYELL DISTRICT LOCAL REVENUES BOARD.

In pursuance of the 35th Clause of the Goldfields Local Revenues Act, 1873," and of part 4 of the Highway Boards Empowering Act, 1871" :

The Chairman and Members of the Lyell District Local Revenues Board, at a Meeting of the Board held in the Commercial Hotel, Lyell, on the 17th February, 1875, did ordain as follows :-

1. That any person or persons guilty of any of the following offences within the limits of the Lyell Local Revenues Board District, shall, on conviction of any such offence be liable to forfeit and pay any penalty not exceeding the sum of two pounds for any one offence.

2. No person shall place or cause to be placed any obstruction in, or upon any roadway, street, footpath, or reserve, by any vehicle or animal to remain in, upon, or across the same, or by placing thereon any goods or material of any kind, or by erecting fences in, upon, or across any roadway, street, footpath, or reserve, without having previously obtained the written consent of the Secretary of the Board.

3. No person shall throw or cause to be thrown on any roadway, street, footpath, or reserve, any water debris, or anything likely to cause or prove a nuisance.

4. No person shall place any obstruction in, upon, or across any drain, creek, or water-course of any kind, by throwing therein any material whatsoever, or by falling timber in, upon, or across the same.

5. No person shall set fire to any timber, scrub, bush, or other combustible matter which may be liable to damage any road, street, footpath, or reserve.

6. No person shall remove or cause to be removed any soil, gravel, sand, stone, or timber, from any roadway, street, footpath, or reserve, nor from the bed or banks of any creek, river, or watercourse, without having previously obtained the consent in writing of the Secretary of the Board.

7. No person shall drive or cause to be driven any sleigh, drag, trolly, &c., upon any of the public or private roads, streets, or footpaths, nor drive any dray, cart, wagon, or vehicle of any kind upon, or across any footpath, nor ride upon, or drive any cattle upon or across the same.

8. No person shall permit any cattle to be at large upon any road, street, pathway, or reserve.

9. The word "cattle", shall, for the purposes of these Bye-laws be deemed to include horses, asses, mules, sheep, goats, and swine, of all ages, and either sex, and to apply to any one of such animals alone, as well as to a mob or herd.

10. The word "street" or "road" shall mean a public road or street used by carts or foot passengers.

11. The word "pathway" shall mean all that portion on each side of every street reserved for foot passengers, including a space of five feet towards the roadway, measured from the line of sections.

12. The words "private street" shall mean any street or road which has not been maintained or declared a public street or road.

Dated this 17th day of February, 1875.

PETER S. DEMPSEY,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the Bye-laws made by the Lyell Local Revenues Board.

JAMES INGLIS,
Secretary.

Approved—
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

BYE-LAWS MADE BY THE MOTUEKA HIGHWAY BOARD.

1. Any person or persons guilty of any of the following offences within the limits of the Motueka Highway District, shall, on conviction of any such offence, be liable to forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding the sum of forty shillings for any one offence.

2. No person shall place or cause to be placed any obstructions in, or upon any roadway, street, footpath, or reserve by allowing any vehicle or animal to remain in, upon, or across the same, or by placing thereon any goods or material of any kind, or by erecting fences in, upon, or across any roadway, street, footpath, or reserve without having previously