THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 875
Scale of Tolls at Ferry near Gorge, at Manawatu.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in
me by "The Public Works Act, 1876," I, John
Davies Ormond, the Minister acting for the Minister
for Public Works, do hereby fix the scale of tolls
mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be collected at
the Ferry near the Gorge, at Manawatu.
Dated at Wellington, this 12th day of December,
1876.

J. D. ORMOND,
Minister acting for the Minister for
Public Works.

occupation for such period as he shall think fit of
such portion of any highway or waste lands of the
Crown as may seem to him to be necessary as a site
for any such bridge or ferry; and, by Proclamation
published in the New Zealand Gazette, from time to
time, as occasion may require, to make regulations,
either applicable to such bridges or ferries generally
or applicable only to any one such bridge or ferry,
for the management of such bridges or ferries, and
the approaches thereto, in the occupation of the
person authorized to maintain the same, and for the
maintenance of such bridges and ferries in good
repair; and by any such regulations to fix and ap-
point the tolls to be levied on such bridges, and the
fares to be chargeable for the conveyance of passen-
gers, animals, and goods by such ferries, and what
exemptions shall be allowed from the payment of
any such tolls or fares, and to make rules for the
collection of any such tolls or fares, and for prevent-
ing the evasion thereof; and it shall also be lawful
for the Governor from time to time to alter or re-
voke any such regulations.

SCHEDULE.
SCALE OF TOLLS AT FERRY, NEAR GORGE, AT
MANAWATU.
For every passenger carried over ... ... 0 6
For every horse or head of cattle carried or
towed over, including the rider or person
in charge ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0
For every sheep, goat, pig, or other head of
small cattle ... ... ... ... ... 0 1
For every dray, cart, or other vehicle to be
drawn by horses or cattle ... ... ... 2 0
For every horse or bullock drawing same ... 0 6

EXEMPTIONS.
Extract from "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
section 104.
The following persons, animals, and vehicles, and
every animal and vehicle employed solely in carrying
such persons or their tools or materials, shall be
exempt from tolls:—

1. The Governor, and every person in attendance
   on the Governor.
2. Every member of any Military, Militia, or
   Volunteer Force when on duty, or going to or
   returning from parade and in the uniform (if
   any) of his corps.
3. Every policeman and constable on duty, and
   every prisoner in his custody.
4. Every person, animal, and vehicle, when ex-
   clusively employed in conveying Her Majesty's
   mails.
5. Every passenger by any public conveyance.
   But this exception shall not apply to such
   passengers at any ferry at which tolls are
   lawfully taken from foot passengers.
6. Every child going to or from school.
7. Every animal, the property of any person
   residing within one mile of a toll-gate, going
   to or from water or feed.
8. Every animal and cart employed solely in
   drawing manure.
9. Every person, animal, or vehicle, in respect
   of which toll has been paid at the same toll-
   gate at any time since the midnight previous.
   But the three last-mentioned exemptions shall not
   apply to tolls payable at a ferry.

Extract from "The Bridges and Ferries Act,
1868."
3. In the interpretation of this Act, the word
"cattle" shall mean and include one or more horses,
mares, geldings, colts, fillies, bulls, cows, oxen,
heifers, calves, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats, kids,
or swine.
4. The Governor may, subject to such conditions
as he may think fit, authorize any person to con-
struct a bridge across any river, creek, or stream, or
to establish a ferry across any river, creek, stream,
or lake, and to permit the maintenance of such bridge
or ferry for such period as he shall think fit, and the
5. Every person who shall cross, or who shall cause
any cattle to cross, or who shall convey or cause to
be conveyed any cattle or other animals, or any cart,
vehicle, or goods, across any river, creek, or lake at,
opposite to, or within one mile in a straight line from
any point or station within any part of the colony in
which this Act shall be in operation, at which a public
bridge or ferry for the convenience of crossing such
river, creek, or lake is or shall be established, and at
which any toll rate or ferryage is by law payable,
without availing himself of the use of the bridge or
of the services of the ferryman, or the use of the
ferry boat or boats, shall be liable for and shall pay
to the keeper of the toll house or bar on such bridge,
or at which toll is payable by persons crossing or
about to cross such bridge, or to the ferryman (as
the case may require), the toll, ferryage, or rate that
would have been demandable in case such person had
crossed or had conveyed such cattle or animals, cart,
vehicle, or goods across the bridge, or had employed
the ferryman to convey him or such cattle, cart,
vehicle, or goods, across such ferry in the ferry boat
or boats, as the case may be.

6. If any person shall neglect or refuse to pay any
   toll or ferryage payable under the last preceding sec-
   tion of this Act, or shall be guilty of any evasion or
   attempt at evasion of the payment of any such toll,
   rate, or ferryage, every such person shall for every
   such offence forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding
   five pounds, to be recovered by way of summary
   proceeding before two or more Justices of the Peace,
   in the manner provided in and by "The Justices of
   the Peace Act, 1866."

7. The fifth and sixth sections of this Act shall not
   apply to any person who shall cross on foot or horse-
   back or in any vehicle or in any boat, or who shall
   cause any cattle to cross, or who shall convey or
   cause to be conveyed, any cattle or other animals, or
   any cart, vehicle, or goods, across any river, creek,
   or lake, at or from any land in his occupation or in
   the occupation of any person in whose service he
   shall be, unless such person so causing any cattle
   to cross or conveying any cattle, animals, cart, vehicle,
   or goods across any such river, creek, or lake, at or
   from land in his occupation, or in the occupation of
   his master, shall do so for hire or reward, or, in the
   case of a servant of the occupier, for hire or reward
   to be paid by some person other than the occupier.

8. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time
   to time, by Proclamation, to exempt from the oper-
   ation of the fifth and sixth sections of this Act, as
   regards the bridge or ferry to which such Procla-
   mation shall be declared to relate, such class or