1802

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

of all powers and authorities vested in him for that
purpose, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make
the by-laws and regulations set forth in the Schedule
hereto for regulating the traffic on the Ashburton
Bridge, and which said bridge forms part of the rail-
way from Amberley to the Bluff, and is used both for
ordinary and railway traffic; and in further pursuance
and exercise of the said powers and authorities, and
with the like advice and consent, doth revoke all by-
laws and regulations in force at the date hereof,
authorizing or regulating traffic on, along, or across
the said bridge.

SCHEDULE.

1. All horses crossing the bridge which are not
   driven in harness, or led by bridle or halter, and all
   cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must
   have a man behind and before them.

2. Horses or light-wheeled vehicles will not be
   allowed to enter upon the bridge within fifteen
   minutes, drays within thirty minutes, and cattle and
   sheep or pigs within one hour of the advertised time
   of arrival and departure of any train from the Ash-
   burton Railway Station.

3. Horsemen or wheeled vehicles will not be
   allowed to travel at a greater rate than six miles an
   hour across the bridge.

4. Traction engines will not be permitted on the
   bridge otherwise than on the goods wagons in use on
   the railways. Portable engines employed in agricul-
   ture, flax-dressing, or other purposes may pass over
   the bridge on their own wheels, provided they have
   not fewer than four travelling wheels, with tires not
   less than five inches broad, the cylinder not more than
   eleven inches in diameter if single, or eight inches if
   double; the weight, without water, not exceeding four
   tons and a half; and all fire must be drawn at least
   half a mile distant from the bridge.

5. No greater weight than three tons gross on any
   one pair of wheels with tires less than five inches
   wide will be permitted to cross the bridge.

6. The restrictions provided in clause 2 for adver-
   tised trains shall be in force with respect to special
   trains, but any authorized officer of the Railway
   Department may, at his discretion, relax any of such
   restrictions as the case may require.

7. Any person or persons entering upon the bridge
   within the prohibited hours, or resisting the gate-
   keepers in the execution of their duties, will be subject
   to the penalty hereinafter mentioned.

8. Any person in a state of intoxication will not
   be permitted to enter upon the bridge whilst in such
   condition.

9. Any person offending against any of these
   regulations will be liable to a penalty not exceeding
   ten pounds.

10. So far as applicable the general by-laws and
    regulations for the time being respectively in force
    and affecting the traffic on the New Zealand railways
    shall extend and apply to the Ashburton Bridge.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending the operation of Order in Council under
"The Stamp Fee Act, 1875," dated 3rd instant.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of December, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made and
issued under the provisions of *"The Stamp

Fee Act, 1875,"* on the third day of December instant,
after reciting as is therein recited, it was directed
that, on and after the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, all duties,
fees, fines, and penalties now and from time to time
payable under any Acts mentioned or referred to
in the Schedule thereto, except such as are payable in
Courts of Petty Sessions, should be collected by
stamps under the said Act as therein mentioned:

And whereas it is expedient that the provisions of
the said Order in Council should be altered as here-
inafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony of New Zealand, and in pur-
suance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by "The Stamp Fee Act, 1875," doth
hereby order and direct that the provisions of the
said in part recited Order in Council, and the Schedule
thereto, shall extend and apply to all duties, fees, fines,
and penalties levied, received, recovered, or enforced
under any Act or Ordinance, by virtue of any process
or proceeding had or taken under any of the Acts
mentioned in the Schedule to the said in part recited
Order in Council, or under any other Act or Ordi-
nance, in any Resident Magistrate's Court, or before
any Justice or Justices of the Peace; but nothing
herein shall be deemed to apply to any duties, fees,
fines, or penalties received or receivable in any Court
of Petty Sessions.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Apiata Aterea and Tanirau Kahu Trus-
tees under "The Maori Real Estate Management
Act, 1867."

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of December, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Maori Real Estate Manage-
ment Act, 1867" (hereinafter called "the said
Act"), it is enacted that, if any title to or interest in
any hereditaments shall accrue to any Maoris, who
or any of whom shall be infants, lunatics, or under
legal disability, it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, if he think fit, to order that such here-
ditaments, or any part thereof or interest therein as
shall to the Governor in Council be shown to belong
to such infant, or lunatic, or other person under legal
disability, shall be vested in trustees, as the Governor
in Council shall think fit:

And whereas by an order bearing date the twenty-
third day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-eight, under the hand of Henry Halse,
Esquire, Judge of the Native Land Court, under the
seal of the said Court, it was ordered that a memorial
of the ownership of Te Tohea Apiata, Puhanui Pa-
taka, and others to the land and hereditaments
described in the Schedule hereto be inscribed on the
Court rolls:

And whereas the said Te Tohea Apiata and Puha-
nui Pataka are infants under the age of twenty-one
years, and it is expedient that Apiata Aterea and
Tanirau Kahu be appointed trustees under the said
Act, on behalf of the said Te Tohea Apiata and
Puhanui Pataka:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the colony, in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the said Act, doth hereby order that the interests