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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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
   Rakaia 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, or engines employed in agri-
   culture or flax-dressing, or any other purpose, will
   not be permitted on the bridge otherwise than on the
   goods wagons in use on the railways.
5. No greater weight than two 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 Rakaia Bridge.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By-laws and Regulations under which the Waitaki
Bridge will be open for Ordinary Traffic (in substi-
tution of Regulations previously issued).

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
   Waitaki 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, or engines employed in agri-
   culture or flax-dressing, or any other purpose, will
   not be permitted on the bridge otherwise than on the
   goods wagons in use on the railways.
5. No greater weight than two 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 Waitaki Bridge.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By-laws and Regulations under which the Ashburton
Bridge will be open for Ordinary Traffic (in substi-
tution of Regulations previously issued).

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twentieth day of April, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
it is, among other things, provided that the
Governor in Council may from time to time make,
alter, or revoke by-laws and regulations for regulating
the traffic on roads and bridges used both for ordinary
and railway traffic:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
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
Waitaki Bridge, and which said bridge forms part of
the railway 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.

NORMANBY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
twentieth day of April, 1878.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL..

WHEREAS by "The Public Works Act, 1876,"
it is, among other things, provided that the
Governor in Council may from time to time make,
alter, or revoke by-laws and regulations for regulating
the traffic on roads and bridges used both for ordinary
and railway traffic:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise
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 railway 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.