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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

unshipped, except at such times and places, and in such order and mode, as may be directed and deemed expedient by the Wharfinger or his deputy for the proper working of the wharf.

3. All goods of a dangerous or inflammable character (other than gunpowder) shall be removed by the owner, agent, or consignee, immediately on being landed, and such owner, agent, or consignee failing to do so will be held responsible for any damage or loss that may accrue from any accident arising therefrom, in addition to the penalty provided for breach of these regulations; and the Wharfinger shall not be responsible for any damage or loss which may accrue to such goods.

4. No goods or articles of any description which, in the opinion of the Wharfinger or his deputy, are likely to occasion damage to the wharf, landing-place, or shed, shall be discharged or landed on any such wharf or landing-place, or placed in any such shed.

5. If at any time owners or consignees of any cargo or produce landed on the wharf or landing-place, or to be shipped therefrom, are notified that no storage room is available in any of the sheds for the proper stowage of such cargo or produce, and if any cargo or produce shall be permitted to remain on the wharf or landing-place, for the convenience of the owners, consignees, or shippers thereof, then the Wharfinger shall not be held responsible for any loss or damage that may accrue to any such cargo or produce, by the elements or otherwise, during the time they may so remain on the wharf: Provided always that the Wharfinger shall not be bound to find storage room either in the sheds or on the wharf or landing-place for any cargo or produce when no sufficient accommodation is available for that purpose.

6. No person taking any vehicle on the wharf shall allow the same to go at greater than a walking pace.

7. Any person taking any vehicle drawn by one horse on the wharf or jetty on which vehicles or horses are permitted to be taken shall walk at the head of and lead his horse, and remain by the same so long as the vehicle is on the said wharf, pier, or jetty; and no person shall ride on horseback on the wharf, pier, or jetty, but shall dismount and lead his horse.

8. Any person taking any vehicle drawn by two or more horses on any such wharf, pier, or jetty, as mentioned in the preceding by-law, shall ride on the said vehicle, so as to keep the horses attached thereto as far as possible under his control while the said vehicle is in motion, and shall stand by the said vehicle when and so long as the same shall be at a standstill on any such wharf, pier, or jetty.

9. All persons in charge of vehicles shall be under the control of the Wharfinger or his deputy, and such persons shall, immediately on being so ordered by the said Wharfinger or his deputy, remove such vehicle to any part of the wharf to which he may be directed, or shall, if so required by the said Wharfinger or his deputy, remove such vehicle altogether from the wharf. No person shall be allowed to take any bicycle or tricycle upon the said wharf except for the purpose of shipment, or by permission of the Wharfinger or his deputy.

10. No person shall disobey the orders of the Wharfinger or his deputy when acting in the due performance of their duty, nor in any way obstruct the traffic on any wharf, pier, jetty, or landing-place, nor make use of abusive or improper language thereon.

11. All goods landed on any wharf or landing-place, or brought thereon for shipment, are to be placed as the Wharfinger or his deputy may direct; and no goods or other articles shall be placed in any shed or on any wharf or landing-place so as to be an impediment to the approaches, or an obstacle to the removal of other goods from shed, wharf, or landing-place, or so as to incumber the mooring-posts or rings on any such wharf or landing-place.

12. Shippers and consignees of all goods landed on or shipped from the said wharf shall, before landing or shipping such goods, deliver to the Wharfinger or his deputy a full and true account of all such goods, stating the respective weights or measurements of the same, according as freight is payable thereon. All charges to be paid previous to delivery of goods.

13. The master of every vessel shall, on demand, give to the Wharfinger, or other person deputed by him, a copy of the bill of lading, freight-list, or manifest of the cargo, or other proper account, of all goods intended to be unshipped from the vessel, and the name or names of the owners to whom all or any goods in such vessel are intended to be delivered.

14. The wharf shall be open daily for business from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Sundays and holidays excepted).

15. All goods landed on the wharf shall be removed therefrom or stored before 4 o’clock p.m. on the day on which they are landed.

16. The Wharfinger is empowered to take charge of and store cargo if not removed by the consignee within six hours after being landed, or to cause the same to be delivered to the consignee at his expense and risk.

17. All vessels shall pay (not exceeding) 1s. per ton extra on all cargo landed before 8 a.m. and after 4 p.m., exclusive of labour. Wool, skins, fungus, flax, shall be charged for at the rate of 3d. per bale. No extra charge shall be made for coal, ballast, or timber discharged or shipped during extra hours.

18. Goods landed for reshipment shall have precedence of all other goods stored in the sheds.

19. In the construction of the above by-laws the terms and expressions following shall have the meanings herein-after assigned to them:—

“Wharfinger” shall mean and include the person appointed by the Council or Wharfinger to collect and receive all dues payable under these by-laws:

“Deputy” shall mean any officer of the Council acting under the instructions or by the authority of the Wharfinger or Council as the case may be.

20. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything required by these regulations, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or authorized to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited by these by-laws, every such person in any case so offending shall be liable to forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding £5.

21. That no person or persons shall deposit goods of any description upon the public highway or lands vested in the Council, or on any land vested in the Council adjacent to the wharf.

22. These by-laws shall come into force on the 1st day of May, 1884.

Adopted and passed by the Kaikoura County Council at a special meeting of the said Council, held the 9th day of February, 1884. The common seal of the County Council was at the same time affixed and impressed hereto and hereon, by order of the Council, by the Chairman of the said Council, in the presence of—

WALTER GIBSON, Chairman.
GEORGE RORRISON,
S. W. MAXTON,
H. H. KNOWLES, Clerk.
} Councillors.

I hereby certify that the by-law for the government of the Kaikoura wharf and shed was made, by special order, on the 9th February, 1884, and confirmed on the 9th March, 1884.

WALTER GIBSON,
Chairman

County Council,
Kaikoura, 14th May, 1884.

Road Board Elections.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd May, 1884.

THE following notices of elections of members of Road Boards are published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

THOMAS DICK.

Parua Bay Road District, County of Whangarei:
Malcolm McDonald.
John K. Pearce.
John Keys.

Albertland North Road District, County of Rodney:
Isaac Powell.
Peter James.

Tauhoa Road District, County of Rodney:
James Thomas Pain, jun.
Joel Grant.

East Tamaki Road District, County of Manukau:
John Stoddart.
Thomas Hunter.

Papatoitoi Road District, County of Manukau:
Robert Carruth.
William Lambe.

Pakuranga Road District, County of Manukau:
William W. Hutchinson.
William Campbell.

Paparoa Road District, County of Manukau:
Henry Andrew.
Patrick Smyth.

Howick Township Road District, County of Manukau:
John Finlay.
Thomas McInness.

Turanga Road District, County of Manukau:
Nicol M. Frater.
Ambrose Trust, jun.

Waiuku Road District, County of Manukau:
Charles Thomas Barriball.
William Sanday.

Waipipi Road District, County of Manukau:
Walter John Harris.
Arthur Wellesley Manning.