APRIL 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 465

"Public Works Act, 1882."
Injuries to Roads.

Section 100. Any person who, not having lawful authority or the written permission of the Board, does knowingly or wilfully any of the following things :—
(1.) Encroaches on any road by making or erecting any building, fence, ditch, or other obstacle, or plants any tree or shrub thereon;
(2.) Leaves on a road any timber, stones, or other material so as to obstruct or endanger persons using the road;
(3.) Digs up, removes, or alters in any way the soil or surface or scrapings of a road;
(4.) Fills up, alters, or obstructs any ditch or drain, whether on a road or elsewhere, made by or under the control of the Board to carry water off the road;
(5.) Allows any water, tailings, or sludge, or any filthy or noisome matter, to flow from any land or building in his occupation on a road, or into any ditch or drain declared to be a public drain;
(6.) Causes or allows any timber or other heavy material, not being wholly raised above the ground on wheels, to be dragged on a road,
shall be liable to a penalty of ten pounds.

Offences on Roads.

Section 102. If any person does any of the following things on a road :—
(1.) Rides or drives any horse or vehicle furiously;
(2.) Rides or drives any horse or vehicle on a footpath;
(3.) Tethers any animal on or so that it be on a road;
(4.) Drives any entire horse or dangerous animal loose;
(5.) Plays any game to the annoyance of passengers;
(6.) Pitches any booth, tent, or stall;
(7.) Makes any fire without written authority from Road Board;
(8.) Discharges any firearms or fireworks on a road, or within fifty feet of a road;
(9.) Unlawfully obstructs in any manner the free passage of persons passing along a road;
(10.) Drives any vehicle in his charge, sitting thereon without having reins to guide the horse or other animal drawing the same;
(11.) Goes to sleep in any vehicle in his charge so as to leave the animal drawing the same without proper guidance;
(12.) Leaves any vehicle by going to such a distance as to be unable to control the animal drawing the same;
(13.) Does not keep any vehicle driven by him on the left or near side when meeting, and on the right or off side when passing, another vehicle, or does not leave a reasonable portion of the road for any vehicle passing him;
(14.) Impedes the traffic or endangers the safety of passengers by a load unduly projecting from the side of any vehicle or any beast of burden.

Section 103. If any person is drunk when in charge of a vehicle or animal upon a road he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than five pounds, or at the discretion of the Justices to be imprisoned with or without hard labour for not more than fourteen days.

"Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1883."

Section 10. Any person who shall deposit any cuttings of any trees, or shrubs, or clippings of hedges, or any other rubbish on any road, footpath, or public place, and shall not remove the same after notice from the Board, shall be liable to the penalty and costs imposed by the Act.

SPECIAL ORDER.

Any person allowing cows or other animals to wander on the footpaths while being driven to pasture or water will be liable to the penalty hereafter mentioned.

No horned cattle shall be allowed to be driven through any part of the district between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

The penalty for infraction of any of the foregoing by-laws shall be a sum not exceeding £5 for each offence, except where under any Act of the Legislature a higher penalty may be imposed.

No legal proceedings shall be taken against any persons under these by-laws by any servant of the Board without the sanction of the Board or the Chairman.

These by-laws come into operation on the 2nd May, 1885.

By order of the Mount Eden Road District Board.
JOSEPH POTTER, Chairman.
THOMAS BARNES,
THOS. WM. ALLEN,
JAMES MACGREGOR,
CHRISTOPHER BAILEY,
Members of the Board.

I hereby certify that the above by-laws for the good government of the Mount Eden Road District were duly enacted by the Board at a meeting held on the 22nd January, 1885; that the signatures of the Chairman and the members of the Board were made to the certified copy, and the seal of the Board stamped thereon; and that the passing of these by-laws was entered on the minutes of the said meeting.

JOHN STICKLEY,
Clerk, Mount Eden Road District Board.
Auckland, 8th April, 1885.

Special Order made by Thames County Council.—Water-race District constituted.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th April, 1885.

THE following special order, made by the Thames County Council, is published in accordance with “The Counties Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882.”
P. A. BUCKLEY.

SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT, in pursuance of the ratepayers’ petition in that behalf, presented to the Council, all that portion of the Thames County contained within the under-written boundaries shall be constituted a district for the purpose of making and maintaining a high-level water-race, under sections 30 to 50 of “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1883,” to be called “The High-level Water-race Special Rating District,” and such district be constituted as from and after the 18th day of April, 1885.

I hereby certify the above special order has been duly made in accordance with law.

ALEXANDER BRODIE,
County Chairman.

Boundaries.

From a point at the source of the Waikawau Creek by a straight line to the northern head of Tairua Harbour (being a portion of the northern boundary of Thames County); thence by the northern shore of Tairua Harbour to the north-west peg of Matapaiā Block; thence by the western boundaries of Matapaiā and Papatawatawa Blocks to Tairua River; thence by the western and northern shore of Tairua River to the head of navigation; thence by the southern and eastern shore of Tairua River to the sea (south head of Tairua Harbour); thence by the sea-coast to the northern head of Otahu River; thence towards the south-east by the Otahu River to its source; thence towards the south-east by a straight line to the nearest source of the Hikutaia River; thence towards the south by the Hikutaia River to the south-west peg of Hikutaia No. 1 Block; thence towards the south-west by the south-west boundary of Hikutaia No. 1 Block; thence towards the west by Hikutaia No. 1, Onetai No. 2B, and Onetai No. 2A Blocks; thence towards the north by south boundaries of Omahu No. 2, and Whangamata No. 1, and Omahu West No. 2A Blocks; thence by southern boundary of Omahu West No. 2A Block; thence by western boundaries of Omahu West No. 2A, Omahu West No. 3, and Te Horete No. 2 Blocks; thence by a straight line bearing 303° to south-east corner of Pakirarahi Block; thence by southern boundary of Pakirarahi Block to a point on the Ruapekapeka Stream; thence towards the west by the Ruapekapeka Stream to south-west boundary of the Ruapekapeka Block; thence by south-western boundary of the Ruapekapeka Block to a point on south-eastern boundary of Owhataroa No. 1 Block; thence by south-eastern boundaries of Owhataroa Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks; thence by the south-western boundary of Owhataroa No. 2 Block to a point on the Matatoki Stream; thence by southern side of the Matatoki Stream and northern boundary of Owhataroa No. 1 Block to Taparahi No. 2 Block; thence south-westerly by the south-western boundary of Taparahi No. 2 Block; thence by southern boundary of Taparahi No. 3 Block; thence by south-western boundary of Taparahi No. 3 Block to Hawaiki Block; thence by north-western boundary of Taparahi No. 3 Block to Nga Putaka Block; thence by the south-western boundary of Nga Putaka Block to its junction with the goldfields boundary; thence towards the north-west by the goldfields boundary to the Waiwhakaurunga River; thence towards the south and west by the goldfields boundary to its junction with the Karaka Creek; thence by the Karaka Creek to its junction with the Borough of Thames eastern boundary; thence towards the west by the eastern boundary of the Borough of Thames to the Opitimoko Stream; thence towards the North by the Opitimoko Stream to the Ngaromaki Block; thence by the western boundary of Ngaromaki Block; and thence by the southern boundary of Ngaromaki Block to eastern boundary of the Borough of Thames; thence towards the west by the eastern boundary of the Borough. of Thames to Waingonga Block; thence by the north-western boundary of Ipu-o-Moehau Block to the Otohi Stream; thence towards the south by the Otohi Stream to south-west peg of Te Wharau Block; thence by the western