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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

1887,” do hereby make the following by-laws for regulating
the traffic on and over the Rakaia Bridge, which said bridge
forms part of the Hurunui and Bluff Railway, and is used
both for ordinary and railway traffic; and, in further pur-
suance and exercise of the said powers, do revoke all by-laws
and regulations in force at the date hereof authorising or
regulating traffic on and over the said bridge.

SCHEDULE.

1. Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter,
   and cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must have
   a man behind them; and cattle, sheep, and horses in mobs
   must also have a man before them.

2. Horses or light-wheeled vehicles will not be allowed to
   enter upon the bridge within twenty minutes, drays within
   thirty minutes, and cattle and sheep or pigs within one hour,
   of the time that any train is due on the bridge.

3. Horsemen or wheeled vehicles shall not travel faster
   than six miles an hour.

4. No traction-engine, portable engine, combine, elevator,
   reaper and binder (except reapers and binders on their own
   wheels), or such travelling or portable machine which exceeds
   11ft. in width (all of which are hereinafter included in the
   term “machine”), shall be taken over the bridge except under
   the following conditions:—

(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from
the Railway Stationmaster at Rakaia or Dunsandel a permit
authorising the passage of the machine over the bridge,
accompanied by the bridge-keeper.

(b.) Before such permit is issued, the person applying for
the same shall state correctly the description, weight, number
of wheels, breadth of tires, and width of the machine, to-
gether with the name and address of the owner thereof, which
particulars shall be entered in the permit.

(c.) The permit is to be given to the bridge-keeper, and the
machine shall not be allowed to enter upon the bridge if the
description in the permit does not agree with the machine,
nor unless accompanied by the bridge-keeper.

(d.) Every precaution shall be taken against fire or other
damage to the bridge or railway, as required by the bridge-
keeper; and speed shall be a uniform rate not exceeding two
miles per hour.

(e.) Traction engines shall only be taken over the bridge
during daylight. Other machines may be taken over at any
time, subject to these regulations.

(f.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Rail-
way Commissioners for any damage done to the bridge or
railway during its transit.

5. No greater load than 1½ tons gross per wheel with tires
   less than 5in. broad shall be taken over the bridge; and no
   load over 2 tons per wheel shall pass over except under the
   regulations for machines; and loads greater than 3 tons per
   wheel are entirely prohibited from crossing over the bridge.

6. Any authorised officer of the Railway Department may,
   at his discretion, relax any of the restrictions in clause 2, as
   the case may require.

7. No person shall be allowed to go upon or cross the
   bridge while in a state of intoxication.

8. Any person or persons entering upon the bridge within
   the prohibited hours, or resisting the bridge-keepers in the
   execution of their duties, or offending against any of these
   regulations, or giving untrue information concerning par-
   ticulars required for entering in any permit according to
   these regulations, shall for every such offence be liable to a
   penalty not exceeding £10.

9. 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.

In witness whereof the common seal of the
New Zealand Railway Commissioners
was hereunto affixed, this eleventh
(L.S.)
day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, in the presence of
J. P. MAXWELL, }
W. M. HANNAY, }
Railway
Commissioners.

By-laws and Regulations under which the Gore Railway-
bridge may be used for Ordinary Traffic (in substitution of
Regulations previously issued).

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Public
Works Act, 1882,” and “The Government Railways Act,
1887,” do hereby make the following by-laws for regulating
the traffic on and over the Gore Bridge, which said bridge
forms part of the Hurunui and Bluff Railway, and is used
both for ordinary and railway traffic; and, in further pur-
suance and exercise of the said powers, do revoke all by-
laws and regulations in force at the date hereof authorising
or regulating traffic on and over the said bridge.

SCHEDULE.

1. Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter,
   and cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must
   have a man behind them; and cattle, sheep, and horses in
   mobs must also have a man before them.

2. Passengers will not be allowed to enter upon the bridge
   within ten minutes, horses or light-wheeled vehicles and
   drays within twenty minutes, and cattle and sheep or pigs
   within thirty minutes, of the advertised time of arrival and
   departure of any train from the Gore Railway-station.

3. Horsemen or wheeled vehicles shall not travel across
   the bridge faster than at a walking-pace.

4. No traction-engine, portable engine, combine, elevator,
   reaper and binder (except reapers and binders on their own
   wheels), or such travelling or portable machine which ex-
   ceeds 11ft. in width (all of which are hereinafter included
   in the term “machine”), shall be taken over the bridge
   except under the following conditions:—

(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain
from the Stationmaster at Gore a permit authorising the
passage of the machine over the bridge, accompanied by the
bridge-keeper.

(b.) Before such permit is issued, the person applying for
the same shall state correctly the description, weight, number
of wheels, breadth of tires, and width of the machine, toge-
ther with the name and address of the owner thereof, which
particulars shall be entered in the permit.

(c.) The permit is to be given to the bridge-keeper, and the
machine shall not be allowed to enter upon the bridge if the
description in the permit does not agree with the machine,
nor unless accompanied by the bridge-keeper.

(d.) Every precaution shall be taken against fire or other
damage to the bridge or railway, as required by the bridge-
keeper; and speed shall be at a uniform rate not exceeding
two miles per hour.

(e.) Traction-engines shall only be taken over the bridge
during daylight. Other machines may be taken over at any
time, subject to these regulations.

(f.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Rail-
way Commissioners for any damage done to the bridge or
railway during its transit.

5. No greater load than 1½ tons gross per wheel with tires
   less than 5in. broad shall be taken over the bridge; and no
   load over 2 tons per wheel shall pass over except under the
   regulations for machines; and loads greater than 3 tons per
   wheel are entirely prohibited from crossing over the bridge.

6. The restriction provided in clause 2 of these by-laws
   for advertised trains shall be in force with respect to special
   trains.

7. No person shall be allowed to go upon or cross the bridge
   while in a state of intoxication.

8. Any person or persons entering upon the bridge within
   the prohibited hours, or resisting the bridge-keeper in the ex-
   cution of his duties, or offending against any of these regula-
   tions, or giving untrue information concerning particulars
   required for entering in any permit according to these
   regulations, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty
   not exceeding £10.

9. So far as applicable, the general by-laws and regula-
   tions for the time being respectively in force and affecting
   the traffic on the New Zealand railways shall extend and
   apply to the Gore Railway-bridge.

In witness whereof the common seal of the
New Zealand Railway Commissioners
was hereunto affixed, this eleventh
(L.S.)
day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety, in the presence of
J. P. MAXWELL, }
W. M. HANNAY, }
Railway
Commissioners.

By-laws and Regulations under which the Waimakariri
Gorge Railway-bridge may be used for Ordinary Traffic.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by “The Public
Works Act, 1882,” and “The Government Railways Act,
1887,” do hereby make the following by-laws for regulating
the traffic on and over the Waimakariri Gorge Railway-
Bridge, which said bridge forms part of the railway between
West Oxford and Sheffield, and is used both for ordinary and
railway traffic.

SCHEDULE.

1. Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter,
   and cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must
   have a man behind them; and cattle, sheep, and horses in
   mobs must also have a man before them.

2. Horsemen or wheeled vehicles shall not travel faster
   than six miles per hour.

3. No traction-engine, portable engine, combine, elevator,
   reaper and binder (except reapers and binders on their own
   wheels), or such travelling or portable machine which ex-