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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

SCHEDULE.
THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Southland; as the said parcels of land are more particularly delineated on the plans marked 5683 and 5684, deposited in the office of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners, at Wellington, this third day of March, (L.S.) in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

JAMES MCKERROW.
J. P. MAXWELL.

By-laws and Regulations under which the Waitaki 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 Waitaki Bridge, which said bridge forms part of the Hurunui and Bluff Railway, and is used both for ordinary and railway traffic; and, in further pursuance 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 fifteen 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. Traction-engines are not allowed to cross the bridge unless loaded on railway wagons.

5. No portable engine, combine, elevator, reaper and binder, 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 Waitaki North 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, together 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.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Railway Commissioners for any damage done to the bridge or railway during its transit.

6. 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 2½ tons per wheel are entirely prohibited from crossing over the bridge.

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

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

9. 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 particulars required for entering in any permit according to these regulations, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

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.

In witness whereof the common seal of the New Zealand Railway Commissioners was hereunto affixed, this third day (L.S.) of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, in the presence of

JAMES MCKERROW,\
J. P. MAXWELL,\
} Railway Commissioners.

Officiating Ministers for 1893.—Notice No. 6.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 8th March, 1893.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled “The Marriage Act, 1880,” the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend Percy Temple Williams, B.A.
The Reverend William Horsfall.

Hebrew Congregation.

The Reverend J. L. Harrison.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of Small Grazing-runs, Southland, open for Application.

District Land and Survey Office,
Invercargill, 6th March, 1893.

NOTICE is hereby given that leases of the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for application, at this office, on Thursday, the 20th April, 1893, at the annual rental noted opposite each run.

SCHEDULE.
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Run No. 15, broken pastoral country, shale formation at north end, all tussock country, well watered, height above sea-level from 1,000ft. to 2,093ft.; distance from the Nightcaps Railway-station about fifteen miles. This run will be burdened with £57 4s., being half the value of boundary-fences.

Run No. 16, hilly country, good pastoral land, well watered, all tussock country, height above sea-level from 1,000ft. to 1,500ft.; distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles. This run will be burdened with £137 5s., being half the value of boundary-fences.

Run No. 17, hilly country, good pastoral land, well watered, all tussock country, height above sea-level from 1,000ft. to 1,600ft.; distance from Nightcaps Railway-station about twelve miles. This run will be burdened with £131 7s. 6d., being half the value of boundary-fences.