By-laws, Road Laying, Bonuses, Public Notices




Aug. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1253

  1. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of a junker (being
    a two-wheeled vehicle whereon logs or unsawn timber is
    usually carried) unless the tire of each wheel thereof shall
    be at least 12in. in width.

  2. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of a wagon carry-
    ing logs or unsawn timber unless the tire of each wheel
    thereof shall be at least 6in. in width.

  3. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of a wagon carry-
    ing sawn timber, and commonly used for such purpose,
    unless the tire of each wheel thereof shall be at least 5in. in
    width.

  4. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of any dray carry-
    ing timber, iron, stones, earth, or other heavy material,
    unless the tire of each wheel thereof shall be at least 4in.
    in width if the dray is drawn by not more than two horses
    or four bullocks, and 5in. in width if drawn by more than
    two horses or four bullocks.

  5. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of any light dray,
    carrying produce or stores such as are usually carried by
    light drays used by farmers, unless the tire of each wheel
    thereof shall be at least 2½in. in width if the dray is drawn
    by one horse, and 3in. if drawn by more than one horse.

  6. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of any light four-
    wheeled vehicles with springs carrying milk, stores, or pro-
    duce, unless the tire of each wheel thereof shall be at least
    1½in. in width if drawn by not more than two horses, and
    2in. if drawn by more than two horses.

  7. No person shall use any metalled county road in the
    Stratford County by the traction thereon of any light two-
    wheeled vehicle with springs carrying milk, stores, or pro-
    duce, unless the tire of each wheel thereof shall be at least
    1¼in. in width if drawn by not more than one horse, and 2in.
    if drawn by more than one horse.

  8. If any person shall commit a breach of any of the
    foregoing by-laws, he shall be liable upon conviction for such
    breach to a penalty of not exceeding £5.

The resolution instituting the said special order will be
confirmed at a meeting to be held on the 26th day of June,
1895.

The said special order and the by-laws thereby made shall
come into force on the twenty-first day after the date of
issue of the number of the New Zealand Gazette containing
the notification of the Minister of Lands' approval of the
said by-laws.

Wm. MONKHOUSE,
Chairman.

Dated 28th May, 1895.

RESOLUTION PASSED ON 23RD MAY, 1895, CONFIRMED.

That the resolution instituted at a special meeting held
on the 23rd day of May last, making by special order by-laws
in respect of all metalled or gravelled roads under the care,
control, or management of this Council, be now confirmed.

W. G. MALONE,
Clerk.

Dated 26th June, 1895.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Native Lands in
the Auckland Land District.

N OTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under
the authority of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," that
the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in October,
1894, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in
the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of
the said colony, by warrant dated the 20th May, 1892.

SCHEDULE.

ROAD THROUGH TAHAROA BLOCK.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 95 acres 2 roods, more or less,
situate in the Marakopa and Albatross Survey Districts,
and being a road-line of a width not less than 100 links,
traversing the Taharoa Block, No. 6206, the centre-line of
which commences at a point on the southern boundary of
the Taharoa Block at a distance of 1711 links, more or less,
to the westward of a point called or known by the name of
Orore, and proceeds north-easterly generally for a distance
of 95450 links, more or less, to a point in Kawhia Harbour
at a distance of 800 links, more or less, to the eastward of
the mouth of the Opango Creek; as the same is delineated on
maps No. 6475, Nos. 1 to 6, both inclusive, deposited in the
office of the Lands and Survey Department, at Auckland, in
the Auckland Land District, and thereon coloured brown.

Dated this 10th day of August, 1895.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

B

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

Department of Industries and Commerce,
Wellington, 17th January, 1895.

N OTICE is hereby given that a bonus of £1,000 will be
paid for the erection of a plant and the manufacture
in New Zealand of the first 200 tons of crude cyanide of
potassium from colonial produce.

  1. The plant must be capable of producing at least 70
    tons of crude cyanide of potassium annually.

  2. The crude cyanide of potassium so manufactured shall
    contain at least 70 per cent. of potassium cyanide.

  3. The bonus will be paid in two equal instalments, the
    first instalment being payable on the production of the first
    100 tons, and the second instalment on the production of
    the second 100 tons, of crude cyanide of potassium contain-
    ing the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

  4. On the completion of the plant, notice in writing must
    be sent to the Minister of Industries and Commerce, Wel-
    ington, who will appoint an officer to inspect the same,
    together with the raw material then available from which
    the cyanide of potassium is proposed to be manufactured.

  5. The officer so appointed shall from time to time inspect
    the process of manufacture, in order that he may satisfy
    himself that the whole of the cyanide of potassium is being
    manufactured from material of New Zealand production ;
    and before any bonus is paid such officer will be required
    to certify that he is satisfied the crude cyanide of potassium
    is the product of New Zealand material only, and that it
    contains the required percentage of potassium cyanide.

  6. The bonus must be claimed for the first 100 tons on or
    before the 31st March, 1897, and for the second 100 tons on
    or before the 30th September, 1898.

J. G. WARD.

*Notice by the Public Trustee under "The Unclaimed Lands
Act, 1894."

To the owner or owners of a parcel of land, containing 2
acres, more or less, being Sections Nos. 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 20,
21, and 22, Block V., on the map of the Borough of
Hampden, in the Provincial District of Otago, of which
the owner is the unknown heir of Harriet Harrall Wat-
kina, spinster, who died at Sydney about 16th March,
1888, the said land being devised to such heir by the will
of her father, Thomas Harrall Watkins, late of Moeraki,
butcher, who died about 14th August, 1885.

W HEREAS the Public Trustee has instituted inquiries,
and has not thereby ascertained who the owner or
owners of the above-described land is or are, and believes
that such owner is, or owners are, not in the colony :

Now, this notice calls upon such owner or owners, within
six months of the date of the publication of this notice in
this Gazette, to establish to the satisfaction of the Public
Trustee his or their title to the land specified in this notice ;
and if such owner does, or owners do, not, within the time
limited, so establish his or their title, the Public Trustee will
exercise the powers and authorities granted to him in and by
"The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894."

Dated this 12th day of August, 1895.

J. K. WARBURTON,
Public Trustee.

Public Notice under "The Stock Act, 1893," re Swine-fever.
—No. 413.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch),
Wellington, 3rd May, 1895.

I T having been reported to me that the disease known as
"swine-fever" exists amongst pigs belonging to Mr.
J. C. Anderson, of Stirling, farmer, and running on his farm-
lands, comprising Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, in Block XIII., North
Molyneux District, I therefore, in accordance with sec-
tion 14, subsection (4), of "The Stock Act, 1893," hereby
declare such lands to be an infected place from which no
swine, carcase, or any portion thereof, or any fodder or fit-
tings, &c., shall be removed, except under the direction of an
Inspector of Stock.

JOHN D. RITCHIE,
Chief Inspector of Stock.

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases and Licenses forfeited and surrendered in Southland.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 1st August, 1895.

I T is hereby notified that the under-mentioned leases and
licenses were forfeited or the surrender accepted by the
Southland Land Board on the dates undernoted.



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🏘️ By-laws for Metalled Roads in Stratford County (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
28 May 1895
By-laws, Metalled Roads, Stratford County, Tires, Penalties
  • Wm. Monkhouse, Chairman
  • W. G. Malone, Clerk

🗺️ Notice of Laying-off a Road over Native Lands

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
10 August 1895
Road, Native Lands, Taharoa Block, Auckland Land District
  • John McKenzie, Minister of Lands

🌾 Bonus for Potassium Cyanide Manufacture

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
17 January 1895
Bonus, Potassium Cyanide, Manufacturing, Plant, Raw Material
  • J. G. Ward, Minister of Industries and Commerce

🗺️ Notice by Public Trustee under Unclaimed Lands Act

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
12 August 1895
Unclaimed Land, Hampden, Otago, Heir, Public Trustee
  • Harriet Harrall Watkins (spinster), Deceased, heir unknown
  • Thomas Harrall Watkins, Deceased, father of Harriet

  • J. K. Warburton, Public Trustee

🏥 Public Notice under Stock Act re Swine-fever

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
3 May 1895
Swine-fever, Infected Place, Stirling, North Molyneux District
  • J. C. Anderson (farmer), Infected with swine-fever

  • John D. Ritchie, Chief Inspector of Stock

🗺️ Crown Lands Notices: Leases and Licenses Forfeited

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
1 August 1895
Crown Lands, Southland, Leases, Licenses, Forfeited, Surrendered