1562
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Otaki Road Board.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd October, 1895.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Otaki Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."
P. A. BUCKLEY.

OTAKI ROAD BOARD.—SPECIAL DISTRICT No. 5.
"The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886."

Notice is hereby given that the result of the poll taken on Monday, the 23rd September, 1895, on the proposal to borrow £100 from the Colonial Treasurer for the purpose of constructing the Awahononu Road, within the Special District No. 5, was as follows:—
Ratepayers on roll, 3; votes exercisable on the roll, 3: Number of ratepayers who voted for proposal, 2; number of votes recorded in favour of proposal, 2.
As a majority of the number of ratepayers, having a majority of the votes exercisable, voted for the proposal, I hereby declare the same to be carried.
Wm. TOMPSITT,
Chairman.
Otaki, 28th September, 1895.

By-laws regulating the Traffic on the Government Roads
(Inangahua Junction-Reefton Road and the Hope Junction-Westport Road) in the Nelson Land District.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130 of "The Public Works Act, 1894," I, John McKenzie, Minister of Lands, do, in respect of the Government roads known as the Inangahua Junction-Reefton Road and the Hope Junction-Westport Road described in the Schedule hereto, hereby make the following by-laws:—

1. The use of bullocks as traction animals on the said roads is prohibited for the period from 1st May, 1896, to 1st November, 1896.
2. The haulage or transportation on the said roads of any vehicle, engine, or machine coming under the definition of "heavy traffic," within the meaning of clause (a) of subsection (1) of section 130 of "The Public Works Act, 1894," during the months of May, June, July, August, and September in any year, shall cease.
3. The width of tires of all vehicles upon the said roads, whether plying for hire or not, shall bear the following proportion to the number of animals employed to draw the same, that is to say:—

| If the Number of Animals used to draw a Vehicle having Two Wheels be | Then the Minimum Width of Tire of any such Vehicle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | If without Springs shall be | If with Springs shall be |
| 1 .. .. .. | 2½ inches | 1½ inches. |
| 2 .. .. .. | 3½ " | 2 " |
| 3 .. .. .. | 4½ " | 2½ " |
| 4 .. .. .. | 5 " | 3 " |
| 6 .. .. .. | 6 " | 3½ " |

| If the Number of Animals used to draw a Vehicle having Four Wheels be | Then the Minimum Width of Tire of any such Vehicle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | If without Springs shall be | If with Springs shall be |
| 2 .. .. .. | 3½ inches | 1½ inches. |
| 3 .. .. .. | 4½ " | 2 " |
| 5} .. .. .. | 5 " | 3 " |
| 7 |
| 10 .. .. .. | 6 " | 3½ " |

4. 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 £5: Provided that the Court before which proceedings may be taken in respect of such breach may, if it think fit, impose such lower penalty as it may think adequate to the particular case.

SCHEDULE.
INANGAHUA JUNCTION-REEFTON ROAD AND HOPE JUNCTION-WESTPORT ROAD.

That road in the Nelson Land District, being part of the main road from Westport to Reefton, which commences at the junction of the Buller Valley Road with the Inangahua Valley Road, and proceeds southerly for a distance of twenty-two miles, more or less, to the Town of Reefton; also, that road in the Nelson Land District, being part of the main road from Nelson to Westport, which commences at the junction of the Hope Valley Road and the Buller Valley Road, and proceeds westerly for a distance of eighty-one miles, more or less, to the Borough of Westport: as the said roads are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 25794, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

As witness my hand, this twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land for Roads in connection with the Catlin's River Branch of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1894," to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of roads in connection with the Catlin's River Branch of the Waitaki-Bluff Railway, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said land is deposited in the Post-office, Owaka, and is there open for inspection, and that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister for Public Works, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.
The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Provincial District of Otago; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 17526, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue and yellow.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

Notice to Mariners, No. 40 of 1895.

MANUKAU HARBOUR ENTRANCE.—NORTH HEAD LEADING-BEACONS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 1st October, 1895.

NOTICE is hereby given that, owing to the extension of the South Head Beach (abreast of main lighthouse) to the westward, the present upper beacon-site on the North Head has become useless in consequence of its close proximity to steep cliffs, rendering it necessary to dispense with the upper leading-beacon and light for the present. Masters of vessels are therefore warned that, on and after this date, there will be two leading-beacons and lights on the north side of the harbour to guide vessels in and out of the South Channel, instead of three as heretofore.

NOTE.—The north end of the Emma Spit touches the line of North Head beacons. Vessels in entering should keep the North Head beacons in line until Kaitaraki Point opens off the South Head, then open the beacons fully a breadth to the eastward. Vessels bound outward should keep the North Head beacons open to the eastward, rounding the South Head, until Kaitaraki Point is closed, then keep in line.

J. G. WARD.