JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 913

Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the authority in me for this
purpose vested, I, the Minister acting for the Com-
missioner of Trade and Customs, do, by this order under my
hand, revoke and annul the appointment of the under-men-
tioned warehouse for the reception and security of goods
entered to be warehoused without payment of duty upon
the first entry thereof, namely,—

Port of Dunedin.

The warehouse known as

High Street Bond,

as appointed and described in Commissioner's Order No. 357,
of the 10th January, 1890.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eighth day
of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
six.

T. THOMPSON,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 545.]

By-laws regulating Traffic on Interior Roads in the Wellington Land District.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 130 of "The Public Works Act, 1894," and
every Act amending the same, I, John McKenzie, Minister
of Lands, do, in respect of the Government roads known as
the Ohingaiti-Tokaanu Road, the Pipiriki-Waiouru Road,
the Moawhango-Te Horo Road, and the Parapara Raetihi-
Ohura Road, 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 to 1st Novem-
   ber in any year.

2. The haulage or transportation on the said roads of any
   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 pro-
   portion to the number of animals employed to draw the
   same, that is to say:—

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

| If the Number of Ani- | Then the Minimum Width of Tire of any |
| mals used to draw a | such Vehicle |
| Vehicle having Four | |
| Wheels be | |
| | If without Springs | If with Springs shall |
| | shall be | be |
| 2 | 2½ inches | 1½ inches. |
| 3 | 3 " | 2 " |
| 5 | 4 " | 2½ " |
| 7 | 5 " | 3 " |
| 10 | 6 " | 3½ " |

4. If any person shall commit a breach of any of the fore-
   going 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.

As witness my hand, this ninth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

By-law for New Zealand Government Railways.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred by
"The Public Works Act, 1894," and "The Public
Works and Government Railways Act Amendment Act,
1895," I, Alfred Jerome Cadman, the Minister for Railways,
do hereby make the following by-law:—

BY-LAW.

No animal or animals shall be allowed or suffered to tres-
pass on a railway open for traffic, or any part thereof: and,
if any animal or animals is or are found so trespassing, the
owner thereof shall be deemed to have committed a breach
of this by-law, and shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty
not exceeding £10 for each such breach.

Notwithstanding the liability of any person to a penalty
under this by-law, any person employed on or about any
railway, or any police constable or any other person, may
impound any animal or animals that may be found so tres-
passing as aforesaid, and liable by law to be impounded.

This by-law shall apply to all railways open for traffic and
vested in Her Majesty under "The Government Railways
Act, 1894," or under any other Act.

Dated this 9th day of June, 1896.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister for Railways.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 8th June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open
for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever
been applied for:—

Joseph Todd, Joseph Parkins, and Adam Gentles, for the
Long Drive Gold-mining Company: Section 31, Block XIII.,
Reefton Survey District, 10 acres. No. 1447.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 10th June, 1896.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground had
ever been applied for:—

E. Carton, for Lady Louisa Gold-mining Company, now
held by the Inkerman Gold-mining Company (Limited):
Section 57, Block II., Waitahu Survey District, 11 acres
1 rood 32 perches. No. 1303. Westland Mining District.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Settlement of Claim for Compensation under "The Mining Act, 1891."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 10th June, 1896.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of
"The Mining Act, 1891," it is hereby notified that the
claim for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto,
in respect to the Proclamation issued under the hand of His
Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony
on the 13th day of February, 1894, declaring Granity Creek
and its tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, a
watercourse into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, has
been settled by agreement as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

GRANITY CREEK.

Bonus for the Manufacture of Potassium Cyanide.

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

NOTICE 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