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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Special Order made by the Portobello Road Board, County of Peninsula.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 3rd June, 1897.

THE following special order, made by the Portobello Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

PORTOBELLO ROAD BOARD.

Notice is hereby given that at a special meeting of the Portobello Road Board, held at Portobello on Friday, the 7th day of May, 1897, the following special order was made:—

"That the Portobello Road Board do ordain the following by-law:—

"A by-law of the Portobello Road Board, made in pursuance of the powers and provisions contained in 'The Road Boards Act, 1882,' and 'The Public Works Act, 1894,' and in pursuance of all and every the powers contained in any other Act enabling the said Board in that behalf.

"The Portobello Road Board doth ordain as follows:—
"1. In this by-law the words 'Beach Roads' shall mean and apply to the following:—
"(a.) That part of the road leading from Dunedin to the Otago Heads along the margin of the Otago Harbour which lies within the boundaries of the Portobello Road District.
"(b.) That part of the road leading round Hooper's Inlet along the margin of that inlet which lies within the boundaries aforesaid.
"(c.) That part of the road leading round Papanui Inlet along the margin of that inlet which lies within the boundaries aforesaid.
"2. In this by-law words importing the singular number include the plural number, and words importing the plural number include the singular number, and words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender.
"3. No person shall use, ride, drive, or conduct any velocipede, bicycle, tricycle, cart, carriage, or vehicle of any description in or along any district road in the Portobello Road District, between sunset and sunrise, without carrying a light upon some conspicuous part of such vehicle, in such manner that the same shall be distinctly visible to persons either meeting or following such vehicle.
"4. No person riding or driving any bicycle or tricycle on the Beach Roads, or any of them, or any part of them, shall, when passing any horse drawing any vehicle, ride or drive at a pace exceeding eight miles an hour.
"5. Any person riding or driving any bicycle or tricycle on the Beach Roads, or any of them, or any part of them, shall, on coming within twenty yards of any horse drawing any vehicle and approaching him, dismount, and shall forthwith draw to the side of the road nearer the Otago Harbour, Hooper's Inlet, or Papanui Inlet, as the case may be, and there come to a standstill, and so remain until such horse shall have passed by to a distance of at least ten yards.
"6. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this by-law, or any section or part of a section thereof, or guilty of any omission or neglect respecting anything contained therein, or in any section or part of a section thereof, shall for every separate offence, whether by any act, neglect, or omission, be liable to forfeit a penalty not exceeding five pounds, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary manner."

GEO. GREEN,
Clerk of the Portobello Road Board.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order was duly passed in accordance with the provisions of "The Road Boards Act, 1882."
GEO. GREEN,
Clerk of the Portobello Road Board.

Fallow Deer vested in Tauranga Acclimatisation Society.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand directs it to be notified that fallow deer have been turned at large in the Tauranga Acclimatisation District, and that the property in such deer and their offspring is deemed to be absolutely vested in the Chairman of the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society for a period of three years from the date hereof, as provided by section 38 of "The Animals Protection Act, 1880."
J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under "The Aliens Act, 1880," in favour of the under-mentioned persons:—

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Resignation of Visiting Justice accepted.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 4th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to accept the resignation of
HENRY WILLIAMS, Esq., J.P.,
as a Visiting Justice of Her Majesty's Prison at Napier.
W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Justice.

Issue of New Zealand War Medals.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th June, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to approve of the issue of the New Zealand War Medals to the under-mentioned members of the Colonial Forces, whose claims have been investigated and admitted:—

Bugler EDWARD OKEY, New Zealand (Taranaki) Militia.
Private JOHN DANDERSON, No. 1 Company, New Zealand (Wanganui) Militia.

W. C. WALKER,
For Defence Minister.

Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882," I, the Minister acting for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse or place of security for the manufacture therein of perfumery and other articles in which spirit is a necessary ingredient, namely:—

Port of Wellington.

A wooden building, faced and roofed with galvanised iron, situate in the Evening Post Avenue, off Willis Street, Section 512 on the plan of the City of Wellington, to be known as

The Maddox Manufacturing Bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
WM. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner's Order No. 576.]

Customs Holiday.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 9th June, 1897.

IT is hereby notified for public information that His Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint Tuesday, the 22nd of June inst., to be a Customs holiday throughout the colony in celebration of the sixtieth year of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.

W. HALL-JONES,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

New Zealand Hemp.—Notice No. 478.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 30th March, 1897.

THE time for receiving applications for the bonuses mentioned in Notice No. 430 has been extended to 31st December, 1897.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister for Agriculture.