Oct. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1939

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Friday, the 29th day of September, 1899, on the proposal to raise the sum of £1,100 by way of loan under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming, metalling, culverting, and bridging about 148 chains of the Rata-Silverhope Road, and to levy a special rate on the value of the several properties situate within the Rata-Silverhope Special Rating District:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 25; number of votes exercisable, 40: Number of ratepayers who voted for the proposal, 14; number of votes recorded for the proposal, 27; number of votes recorded against the proposal, 2.

A majority of the ratepayers, exercising more than one-half of the total number of votes exercisable, having voted for the proposal, I therefore declare it to be carried.

J. W. MARSHALL,
Chairman, Rangitikei County Council.

Marton, 7th October, 1899.

Special Order made by the Mangawai Road Board, County of Otamatea.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1899.

THE following special order, made by the Mangawai Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. CARROLL.

MANGAWAI ROAD BOARD.

BY-LAW to regulate the Traffic on Roads and Bridges within the Mangawai Road District, made by Special Order dated the 9th Day of October, 1899.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” the Mangawai Road Board hereby makes the following by-law:—

No person shall take any vehicle, engine, agricultural or other machine which shall itself or together with any thing or things being transported thereon weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels, or any vehicle or thing drawn by eight or more bullocks, notwithstanding that such vehicle or thing may itself or together with any load thereon weigh less than 1½ tons avoirdupois, upon, along, or over any road or bridge within the Mangawai Road District or under the care, control, or management of the Mangawai Road Board, at any time between the 1st day of May and the 30th day of October in any year.

No person shall at any time take any such vehicle, engine, agricultural or other machine as aforesaid, or any vehicle or thing drawn by eight or more bullocks, upon, along, or over any such road or bridge as aforesaid, unless there shall have been previously paid to the said Board in respect of such vehicle, engine, agricultural or other machine as aforesaid, or in respect of such vehicle or thing drawn by eight or more bullocks, by way of compensation for any damage likely to occur to any such road or bridge therefrom, the sum of £ __ for each year or part of a year during which the same shall be taken upon, along, or over any such road or bridge as aforesaid.

No person shall, upon any such road or bridge as aforesaid, load any such vehicle or thing as aforesaid with, or place upon or attach to any such vehicle or thing, any timber or logs except at places which shall have been appointed by the said Board for that purpose.

No person shall leave or allow to remain upon any such road or bridge as aforesaid any logs or timber so that such logs or timber shall be a source of danger, or shall delay, impede, or obstruct the passage of any person, horse, or vehicle over such road or bridge.

No person shall at any time take any engine, agricultural or other machine, or any load or materials of any kind weighing more than 2 tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels across any bridge within the said district without the written sanction of the said Board first obtained for each and every occasion.

The width of the tires of wheels upon vehicles used upon the roads within the said district, or under the care, control, or management of the said Board, shall be in proportion to the weight of load carried, according to the following scale:—

(a.) Upon vehicles with tires over 4½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 15 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 25 cwt. on metalled roads, for each pair of wheels.

(b.) Upon vehicles with tires over 3½ in. and up to 4½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 12 cwt. on unmetalled roads and one ton on metalled roads, for each pair of wheels.

(c.) Upon vehicles with tires over 2½ in. and up to 3½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 10 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 15 cwt. on metalled roads, for each pair of wheels.

(d.) Upon vehicles with tires 2 in. and up to 2½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 8 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 12 cwt. on metalled roads, for each pair of wheels.

(e.) Upon vehicles with tires under 2 in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 5 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 8 cwt. on metalled roads, for each pair of wheels.

No horses or vehicles shall be driven, or led, or taken over any bridge within the said district at other than a walking pace at any time.

For the purpose of this by-law the weight of timber shall be deemed to be as follows:—

Tons. cwt.
A measured ton of firewood . . . . 0 14
500 superficial feet of kauri . . . . 0 15
500 superficial feet of puriri or green totara 1 0

If any person shall commit any breach of this by-law he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each and every breach.

This by-law shall come into force within the said road district on the 1st November, 1899, or as soon thereafter as it shall be gazetted.

The common seal of “The Inhabitants of the Mangawai Road District” was impressed hereon and affixed hereto by order of the said Board on the 9th day of October, 1899, in the presence of—

JOHN WHARFE, Chairman.
GEO. E. FARRAND, Clerk.

I hereby certify that the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” relating to the passing of a special order, have, in making the above special order, been duly complied with.

GEO. E. FARRAND,
Clerk, Mangawai Road Board.

Te Arai, 10th October, 1899.

Special Order made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, County of Oroua.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1899.

THE following special order, made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. CARROLL.

FITZHERBERT ROAD BOARD.

SPECIAL order made by the Fitzherbert Road Board, in accordance with section 113 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and section 16 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” at a special meeting held on Saturday, the 14th day of October, 1899:—

“To raise a loan of £220, under ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ for the balance of the Board’s proportion of the cost of additions and repairs to the Fitzherbert Bridge over the Manawatu River incurred by flood-damage.

“Further, for the purpose of paying interest at 5 per centum and other annual charges for a period of twenty-six years on the said loan of £220, it is proposed to levy a special annual-recurring rate of 1/10s.d. in the pound on the rateable value of all the properties within the Fitzherbert Road District, payable at the office of the Fitzherbert Road Board in two instalments—viz., on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each year.

“The cost of raising the said loan, together with the first year’s interest on the same, to be paid out of loan.”

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made by the Fitzherbert Road Board as required by “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. STANLEY BRUCE,
Secretary, Fitzherbert Road Board.

Commercial Relations with Germany.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 16th October, 1899.

THE following despatch, with its enclosure, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

R. J. SEDDON,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 4th August, 1899.

Sir,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 5th July, 1898, forwarding papers respecting the commercial relations of Germany with the British Empire after the expiration of the treaty of 1865, I have the honour to transmit to you,