Jan. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 19

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Section 17, Block XI., Hautapu Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 16 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, on the 24th May, 1899, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant dated the 25th March, 1899.

SCHEDULE.
PART OF POTAKA ROAD.

As the said area is delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the District Office of the Lands and Survey Department at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated. Dated this 27th day of December, 1899.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Traffic By-laws.—Additional 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, William Hall-Jones, acting for the 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 additional by-laws:—

In these by-laws “traction-engine” means a locomotive engine not being used on a railway or tramway.

5. It shall not be lawful for any traction-engine, engine, agricultural or other machine, which, itself or together with any load thereon, or vehicle, machine, or thing attached thereto or drawn therewith, weighs more than 1½ tons avoir-du-pois on each pair of wheels, to cross or come upon any of the bridges or culverts which form part of the said roads.

6. It shall not be lawful for any person to propel any traction-engine, or to cause the same to be propelled, upon, along, over, or across the said bridges or culverts between sunset and sunrise, unless the engine shall carry as a signal a red light showing both in front and behind.

7. It shall not be lawful for any person to propel any traction-engine, or to cause the same to be propelled, upon, along, or over the said culverts and bridges, unless the engine shall be accompanied by two men at the least, whose function it shall be to keep a constant lookout, both in front and behind the engine, for horses and vehicles which may be approaching, to warn the riders and drivers of such horses and vehicles of the proximity of the engine, and to assist them in passing the engine in safety. The driver of the engine shall stop the same upon being signalled to do so.

8. Every traction-engine, while crossing any bridge or culvert, shall be moved at a uniform rate of speed not exceeding one mile an hour.

9. It shall not be lawful for any person to propel any traction-engine, or to cause the same to be propelled, upon, along, or over the said bridges and culverts unless the said engine shall have painted in plain and legible letters upon some conspicuous part of the off side thereof the full name and address of the owner of the engine.

10. It shall not be lawful for any person to rake out cinders or ashes from any traction-engine, or to cause the same to be raked out, within the distance of 2 chains from any bridge or culvert; and in every instance where cinders or ashes shall be raked out from a traction-engine upon the said roads within the distance aforesaid, the same, if alight, shall be forthwith effectively extinguished by the person raking out the same or causing them to be raked out.

11. It shall not be lawful for any person to sound the whistle of any traction-engine, or cause the same to be sounded, while the engine is upon or passing along or over the said bridges and culverts; nor to open the cylinder-taps of any traction-engine, or to cause the same to be opened, within a distance of 5 chains from any person riding or leading a horse or driving any vehicle on the said bridges and culverts; nor to blow off the steam from any traction-engine, or to cause the same to be blown off, on the said bridges and culverts.

Any person who shall commit any breach of either of the foregoing by-laws shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

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 seventy-five miles, more or less, to the Nine-mile Ferry: 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 28th day of December 1899.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Notice to Mariners, No. 52 of 1899.

SOMES ISLAND, PORT NICHOLSON: EXHIBITION OF NEW LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 21st December, 1899.

NOTICE is hereby given that a new light, now in course of erection on Somes Island, Port Nicholson, will be ready to be exhibited about Wednesday, the 14th February, 1900, from a circular brick tower, painted white.

The colour of the light for the harbour entrance will be the same as the present one, over exactly the same bearings—namely, white in mid-channel, red on the western and green on the eastern shore. A change in the colour has been made over Lambton Harbour, the new light showing white on the western side, over Lambton Harbour and Evans Bay, over an arc of 80° between Gordon Point and Ngahauranga.

The light apparatus is of the second order dioptric, fixed. The height of the light will be 95 ft. above the sea-level, and it should be seen from a vessel’s deck, in clear weather, for a distance of about sixteen nautical miles.

Vessels making for the port should pick up the white light, and keep in it until past Ward Island.

On the exhibition of the new light the present light and iron tower will be removed.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty charts Nos. 695 and 2535; “New Zealand Pilot,” 1891, Chapter iv., page 171.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners, No. 53 of 1899.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 29th December, 1899.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

New Guinea.

STEPHENS ISLS.—These isl.s., charted in 0° 22′ S., 136° 10′ E., have been expunged from the Admiralty charts. March.

Solomon Islands.

MALAITA.—MANOBA ISL.—A shoal, said to extend about 2 miles N.W. and S.E., carrying about 4 fms., and on which the sea was breaking, is reported to lie in approx. 8° 13′ S., 160° 38′ E., about 6 miles N.W. of Manoba Isl., at the N.W. extr. of Malaita. Oct.