October in each year, for a period of forty-one years, at 3½ per cent. per annum, in accordance with subsection (3) of section 2 of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1899.” The said £650 is for the purpose of providing the cost of acquiring and constructing a road through Mr. G. Millen’s property, known as the Valley Road Diversion, as set forth in the proposal advertised in the Feilding Star on the 5th, 13th, 18th, and 25th July, 1900.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been made and confirmed in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

CHARLES BRAY,
Clerk, Manchester Road Board.

Special Order made by the Opaheke Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1900.

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

J. G. WARD.

OPAHEKE ROAD DISTRICT.

SPECIAL order made by the Opaheke Road Board at their meeting held on Saturday, 8th September, 1900, and confirmed on Saturday, 13th October, 1900:—

“'That this Board make a special order to borrow from the Government, under the provisions of ‘The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,’ and its amendments, the sum of £1,000 for the purposes of metalling portions of Main Road, purchasing two deviations through Sections 90 and 250, also forming portions of Main Road, metalling parts of Quarry Reserve Road and Barclay’s Road, forming portion of Valley Road, Ararimu, together with the cost of raising the loan; the loan to be raised for forty-one years, at 3½ per cent.

“'For the purpose of allocating this loan the district be divided in three divisions—No. 1 Division, commencing at the South Road and ending at Maketu Catholic Church; No. 2 Division, from the Catholic Church, Maketu, to the Ararimu Public School; No. 3 Division, from the Ararimu Public School to the eastern end of the district—and that the following works be done in the several divisions:—No. 1 Division—650 yards metal, to be used as follows: Quarry Reserve, 100 yards; 530 yards for Main Road: the estimated cost of above, and amount allocated for this division, is £210. No. 2 Division—Forming near Butler’s and Dunn’s, estimated cost, £65; 1,350 yards of metal for Main Road: estimated cost and amount allocated for this division is £560. No. 3 Division—To purchasing Sandford’s and Nobb’s Deviation, estimated cost, £170; forming Sandford’s Deviation, Derby Hill, and School Road, estimated cost, £60: amount allocated for this division is £230. The above sums include cost of raising the loan. The interest and sinking fund for the same to be met and secured by an annual-recurring rate for forty-one years of 1½d. in the pound upon all the rateable property in the district.

“'That a poll of ratepayers be taken in the Valley School, Ararimu, on Saturday, 29th September, 1900, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.”

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the provisions of the Road Boards Act and the Local Bodies’ Loans Act of 1886 have been complied with.

E. WAGNER,
Chairman, Opaheke Road Board.
Opaheke, 13th October, 1900.

By-law for New Zealand Government Railways.—Taking Vehicles or Large Animals on to Passenger-platforms.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” “The Government Railways Act, 1894,” and “The Public Works and Government Railways Acts Amendment Act, 1895,” I, Joseph George Ward, the Minister for Railways, do hereby make the following by-law regulating the taking of vehicles or large animals on to passenger-platforms on railways of the New Zealand Government open for traffic, and do hereby declare that such by-law shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, and shall apply to all such railways generally, namely:

BY-LAW.

1. No person shall take or attempt to take any horse or other large animal, or any vehicle (cycles excepted), on to any platform at which passenger-trains arrive or from which such trains depart, unless for the purpose of loading or unloading such animal or vehicle into or from a railway-wagon.

2. No person shall ride or attempt to ride any animal or cycle on to or upon any such platform for any purpose whatsoever.

Any person who shall commit a breach of the foregoing by-law shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding £10 for each such breach.

As witness my hand, this eleventh day of October, one thousand nine hundred.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Justice of the Peace resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1900.

His Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to accept the resignation by JOSEPH LOWTHIAN WILSON, Esq., of Kaiapoi, of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Importation of Swine into Fiji prohibited.—Notice No. 605.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch), Wellington, 23rd October, 1900.

An intimation has been received from the Government of Fiji that the importation of swine from New Zealand to Fiji has been prohibited.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Importation of Dogs into Great Britain.—Notice No. 604.

Department of Agriculture (Live-stock Branch), Wellington, 19th October, 1900.

THE following memorandum, issued by the Board of Agriculture of Great Britain, is published for general information.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.

Memorandum as to the Importation of Dogs into Great Britain from Abroad.

1. The disease of rabies in dogs and of hydrophobia in man, which remains prevalent in almost all other parts of the world, has become practically extinct in this country, and the regulations of the Board are designed to prevent its reintroduction.

2. The importation of dogs into Great Britain from any foreign country, or British possession other than the Channel Islands, without the sanction of the Board is prohibited by Orders made under the Diseases of Animals Acts;* and the landing of a dog from abroad (whether originally exported from Great Britain or not) will, unless a license has previously been obtained, render the owner liable to a penalty of £20 and the possible seizure of the dog.

3. Every person who wishes to import a dog must make application in writing for the necessary license, on a form which will be supplied for the purpose, and the form should be accompanied by a letter addressed to the Secretary, Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W., explaining the circumstances under which the application is made, and stating how long the dog has been in the possession and personal charge of the applicant. It is to be understood, however, that an application is not necessarily followed by the issue of a license to land the dog, and that the Board cannot sanction the landing of dogs which usually live abroad, but which their owners while on a visit to this country wish to bring with them.

4. Every application must be made by the person who will be the owner of the dog during the period of detention in this country, and it should be forwarded in sufficient time to enable the Board to make full inquiries into the circumstances and as to the suitability of the premises in which it is proposed that the dog should be isolated, and to permit of their decision being communicated to the applicant before the dog is embarked. Masters of vessels cannot properly accept a dog for shipment to Great Britain from abroad unless the license is produced at the port of embarkation, and they are liable to prosecution if the dog is landed illegally.

5. In order that the Board may have it on record that the conditions on which alone a license can be issued are fully understood, the applicant must sign the undertaking set out in one or other of the forms.

6. Unless the dog to be imported has, at the date of the application, been in the personal charge of the applicant

• NOTE.—The Dogs (Landing from Ireland) Order of 1899 imposes similar restrictions on the landing in Great Britain of dogs from Ireland.