JUNE 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1279

(b.) The traction of any vehicle or thing, whatever its weight, by means of bullocks.
(c.) Any traffic which may from time to time be declared to be “ heavy traffic ” by Order in Council.

HEAVY TRAFFIC OVER PUBLIC ROAD-BRIDGES ON OR OVER RAILWAYS.

2. A traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall not be allowed to cross any bridge over a railway where a level crossing is available within a distance of one mile.

3. A traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall not be taken on or over any railway-bridge used for combined road and railway traffic, or over any public road-bridge on or over any railway, except in conformity with the following regulations:—
   (a.) The owner or person in charge of any traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall give notice to the Engineer or officer in charge of the railway that he desires to take such traction-engine or heavy traffic over a certain specified bridge or bridges upon or over the railway, and shall in the notice describe particulars of the traction-engine or other heavy traffic, including the number of wheels, weight per wheel, width of tire, width between tires, and any other information that may be desired, and shall satisfy the Railway officer of the correctness of such description in any manner he may require.
   (b.) On being satisfied that the traction-engine or other heavy traffic is properly described, and that the bridge or bridges are of sufficient strength to carry such traffic, the Engineer or officer in charge of the line of railway shall issue a permit for the crossing of such traffic over the bridge or bridges specified in such permit for any period not exceeding one year from date thereof.
   (c.) Such permit may from time to time be renewed for any like period as aforesaid if the officer is satisfied as to the sufficiency of the bridge, and that the particulars of the traffic are such as to render the crossing of such traction-engine or other heavy traffic permissible.
   (d.) A permit shall not be issued for any traction-engine or other heavy traffic where the load per wheel with tires less than five inches wide exceeds one and a half tons, or where with tires of from five inches to twelve inches wide the load exceeds two and a half tons, or where with tires of over twelve inches the load on any one wheel exceeds four tons.
   (e.) Permits shall not be issued for any bridge for any engine or other heavy traffic where in the opinion of the Railway officer the loads or other particulars of the traffic would be dangerous to the structure.
   (f.) Before proceeding to cross any bridge or level crossing the person in charge of any traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall produce the permit to any Railway Inspector, or ganger, or to the person in charge of the bridge; and the engine or other heavy traffic shall not under any circumstances be taken on to the bridge unless the bridgekeeper, if any, is in attendance.

4. A permit may at any time be cancelled if the particulars of the description of any traction-engine or other heavy traffic are found to be incorrect or misleading.

HEAVY TRAFFIC OVER PRIVATE BRIDGES OVER RAILWAYS.

5. A traction-engine or other heavy traffic having a greater load than two tons on a wheel shall not under any circumstances be taken on or over any private road-bridge over any railway, and heavy traffic having a greater load than one and a half tons on a wheel shall not be taken on or over any such bridge without a permit as provided in clause 2 of these by-laws.

HEAVY TRAFFIC ON PRIVATE LEVEL CROSSINGS.

6. A traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall not be taken across a railway over any private level crossing without a permit issued by the Engineer or officer in charge of the line of railway, and, if so directed by him, only in the presence of a railway servant responsible for the protection of the railway traffic.

PENALTY ON BREACH OF BY-LAW.

7. Every person is liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds who takes any traction-engine or other heavy traffic across any railway at any private level crossing, or on to any combined road-and-railway bridge, or public or private road overbridge, in breach of any of these regulations, or wilfully gives any wrong description of any such engine, vehicle, or heavy traffic, or crosses without a permit, or after any permit has expired or been cancelled, or in any way commits a breach of these regulations.

APPLICATION OF BY-LAWS.

8. These by-laws shall not apply in the case of any combined road-and-railway bridge for which special regulations have been or may hereafter be made and published in the New Zealand Gazette.

9. These by-laws shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1901.

As witness my hand, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD,
Minister for Railways.

Special Order made by the Moa Road Board, County of Taranaki.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

MOA ROAD BOARD.

Special Order.

THAT, to secure the repayment of a loan of £500 raised under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and its Amendment Act, 1899, such loan being for a period of twenty-six years, and the interest at the rate of 4½ per cent. per annum, for the purpose of forming and metalling the Tariki Road from the Manganui River to the Mangaotea Bridge, a special rate of 1⅜d. in the pound be made and levied over the following lands, which are hereby constituted the Tariki Road Special Rating District: Sections 1, 2 (in three subdivisions), Block V., Huiroa Survey District; Sections 10, 11, 25 (in three subdivisions), 26, 27, 28 (in two subdivisions), 33, 34, 35, Block VI., Huiroa Survey District. Such rate to be an annual-recurring rate for twenty-six years, and to be payable in one instalment on the 1st day of January in each year.

H. TRIMBLE,
Chairman.

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

A. E. ATKINSON,
Clerk.

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

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1901.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Colonial Secretary.

HUNUA ROAD BOARD.

By-law to prevent Obstruction and Damage, and to regulate the Traffic, on the Roads and Bridges within the Hunua Road District.

In pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and their amendments, the Hunua Road Board do hereby make the following by-law:—

“Any person who causes or allows any timber or other heavy material, not being wholly raised above the ground on wheels, to be dragged on a road shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £5 for every day upon which such offence is committed or suffered to continue.

“This by-law shall come into force within the road district on the 1st day of July, 1901.”

The common seal of the inhabitants of the Hunua Road District was impressed and affixed hereto, by order of the Hunua Road Board, on the 1st day of June, 1901, in the presence of—

GEO. A. WILSON, Chairman.
M. WALLACE, Member.
J. T. STEMBRIDGE, Clerk.

I hereby certify the above to be a true copy of special order making by-law, and that the same has been made by the Hunua Road Board as required by law.

J. T. STEMBRIDGE,
Clerk, Hunua Road Board.

Hunua, 1st June, 1901.