1688
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

tions to or petitions against the proposed exclusion from the
said borough of the area described in the said Schedule, and
the proposed inclusion of the whole of that area in the Man-
chester Road District, which they may desire to lodge,
within one month from the first publication of this notice.
Such objections or petitions to be addressed to the
Colonial Secretary, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

All that area, forming part of the Borough of Feilding,
bounded as follows: Commencing at the corner of West
Street and North Street, and running thence in a northerly
direction along West Street aforesaid, and along the western
boundary of the said borough to Mount Taylor Survey
Trig.; thence in an easterly direction along the northern
boundary of Suburban Section 184, Feilding, to the Makino
Road; thence in a northerly direction along the Makino
Road to Gillett’s Line of road; thence in a westerly direc-
tion by Gillett’s Line of road to the south-western corner of
Section 5, Subdivision E, Manchester Block; thence in a
northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 5,
Subdivision E aforesaid, to the north-western corner of the
said Section 5, Subdivision E; thence in an easterly direc-
tion along the northern boundaries of Sections 5, Subdivi-
sion E, and 6A, Subdivision D, Manchester Block, to the
north-eastern corner of the said Section 6A; thence in a
southerly direction along the eastern boundaries of the said
Section 6A and Sections 3A, 2A, and 1A, Subdivision D, Man-
chester Block, to Gillett’s Line of road aforesaid; thence in
an easterly direction along Gillett’s Line of road aforesaid
to the Kiwitea Stream; thence in a northerly direction by
the Kiwitea Stream to the north-western boundary of Sec-
tion 1B, Subdivision D, Manchester Block; thence in an
easterly direction along the northern boundary of the said
Section 1B, Subdivision D, to the Kimbolton Road; thence in
a northerly direction along the Kimbolton Road to the north-
western boundary of Section 2B, Subdivision D, Manchester
Block; thence in an easterly direction along the northern
boundary of Section 2B aforesaid to the Oroua River; thence
in a south-westerly direction by the Oroua River to Simon
Street; thence in a westerly direction along Simon Street
to the Kimbolton Road; thence in a northerly direction
along the Kimbolton Road to North Street; thence in a
westerly direction along North Street to the point of com-
mencement.

J. G. WARD.

Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver.

Mines Office,
Wellington, 7th June, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that a bonus of fourpence (4d.)
per pound will be paid on the production of the first
one hundred thousand pounds weight (100,000 lb.) of good
marketable retorted quicksilver, free from all impurities,
from any mine in New Zealand, on the following conditions,
that is to say:—

1. That at least one-third of the quantity is produced on
   or before the 31st March, 1903, and the remaining two-thirds
   on or before the 31st March, 1904.
2. No bonus will be payable until the whole of the one
   hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.) of quicksilver has
   been produced as stipulated to the satisfaction of an officer
   to be appointed by the Minister of Mines, and on whose
   certificate alone the bonus will be paid.
3. In the event of more than one person producing the
   required quantities of quicksilver before the dates named,
   inquiry will be made by the officer above referred to, when, if
   it is found that each applicant is equally entitled to a bonus,
   the amount will be divided in proportion to the quantities
   produced by each applicant, but in no case shall any bonus be
   paid until at least one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lb.)
   of quicksilver has been produced in the aggregate.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Minister of Mines.

By-laws regulating Traffic on Government Roads in the Wel-
lington Land District.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by
section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and
its amendments, I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of
Lands, do hereby make the following by-laws in respect
of the Government roads known as the Alfredton-Weber
Road from junction of Wimbledon Road to Makuri-
Pongaroa Road, the Pongaroa-Aohanga Road from junc-
tion of Alfredton-Weber Road to Burling’s old homestead,
the Waihi Road from junction of Makuri-Pongaroa Road
to Manuhara Road, the Waihi-Akitio Road from junction
of Alfredton-Weber Road to end of present widening,
the Akitio-River Road from junction of Alfredton-
Weber Road to Kawakawa Road, the Mount Arthur
Road from junction of Akitio Road to ford, the Manuhara
Road from junction of Alfredton-Weber Road to end of
widening, the Makuri-Pongaroa Road from its junction with
the Makuri-Aohanga Road to its junction with the Alfred-
ton-Weber Road, and the Makuri-Aohanga Road from its
junction with Makuri-Pongaroa Road to its junction with
Alfredton-Weber Road:—

1. The use of bullocks as traction animals on the said
   roads is prohibited for the period from 1st May to 1st Novem-
   ber in any year.
2. The haulage or transportation on the said roads of any
   engine or machine coming under the definition of “heavy
   traffic” within the meaning of clause (a) of subsection (1) of
   section 130 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” during the
   months of May, June, July, August, and September in any
   year shall cease.
3. The width of tires of all vehicles upon the said roads,
   whether plying for hire or not, shall bear the following pro-
   portion to the number of animals employed to draw the
   same, that is to say:—

No more than eight bullocks shall be used at any one
time as traction animals to any vehicle having two wheels,
nor more than twelve bullocks as traction animals to any
vehicle having four wheels.
4. I do hereby prescribe that the weight of timber carried
on any vehicle subject to these by-laws shall be ascertained
by measurement at the rate of 600 superficial feet of timber
to the ton weight avoirdupois; and I do further prescribe
that the manner of ascertaining the weight of the following
articles shall be by computation according to the following
scale:—
Wheat, 10 bags of 4 bushels to one ton weight avoirdupois.
Barley, 12 " " " " "
Oats, 14 " " " " "
5. The driver of any vehicle or machine shall, at the
verbal request of any person authorised by me, stop such
vehicle or machine, and shall give such information as to
the load thereon or contents thereof, and as to the quantity,
weight, size, or measurement of the same, as such person
shall require, and the driver shall stop such vehicle or
machine for such reasonable time as such person may
require for the purpose of ascertaining such quantity,
weight, size, or measurement.
6. If any person shall commit a breach of any of the fore-
going by-laws he shall be liable, upon conviction for such
breach, to a penalty of £5: Provided that the Court before
which proceedings may be taken in respect of such breach
may, if it thinks fit, impose such lower penalty as it may
think adequate to the particular case.

I do also hereby revoke the by-laws dated 18th June,
1898, regulating traffic on the Alfredton-Weber Road.

As witness my hand, this fifteenth day of August, one
thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.