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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 81

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
HAWKE, ARTHUR Rangitikei.
SNAITH, ARTHUR ERNEST Mahurangi.
PIERCY, JOHN Ashhurst.
BANKS, WILLIAM Waipukurau.
RUSSELL, JOHN ALEXANDER Kaiapoi.

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

Clerk of Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Constable GEORGE KEEP

to be Clerk of the Magistrate's Court at Port Albert, from the 22nd August, 1901, vice G. E. Thompson, resigned.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Cadet appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JOSEPH BUCKLEY

to be a cadet in the Supreme and Magistrate's Courts at Wanganui from the 19th August, 1901.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Member of Licensing Committee appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE WILLIAM HORN

to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of Thames, vice E. McDonnell, deceased.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Chief Clerk, Police Department, appointed.

Police Department,
Wellington, 30th August, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

Mr. JOHN EVANS

to be Chief Clerk in the Police Department.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Resignation of Visiting Justice accepted.

Department of Justice (Prisons Branch),
Wellington, 3rd September, 1901.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation of

JOHN HISLOP, Esq., J.P.,

as a Visiting Justice of His Majesty's prison at Dunedin.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Certificate and Declaration of Execution of Criminal.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1901.

THE following certificate and declaration are published in conformity with the provisions of “The Criminals Executions Act, 1883.”

JAMES McGOWAN.

I, THOMAS WYLD PAIRMAN, the medical officer in attendance at the execution of Alexander McLean, at the prison of Lyttelton, do hereby certify and declare that I have this day witnessed the execution of the said Alexander McLean at the said prison; and I do further certify and declare that the said Alexander McLean was, in pursuance of the sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Given under my hand, this thirty-first day of August, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, at the prison of Lyttelton.

THOS. WYLD PAIRMAN, Surgeon.

We do hereby testify and declare that we have this day been present when the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution on the body of Alexander McLean, convicted at the Criminal Session of the Supreme Court held at Christchurch on the 5th day of August last, and sentenced to death; and that the said Alexander McLean was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the neck until his body was dead.

Dated this thirty-first day of August, in the year one thousand nine hundred and one, at the prison of Lyttelton.

A. R. BLOXAM,
Sheriff of Canterbury.

M. M. CLEARY,
Gaoler.

THOS. WYLD PAIRMAN,
Surgeon.

EDWARD JOHN BROWNIE,
Prison Officer.

PETER McMILLAN,
Prison Officer.

B. P. MANHIRE,
Mayor of Sydenham.

E. SMITH, J.P.

ADJ. FLANAGAN,
Salvation Army.

By-laws regulating Traffic on Interior Roads in the Wellington 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 Ohingaiti–Tokaanu Road, the Torere–Pukeokahu–Horouta Road, the Pipiriki–Waikouru Road, the Moawhango–Te Horo Road, and the Parapara–Raetihi–Ohura Road :

1. The use of bullocks as traction animals on the said roads is prohibited for the period from 1st May to 1st November 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 proportion to the number of animals employed to draw the same, that is to say :

If the Number of Animals used to draw a Vehicle having Two Wheels be—
| Either Bullocks | Or other Animals. | Then the Minimum Width of Tire of any such Vehicle If without Springs shall be | If with Springs shall be |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 2½ inches | 1½ inches. |
| 4 | 2 | 3 " | 2 " |
| 6 | 3 | 4 " | 2½ " |
| 8 | 4 | 5 " | 3 " |
| | 6 | 6 " | 3½ " |

If the Number of Animals used to draw a Vehicle having Four Wheels be—
| Either Bullocks | Or other Animals. | Then the Minimum Width of Tire of any such Vehicle If without Springs shall be | If with Springs shall be |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | 2½ inches | 1½ inches. |
| 6 | 3 | 3 " | 2 " |
| 8 | 5 | 4 " | 2½ " |
| 12 | 7 | 5 " | 3 " |
| | 10 | 6 " | 3½ " |

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.