SEPT. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1783

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 foregoing 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 11th June, 1898, regulating traffic on such of the said roads as are mentioned in the said by-laws.

As witness my hand, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of the Laying-off of a Road through Waikopiro 1b and B16, Block XV., Takapau and Mangatoro Survey Districts.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, under the authority of section 92 of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in September, 1899, duly taken and laid off through the lands specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by warrant dated the 31st July, 1899.

SCHEDULE.

As the same are delineated upon the plan marked as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

Dated this 2nd day of September, 1901.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Plants declared to be Noxious Weeds.—Notice No. 663.

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

IT is hereby notified for public information that the under-mentioned local governing bodies have, by special order, declared the plants enumerated opposite the name of each to be “noxious weeds” within the meaning of “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” in the district under the jurisdiction of each respectively:—

Local Bodies. Plants.
Manganui Road Board .. Bathurst burr, broom, giant burdock, gorse, hakea, and ragwort.
Pukekura Road Board .. Ditto.
Waipipi Road Board .. The whole of the plants enumerated in the Second Schedule of the above-named Act.
Riverton Borough Council .. Ditto.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Mount Eden Road Board, County of Eden.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th August, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Mount Eden Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

MOUNT EDEN ROAD DISTRICT, SUBURBS OF AUCKLAND.

RESULT of poll taken on the 17th day of August, 1901, on the proposals of the Mount Eden Road Board to raise a special loan of £5,000 for the purpose of providing a water-supply to that part of the district to be known as No. 2 Special Water District, as defined in public notices, and that a special annual-recurring rate of ½d. in the pound be levied on all rateable properties in the said district to provide yearly interest and sinking fund on the said loan:—

Number of voters on special roll, 218: Number of votes for the proposals, 38; number of votes against the proposals, 8.

As the number of votes for the proposals exceed the number of votes against the proposals, I hereby declare the resolution in favour of the proposals to have been duly carried.

Dated 20th August, 1901.

R. UDY,
Chairman of the Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Le Bon’s Bay Road Board, County of Akaroa.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 31st August, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Le Bon’s Bay Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

LE BON’S BAY ROAD BOARD SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.

RESULT of a poll taken on the 23rd day of August, 1901, under “The Local Government Voting Reform Act, 1899,” on the proposal to raise a loan of £300 within the above-mentioned district, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and the amendments thereto, for the purpose of extending the present jetty:—

Number of ratepayers on special roll, 65; number of votes exercisable, 94: Number of ratepayers voting, 34; votes recorded for the proposal, 30; votes recorded against the proposal, 19; informal, 1.

The required majority having been obtained, I hereby declare the above proposal carried.

CHR. FREDRICKSEN,
Chairman, Le Bon’s Bay Road Board.

Road Board Office, Le Bon’s Bay,
24th August, 1901.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Opaheke Road Board, County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Opaheke Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

OPAHEKE ROAD DISTRICT.

RESULT of poll on the proposal to borrow £1,500 for road-works, as laid down in a special order made by the Opaheke Road Board on the 10th day of August, 1901:—

For the proposal, 42; against the proposal, 14; informal, 1.

As the number of votes recorded in favour of the proposal exceeds three-fifths of the total number of votes recorded, I declare the proposal carried.

Dated this 24th day of August, 1901.

JOHN MATHESON,
Chairman, Opaheke Road Board.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan, Rangitikei County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1901.

THE following notice, received from the Chairman of the Rangitikei County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

J. G. WARD.

RANGITIKEI COUNTY COUNCIL.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

THE following is the result of a poll taken on Wednesday,