1736
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

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 Four Wheels be—

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 1 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 January, 1902, regulating traffic on the said roads as are mentioned in the said by-laws.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land for a Road through Omaunu Native Reserve, Block VI., Momahaki Survey District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road through Omaunu Native Reserve, Momahaki Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the Post-office at Waitotara, and is there open for inspection. And notice is also hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the Minister of Lands, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder :—

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 792, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Block X., Opuawhanga Survey District, for Road Purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” to execute a certain public work, to wit, the construction of a road in Opuawhanga Survey District, and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken; and notice is further given that the plan of the said road and of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Whanaki, and is there open for inspection. And notice is hereby given that all persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of the said land shall, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Lands, Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

The parcel of land mentioned hereunder :—

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 3810, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above stated.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Bonus for Plans for Cowshed.—Notice No. 703.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 21st May, 1902.

IT is hereby notified that a first prize of twenty guineas and a second prize of ten guineas are offered by the Department for the best plan, with complete specification, of a cowshed suitable to house fifty cows, with fodder-sheds and dairy; also a first prize of seven guineas and a second prize of three guineas for the best plan and specification of a silo for the same number of cows: all plans and specifications, whether awarded a prize or not, to become the property of the Government.

Packages containing plans and specifications entered for these competitions should be addressed to the Secretary for Agriculture, Wellington, and marked outside “Cowshed Competition” or “Silo Competition,” as the case may be, and forwarded so as to reach him by the 31st August, 1902.

The plans must be signed with a nom de plume, and must bear no indication as to the competitor’s name; the competitor’s signature and nom de plume must, however, be forwarded in a sealed envelope in the same package with the plans.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.