1164
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 36

with Makuri-Pongaroa Road to its junction with Alfredton-Weber Road), the Akaroa Road (from its junction with Alfredton-Weber Road to end of widening), the Kaituna Road (from its junction with Alfredton-Weber Road to the end of widening): and the Range Road (from its junction with the Makuri-Pongaroa Road to the end of widening), hereby make the following by-laws:—

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 vehicle, 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.

“Heavy traffic” is defined, in the section above referred to, to be “the transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall itself, or together with any thing or things being transported thereon, weigh more than one and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.”

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—

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 15th August, 1901, regulating traffic on the Government roads in the Wellington Land District mentioned therein.

As witness my hand, this eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Requisition as to the Taking of Land compulsorily under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its Amendment.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended, on behalf of His Majesty, to take compulsorily, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and its amendment, the land the acreage, description, and classification of which, as also the names and addresses of the owners of such land, are specified in the Schedule hereto; and every owner of the land, and also every other person having any estate or interest therein, is hereby required to serve their respective claims for compensation on the Minister of Lands in the form and manner and within the period provided by the said Acts.

SCHEDULE.

MATAMATA ESTATE.

1. Acreage and Description.—All that parcel of land, situate in the Land District of Auckland, containing by admeasurement 45,062 acres, more or less, being the Turanga-o-Moana Block of 20,500 acres, the Hinuera No. 1a Block of 1,562 acres, the Hinuera No. 1b 653b Block of 784 acres, the Hinuera No. 1c 653c Block of 1,583 acres, the Hinuera No. 3 Block of 2,459 acres, the Puketutu No. 765 Block of 3,530 acres, the Puketutu No. 1 892 Block of 7,000 acres, the Puketutu No. 1b 892b Block of 5,614 acres, the Puketutu No. 1c 892c Block of 771 acres, the Whautanga No. 413 Block of 3,700 acres, the Matamata South 693a Block of 2,554 acres; a total area of 50,057 acres, but exclusive of land sold within these blocks to Messrs. Brady, Montague, Orr, Farmer, Pickup, Brown, Weeks, Fannerty, Ross, Latimer, Johnston, Hill, Maloney, Robinson, Foreman, Scelly, Higgins, Brown, and Mesdames Robinson, Thomas, and Ross, about 4,995 acres; excluding also from the lands within the said described area all reserves, Crown lands, and public roads: as the said boundaries are more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19293, deposited in the Head Office of the Lands and Survey Department, in Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

2. The Minister’s Classification of the Land.—First-class, 11,760 acres; second-class, 16,840 acres; third-class, 16,462 acres.

3. The land intended to be taken is the whole of the Matamata Estate as above defined.

4. The acreage and the Minister’s classification of the whole estate is: Acreage, 45,062 acres, more or less; Minister’s classification—First-class, 11,760 acres; second-class, 16,840 acres; third-class, 16,462 acres.

5. Names and Addresses of Owners.—The Assets Realisation Board, Wellington; Chairman, George Todd, of Wellington, New Zealand; General Manager, Walter George Foster, of Wellington, New Zealand.

Dated at Wellington, this 13th day of May, 1903.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice to Local Authorities under “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

The Treasury,
Wellington, 5th May, 1903.

PURSUANT to section 63 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Colonial Treasurer hereby gives notice that on Monday, the 1st June, 1903, he will be prepared to consider applications from local authorities for loans under this Act.

Applications should be addressed to the Colonial Treasurer, and must be posted so as to arrive at the Treasury on or before the 31st May, 1903.

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

“Conscience Money” received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 13th May, 1903.

THE Colonial Treasurer directs me to acknowledge the receipt from the Hon. the Minister for Railways of 4s., received in postal notes, with the following memorandum:—

“Enclosed find p. notes for 4s. (four shillings), which place to credit of pass receipts, and oblige,

“Yours, &c.,

“THE REMITTER.”

JAS. B. HEYWOOD,
Receiver-General.