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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 7

The “carrying-capacity” of each such vehicle as aforesaid is to be ascertained by allowing to each passenger, when seated, 1 ft. 4 in. superficial (measured lengthways), and the full width of the seating-accommodation actually and usually provided in or on such vehicle.

The foregoing by-law does not apply to buggies and coaches carrying goods and passengers, or goods other than passengers’ luggage; and buggies and coaches not included herein are subject to By-law No. 4 hereunder.

2. 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.

3. 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.”

4. 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 do not exceed—

If the Number of Animals used to draw a Vehicle having Four Wheels do not exceed—

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.

5. 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 " " " "

6. 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.

7. 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 4th May, 1898, regulating traffic on the said roads as are mentioned in the said by-laws.

As witness my hand, this twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Port Moturoa of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 14th January, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Port Moturoa, Taranaki Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft. as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Streets in the Town of Rosebery of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 26th January, 1903.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act, 1902,” I, Thomas Young Duncan, Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main streets in the Town of Rosebery, Canterbury Land District, of a width of 66 ft., instead of 99 ft., as prescribed by section 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

STATEMENT of the average amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of New Zealand, in New Zealand, during the Quarter ended 29th December, 1902.

LIABILITIES.

Notes in circulation .. .. .. £ 741,632 3 4
Bills in circulation .. .. .. 27,701 8 3
Balances due to other Banks .. .. 14,304 0 0
Government deposits .. .. .. 1,130,947 13 9
Other deposits—
Not bearing interest .. .. .. 3,579,206 3 5
Bearing interest .. .. .. 3,959,204 1 5
Total average liabilities ..£9,452,995 10 2

ASSETS.

Coined gold and silver and other coined metal .. .. .. £ 1,036,043 17 4
Gold and silver in bullion or bars .. .. .. 99,239 11 10
Notes and bills of other Banks .. .. .. 38,279 17 7
Balances due from other Banks .. .. .. 1,536 2 6
Landed property .. .. .. 106,596 4 1
Amount of all other securities—

1. Notes and bills discounted .. .. .. 840,936 8 8
2. Colonial Government securities .. .. .. 578,131 5 0
3. Other funded securities .. .. ..
4. Debts due to the Bank (exclusive of debts abandoned as bad) .. .. .. 3,544,848 18 3
5. Securities not included under the above heads .. .. .. 1,293,476 3 4
   Total average assets .. .. ..£7,539,088 8 7

4-per-cent. guaranteed stock, £2,000,000. (Interest, £40,000 per six months, paid November last.)
Capital payable by shareholders, £500,000.
Rate of last dividend declared to the shareholders, 5 per cent.
Amount of the last dividend declared, £21,366.
Amount of the reserved profits at the time of declaring such dividend, £23,474 7s. 4d.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of January, 1903.

JAMES EMBLING, General Manager.
W. F. FIELDER, Accountant.