Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2507

the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this Proclamation shall be issued:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities in me vested by “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim that the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of the public work hereinbefore mentioned. And it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three.

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SCHEDULE.

The parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:—

All in the Canterbury Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 20656, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red and purple.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

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Inspector of Stock retired.—Notice No. 837.

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Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 1st December, 1903.

It is hereby notified for public information that

HECTOR MCNEIL CAMPBELL

has retired from the positions held by him as Inspector under “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1882,” “The Stock Act, 1893,” “The Dairy Industry Act, 1898,” “The Slaughtering and Inspection Act, 1900,” and “The Noxious Weeds Act, 1900,” as from 1st December, 1903.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister for Agriculture.

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Members of Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board to represent Sounds County reappointed.

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Hospitals and Charitable Department,
Wellington, 28th November, 1903.

His Excellency the Governor has, in terms of “The Sounds County Hospital Representation Act, 1887,” and “The Hospitals and Charitable Aid Boards Act, 1900,” been pleased to reappoint

WILLIAM THOMAS ERSKINE,
GEORGE HENRY HARRIS, and
DONALD McCORMICK

to represent the Sounds County on the Picton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Special Order made by the Anama Road Board, County of Ashburton, making By-laws.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th November, 1903.

The following special order, made by the Anama Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

J. G. WARD.

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SPECIAL ORDER made by the Anama Road Board on the 2nd Day of September, 1903.

That, under the authority of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and the Act amending the same, and all other enabling powers, provisions, and authorities contained in any other Acts, or otherwise vested in them, the Anama Road Board doth hereby make and ordain the following by-laws for regulating the conditions on which traction-engines may be allowed to pass along the public roads within the Anama Road District:—

1. The term “traction-engine” or “engines,” where used in these by-laws, means a locomotive engine propelled by steam not being used on a railway or tramway. The word “road” or “highway” means a road as defined in “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and includes county roads and district roads, and any road actually in use by the public. “Local authority,” “Board,” or “Road Board” means the Anama Road Board.

2. Whenever a traction-engine shall be propelled upon or along a public road or highway, a strict and efficient lookout shall be maintained behind as well as in front, and particularly during the hours between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise; and the person in charge of any such engine shall provide two efficient lights, to be affixed conspicuously, one at each side, on the front of the same, and one efficient tail-light in the rear of the same, or, when wagons or carriages are being drawn by such engine, then in the rear of the last wagon or carriage drawn by such engine, such lamps to be kept burning between the hours above mentioned.

3. At least two persons shall be employed to drive or conduct every traction-engine.

4. The driver of every engine shall give as much space as possible for the passing of other traffic.

5. Whenever any person who shall be riding on horseback or driving a horse or horses in a vehicle upon or along a public road or highway shall be approaching an engine and shall sufficiently indicate his desire that the driver of such engine shall stop such engine, such driver shall thereupon immediately stop the same, and also shall, upon being requested by such person so riding or driving as aforesaid so to do, give to such person such assistance as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling him to pass with his horse or horses in safety by such engine.

6. The speed of engines shall not exceed five miles an hour along any public roadway, and three miles an hour through any town or village, and shall not exceed two miles an hour while crossing any bridge or culvert.

7. The whistle of an engine shall not be sounded for any purpose whatever, nor shall the cylinder-tap be opened or the steam blown off or allowed to attain a pressure such as to exceed the limit fixed by the safety valve, within sight of any person riding, driving, leading, or in charge of a horse upon a road.

8. No engine shall pass along or come upon any bridge at any time while any person with a horse, or carriage drawn by a horse, is on such bridge, nor shall any engine or wagon attached thereto be permitted to stop on any bridge or culvert for the purpose of drawing water from any water-race, stream, or ditch passing under or through such bridge or culvert, or for any other purpose whatever.

9. If it become necessary to discharge any ashes or other such refuse from the furnace of any engine on any road or highway or the sides thereof, such ashes or refuse shall not be left in a heap, but shall be spread out on such road or highway or the sides thereof in such manner that such road or highway or the sides thereof shall be kept even and the level thereof maintained: provided that no such refuse shall be discharged upon any bridge or culvert or upon any metalled road within one chain of any bridge or culvert.

10. While any engine shall be travelling upon or is being taken over a bridge or over metalled parts of roads, no studs or other pieces or rings of iron or other metal shall be attached to or raised upon the level of the faces of the tires of the wheels of any such engine for the purpose, or which shall have the effect, of sinking into, gripping, or breaking the surface of any bridge or roadway.

11. It shall not be lawful to carry on any wagon attached to or being drawn by an engine any greater weight (over