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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 34

Loans Act, 1901,” the Castlepoint County Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £800, authorised to be raised by the Castlepoint County Council, under the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for making and fencing a road from Whakataki to Castlepoint, the said Castlepoint County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of ⅓d. in the pound on the rateable valuation of all rateable property comprised within the following boundaries, viz.: Commencing at the ocean on the north-east corner of the Native reserve, Block VIII., Castlepoint Survey District, at the boundary of the county, and proceeding westerly along the county boundary to the Tinui River; thence northerly by the said river and the county boundary to Section 193, Block XII., Puketoi Survey District; thence southerly by the western boundary of Sections 1, 2, and 822, Blocks XV. and XVI., Puketoi Survey District, to Section 824, Block III., Mangapakeha Survey District; thence westerly by the northern boundary of the last-named section to the boundary of the county; thence southerly along the county boundary to Section 880, Block X., Mangapakeha Survey District; thence easterly and southerly by the boundary of the last-named section to the Whakaroro Stream; thence southerly by that stream to a point where the Blackhill Road crosses; thence westerly by the said Blackhill Road to its terminus in the main road in Mangapakeha; thence by the said main road in a southerly direction to the lower bridge over the Mangapakeha Stream; thence by the said Mangapakeha Stream to the Whareama River; thence by the said Whareama River to the north-east corner of Section 342, Block IV., Rewa Survey District; thence by the eastern boundary of the last-named section and Section 341 to Section 339; thence along the southern boundary of Sections 341, 340, 810, 809, 808, all in Block IV., Rewa Survey District; thence northerly by the eastern boundary of Sections 352, 351, 350, 795, 382, 381, 380, 379, all in Block XVI., Mangapakeha Survey District, to Section 378, Block XII., Mangapakeha Survey District; thence by the eastern boundary of the last-named section and Section 376 to Section 797, Block VII., Castlepoint Survey District; thence easterly along the southern boundary of the last-named section and Section 759 to Section 762, Block X., Castlepoint Survey District; thence in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of the last-named section and Section 368 to Section 366, Block X., Castlepoint Survey District; thence southerly and easterly along the boundary of the last-named section to the ocean; thence northerly by the ocean to the point of commencement: and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of February and the 1st day of August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, or until the loan is fully paid off: the rate of interest to be 4 per cent. per annum.

The above special order was adopted at a special meeting of the Council held on the 12th day of March, 1904, and confirmed at a special meeting of the Council held on the 9th day of April, 1904.

W. DALZIELL,
Chairman.

16th April, 1904.

Special Order made by the Point Chevalier Road Board, County of Eden, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 27th April, 1904.

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

J. G. WARD.

POINT CHEVALIER ROAD DISTRICT.

By-laws to regulate the conditions subject to which the trades of scavenging and the removal of nightsoil may be carried on in the Point Chevalier Road District, in order to prevent or diminish the offensiveness of such trades, and generally in respect of such trades, and otherwise to safeguard the public health :—

In pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and any amendments thereof respectively, and of all other statutes and powers, if any, it hereunto enabling, the Point Chevalier Road Board doth hereby make and ordain the following by-laws to be in force in the Point Chevalier Road District, that is to say,—

1. In these by-laws, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Offensive matter” includes malodorous fish, animal or vegetable substances, nightsoil, faecal matter of any sort, refuse, garbage, rubbish, parts of nightsoil cans or other plant used in the removal of nightsoil, and includes any other matter or substances of an offensive or noxious nature.

“The Board” means the Point Chevalier Road Board.
“The district” means the Point Chevalier Road District.

2. No person shall leave, spill, cast, place, deposit, bury, or otherwise dispose of any offensive matter in, to, or upon any public place within the district.

3. No person shall leave, spill, cast, place, deposit, bury, or otherwise dispose of any offensive matter in, to, or upon any land within the limits of the district, except at such depot or depots as shall from time to time be approved by the Board on the application of any person desiring to deposit offensive matter.

4. No person who shall be engaged within the district in the trade of scavenging or removing nightsoil shall—
   (a.) Remove, cart, carry, or transport any offensive matter in pans, boxes, or other receptacles which are not distinctly marked or branded with the name of the person so removing, carting, carrying, or transporting the same.
   (b.) Remove, cart, carry, or transport any offensive matter in pans, boxes, or other receptacles which shall not be watertight, and covered by a lid or covering in such a manner that no offensive smell or odour shall emanate therefrom.
   (c.) Remove, cart, carry, or transport any offensive matter, pans, boxes, or other receptacles in any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle which has not the name of the owner clearly and legibly painted in letters at least 2 in. in height, in white paint on a dark ground, on some conspicuous part of any such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle.
   (d.) Drive, take, conduct, or convey any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle upon which any offensive matter is laden in or through the district, or any part thereof, unless such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle has been first registered by the owner with the Board, and has painted thereon, in some conspicuous part of the same, in letters at least 2 in. in height, in white paint on a dark ground, the registered number assigned to such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle by the Board.

5. No person shall drive, take, conduct, or convey any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle in, through, or upon the district, or any part thereof, whilst any offensive or noxious smell or odour emanates from any such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle, or the contents thereof.

6. No person shall leave or permit to remain, either unburied or buried, as herein provided, in any public place, or within 20 chains of any public road or dwellinghouse, any offensive matter for a longer period than two hours.

7. No contractor or person engaged as employer or employee in the business of scavenging or removing nightsoil shall leave, or permit to be left, on any road or in any public place within the district, any offensive matter for more than four hours after the Board or any member of the Board, or any person in the employ of the Board, shall have given him notice in writing that such offensive matter has been left, spilt, or cast from any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle owned, employed, or used by such contractor or person.

8. No person shall leave unburied or uncovered at any depot approved by the Board any offensive matter for more than two hours after such offensive matter shall have arrived at such depot.

9. No person shall bury, deposit, or leave any offensive matter at any place within 20 chains of any public road, or within 40 chains of any dwellinghouse or place where cows are milked, or in which milk is stored, kept, vended, or sold.

10. No person shall deposit, place, or bury any offensive matter upon any land the surface drainage of which enters any well or watercourse the water of which is used for domestic purposes, or for the watering of horses, cattle, sheep, or other animals.

11. Every person bringing, placing, or depositing any offensive matter into or upon any depot approved by the Board shall forthwith bury all nightsoil, faecal matter, garbage, rubbish, animal and vegetable matter, in such a manner that there shall be at least 6 in. of soil covering all parts of such nightsoil, faecal matter, garbage, rubbish, animal and vegetable matter, and shall leave the surface of the soil covering any such matter so buried level with the surface of the surrounding land; and every such person shall bury all fish heads or entrails so that not less than 18 in. of soil shall cover such fish heads or entrails, and shall leave the surface of the soil covering any such fish heads or entrails level with the surrounding land.

12. No person shall bring or convey into, through, or upon the district any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle containing any offensive matter except between the hour of 10 o’clock post meridian and midnight, and between midnight and 4 o’clock ante meridian.

13. No person shall drive, convey, or carry any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle, or any empty box, pan, or receptacle for offensive matter, in or through the district unless the