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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(b.) Upon vehicles with tires over 3½ in. wide and up to 4½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 12 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 20 cwt. on metalled roads for each pair of wheels.

(c.) Upon vehicles with tires over 2½ in. wide and up to 3½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 10 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 15 cwt. on metalled roads for each pair of wheels.

(d.) Upon vehicles with tires over 2 in. wide and up to 2½ in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 8 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 12 cwt. on metalled roads for each pair of wheels.

(e.) Upon vehicles with tires under 2 in. wide the load carried shall not exceed 5 cwt. on unmetalled roads and 8 cwt. on metalled roads for each pair of wheels.

4. No person shall leave or allow to remain upon any road within the road district any logs, timber, or other materials which shall be a source of danger, or shall delay, impede, or obstruct the passage of any person, horse, or vehicle over such roads.

5. No horses or vehicles shall be driven or led or taken over any bridge of more than 12 ft. span at other than a walking-pace.

6. No person shall at any time convey logs, timber, or other materials over or upon the said roads within the Turanga Road District upon or by means of or with the assistance of any vehicle, means of conveyance, or carriage known as a catamaran or alligator, or any similar vehicle or contrivance which shall cause damage to the aforesaid roads, for any purpose whatever.

For the purpose of this by-law the weight of timber shall be deemed to be as follows: A measured ton of firewood, 10 cwt.; 500 superficial feet of kauri timber, 15 cwt.; 500 superficial feet of puriri or totara, 20 cwt.

Every person who shall commit or fail to comply with any of the provisions of these by-laws shall be guilty of an offence, and for such offence shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of £5.

Confirmed by the Turanga Road Board at a special meeting held on the 4th day of June, 1904.

AMBROSE TRUST, Sen., Chairman.
JOHN GRANGER, Member.
HERBERT WM. SHAW, Member.

I hereby certify that the above special order was duly made and confirmed in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments.

L. H. WHITE,
Clerk, Turanga Road Board.

Notice to Mariners No. 49 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th June, 1904.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

AFRICA.

CAPE HERMES.—A group-fl. white lt., showing groups of two fls. every 15 secs., is to be exh. from a lt.-h. now being constr. in 31° 38′ S., 29° 33¼′ E., on Cape Hermes, St. John or Umzimvubu River. May.

PORT SHEPSTONE.—A lt. is to be est. at this port (30° 44½′ S., 30° 27½′ E.). May.

GREEN PT.—A lt. is to be est. on the pt. (30° 15¼′ S., 30° 47′ E.), for clearing the Aliwal Shoal, in lieu of the lts. now exh. at Umpambinyoni and Amahlongwana River entr.s. May.

East Coast.

CAPE ST. LUCIA.—A lt. is to be est. at the cape (28° 32½′ S., 32° 24′ E.). May.

INDIAN OCEAN.

Bay of Bengal.

ELEPHANT PT.—Regu Shoal, rk. and hard sand, just over 2 miles long N. 11° E. and S. 11° W., and ½ mile wide, carrying 2¾ fms. l.w. springs, with deep water between the shoal and the coast, exists in approx. 21° 15¾′ N., 91° 59′ E., 6¾ miles N. 31° W. from the pt. May.

NAAF RIVER APPROACH.—Delay Shoal, a small patch of hard ground, 4 cables long ely. and wly., and 2 cables wide, carrying 4 fms., exists in approx. 20° 30′ N., 92° 16′ E., in the approach to the river, 6½ miles S. 46° W. from the S. pt. of St. Martin’s Isl. A ridge, carrying very irregular depths, extends about 3½ miles S. 11° E. from Delay Shoal; 5¼ fms.

was the least depth obtained, but it should not be crossed, as pinnacles with less water may exist. May.

ARAKAN RIVER APPROACH.—A shoal, carrying 4¾ fms., forming part of a patch of foul ground, about 2 square miles in extent, over which the depths are very irregular, extending about 2 miles E.S.Ely. and W.N.Wly., and is about 1½ miles wide, exists in approx. 20° 16′ N., 92° 26′ E., in the approach to the river, with Oyster Isl. Lt.-h. S. 64° E. 7¾ miles. Caution.—As there may be less water over this patch, vessels are cautioned to keep clear of it. April.

KOREA.

KOREA, JAPAN, RUSSIAN TARTARY, MANCHURIA.—Mariners are warned that during the continuance of hostilities between Russia and Japan too much dependence must not be placed on the lts. ordinarily exh. on the coasts of Japan, Korea, Russian Tartary, or Manchuria, nor on the buoys or beacons marking dangers off those coasts, as the lts. may not be exh. and the other nav. marks may be altogether removed. May.

NORTH AMERICA.—WEST COAST.

Oregon.

COLUMBIA RIVER ENTR.—The whistle buoy at the entr. to the river has been moved about ⅝ mile S. 67° W., and is now moored in 17 fms., in approx. 46° 14′ N., 124° 9′ W., with N. head Lt.-h. N. 15° E. 5 miles, and Pt. Adams old Lt.-h. N. 86° E. May.

California.

SAN FRANCISCO LT.-V.—On 1st April, 1904, Lt.-v. No. 70 (37° 45′ N., 122° 41′ W.) was to be temp. replaced by a red lt.-buoy marked “Light-vessel Moorings,” in black, exh. a f. white lt. May.

Notice to Mariners No. 50 of 1904.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 17th June, 1904.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the United States Hydrographic Office, Washington, D.C., is published for general information.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

(808) CHINA SEA.

Swatow Approach.—Breaker Point.—Wreck marked by Buoy

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 43 (2192) of 1903, further notice has been given by the German Government that the commander of H.I.G.M.S. “Herta” reports, under date of 5th March, 1904, that the position of the wreck of the Chinese gunboat “Woutai” has been indicated by a white conical buoy. The masts of the wreck are no longer visible.

Approx. position: Lat. 22° 54′ N., long. 116° 45′ 15″ E.

Notice to Mariners No. 51 of 1904.

ALTERATION IN COLOUR OF TIMARU LIGHT.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 17th June, 1904.

NOTICE is hereby given that on and after 1st July, 1904, when Jack’s Point light is to be exhibited, the white arc of Timaru light which shows from S. 22° W. to N. 19° W. will be altered to red. The green arc of Timaru light will remain the same as at present.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 1212 and 2532; “New Zealand Pilot,” 7th edition, Chap. viii., page 285.

C. H. MILLS,
Acting Minister of Marine.

Certificate under Section 8 of “The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903.”

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by “The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, Charles Houghton Mills, Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby revoke the Order No. 733 made by me, dated the 16th day of December, 1903, and gazetted on the 17th day of December, 1903, and in lieu thereof do hereby prescribe that the certificate referred to in section 8 of the above-mentioned Act shall be in such one of the forms numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4 in the Schedule hereto as is applicable: Provided that until the 31st day of March, 1905,