Oct. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2441

MATAKOHE DISTRICT TRAFFIC BY-LAWS.

By-laws of the Body Corporate the Inhabitants of the Matakohе District.

THE undermentioned by-laws shall be in force within and shall apply to and affect the Matakohе District, the Main County Road excepted:—

In pursuance of the powers vested in the said Matakohе Road Board by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and any other statutory provisions the said Board thereunto enabling, the Matakohе Road Board doth hereby ordain as follows:—

1. No person shall take or drive over any bridge or culvert under the care, control, or management of the Matakohе Road Board any machine or vehicle of any greater weight, inclusive of any load thereon, than one ton and a half if such machine or vehicle have not more than one pair of wheels, or three tons if such machine or vehicle have more than one pair of wheels.

2. For the purpose of the respective weights referred to in clause one of the by-laws—

(a.) Forty cubic feet of firewood shall be deemed to weigh fourteen hundredweight.

(b.) Five hundred superficial feet of kauri shall be deemed to weigh fifteen hundredweight.

(c.) Five hundred superficial feet of puriri, totara, rimu, or kahikatea shall be deemed to weigh one ton.

3. No person shall take, lead, or drive any horse, engine, agricultural or other machine over any bridge of a greater span than ten feet under the control of the Board at other than a walking-pace.

4. No person shall, whilst driving a vehicle over any road under the control of the Board, fasten or lock, or permit to be fastened or locked, any wheel of such vehicle so that such fastening may act or serve the purpose of a brake.

5. The Board may call upon any person engaged in hauling heavy traffic over any of the roads under the control of the Board to enter into a bond to the Board to insure to the benefit of the Board, with or without surety or sureties, conditioned for duly repairing and making good to the satisfaction of the Board any damage resulting from the hauling of such heavy traffic, and such bond shall be in a penalty to be fixed by the Board not exceeding two hundred pounds.

6. No heavy traffic of any kind shall be hauled over any of the roads under the care, control, or management of the Board during the months of May, June, July, August, and September without the express consent of the Board first had and obtained in writing.

7. No person shall, between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September, both inclusive, in each year, take or drive, or cause to be driven, over any road or bridge under the control or management of the Board—

(a.) Any vehicle of four wheels the tires of which—

(1.) Are less than one inch and a half in width, with more than two horses or four bullocks;

(2.) Are less than two inches in width, with more than three horses or six bullocks;

(3.) Are less than three inches in width, with more than four horses or eight bullocks;

(4.) Are less than five inches in width, with more than five horses or ten bullocks;

(b.) Any two-wheeled vehicle the tires of which—

(1.) Are less than two inches in width, with more than two horses or four bullocks;

(2.) Are less than three inches in width, with more than two horses;

(3.) Are less than four inches in width, with more than four horses.

8. Any person who commits a breach of any of these by-laws shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding in any case the sum of five pounds.

9. These by-laws shall come into force on the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, and shall apply to the whole of the roads under the care, control, or management of the Matakohе Road Board.

These by-laws were made by the Matakohе Road Board by resolution on the 3rd day of September, 1904.

The common seal of the Chairman, Members, and Inhabitants of the Matakohе Road District was affixed hereto at a meeting and by order of the Board of the said district on the 3rd day of September, 1904, in the presence of—

E. PHEASANT,
Clerk.

I hereby certify that this special order was made by the Matakohе Road Board on the 3rd day of September, 1904, and that all the provisions of the Acts have been complied with.

E. PHEASANT,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Council of the Borough of Sumner.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th October, 1904.

THE following special order, made by the Sumner Borough Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

BOROUGH OF SUMNER.

In the matter of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments.

Special Order making Special Rate.

THAT, in pursuance of the powers vested in it by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” and its amendments, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, the Sumner Borough Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing interest and other charges on a loan of £350, proposed to be raised under section 68 of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for the purpose of completing the construction of septic tanks, and of the purchase of all pipes, ventilating-covers, and other material, and of all necessary works for the drainage of the drainage area of the Borough of Sumner, the Sumner Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special annual-recurring rate of ¾d. in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of all lands within the drainage area of the Borough of Sumner, as set forth in the drainage plans of the said borough, which area is bounded as follows: Commencing at a point in the Heberden Road being the south-east corner of Town Lot 160, R.S. 144; thence in a north-westerly direction in a line parallel with and 2½ chains from the south side of Colenso Street to the Lyttelton Road; thence following the west side of that road to the old Christchurch Road; and thence in a north-westerly direction by a line 10 chains south of and parallel to the south side of the said old Christchurch Road to Rural Section 20723; and thence in a north-easterly direction along the eastern boundary of that section to the old Christchurch Road; from thence in a northerly direction along that road to high-water mark; thence in an easterly direction following high-water mark to the Heberden Road; and thence southerly along the west side of Heberden Road to the commencing-point; and also to include Reserve No. 39: and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st days of February and August in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of forty-one years, at 4 per cent. per annum without sinking fund, or until the loan is fully paid off.

The above resolution was passed at a special meeting of the Sumner Borough Council held on the 15th day of August, 1904, and confirmed as a special order at a special meeting of said Council held on the 20th day of September, 1904.

Dated at Sumner, this 4th day of October, 1904.

FREDERICK PRATT,
Deputy Mayor.

JAMES CRAWFORD,
Town Clerk.

Result of Poll for Proposed Loan.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 17th October, 1904.

THE following notice, received from the Mayor of the Borough of Ashburton, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901.”

R. J. SEDDON,
Colonial Treasurer.

ASHBURTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

Result of Poll for Loan.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a poll taken this day on the proposal of the above Council to borrow by way of special loan the sum of £15,000 for the purpose of purchasing the Ashburton Gasworks the following were the numbers of votes recorded:—

For the proposal, 105; against the proposal, 287; informal votes, 10.