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and amendment, 1903, was passed by the Arai Road Board at a meeting of the Board held on the 27th day of May, 1905.

T. W. BILHAM,
Clerk.

Boundaries of the Arai-Mangapoiki Special-rating District.

Commencing at Trig Station P.5, Te Pahenga-o-te-Kawhiti, eastern corner of No. 1 Whakaongaonga Block; thence by straight lines in a south-west and north-west direction by south boundary of said No. 1 Whakaongaonga to the Mangarangiora Stream; thence southerly down the said stream to its intersection with the Cook and Wairoa County boundary; thence in a south-east direction along said county boundaries to its intersection with the south-east boundary of Small-grazing Run 40; thence by straight lines in a north-east and south-east direction by north boundary of Section 3, Block X., Nuhaka North Survey District, to the Puninga Stream; thence northerly up the said Puninga Stream to the south boundary of Section 1, Puninga Block; thence by straight lines south-east and north-east to the north boundaries of Okahu and Rahakapua Blocks to south-east corner of Section 1, Puninga Block; thence by straight lines north-east and north-west by west boundaries of Puninga Nos. 2 and 6 to Trig. 78, Rimu-o-Maru; thence by a straight line northerly to south-west corner of Subdivision 4 of 4, Te Puru; thence by straight lines north-east by north boundary Subdivision 3, Maraetaha, to Okahu, south-west corner Maraetaha No. 1 Block; thence in a north-east and north-west direction by west boundaries of Maraetaha No. 1 and Maraetaha Blocks to Trig. 104, Rerepe; thence by straight lines in a south-west and north-west direction by south boundaries of part of Rangai-o-hinehau No. 2, Te Ranganui No. 2 Subdivision, to Te Arai Stream; thence northerly down the west bank of said Arai Stream to a point on the southern portion of Tapoto Native Reserve; thence west by straight line to west boundary of said Tapoto Block; thence by a straight line south-west by the east boundary of Waimata Native Reserve to south-east corner of said Waimata Native Reserve; thence by straight lines west-south-east and south-west by south boundaries of Waimata Native Reserve and east boundary of Tarewauru Block to Te Kainga-o-te-Tuwhare; thence by straight line south-west through Tarewauru Block to north-east corner of Tarewauru No. 2; thence by straight line north-west by the south-west boundary of Tarewauru Block to north-west corner of Tarewauru No. 2; thence by straight line south-west by the east boundary of Section 1 of Block XIV., Patutahi Survey District, to Trig. P. 5, the point of commencement.

T. W. BILHAM,
Clerk.

Special Order made by the Mataongaonga Road Board, County of Wanganui, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th June, 1905.

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

J. G. WARD,
Colonial Secretary.

MATAONGAONGA ROAD DISTRICT.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and “The Public Works Act, 1894,” and its amendments, and of all other powers, if any, the Mataongaonga Road Board by way of special order hereby ordains and makes the following by-laws for the Mataongaonga Road District, that is to say:—

1. In these by-laws “heavy traffic” shall mean:—

(a.) The transportation of any vehicle, engine, or machine which shall itself, or together with any thing or things being transported thereon, weigh more than 1½ tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.

(b.) The traction of any vehicle or thing by means of bullocks notwithstanding that such vehicle or thing may separately or together with any load thereon weigh less than 1½ tons avoirdupois.

“Road” shall mean any public highway under the control or management of the Mataongaonga Road Board.

“Vehicle, engine, or machine” shall mean vehicle, engine, or machine of one or other of the classes named in the First Schedule hereto.

2. The width of the tires of all vehicles, engines, or machines engaged in or used in connection with heavy traffic and passing over or along any road, and whether plying for hire or not, shall according to the class of vehicle used be regulated with regard to the number of wheels and to the weight of the load being carried on such vehicle, in the proportions specified, and as provided in the First Schedule to these by-laws.

3. The owner and the driver or person in charge of any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged in or used in connection with heavy traffic which shall be driven or taken or used upon, along, or over any road shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws if the width of the tires of the wheels, or any of them, of such vehicle, engine, or machine be less than is specified or required by these by-laws.

4. It shall not be lawful for any person to use or drive any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged or concerned in heavy traffic over, upon, or along any road unless the weight of such vehicle, engine, or machine shall be correctly marked upon some conspicuous part of such vehicle, engine, or machine so as to be distinctly visible and legible during daylight.

5. Every person who shall use or drive any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged or concerned in heavy traffic over, upon, or along any road without having the weight thereof correctly marked thereon in accordance with the last preceding by-law number 4, or having a weight marked thereon which shall not be the correct weight thereof, shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws, and shall be liable upon conviction for each such offence to such penalty, not exceeding the sum of £20, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary way.

6. For the purpose of ascertaining the weight of any load upon or of the contents of any vehicle under these by-laws the quantities of timber, agricultural produce, mineral, or other material of any description specified in the Second Schedule to these by-laws shall be taken and computed to represent 1 ton avoirdupois in each of their several kinds.

7. Any person authorised by the Mataongaonga Road Board in respect of the roads under its control may at any time stop and detain any vehicle, engine, or machine which in his opinion infringes these by-laws, or any of them, until the width of the tires or the weight of such vehicle, engine, or machine and the weight of the load thereon or the weight or measurement of the contents thereof can be ascertained.

8. Any person authorised as aforesaid may at any time examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicle, engine, or machine which in his opinion is affected by these by-laws, or any of them, when on any road, and may examine and measure the load on or the contents of any such vehicle, engine, or machine.

9. The driver of any vehicle, engine, or machine used or engaged in heavy traffic on any road shall, upon the request of any person authorised as aforesaid, give to such person such information as to the load or contents of such vehicle, engine, or machine, and the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of such load or contents, and do all such acts for the purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained as such authorised person shall reasonably request, and any such driver who shall refuse to give such information as aforesaid, or to do any such Act as aforesaid, shall be guilty of an offence under these by-laws.

10. Every person guilty of an offence under, or committing a breach of, or failing to perform any duty imposed upon him by, any provisions of these by-laws (other than by-laws numbers 4 and 5 hereof) shall be liable upon conviction for each such offence, breach, or failure to such penalty, not exceeding the sum of £5, as the Court inflicting the same shall in its discretion think fit, which penalty shall be recoverable in a summary way.

11. These by-laws shall come into force upon the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

First Schedule.