Oct. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3129

Gore Rifle Volunteers.

Lieutenant Robert Fraser to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th September, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

Volunteer Officers appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th October, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following appointments:—

Pahiatua Mounted Rifle Volunteers.

Joseph Ward Sturton to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th June, 1907.

Royal Rifle Volunteers.

Charles Leonard Harris to be Lieutenant. Date of commission, 5th June, 1907.

Wanganui Rifle Volunteers.

James Scott to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th September, 1907.

St. John’s College Rifle Cadet Volunteers.

Felix Hector Levien to be Captain. Date of commission, 4th September, 1907.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Defence.

His Majesty’s Birthday to be observed on Monday, 11th November.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th October, 1907.

THE Government offices throughout the Dominion will be closed on Monday, the 11th November next, in celebration of the birthday of His Majesty the King (9th November).

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Approval of Fees for Licensing of Vehicles fixed by By-laws, Wallace County Council.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1907.

IT is hereby notified, in accordance with section 311 of “The Counties Act, 1886,” that so much of the by-laws made by the Wallace County Council, and sealed on the 20th day of September, 1907, as appoint the several sums to be paid to the Wallace County funds for the licensing of vehicles has this day been approved by His Excellency the Governor.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Letters of Naturalisation issued.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Special Order made by the Paparata Road Board, County of Manukau, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 22nd October, 1907.

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

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

PAPARATA ROAD DISTRICT.

By-laws.

By-laws of the Body Corporate the Inhabitants of the Paparata Road District, made and enacted by and under Special Order of the Paparata Road Board passed on the 31st day of August, 1907, and sealed with the Common Seal of the said Board on the 5th day of October, 1907. To come into force on being gazetted.

THE undermentioned by-laws shall be in force within and shall apply to and affect the whole of the Paparata Road District.

In pursuance of the powers vested in the said Paparata Road Board by “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, and “The Public Works Acts Compilation Act, 1905,” and any other statutory provisions the said Board thereunto enabling, the Paparata Road Board doth hereby ordain as follows:—

1. In these by-laws, except where inconsistent with or repugnant to the context,—

“District” means the Paparata Road District:

“District road” means any road, street, or other highway under the care, control, or management of the Board:

“District bridge” means any bridge under the care, control, or management of the Board:

“Cattle” means and includes any horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, and foal; any bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, and calf; any ram, ewe, wether, and lamb; any mule, ass, goat, boar, or sow.

2. No person shall ride, drive, or lead any horse or other animal on, upon, or along any footway or footpath constructed for foot-passengers only within the district.

3. No person shall wheel any barrow or truck, or use, drive, or conduct any velocipede, bicycle, tricycle, or other vehicle of any description, on, upon, or along any footway or footpath constructed for foot-passengers only within the district.

4. No person shall leave or allow to remain upon any district road or any district bridge, or upon or over any channel or surface drain in any district road, any logs, timber, bricks, stone, building or other material so that such logs, timber, bricks, stone, building or other materials shall be a source of danger, or shall delay, impede, or obstruct the passage of any person, horse, or vehicle over such district road.

5. No person shall, upon any district road, except at places which shall have been appointed by the Board for the purpose, load any vehicle with or place upon or attach to any vehicle any timber or logs.

6. No person shall use or allow to be used any sledge for the carriage or transport of logs, timber, or other materials along or on any district road or district bridge; and no person shall permit, suffer, or allow any logs, timber, or other materials to be dragged on or along any district road.

7. No person shall take any engine, agricultural or other machine, or any load or materials of any kind weighing more than 2½ tons avoirdupois on one pair of wheels across any district bridge without the written sanction of the Board first had and obtained.

8. No person shall drive or ride at other than a walking-pace across or upon any district bridge which has a span of 20 ft. or upwards.

9. No person shall, at other than a walking-pace, drive, lead, or take any horses, cattle, engine, agricultural or other machine, or vehicle across or upon any district bridge which has a span of 20 ft. or upwards.

10. Each vehicle mentioned in the first column of the First Schedule of these by-laws which shall be driven, taken, or used upon or over any district road or district bridge from the 21st day of May to the 21st day of October in each and every year, and having the number of wheels mentioned on the same line in the second column of the said Schedule, shall have the minimum width of tire mentioned on the same line in the fourth column of the said Schedule; and if the width of the tires of the wheels, or any of them, of such vehicle be less than is required by the said First Schedule, the owner and driver of such vehicle shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this by-law.

11. For the purposes of these by-laws the number or quantity mentioned in the second column of the Second Schedule to these by-laws of the articles mentioned on the