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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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from the site of the proposed house, and shall not again be brought thereon until the house has been completed. No kahikatea to be allowed in the construction or repair of any office, shop, or dwelling, or the fittings therein.

(o.) A bath-room shall be included in the plan of every new dwelling erected in the district.

(p.) No room used or intended to be used as a bedroom in any hotel or boardinghouse hereafter erected or renewed in any part of the district shall contain less than 700 cubic feet of clear air-space, and every such room shall have a window, other than a skylight, communicating directly with the external air, and shall be provided with sufficient ventilation.

(q.) If any dwellinghouse or part of a dwellinghouse be re-erected, altered, or repaired contrary in any particulars to the provisions of this by-law, it shall be lawful for the Board to give notice in writing to the owner of such dwellinghouse, within a time to be mentioned in such notice, to take down, remove, or alter such dwellinghouse or part of such dwellinghouse in such a manner that the provisions of this by-law shall be accurately fulfilled. Non-compliance with any such notice shall be deemed an offence.

Heavy Traffic and other By-laws.

The owner of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic—that is to say, used in carting earth, stone, or scoria-ash upon any of the roads within the boundaries of the Otahuhu Road District—such vehicle having tires of a less width than 4½ in., shall before using such roads for such traffic apply to the Otahuhu Road Board for, and obtain, a license, and shall pay to the Otahuhu Road Board a yearly license fee of £5: Provided, nevertheless, that the Board at its discretion and on application by the owner or driver of any vehicle engaged in heavy traffic—that is to say, used in carting earth, stone, or scoria-ash—such vehicle having wheels of a less width than 4½ in., may permit the owner or driver of such a vehicle to use such vehicle for the purpose of carting earth, stone, or scoria-ash upon any of the roads in the Otahuhu Road District without having paid such license fee, upon payment to the said Board of the following charges: For every load carried on any one day upon or over any such road, 1s. If more than three loads are carried in any one vehicle in any one day upon or over any such road, then for that day 3s. Wherever any land or building is so used or occupied that in the usual course of business carried on thereat, or otherwise, such land or building is approached by vehicles led, driven, or propelled across any footpath or channel to an extent to cause or to be likely to cause injury to such footpath or channel, it shall be the duty of the owner of such land or building to provide and maintain a crossing over such footpath or channel for the use of such vehicles, such crossing to be constructed to the satisfaction of the Board.

Penalty.

If any person shall commit a breach of any of these by-laws he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5, and in the case of a continuous breach an additional penalty not exceeding £5 for every day on which the breach is continued after the first day. The continued existence in a state contrary to any by-law of any work or thing shall be deemed a continuous breach within the meaning of this section. These by-laws shall come into force and operation so soon as gazetted.

I, John Smith Purdy, District Health Officer, at Auckland, do hereby certify that, pursuant to the provisions of section 100 of “The Public Health Act, 1900,” I did approve of such of the foregoing by-laws as relate to public health before they were made and passed by the Otahuhu Road Board.

Dated this 11th day of May, 1908.

J. S. PURDY, M.D., C.M. (Aberd.), D.P.H. (Camb.), District Health Officer, Auckland.

I hereby certify that the foregoing by-laws were duly made by the Otahuhu Road Board by special order, the resolution in respect of which was passed at a special meeting of the said Board convened for that purpose on the 31st day of March, 1908, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Board held on the 30th day of April, 1908, and that all public notifications, notices, deposits, and other requirements of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, and “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and its amendments, have been duly complied with in respect of such special order.

Dated this 13th day of May, 1908.

JOHN TODD,
Chairman of the Otahuhu Road Board.

Special Order made by the Cook County Council altering Ridings and fixing Representation thereof.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 21st May, 1908.

THE following special order, made by the Cook County Council, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886.”

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

A Special Order made on the 20th March, 1908, and confirmed at a Subsequent Meeting held on the 24th April, 1908.

RESOLVED, That in accordance with the provisions of “The Counties Act, 1886,” section 44, this Council hereby abolishes the Waikohu Riding as constituted on the 1st June, 1905, and in lieu thereof constitutes two new ridings, (1) to be known as the Waipaoa Riding, which shall consist of the Waikohu, Waipaoa, and Mangatu Road Districts, as defined in Gazette No. 52, 1st June, 1905, page 1389; and (2) the Waikohu Riding, which shall comprise the Ngatapa Road District, as defined in Gazette No. 95, 16th November, 1899, page 2122.

That the Waipaoa Riding be represented in the Council by one member.

That the Waikohu Riding be represented in the Council by one member.

This special order to come into force on the 1st June, 1908.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Cook was hereto affixed in the presence of—

W. H. TUCKER,
Chairman, Cook County Council.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook County Council.

I certify that the foregoing special order has been made in accordance with law, and that all the requirements of “The Counties Act, 1886,” have been complied with.

Dated at Gisborne, this 16th May, 1908.

JOHN WARREN,
Clerk, Cook County Council.

Special Order made by the Council of the City of Christchurch.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 26th May, 1908.

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

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Finance.

CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL.

Special Order making Special Rate.—St. Albans Ward No. 3 Loan.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” the Christchurch City Council hereby resolves as follows: That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £11,500, authorised to be raised by the Christchurch City Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the following public works, viz.—

Construction of concrete channelling and kerbing .. .. .. £6,130
Asphalting footpaths .. .. .. 3,047
Purchase of screenings .. .. 610
Construction of culverts .. .. 460
Formation of streets and footpaths .. 610
Cost of raising the loan and interest for the first year, and contingencies .. 643
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£11,500

the Christchurch City Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 2⅔d. in the pound upon the rateable value (being the unimproved value) of all rateable property in that part of St. Albans Ward of the City of Christchurch named “St. Albans Ward No. 3 Loan Special-rating Area,” which said part and its boundaries are more particularly described in the Schedule hereto; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 30th day of June in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-five years, or until the loan is fully paid off.