1570
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

(2.) No person shall be allowed on any such wharf unless he has, in the opinion of the officer in charge, legitimate business to warrant his presence thereon.

(3.) No person shall disobey the orders of the Stationmaster or officer in charge, or in any way obstruct the traffic on any such wharf, or make use of abusive or improper language thereon, or refuse or fail to truly state the nature of his business warranting his presence on any such wharf when asked by the officer in charge so to do.

(4.) Every person when on any such wharf, whether employed on the wharf or not, shall be under the control of the officer in charge, and shall immediately leave the wharf if ordered by him to do so.

(5.) Whenever he thinks fit so to do the Stationmaster or officer in charge of any railway wharf may issue tickets of admission, with the purpose of regulating or restricting the number of persons who may be granted permission to enter thereon.

(6.) Every vessel using any railway wharf shall be berthed, moored, or removed by the master as and where the Stationmaster, Wharfinger, or any other officer in charge directs.

(7.) The Stationmaster or any other officer in charge of any railway wharf may order any vessel or timber, or any other goods whatsoever, to be removed from any berth at any such wharf to any other berth thereof whenever any such removal shall, in his opinion, be proper for the general accommodation of the shipping or the railway traffic.

PART IV.—HEAVY TRAFFIC OVER PUBLIC ROAD-BRIDGES ON OR OVER RAILWAYS.

48. (1.) No traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall cross any bridge over a railway where a level crossing is available within a distance of one mile.

(2.) No traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall be taken on or over any railway-bridge used for combined road and railway traffic, or over any public road-bridge on or over any railway, except in conformity with the following regulations :—

(a.) The owner or person in charge of any traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall give notice to the Engineer or officer in charge of the railway that he desires to take such traction-engine or heavy traffic over a certain specified bridge or bridges upon or over the railway, and shall in the notice describe particulars of the traction-engine or other heavy traffic, including the number of wheels, weight per wheel, width of tire, width between tires, and any other information that may be desired, and shall satisfy the railway officer of the correctness of such description in any manner he may require.

(b.) On being satisfied that the traction-engine or other heavy traffic is properly described, and that the bridge or bridges are of sufficient strength to carry such traffic, the Engineer or officer in charge of the line of railway shall issue a permit for the crossing of such traffic over the bridge or bridges specified in such permit for any period not exceeding one year from date thereof.

(c.) Such permit may from time to time be renewed for any like period as aforesaid, if the officer is satisfied as to the sufficiency of the bridge and that the particulars of the traffic are such as to render the crossing of such traction-engine or other heavy traffic permissible.

(d.) No permit shall be issued for any traction-engine or other heavy traffic where the load per wheel with tires less than 5 in. wide exceeds 1½ tons, or where with tires of from 5 in. to 12 in. wide the load exceeds 2½ tons, or where with tires of over 12 in. the load on any one wheel exceeds 4 tons.

(e.) Permits shall not be issued for any bridge for any engine or other heavy traffic where in the opinion of the railway officer the loads or other particulars of the traffic would be dangerous to the structure.

(f.) Before proceeding to cross any bridge or level crossing the person in charge of any traction-engine or other heavy traffic shall produce the permit to any Railway Inspector, or ganger, or to the person in charge of the bridge; and the engine or other heavy traffic shall not under any circumstances be taken on to the bridge unless the bridge-keeper, if any, is in attendance.