RAKAIA BRIDGE.

56. The following provisions shall apply to the traffic on and over the Rakaia Bridge, which said bridge forms part of the Hurunui and Bluff Railway, and is used both for ordinary and railway traffic.

(1.) Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter, and cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must have a man behind them; and cattle, sheep, and horses in mobs must also have a man before them.

(2.) Horses or light wheeled vehicles shall not enter upon the bridge within twenty minutes, drays within thirty minutes, and cattle and sheep or pigs within one hour, of the time that any train is due on the bridge.

(3.) Horsemen or wheeled vehicles shall not travel faster than six miles an hour.

(4.) Traction-engines shall not cross the bridge unless loaded on railway-wagons.

(5.) No portable engine, combine, elevator, reaper-and-binder, or such travelling or portable machine which exceeds 11 ft. in width (all of which are hereinafter included in the term "machine"), shall be taken over the bridge except under the following conditions:

(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from the Railway Stationmaster at Rakaia or Dunsandel a permit authorising the passage of the machine over the bridge, accompanied by the bridge-keeper.

(b.) Before such permit is issued, the person applying for the same shall state correctly the description, weight, number of wheels, breadth of tires, and width of the machine, together with the name and address of the owner thereof, which particulars shall be entered in the permit.

(c.) The permit is to be given to the bridge-keeper, and the machine shall not enter upon the bridge if the description in the permit does not agree with the machine, nor unless accompanied by the bridge-keeper.

(d.) Every precaution shall be taken against fire or other damage to the bridge or railway, as required by the bridge-keeper; and speed shall be a uniform rate not exceeding two miles per hour.

(e.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Department for any damage done to the bridge or railway during its transit.

(6.) No greater load than 1½ tons gross per wheel with tires less than 5 in. broad shall be taken over the bridge; and no load over 2 tons per wheel shall pass over except under the regulations for machines; and loads greater than 2½ tons per wheel are entirely prohibited from crossing over the bridge.

(7.) Any authorised officer of the Department may, at his discretion, relax any of the restrictions in clause 2, as the case may require.

(8.) No person shall go upon or cross the bridge while in a state of intoxication.

WAITAKI BRIDGE.

57. The following provisions shall apply to the traffic on and over the Waitaki Bridge, which said bridge forms part of the Hurunui-Bluff Railway, and is used both for ordinary and railway traffic:

(1.) Horses not driven in harness or led by bridle or halter, and cattle, sheep, pigs, goats, mules, and donkeys, must have a man behind them; and cattle, sheep, and horses in mobs must also have a man before them.

(2.) Horses or light wheeled vehicles shall not enter upon the bridge within fifteen minutes, drays within thirty minutes, and cattle and sheep or pigs within one hour, of the time that any train is due on the bridge.

(3.) Horsemen or wheeled vehicles shall not travel faster than six miles an hour.

(4.) Traction-engines shall not cross the bridge unless loaded on railway-wagons.

(5.) No portable engine, combine, elevator, reaper-and-binder, or such travelling or portable machine which exceeds 11 ft. in width (all of which are hereinafter included in the term "machine"), shall be taken over the bridge except under the following conditions:

(a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from the Railway Stationmaster at Glenavy a permit authorising the passage of the machine over the bridge, accompanied by the bridge-keeper.

(b.) Before such permit is issued, the person applying for the same shall state correctly the description, weight, number of wheels, breadth of tires, and width of the machine, together with the name and address of the owner thereof, which particulars shall be entered in the permit,