1576
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 47

(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.) Machines shall only be taken over the bridge during daylight.
(d.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Department for
any damage done to the bridge or railway during its transit.
(4.) 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 3 tons per wheel are entirely prohibited from crossing over the bridge.
(5.) The permit shall be shown on demand to any Railway Inspector or
ganger on the line of railway.
(6.) Every person passing through the gate on the Kurow end of this
bridge after sunset or before sunrise shall securely close and fasten the same.

MATAPUNA BRIDGE.

59. (a.) The following provisions shall apply to traffic on and over
    the Matapuna Railway-bridge, which said bridge forms part of the railway
    between Auckland and Wellington, and is used both for ordinary and rail-
    way 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 of the time that any train is due on the bridge, drays
    within twenty minutes, and cattle, sheep, or pigs within thirty minutes.
    (3.) Horsemen or wheeled vehicles shall not travel faster than at the
    rate of six miles an hour.
    (4.) Traction-engines shall not cross the bridge unless loaded on railway-
    wagons.
    (5.) Portable engines, combines, elevators, reapers-and-binders (ex-
    cepting reapers-and-binders on special travelling carriages), and such travel-
    ling or portable machines or loads which exceed 11ft. in width (all of which
    are hereinafter included in the term “machine”), may be taken over the
    bridge subject only to the following conditions:—
    (a.) The owner or person in charge thereof shall obtain from the
    Railway Stationmaster at Taumarunui or Ohakune 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 or load, together
    with the name and address of the owner thereof, which par-
    ticulars 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 per-
    mit 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 an hour.
    (e.) The owner of any machine shall be liable to the Minister for
    any damage done to the bridge or railway during transit of
    such machine.
    (6.) No load shall be taken over the bridge greater than 1½ tons gross
    per wheel, except with tires 5 in. broad or wider, and no load over 2 tons
    per wheel shall pass over, except under the regulations for machines; and
    loads greater than 4 tons per wheel are entirely prohibited from passing
    over the bridge.
    (7.) No person shall go upon or cross the bridge while in a state of
    intoxication.

WAIKOHU BRIDGE.

59. (b.) The following provisions shall apply to traffic on and over the
    Waikohu Railway Bridge, which said bridge forms part of the railway
    between Gisborne and Waikohu, and is used for both 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.