Nov. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3709

of cream-cartage contractors, licenses may be issued for twelve months from the date of issue.

5. The following fees shall be payable in respect of each license issued under section 4 hereof:—

If issued on any date from and including—

1st January 1st April to 1st July to
to 31st March. 30th June. 31st December.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.

Each motor .. .. 1 10 0 1 2 6 0 15 0

Vehicles other than motors—

Each vehicle to carry passengers (or parcels less than 1 cwt. each) only; total weight carried not to exceed ½ ton .. 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 10 0

To carry not more than 35 cwt.—

1 10 0 1 2 6 0 15 0

To carry, if necessary or required, more than 35 cwt. .. .. 2 10 0 1 17 6 1 5 0

Provided that the total amount of fees payable under this section by any one owner in any one year shall not exceed £7.

6. The owner of any vehicle licensed under section 4 of this by-law shall cause to be fixed to his vehicle a number-plate having thereon the initial letters of the Board’s name (namely, M.R.B.), the number of the license, and the maximum weight of the load or maximum number of passengers to be carried; the letters and figures on such number-plate to measure each not less than 2 in. in height.

7. No person, being the owner, driver, or person in charge of any vehicle, shall permit or cause the same to be driven on any road under the care, control, or management of the Board unless the tires of the wheels of such vehicle are of the width mentioned in the following schedule:—

For the months of May, June, July, August, and September in any and every year,—

Width of Tires of Wheels. Maximum Weight of Load carried to each Pair of Wheels.

2 inches .. .. .. .. 10 cwt.
2½ ,, .. .. .. .. 15 ,,
3 ,, .. .. .. .. 18 ,,
4 ,, .. .. .. .. 20 ,,

Provided that during the above months no load of more than 25 cwt. to each pair of wheels shall be drawn or propelled over any road under the care, control, or management of the Board.

Provided also that where the load exceeds 20 cwt. to each pair of wheels, the tires of the wheels shall be not less than 5 in. in width.

For the months of October, November, December, January, February, March, and April in any and every year,—

Width of Tires of Wheels. Maximum Weight of Load permissible to each Pair of Wheels.

2 inches .. .. .. .. 15 cwt.
2½ ,, .. .. .. .. 20 ,,
3 ,, .. .. .. .. 25 ,,
4 ,, .. .. .. .. 30 ,,

Provided that the wheels of any vehicle carrying a load of more than 30 cwt. to each pair of wheels during the above months shall have tires not less than 5 in. in width.

8. It shall be lawful for the Inspector of Vehicles, or any other person authorized by the Board, to stop any vehicle upon any road under the care, control, or management of the Board, if, in the opinion of such Inspector or other person, the wheels of such vehicle are not of the width required by this by-law, and to detain such vehicle until the width of the wheels and the weight or measurement of the load can be ascertained, and to take all steps necessary to ascertain such width and weight; and any driver failing to stop his vehicle or to give such information as aforesaid (namely, as to the width of the tires of his vehicle and the weight carried in such vehicle) when required by any person so authorized by the Board shall be deemed to commit a breach of this by-law.

9. For the purpose of computing the weight of load of any vehicle under the provisions of sections 7 and 8 of this by-law the following quantities of the things or materials hereinafter mentioned shall be deemed to weigh one ton:—

Sawn timber, 500 sup. ft.

Firewood, 3/5ths of 1 cord.

Bricks, 300.

Boulders, gravel, stone, or sand, 1 cubic yard.

Potatoes, 12 sacks.

Oaten sheaf of chaff, 27 sacks.

Coal, 1⅓ cubic yards.

10. No person shall drive or cause to be propelled upon any metalled road under the care, control, or management of the Board any vehicle having runners or sleds in contact with the metalled road.

11. No person shall erect or cause to be erected on the side of any road in the road district any platform, stage, or other erection for the purpose of holding any goods to be loaded on to any vehicles upon such road, unless such platform be duly authorized by the Inspector of Vehicles or other person appointed by the Board. Any person erecting any such platform, stage, or erection as aforesaid, even with the aforesaid authority, shall be responsible for and shall indemnify the Board from and against any accident, injury, damage, loss, expenses, claim, or demand caused by or arising out of the erection of such platform, stage, or erection, or in any way connected therewith.

12. No person or persons shall drive, or cause or permit to be driven, upon any road under the care, control, or management of the Board (or upon any part thereof) his or their milking-cows if such cows can be driven upon, over, or across the land owned or occupied by such person or persons; provided that any person, being the occupier of land within the road district, may apply to the Board for a permit to drive his milking-cows over any road or portion thereof, and in the case of every such application the following provision shall apply:—

If the Board is satified that because of standing crops on the land in question, or because of some other valid reason, the enforcement of this section of the by-law would cause undue hardship to any person, then the Board may issue a permit to the applicant to drive milking-cows upon the road in question. Such permit shall be signed by the Clerk, and shall state—

(a.) The full name, occupation, and address of the applicant;

(b.) The number of cows to be driven;

(c.) The maximum number of times per week the said cows may be driven upon the said road;

(d.) A description of and the approximate length of the road upon which the cows in question may be driven;

(e.) The date on which the permit is issued and the date upon which the permit will expire.

13. Every person guilty of a breach of this by-law, or of any of the provisions thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each and every such breach.

The resolution to make this by-law was passed by way of special order at a special meeting of the Mangaorongo Road Board held on the 20th day of August, 1918, and was confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Board held on the 17th day of September, 1918.

The common seal of the Chairman, Members, and Inhabitants of the Road District of Mangaorongo is hereto affixed.

Sealed this 1st day of October, 1918, in the presence of—

THOMAS FRY, Chairman.

F. WORSFOLD, Member.

I hereby certify that the above special order (Traffic on Roads By-law, 1918) has been duly passed.

THOMAS FRY, Chairman.

Notice of Intention to take Land in Blocks V and VI, Waihou Survey District, for the more Effective Carrying-out of Drainage or other Works in the Hauraki Plains, or for the Better Disposal of Crown Land set apart in that District.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and the Hauraki Plains Act, 1908, to take the land described in the Schedule hereto for the more effective carrying-out of drainage or other works authorized by the latter Act, or for the better disposal of Crown land set apart in that district. And notice is hereby further given that the plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the post-office at Kerepehi, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land should, if they have any well-grounded objections to the taking of such land, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land required to be taken: 70 acres 3 roods 17 perches.

Being Puhangateuru No. 3B Section 2, Blocks V and VI, Waihou Survey District. (S.O. 20129).

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 44961, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged red.

As witness my hand, at Wellington, this 31st day of October, 1918.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.