Sept. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2941

5. For the purpose of computing the weight of the contents of any vehicle or machine engaged in heavy traffic—
   (a.) A measured ton of firewood shall be deemed to be 14 cwt.;
   (b.) 500 superficial feet of sawn kauri shall be deemed to be 15 cwt.;
   (c.) 63 cubic feet of kauri shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (d.) 40 cubic feet of rimu, puriri, green totara, or kahikatea shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (e.) 13 cubic feet of solid stone shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (f.) 25 cubic feet of earth shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (g.) 22 cubic feet of clay shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (h.) 27 cubic feet of scoria shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (i.) 30 cubic feet of stable manure shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (j.) 32 cubic feet of gravel or sand shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (k.) 20 cubic feet of broken road metal shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (l.) 19 cubic feet of bricks shall be deemed to be one ton;
   (m.) 48 cubic feet of coal shall be deemed to be one ton;
   and
   (n.) 25 cubic feet of kauri-gum shall be deemed to be one ton.

And so in proportion as any of the said respective several substances or things shall exceed the said measurements respectively.

6. No person shall by himself or any servant, contractor, or agent conduct or cause to be conducted all or any of the following kinds of traffic—that is to say, the carriage of timber, flax, road metal, or marble, granite, or freestone cubes—upon or along all or any of the roads under the care, control, or management of the Board, unless the cost as estimated by the Board of reinstating the road or roads (consequent upon the injury to be occasioned by such traffic) upon or along which such traffic is to be conducted is previously paid to it.

7. No person shall drive, lead, or conduct any vehicle, contrivance, or machine containing or having thereon any timber, flax, road metal, or marble, granite, or freestone cubes upon or along all of any of the roads under the care, control, or management of the Board, unless the cost estimated by the Board of reinstating the road or roads (consequent upon the injury to be occasioned by such traffic) upon or along which such traffic is to be conducted is previously paid to it.

8. For the purpose of ascertaining the cost of reinstating the road or roads upon or along which such traffic is to be conducted, any person desirous of conducting such traffic upon or along any such road or roads may make application to the Board in the form in the Schedule hereto.

9. No person shall make any application to the Board pursuant to these by-laws containing any untrue statement.

10. Every person who commits a breach of any of the provisions of clauses 4, 6, or 7 of these by-laws shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £20, and every person who commits a breach of any other provision of these by-laws shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

11. No person shall leave or allow to remain upon any road or any bridge within the district, or upon or over any channel or surface drain in any such road, any flax, logs, timber, bricks, stone, building or other materials so that such flax, logs, timber, bricks, stone, building or other materials shall be a source of danger or shall delay, impede, or obstruct the passage of any person, horse, or vehicle over such road or bridge.

12. No person shall drag or allow to be dragged on any road or any bridge within the district any flax, logs, timber, or other heavy material not being wholly raised above the ground on wheels or otherwise, or use or allow to be used any sledge upon any metalled, gravelled, or formed portion of any road within the district.

13. Any person who carts or causes to be carted any flax, metal, stone, bricks, timber, or any building material whatsoever on or upon any road within the district when such road is wet or soft shall be guilty of an offence, provided that the Board or some person having the authority of the Board shall have given to such person written notice, or shall have placed a written or printed notice in a conspicuous place on such road, or shall have inserted in a newspaper circulating in the district a notice that such road is unfit for the carriage of the above-mentioned goods.

14. No person shall ride, drive, or lead any cattle on or along any footway or footpath constructed for foot passengers only within the district.

15. No person shall drive, take, or conduct upon or along any public road in the district any vehicle, engine, or machine which with any thing or things being transported thereon exceeds for each pair of wheels the respective weights specified in the first column of the table hereunder, unless the width of the tires of such vehicle, engine, or machine shall not be less than that set forth respectively opposite such respective weights in the second column of the said table.

16. No person shall take any engine, agricultural or other machine or implement, or any load of materials of any kind, weighing more than two and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels used, across any bridge within the district without the written sanction of the Board first had and obtained.

17. No person shall take or allow to be taken any traction-engine over any bridge within the district except upon planks laid down upon the ordinary planking of such bridge.

18. Any person acting upon or under the authority of the Board may at all times examine and measure the tires of the wheels of any vehicle, engine, or machine, and may examine, weigh, and measure any vehicle or machine or the load thereon which in his opinion infringes these by-laws; and no person shall obstruct or interfere with any person acting under such authority; or refuse to permit such examination and measurement.

19. No person shall obstruct, divert, or in any other way interfere with any watercourse or drain on any road.

20. On all side cuttings in the district where notices to that effect are erected, any person driving a motor-car or motor-bicycle shall keep on the outside of the road when meeting any horse-drawn vehicle or horseman, but shall observe the ordinary rules of the road when meeting or passing vehicles or horsemen elsewhere.

21. Every person driving a motor-car or riding a bicycle, tricycle, or similar vehicle upon any road or place within the district meeting or overtaking any person, either on foot, riding any horse, or driving any vehicle, shall ring his bell or give other adequate warning before approaching within two chains of such person, and shall not pass at a greater speed than eight miles an hour.

22. Any horseman, driver, or rider of any motor-car, vehicle, bicycle, tricycle, or similar vehicle overtaking any stock being driven on any road shall, if so requested by the person in charge of such stock, wait before passing the said stock until the formation of the road will allow him to do so with safety to the stock being driven, and, if requested, shall not pass them at other than a walking-pace.

23. The Huntly Road Board By-law, 1918, is hereby repealed, but shall, notwithstanding, remain in full force so far only as relates to any offences committed, penalty incurred, prosecution or proceedings commenced, license issued or notice given, under or against any of the provisions thereof, before the coming into force of this by-law.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION TO FIX COST OF REINSTATING ROAD.

I [Name in full], of [Address and occupation], hereby apply to the Huntly Road Board to fix its estimates of the cost of reinstating the road from to ___.

I propose to engage in the conduct of upon and along a certain road—viz., the road known as , and between [Here state terminal points of the traffic route, also the quantity of ___].

I propose to convey such material during the months of ___ in the year 19____, in the following manner, that is to say:—

[If it is intended to be conveyed in vehicles, supply the description and state the number of vehicles proposed to be employed, and the width of the tires of each vehicle. If timber is to be drawn in sledges or dragged, state whether it is to be done by horses or bullocks, or the number of animals to be used.]

The above by-law was made by special order passed at a special meeting of the Huntly Road Board held on the 23rd March, 1919, was duly advertised in the Huntly Press according to law, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 3rd May, 1919.

The common seal of the Inhabitants of the Huntly Road District was affixed to the above by-law at the office of the Road Board, in the presence of

J. P. BAILEY, Chairman.
F. HARRIS, Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed.

F. HARRIS, Clerk.