Jan. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 289

roads, bridges, ferries, and fords under the care, control, or management of the said Board.

1. In the construction of these by-laws the words “heavy traffic” shall mean heavy traffic as defined by section 130 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

2. The width of the tires of the wheels of each and every vehicle drawn or used upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the Pelorus Road District shall, according to the number of wheels of the vehicle and the number of animals employed to draw the same, be regulated by and be according to the provisions of the Schedule A to these by-laws, and be not less than is required or prescribed by such Schedule A hereto ; provided, and it is hereby prescribed, that the width of the tires of the wheels of each logging wagon and of each junker drawn or used as aforesaid shall (notwithstanding that less than seven animals be employed to draw the same) be not less than 6 in.

3. The owner and driver of each vehicle drawn or used upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the Pelorus Road District of which all or any of the tires of the wheels shall not be at least of the width required, prescribed, or indicated by the last preceding by-law shall, each time such vehicle shall be so drawn or used, severally commit and be deemed to have committed a breach of the said last preceding by-law, and shall be severally liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each such breach.

4. A yearly license fee of £5 for each two-wheeled vehicle, and of £12 for each other vehicle and for each engine and for each machine, which shall be engaged in heavy traffic upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the Pelorus Road District shall be payable to the said Board.

Every yearly license fee payable under this by-law shall be payable at the office of the said Board (in advance) before the vehicle, engine, or machine in respect of which the same shall become payable shall be engaged in heavy traffic ; and the payment of such license fee shall authorize the passing over and use for the term of one year from the date of payment by the vehicle, engine, or machine for which such fee shall be paid of all the roads, bridges, ferries, and fords in the said Pelorus Road District from time to time during the said term passable and safe for and not closed to heavy traffic.

It is prescribed that the weight of timber carried on any vehicle subject to these by-laws shall be ascertained by measurement at the rate of 600 superficial feet of timber to the ton avoirdupois. And it is further prescribed that the manner of ascertaining the weight of the following articles shall be by computation according to the following scale :—

Wheat, 10 bags of 4 bushels to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Barley, 12 bags of 4 bushels to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Oats, 14 bags of 4 bushels to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Peas, 10 bags of 4 bushels to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Potatoes, 12 bags of 4 bushels to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Chaff, 25 bags machine pressed and dressed to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Chaff, 35 bags hand pressed and dressed to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Coal, 12 bags to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Wool, 6 (⅔) bales to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Dressed flax, 6 bales to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.
Firewood, ⅔ths of a cord to 1 ton weight avoirdupois.

5. The owner and driver of each vehicle, engine, and machine for which a license fee shall be payable under the last preceding by-law, and which shall be drawn or used upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the said Pelorus Road District, whilst any license fee payable for the same shall be or remain unpaid, shall, each time such vehicle, engine, or machine shall be so drawn or used, severally commit and be deemed to have committed a breach of the said last preceding by-law, and shall be severally liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each such breach.

6. Upon payment of any license fee payable under by-law No. 4 hereinbefore contained, the person paying the same shall be entitled to receive and shall take from the Secretary of the said Board a license (under the hand of such Secretary) in or to the effect of the form set out in Schedule B hereto.

7. Each license issued or granted under the last preceding by-law shall be numbered, and the owner of the vehicle, engine, or machine for which the same shall be issued or granted shall, within seven days from the date of the issue or grant of such license, cause the like number, together with the letters “P.R.B.,” in figures and letters of the minimum width of 1 in. as to and for each of such figures and letters, to be legibly painted with good white paint on a black ground on the off side of such vehicle, engine, or machine ; and shall also cause such painting to be maintained (and, if necessary, renewed) during the currency of such license ; and in case the vehicle, engine, or machine so licensed as aforesaid shall cease to be so licensed, such owner shall, within three days from such ceasing, cause the said painting to be completely effaced and obliterated. And every such owner as aforesaid failing to comply with any of the provisions or requirements of this by-law shall, for and in the case of each such failure, commit and be deemed to have committed a breach of this by-law, and be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each such breach.

8. The person for the time being in charge of any vehicle, engine, or machine being drawn or used upon or over any road, bridge, ferry, or ford in the Pelorus Road District shall, whenever required so to do by any officer or person authorized or employed for the purpose by the said Pelorus Road Board, cause such vehicle, engine, or machine to be and to remain stopped for a reasonable and sufficient time for the purpose of allowing such officer or person to inspect and examine such vehicle, engine, or machine, and every or any part thereof, and the load being transported therein or thereby ; and the person so in charge shall permit such inspection and examination accordingly ; and no person shall obstruct any such officer or person in or about making such inspection or examination. And such person for the time being in charge of any such vehicle, engine, or machine shall, at the verbal request of the officer or person so authorized or employed as aforesaid, give such information as to the load being transported in or by such vehicle, engine, or machine, and as to the quantity, weight, size, or measurement of the same, as such officer or person shall require.

9. No person shall drive or cause to be propelled any vehicle, engine, or machine engaged in heavy traffic over any bridge under the care, control, or management of the said Board at a greater speed than four miles per hour.

10. Every person committing a breach of any of the provisions of the last preceding by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each such breach.

11. Nothing contained in any of the foregoing by-laws shall apply or extend, or be deemed to apply or extend, to any traffic other than “heavy traffic” as hereinbefore defined.

Schedule “A.”

(a.) If the number of animals employed to draw a vehicle having two wheels be two and not more, then the minimum width of the tires of the wheels of such vehicle shall be 2½ in.

(b.) If the number of animals employed to draw a vehicle having two wheels be more than two and not more than four, then the minimum width of the tires of the wheels of such vehicle shall be 4½ in.

(c.) If the number of animals employed to draw a vehicle having four wheels be six or under, then the minimum width of the tires of the wheels of such vehicle shall be 4½ in.

(d.) If the number of animals employed to draw a vehicle having four wheels be seven or eight, then the minimum width of the tires of such vehicle shall be 8 in.

(e.) If the number of animals employed to draw a vehicle having four wheels be more than eight, then the minimum width of the tires of such vehicle shall be 1 in. greater than 8 in. for each animal so employed.

Schedule “B.”

Pelorus Road Board.—Vehicle (Engine) (Machine) License.

Number : . Annual License Fee : .

THIS is to certify that, pursuant to the provisions of by-laws Nos. 4 and 6 of the by-laws with reference to heavy traffic passed by the Pelorus Road Board on the day of , the vehicle (engine) (machine) numbered (to be numbered ), of which , of , is the owner, is hereby licensed to engage in the heavy traffic in the transportation of timber mentioned in the said by-law No. 4 upon and over the roads, bridges, ferries, and fords in the Pelorus Road District, under the care, control, or management of the said Board, and from time to time during the term or period hereinafter mentioned passable and safe for and not closed to heavy traffic, for the term or period of one year from the day of , 19 .

Dated this day of , 19 . , Secretary.

These by-laws shall come into force on the 1st day of January, 1920.

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

CHARLES NEES, Chairman.
D. MORRISON, Secretary.

The seal of the Board was affixed on the 2nd day of December, 1919.

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington.