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Scale of Fares, Rates, and Charges, Kawakawa-Hokiang Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 M. 25 Chs. to 24 M. 40 Chs.).

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, the Minister of Public Works, do hereby order and declare that the regulations, scale of fares, rates, and charges for passengers and goods, and the conditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on the Kawakawa-Hokianga Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 miles 25 chains to 24 miles 40 chains), prior to being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall be as set forth in the Schedule hereto, such regulations, scale of fares, rates, charges, and conditions to come into force on the 9th day of November, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

THE regulations, scale of fares, rates, and charges, and the conditions on which passengers and goods will be carried on the Kawakawa-Hokianga Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 miles 25 chains to 24 miles 40 chains), prior to being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall, mutatis mutandis, be the same as those contained in the following Parts, or portion or portions of the Parts, of the regulations and scale of fares, rates, and charges for the New Zealand Government railways fixed on the 3rd day of February, 1913, by the Minister of Railways, as published by the Government Printer by authority in the New Zealand Government Railways Handbook, relating to passengers, fares, and coaching and goods rates (hereinafter referred to as “the Handbook”), as altered and added to from time to time by publication in the New Zealand Gazette, as hereinafter mentioned, namely:-

(1.) Part I of the Handbook, clauses l to 50, pages l to 19, except clauses ll, 11A, and 13A to 43 both inclusive.

(2.) Part 2 of the Handbook, pages 26 to 38 inclusive.

(3.) Part 3 of the Handbook, pages 41 to 68 inclusive, except clause 11, Lime for manuring Farm Lands, page 58.

(4.) Part 5 of the Handbook, pages 93 to 118 inclusive.

(5.) The alterations to the scale of fares, rates, and charges in force upon the New Zealand Government railways as published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd October, 1913, the 16th April, 1914, the 4th June, 1914, the 16th September, 1915, the 16th March, 1916, the 19th April, 1917, the 22nd November, 1917, the 7th February, 1918, the 4th December, 1919, the 20th day of May, 1920, the 24th August, 1920, the 22nd December, 1920, the 24th March, 1921, the 7th April, 1922, and the 27th July, 1922, affecting the parts of the Handbook hereinbefore mentioned.

(6.) Where the words mentioned in the first column below appear in the Parts of the Handbook hereinbefore mentioned, the words in the second column below shall be read in lieu thereof:—

First Column.

Second Column.

District Manager

District Engineer.

Manager

Railway Manager

General Manager of Rail-

Engineer-in-Chief and Under-

ways

Secretary of Public Works.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 6th day of November, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

By-laws.—Kawakawa-Hokianga Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 M. 25 Chs. to 24 M. 40 Chs.)

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 11 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, I, Joseph Gordon Coates, the Minister of Public Works, do hereby order and declare that the by-laws to be enforced on the Kawakawa-Hokianga Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 miles 25 chains to 24 miles 40 chains), prior to being opened for traffic under the Government Railways Act, 1908, shall be as set forth in the Schedule hereto, such by-laws to come into force on the 9th day of November, 1922.

SCHEDULE.

1. THE by-laws to be enforced on the Kawakawa-Hokianga Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 miles 25 chains to 24 miles 40 chains), prior to being opened for traffic under the Govern- ment Railways Act, 1908, shall, mutatis mutandis, be the same as those made by the Minister of Railways on the 29th day of May, 1909, for the management of the railways open for traffic in the Dominion of New Zealand and for the regulation and control of all traffic on or upon the same (hereinafter called “the Railway Department’s By-laws”), a copy of which by-laws has been published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of the 10th day of June, 1909, and as altered and extended from time to time by publication in the New Zealand Gazette as hereinafter mentioned.

2. Where the words mentioned in the first column below appear in the Railway Department’s By-laws, the words mentioned in the second column below shall be read in lieu thereof:—

1st Column.

2nd Column.

General Manager.

Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary.

Railways.

Public Works.

Minister.

Minister of Public Works.

3. Paragraph (2) of clause 40 and Part VI of the Railway Department’s By-laws shall be omitted from the by-laws to be enforced on the Kawakawa-Hokianga Railway, Kaikohe to Okaihau (16 miles 25 chains to 24 miles 40 chains).

4. The alterations and extensions hereinbefore referred to are those published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st September, 1911, the 15th February, 1912, the 11th December, 1913, the 15th September, 1921, and the 15th June, 1922.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 6th day of November, 1922.

J. G. COATES, Minister of Public Works.

Notice as to Areas in the Auckland Land District declared to be Fire Districts.

PURSUANT to section 27 of the Forests Act, 1921-22, I do hereby notify that, on the recommendation of the Director of Forestry and the Land Board of the district, the areas described in the Schedule hereto are hereby declared by me to be fire districts, and I do further specify the period from the 16th day of October in any year to the 15th day of April in the following year, inclusive, as the period during which it shall not be lawful for any person within the said districts, save pursuant to the written permit of a Forest Officer, to set on fire, or cause to be set on fire, any timber (whether standing or not), or any undergrowth, or any debris from forest operations or land-clearing operations, or any grass or other specially inflammable material, without taking such precautions as may be prescribed by a Forest Officer.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, Rotorua County, commencing at the most northern corner of Section 5, Block I, Tarawera Survey District, bounded towards the north generally by the north and north-east boundaries of Section 5 aforesaid, by Rotomahana-Parekarangi 4A No. 2 Block, by the north and east boundaries of Section 2, Block II, of afore- said survey district, by the road reserve along the Okareke Lake, and the road forming the northern boundary of Section 10, Block VII, of said survey district; thence by the east boundary of said Section 10 and the east bound- ary of Section 8 of said Block VII; thence by a right line to Wairoa Falls; thence by the Wairoa Stream to the eastern corner of Section 2, Block X, Tarawera Survey District; thence by the south-east boundary of said section to Rotomahana-Parekarangi 6B 2B, by the east and south boundaries of said block to and by the east boundary of Rotomahana-Parekarangi north part 2E No. 2, and east and south boundaries of Rotomahana-Parekarangi No. 2E No. 1 Block; thence by the west boundaries of Rotomahana-Parekarangi 2E No. 2, 2E No. 3, and 2E No. 4 to its junction with east boundary of Rotomahana-Pare- karangi 6A Section 2 No. 6B Block; thence by a right line to the south-east corner of Rotomahana-Parekarangi 6A Section 2 No. 5B; thence by the south and west boundaries of last-mentioned block and the south boundary of Roto- mahana-Parekarangi 6A Section 2 No. 4B to its junction with the Taupo-Rotorua Road; thence in a northerly direction by the said road and Whakarewarewa-Rotorua Road (Fenton Street) to and by the road forming the south boundary of Section 25, Suburbs of Rotorua; thence by the east boundaries of Sections 25, 24, and 23 of said suburb; thence by the old Rotorua-Whakatane Road to the place of commence- ment. As the same is more particularly delineated on forest atlas No. 038, deposited in the Head Office, State Forest Service, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Auckland Land District, Rotorua, Taupo, and Whakatane Counties, commencing at a point being the intersection of the north boundary of Block III, Paeroa Survey District, and the production of the south-east boundary of Rotomahana-Parekarangi 6r Section 2B Block, bounded towards the north by north boundaries of Blocks III, IV, Paeroa Survey District, and Blocks I, II, III, IV, Kai- ngaroa, and part of Block I, Galatea Survey District; thence by the north and east boundaries of Run No. 54 and the Ngata mawahine Stream to its confluence with the Rangitaiki River;