cart, coach, carriage, or other vehicle as aforesaid to go out
of a walk.

15. The driver or person in charge of a traction-engine or
    motor-lorry shall give as much space as possible for the
    passage of ordinary traffic.

16. The driver or person in charge of any traction-engine
    shall not propel or cause the same to be propelled along or
    over the said road or any bridge thereon unless the engine
    shall be accompanied by two men at least, part of whose duty
    it shall be to keep careful lookout both in front of and behind
    the engine for horses and vehicles which may be approaching
    to warn the riders and drivers of such horses and vehicles
    of the proximity of the engine, and to assist them in passing
    the engine in safety.

17. The driver or person in charge of any traction-engine
    or motor-lorry shall upon being signalled by any person
    driving stock or by the rider or driver of any horse or horses
    immediately stop such engine or motor-lorry so as to allow
    such traffic to pass in safety.

18. The whistle of a traction-engine shall not be sounded
    nor shall the cylinder-taps be opened within sight of any
    person riding, driving, leading, or in charge of a horse or
    horses upon the road; nor at such time shall steam be allowed
    to attain a pressure which would cause the safety-valve to
    blow off steam.

19. No ashes or refuse from a traction-engine shall be
    stacked on the said road or on or near any bridge or culvert
    thereon.

20. No traction-engine or vehicle attached thereto, or
    motor-lorry, shall pass or attempt to pass any vehicle, horse,
    cattle, or other stock on any dangerous part of the said
    road; and no traction-engine or vehicle attached thereto,
    or motor-lorry, shall be propelled or drawn along or upon
    any bridge at any time while any stock or any person with
    a horse or vehicle is on the bridge; nor shall any traction-
    engine or vehicle attached thereto, or motor-lorry, be permitted
    to stop on any bridge or culvert for any purpose
    whatever, except in the case of a breakdown of machinery
    or other unavoidable accident. Any such traction-engine
    or motor-lorry shall be repaired and removed from such
    bridge or culvert without unreasonable delay.

21. The driver or person in charge of any traction-engine
    or any wagon or other vehicle other than a motor-lorry
    engaged in heavy traffic shall give immediate notice to the
    Public Works Engineer, or overseer or surfaceman in charge
    of the said road, of any damage done to the said road or
    bridges, culverts, or fencing thereon by such vehicles. Any
    damage done or injury caused to the said road, or any bridge
    or culvert thereon, by any engine, wagon, carriage, or vehicle
    attached thereto or connected therewith as aforesaid shall
    forthwith thereafter be repaired and made good by or at the
    expense of the owner of any such engine or other vehicle.

22. Nothing herein contained shall be held to relieve
    owners or employers of traction-engines or motor-lorries
    engaged in heavy traffic from liability in respect of injury
    done or damage sustained by the traction of weight in excess
    of that prescribed by clause 27 hereof over or along the said
    road or any bridge thereon.

23. Any person authorized by the Minister of Public
    Works, or any officer or constable of police, may stop and
    detain any vehicle, traction-engine, motor-lorry, or machine
    which in his opinion infringes this by-law, until the width
    of tires or the weight of such vehicle, traction-engine, motor-
    lorry, or machine, and the load thereon, or the weight or
    measurement of the contents thereof, can be ascertained.

24. The driver of any such vehicle, traction-engine, motor-
    lorry, or machine shall give full and true information as to
    the load or contents thereof, and the quantity, weight, size,
    or measurement of the same, and shall do such acts for the
    purpose of enabling the same to be ascertained as such authorized
    person requests.

25. The manner of ascertaining the weight of loading or
    contents of any vehicle shall be by computing the weight or
    measurement from the cubical or superficial measurement
    of such loading or contents, and for this purpose the quantities
    hereunder set out shall, so far as regards the material
    or articles mentioned respectively, represent one ton, and
    so on in the same rates:

New Zealand timber, 400 superficial feet.
Australian timber, 350 superficial feet.
Firewood, half a cord or 64 cubic feet.
Sand, 21 cubic feet.
Clay, 19 cubic feet.
Cement, 5 barrels (or bags equal to same).
Broken stone, 21 cubic feet.
Lime, 38 cubic feet.
Bricks, 320.
Coal, 45 cubic feet.
Chaff, 25 bags.
Oats (4-bushel bags), 10 bags.
Wool, 5 bales.
Iron and steel, 4½ cubic feet.

26. Traction-engines and motor-lorries shall only cross
    or pass along such bridges and culverts as the Public Works
    Engineer certifies in writing to the Minister are safe for such
    traffic.

27. The gross weight of any one vehicle which shall be
    permitted to use the said road or to cross any bridge thereon
    shall not exceed five (5) tons, and not more than one such
    vehicle shall be permitted to be on any bridge at one time.

28. "Traction-engine" in this by-law means any locomotive-engine
    propelled by steam or other motive power and
    designed for use on ordinary roads. "Motor-lorry" in this
    by-law means any vehicle propelled by power derived from
    internal-combustion engine or storage battery. "Heavy
    traffic" in this by-law means the transportation of any
    vehicle, engine, or machine which shall itself or together with
    any thing or things being transported thereon weigh more
    than one and a half tons avoirdupois to each pair of wheels.
    "Gross weight" in this by-law means the weight of the
    traction-engine, motor-lorry, machine, or other vehicle together
    with any passengers or any thing or things being
    transported thereon.

29. Where the said road crosses a railway or tramway, or
    is crossed or intersected by another road, the said road is
    deemed and is hereby declared to be dangerous for the use
    of traction-engines and motor-lorries for a distance of two
    chains on each side of such crossing or intersection.

30. If at any time the Minister is satisfied that the use of
    a traction-engine, motor-lorry, machine, or other vehicle on
    any bridge on or on any part of the said road would be
    attended with risk of damage to such bridge or part of road,
    or danger to the public, he may, by notice erected at each
    end of such bridge or on such part of road, prohibit
    traction, motor-lorry, or other traffic along such bridge or
    any part of the said road.

31. No person or persons shall stretch ropes across any
    part of the said road, whether for log-hauling or any other
    purpose, to the danger of the travelling public.

BY-LAW No. 2.—RELATING TO MOTOR-CAR TRAFFIC.

1. In this by-law "motor-car" means "motor" as defined
   in the Motor Regulation Act, 1908, and is any vehicle propelled
   by mechanical power if it does not exceed three tons
   in weight unladen, and is not used for the purpose of drawing
   more than one vehicle (such vehicle with its locomotive not
   to exceed in weight four tons unladen). In calculating for
   the purposes of this by-law the weight of a vehicle unladen,
   the weight of any water, fuel, or accumulators used for the
   purpose of propulsion shall not be included.

2. No person shall drive or operate, or attempt to drive or
   operate, a motor-car on the said road unless he is a person
   competent to control its use and movement.

3. No person in charge of a motor-car while on the said
   road shall permit any person to drive or operate such car
   unless such last-mentioned person is competent to operate
   the same.

4. No person driving or in charge of a motor-car when on
   the said road—

(a.) Shall cause such motor-car to travel backwards for a
greater distance than shall be requisite for the purpose of safety;

(b.) Shall quit such motor-car without having taken due
precaution against its being started in his absence;
(c.) Shall cause, or allow, or permit such motor-car to be
driven or operated or to remain or stand on the said
road or any bridge thereon so as to obstruct or interfere
with the traffic thereon.

5. The person in charge of a motor-car on the said road
   shall, when within a reasonable distance from and before
   meeting or overtaking any person in sight on foot, and when
   within a reasonable distance from and before meeting or overtaking
   any person in a vehicle or on horseback, give audible
   and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the car
   by sounding the warning instrument attached thereto and
   required by law to be provided.

6. The person driving or in charge of a motor-car on the
   said road shall, on the request of any person driving stock,
   riding, or having charge of a restive horse and coming towards
   the car, or on such person holding up his or her hand as a
   signal for that purpose, cause such car to stop, and remain
   stationary as long as shall be reasonable to enable such person
   to pass the car with the vehicle, horse, or stock which he is
   driving, riding, or in charge of, and if necessary shall stop
   the engine of such car.

7. When a motor-car is being driven or propelled along the
   said road, if owing to a bend, corner, crossing, or junction in
   the said road, or for any similar cause, it becomes impossible
   for the driver or person in charge of such motor-car to have
   an uninterrupted view of the traffic on the said road for at
   least fifty yards ahead, such driver or person in charge shall
   reduce his speed to six miles an hour; and around sharp
   bends, when actually meeting any person riding or driving,
   shall reduce speed to four miles an hour; and by sounding