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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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other power and authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations by way of amendment to the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as “The Motor-lorry Regulations Amendment No. 1.”

2. In these regulations “the said regulations” means the Motor-lorry Regulations, 1925.

3. The definitions of “motor-lorry,” “traction-engine,” and “trailer” contained in Regulation No. 1 of the said regulations are revoked.

4. Clause (1) of Regulation No. 1 of the said regulations is amended by adding thereto the following provisions:—
   “‘Motor-lorry’ means any motor-vehicle as defined by the Motor-vehicles Act, 1924, used for hire or used for commercial purposes in the carriage of passengers or goods, and which with its maximum load exceeds two tons in weight; and includes tractors and steam-wagons; but does not include traction-engines:
   “‘Steam-wagon’ means any motor-lorry propelled by steam-power, which is primarily designed to carry a load of passengers or goods, exclusive of fuel or water for the use of the vehicle:
   “‘Traction-engine’ means any locomotive engine propelled by steam-power and designed for use on ordinary roads, but does not include steam-wagons, whether or not used for the purposes of traction:
   “‘Trailer’ means a vehicle without motive power designed solely or principally for the carriage of persons or goods, and drawn by a motor-vehicle other than a traction-engine.”

5. Clause (1) of Regulation No. 7 of the said regulations is amended by substituting the following classes for the classes therein set forth:—
   “First Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry.
   “Second Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 8 tons.
   “Third Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 6 tons.
   “Fourth Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 4 tons.
   “Fifth Class: Available for the use thereon of any motor-lorry which, with the maximum load it is licensed to carry, weighs not more than 2½ tons.”

6. Regulation No. 11 of the said regulations is amended by inserting after clause (3) thereof the following clause:—
   “(3A.) For the purposes of this regulation the conveyance of school children shall not be deemed to be the carriage of passengers, but a motor-lorry engaged only in the carriage of school children shall be deemed to be a motor-lorry engaged in the carriage of goods.”

7. The Schedule to the said regulations is amended by revoking the descriptions of heavy-traffic districts numbered respectively 6 and 12, and substituting for the same respectively the following descriptions:—
   “6. All that area situated within the outer boundaries of Highway District No. 5 as indicated by a red border on the said plan M.H. 19, including all boroughs therein or contiguous thereto.”
   “12. All that area within the outer boundaries of Highway District No. 10 as indicated by a red border on the said plan M.H. 19, including all boroughs therein or contiguous thereto.”

This regulation shall take effect as from the 31st day of March, 1926.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the Borough of Napier of a Width less than 66 ft. but not less than 40 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby authorize the Napier Borough Council to permit the laying-off of a street of a width less than sixty-six feet, but not less than forty feet, within the area described in the Schedule hereto, it being inexpedient to lay off a street of a width of sixty-six feet within such area.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, Borough of Napier, containing by admeasurement 2 roods 37·6 perches, more or less, being part Suburban Section 94, Napier. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 63603, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged pink.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Bay of Plenty Electric-power Board.—First Election.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint Wednesday, the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the day on which shall be held the first election of the representatives of the constituent districts in the Bay of Plenty Electric-power District, being an electric-power district duly constituted by Proclamation dated the eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred nine hundred and twenty-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 60 of the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Boundaries of Borough of Mount Eden and County of Eden altered.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 21st day of September, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-three of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area be excluded from the County of Eden and included in the Borough of Mount Eden.

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held inquiries and recommended that the alteration as prayed for be made:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the alterations of the boundaries of the said borough and of the said county recommended by the said Commission:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the County of Eden and included in the Borough of Mount Eden.

SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN BOROUGH OF MOUNT EDEN.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the north-western corner of Lot 16, Allotment 79, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland; thence