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Further, I hereby give notice that the Mail, and persons exhibiting a Certificate under the hand of the Superintendent that they are on duty under the employment of the Government, are exempt from the payment of said Fares and Freights.

Owners of Sheep crossing this Ferry are hereby required to give assistance at the following rate, viz.:—For any number of Sheep, not exceeding 200, one man; above 200 and not exceeding 700, two men; above 700 and not exceeding 1500, three men. When the number exceeds 1500, either party may employ extra labour, not in any case to exceed 2½, to be equally borne by the Owner of the Sheep and the Lessee of the Ferry.

In every instance the Lessee shall provide two men, one of whom may be the Lessee himself. Owners of Horned Cattle and Horses to give assistance at the following rate, viz.:—When over 10 in number, two men; 50 and under 150, three men; 150 and upwards, four men.

Matthew Scott,
Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Southland.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 12th August 1862.

PROCLAMATION

By Matthew Scott, Esquire, Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Southland.

WHEREAS by an Ordinance passed by the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Southland, in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and in the second session of the said Provincial Council, intituled “An Ordinance to establish and regulate Bridges and Ferries,” it is amongst other things enacted that “it shall be lawful for the Superintendent to authorise Ferries to be established at convenient places on the rivers, lakes, or other waters within the Province of Southland, for the conveyance of passengers, animals, and goods across the same; and every Ferry shall be a Public Ferry within the meaning of this Ordinance which shall be proclaimed to be such by the Superintendent by notification in the Provincial Government Gazette;” and whereas the Ferry hereinafter mentioned has heretofore some time past been in use, and whereas it is expedient to establish the same under the said recited Ordinance: Now, therefore, I, the said Deputy Superintendent, in pursuance of the powers vested in the Superintendent by the said recited Ordinance, do hereby authorise a Ferry to be established on the South side of the Mokomoko Creek, about a quarter of a mile from its junction with the Estuary of the New River, known by the name of the Mokomoko Ferry; and I do hereby proclaim and declare that the said Ferry so authorised to be established shall be a Public Ferry within the meaning of the said recited Ordinance, and shall be called the Mokomoko Ferry.

Given under my hand, and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Southland, at the Government Offices, Southland, this 12th day of August One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.

Matthew Scott,
Deputy Superintendent.

NOTICE

MOKOMOKO FERRY.

Across the New River.

For one Person ... 4s 0d
Two or more Persons, each ... 3s 0d
Man and Horse ... 8s 0d
Two or more Horses belonging to the same owner, each ... 4s 0d
Each head of Great Cattle, or a single Horse ... 5s 0d
Each Sheep, when not exceeding 300 ... 0s 2d
Do 300 and upwards ... 0s 1d

Across the Mokomoko.

For each Person ... 0s 6d

Provided always that the Mail, and the persons in charge thereof, and other persons exhibiting a Certificate under the hand of the Superintendent that they are on duty under the employment of the Government shall be exempted from the payment of the above-mentioned Rates or Ferryage.

Owners of Sheep crossing this Ferry are hereby required to give assistance at the following rate, viz.:—For any number of Sheep not exceeding 300, one man; above 300 and not exceeding 1000, two men; aid for every additional 500, or fractional part of 500, one man.

Should any further assistance be deemed necessary, it may be engaged by either the Owner of the Sheep or the Lessee of the Ferry, at the rate of one man to 1000 Sheep, and the extra expense, not to exceed two days’ wages, shall be borne equally by the Owner of the Sheep and the Lessee. In every instance the Lessee shall provide two men, one of whom may be the Lessee himself.

Owners of Horned Cattle and Horses to give assistance at the following rate, viz.:—When over 10 in number, two men; 100 and under 100, three men; 100 and upwards, four men.

Matthew Scott,
Deputy Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Southland, 12th August 1862.

NOTICE

APARIMA FERRY.

By virtue of the powers vested in the Superintendent by the “Ferries Ordinance, 1862,” I, the Deputy Superintendent of the Province of Southland, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, do hereby give notice that the following addition to the scale of Fares and Freights chargeable at the above-mentioned Ferry (as noticed in the Southland Provincial Government Gazette, No 22, dated 24th June 1862), is hereby authorised:—

From sunrise till one hour after Sunset.
For each head of Swine (when under 20) 2d.
Do (20 and upwards) 1d.