and sanctioned by the Chairman of the County Council.

III. That all rolling stock shall be approved of by the County Engineer.

IV. That the tramway shall be maintained in an efficient condition, and that on all occasions such repairs or alterations shall be made, as the County Engineer may consider necessary for the safety of the public.

V. That the scale of charges shall in each case be subject to annual revision.

4. When protection is granted to a tramway, such protection shall give the owner or owners the right to occupy not more than half a chain in width, of ground along the length of the line, and areas, not exceeding one acre, for station purposes, at convenient places along the line.

5. A guarantee of not less than eight per cent. may be given by the Council to any tramway company complying with the above conditions, and the resolution passed by the Council on the 23rd day of June, 1868, (excepting clauses 2, 3, and 4 of such resolution). The company so guaranteed shall be authorised to levy tolls on all traffic along the line, except on foot-passengers.

6. All existing tramways may be brought under the above conditions, and obtain protection for the above-named period of ten years. Provided that in no case protection be granted to any tramway company competing with any existing line within a distance of five miles.

7. In the event of a government road being opened, which shall compete with any tramway to its detriment, such compensation as the Council may deem fit shall be given to the owners of the tramway so injured.

C. Hoos,
Chairman of the County Council.

Hokitika, 9th March, 1869.

THE following “Bye-Laws for Regulating the Civil Service of the County of Westland” have been made by the County Council under the 67th section of “The County of Westland Act, 1868,” and are published for general information.

J. HEAWOOD,
Chief Clerk.

BYE-LAWS FOR REGULATING THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE COUNTY OF WESTLAND.

I.—Hours of Business.

The hours of attendance to be observed in the public offices, except where otherwise ordered, are from ten o’clock A.M. to four o’clock P.M., and on Saturdays from ten o’clock A.M. to one o’clock P.M. The permanent head, or chief clerk of each department or office, will be charged with the duty of seeing that these hours are regularly observed by all officers, and will report on the attendance of each officer in the department or office at such times and in such manner as may be directed by the County Chairman.

II.—Overtime.

All officers will be required to attend at their offices for such longer period as may from time to time be required for the completion of arrears of work, or in consequence of any departmental or public exigency.

III.—Hours of Business to be devoted strictly to Business.

All officers are required to devote themselves, during the hours of business, exclusively to the discharge of their public duties. Officers are not, during the hours of business, to receive private visitors, or otherwise to allow their attention to be engaged in private affairs.

IV.—Fees or Remuneration not to be Received.

No fee, reward, or remuneration of any kind whatsoever, beyond his salary, shall be received and kept for his own uses by any officer for the performance of any service connected with the department in which he is employed, unless under the express authority of the County Chairman. All fees received by officers attending in their official character, under a subpoena or order, to give evidence or to produce papers in any court shall be paid by such officer into the County Treasurer’s Account, and such officers shall duly enter and account for all fees received by them for the performance of such duty, and shall transmit to the head of their branch an account and vouchers of all the necessary expenses, if any, incurred by them in the performance of such duty.

V.—Officers not to engage in Private Business.

No officer shall accept, or shall continue to hold or discharge any paid office not in the service of the Government, should such office, in the opinion of the Chairman, be inconsistent with the performance of his duties in the Public Service.

VI.—Addresses and Testimonials.

No address or testimonial shall be accepted by any officer in respect of his official duties without the sanction in writing of the County Chairman.