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115. Aooess to laud to which there is uo road. If private land adjoining, bow land for road to be acquired. Refund by local authority. 116. Where land sold, road to give access to be dedicated to public use. 117. Where land fronts road or street of less width than 66 ft., frontage to be set back. Bridges, Ferries, and Fords. 118. Local authorities benefiting by construction of bridge, ferry, &c, may be compelled to contribute thereto. 119. Governor may vest control of bridge, ferry, or ford in local authority, and apportion cost of maintenance. Revenues to be considered in apportioning maintenance. Governor may refer certain questions to Commissioners. Cost of exercising powers to be paid by local authority. Power to Minister to maintain bridge, &c, in case of refusal by local authority, and recover cost. Proclamation may be varied, altered, or revoked. 120. Local authority may let ferry for three years. Other Provisions. 121. Expenditure of thirds and fourths. 122. Local authority may sell stone, &c. Gates across Roads. 123. Looal authority may permit swing-gates to be placed on roads in sparsely populated districts. 124. Local authority may agree as to gates on roads taken through private lands by agreement. 125. Permission to erect swing-gate not to be granted until after notice published in newspaper. 126. Gates across roads registered under section 101. 127. Regulations as to gates and fences. Damage to gates and fences. 128. Removal of fences and other obstructions on roads. Stopping of Roads. 129. Road not to be stopped, except a way is left to land in the vicinity. 130. Mode of stopping a road. 131. Procedure for altering course of roads when landowners consent. 132. Where Counties Act suspended. 133. Further provision as to closing roads. 134. How the land of stopped road to be disposed of. 135. Exchange of land for roads. Conveyance to be free of stamp duty. 136. If road stopped for benefit of private person, to be at his sole expense. 137. Governor may sell stopped roads not required for public use. 138. Where land of stopped road sold or exchanged, Governor may perfect sale or exchange. By-laws as to Use of Roais. 139. Definition of heavy traffic. Power to Minister and local authorities to make by-laws. Fines, &c, to be expended on repair of roads, &c. Copy of every by-law to be sent to Minister, who may disallow same. 140. Extended powers to make by-laws in respect of heavy traffic. 141. Road Boards may make by-laws. 142. Grass-seed on road or street. 143. Proof of by-laws. 144. By-laws not to relieve offenders from other proceedings.

Injuries to and Nuisances on Roads. 145. Penalties for injuries to roads, or for allowing tailings, &c, to flow on to road or into public drain. 146. Removal or lowering of trees overshadowing road. 147. Removal of gorse, &c, from roads. 148. Notice to clear gorse, &o. 149. Trimmings of hedges, &c, not to be thrown on roads. 150. Local authority may recover expenses for repairs to roads damaged by excessive weights. Proviso. 151. Power to make by-laws forbidding certain traffic. 152. Penalty for breach of such by-laws. Offences on Roads. 153. Penalties for offences on roads. 154. Penalty for being drunk in charge of vehiole or cattle. 155. Cattle straying on roads may be impounded. Tolls. 156. Toll-gates, &c, may be placed on roads, and tolls collected. 157. Conditions under which tolls may be taken. 158. Persons exempt from tolls. 159. Penalties for falsely claiming exemption from tolls. 160. Tolls may be let on certain conditions. 161. Collector may distrain goods of persons refusing to pay toll. 162. Collector may recover toll and compensation instead of distraining. 163. Penalty for evading a toll. 164. Penalty for forcible evasion of toll. 165. Penalty for plying for hire across a stream near a bridge or ferry. 166. Penalties for offences by toll-collectors. 167. Toll-gates in different districts may be made to clear one another. 168. Notice of gates cleared to be painted on tollboard. 169. Toll tickets. 170. Penalty on transferring, &c., a toll ticket. 171. County Council or Governor in Council, in certain cases, may abolish toll-gate or diminish tolls. 172. When Governor may aot. 173. Governor may abolish toll-gates. 174. Compensation if tolls not levied. 175. Existing tolls to be tolls under this Act. Rivers. 176. Removal of gorse, &c, from river-beds. 177. Removal of driftwood, timber, weeds, &c, from river-bed. 178. Removal of obstacles from river-beds. 179. Obstructing watercourse. 180. Magistrate's order thereon. 181. Removal of obstructions in river outside of district. 182. When damage to a road by a river, River Board may contribute to purchase land for diversion of road. 183. Power to alter or divert rivers, streams, and watercourses, when desirable for the safety or maintenance of any public work. Roads or Tramways for Removal of Timber. 184. Provision to allow timber to be brought over private lands. PART VII. Railways. 185. Definition of railway. Land purchased for a railway to be deemed part of the railway.

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