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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1866.

G. GREY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-third day of November, 1866.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Electric
Telegraph Act, 1865," the Governor of New Zealand
is empowered to establish lines of electric telegraph,
and to purchase any lines of electric telegraph then
existing: And whereas by the said Act it is amongst
other things enacted, that it shall be lawful for the
Governor, by Order in Council, to make Regulations
for the transmission and delivery of all despatches,
messages and communications by means of any such
line, and in like manner to fix and determine the
fees, rates or dues to be demanded and received for
the transmission of any such despatch, message or
communication, and for the delivery thereof respec-
tively, and the modes and times of payment, and to
regulate the conduct, management, working and
maintenance of any such telegraph line, and any such
fees, rates, dues or regulations from time to time to
increase or lower, repeal, alter or vary respectively,
and direct and make such others as may be deemed
expedient, and such fees, rates and dues may be
legally recovered; and such regulations shall have
the force of law when published in the Government
Gazette of the Colony:

And whereas by an Order in Council duly made
and issued, bearing date the first day of April, 1866,
the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the said
recited power and authority make regulations for
the transmission of any such despatches, messages, or
communications by means of any line of telegraph
which has been or hereafter shall be established or
purchased under the powers conferred by the said
Act: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the
above cited regulations under which Telegrams are
authorized to be transmitted on the Lines of Electric
Telegraph belonging to the General Government
of New Zealand, and to substitute other Regula-
tions in lieu thereof:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise of the powers vested in him by the herein-
before recited Act, doth, with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand, revoke
the said Regulations, and doth substitute the
following Regulations contained in Schedules A. and
B. for the Transmission of Telegrams in lieu thereof,
and doth declare that such revocation and substitu-
tion shall take effect from and after the seventeenth
day of December, One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE A.
Regulations and Conditions under which Telegrams
are authorized to be transmitted on the Lines of
Electric Telegraph belonging to the General Govern-
ment, New Zealand.

Form of Telegram.

1. Printed forms, upon which telegrams should be
   written, are issued at the various Stations of the
   department, and may be had on application; but all
   telegrams, whether written upon the prescribed form,
   upon any other printed form, or upon plain paper,
   will be considered as presented for transmission
   under the several conditions contained in these
   regulations.

2. All telegrams presented for transmission must
   be written in ink in a clear and legible manner; they
   shall contain a proper address, and bear a genuine
   signature, in the usual handwriting of the sender.

3. In order to prevent errors in the transmission
   of telegrams all words must be written in full, and
   no abbreviation will be allowed. It is advisable to
   write all numbers in words in full; but to insure
   accuracy, it is better to employ both words and
   figures.

Precedence of Telegrams.
4. Telegrams will be transmitted in accordance
with "The Electric Telegraph Act, 1865," as follows: