THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 181

carrying off the washings and waste liquids which
may arise in the making of the gas, and for the
purposes aforesaid may remove and use all earth
and materials in and under such streets and
bridges, and may in such streets erect any pillars,
lamps, and other works, and do all other acts
which the Company shall from time to time
deem necessary for supplying gas within the
limits hereinafter mentioned, doing as little
damage as may be in the execution of the power
hereby granted, and making compensation for
any damage which may be done in the execution
of such powers.

That the Company may from time to time enter into
any contract with any person for lighting or
supplying with gas any public or private build-
ings, or for providing any person with pipes,
burners, meters, and lamps, and for the repair
thereof, and may also from time to time enter
into any contract with the Christchurch City
Council, Road Board, or other persons having
the control of any of the streets within the limits
aforesaid, for lighting the same or any of them
with gas, and for providing such Council, Road
Board, or persons with lamps, lamp-posts, burn-
ers, and pipes for such purpose, and for the
repairs thereof, in such manner and upon such
terms as shall be agreed upon between the
Company and the said Council, Road Board, or
other persons.

That the Company may let for hire any meter for
ascertaining the quantity of gas consumed or
supplied, and any fittings for the gas, for such
remuneration in money as shall be agreed upon
between the Company and any person to whom
the same may be so let; and such remuneration
shall be recoverable in the same manner as the
rents or sum due to the Company for gas; and
such meters and fittings shall not be subject to
distress for rent of the premises where the same
may be used, nor to be taken in execution under
any process or proceeding of a Court of Law or
Equity or in bankruptcy against the person in
whose possession the same may be.

That the Clerk, Engineer, or other officer duly ap-
pointed for the purpose by the Company, may
at all reasonable times enter any building or
place lighted with gas supplied by the Company
in order to inspect the meters, fittings, and
works for regulating the supply of gas, and for
the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of gas
consumed or supplied; and if any person hinder
such officer as aforesaid from entering and making
such inspection as aforesaid at any reasonable
time, he shall for every such offence forfeit to the
Company a sum not exceeding five pounds.

That if any person supplied with gas neglect to pay
the rent due for the same to the Company,
the Company may stop the gas from entering the
premises of such person, by cutting off the service-
pipe or by such means as the Company shall
think fit, and recover the rent due from such
person, together with the expense of cutting off
the gas, and the cost of recovering the rent by
action in any Court of Law of competent juris-
diction.

That in all cases in which the Company are authorized
to cut off and take away the supply of gas from
any house, building, or premises under the
provisions of this Act, the Company, their agents
or workmen, after giving forty eight-hours'
previous notice in writing to the occupier, or if
no occupier, then after leaving such notice on
any portion of the premises, may enter into such
house, building, or premises between the hours
of nine in the forenoon and four in the afternoon,

and remove and carry away any pipe, meter,
fittings or other works, the property of the Com-
pany.

The Company may make bye-laws or regulations
provided the same shall not be repugnant to this
Act or to "The Municipal Corporations Act,
1867," or to any bye-law or regulation which
may now or hereafter be made thereunder, or to
any Road Board Act or Ordinance of the Gene-
ral Assembly or of the Province of Canterbury, or
to any bye-law or regulation which may now or
hereafter be made thereunder respectively, and
may impose any penalty not exceeding the sum
of five pounds for the breach of any bye-law or
regulation of the Company.

The limits within which such Gas Works as afore-
said are intended to be made extend to and include all
lands lying within a radius of five miles from the centre
of the Market Place, in the City of Christchurch.
Such Gas Works as aforesaid are intended to be
made and maintained in and through the City of
Christchurch, and portions of the Avon, Riccarton,
Templeton, Spreydon, Halswell, and Heathcote Road
Boards Districts.

The plans and book of reference, and copy of this
notice to be inserted in the Gazette, will be deposited
for public inspection at the Office of the Commissioner
of Crown Lands for the Province of Canterbury, in
the City of Christchurch, on or before the 6th day of
April instant, and will, on or before the commence-
ment of the Session, be deposited in the Office of the
Colonial Secretary and in the Private Bill Office.

Dated this 2nd day of April, 1869.

HANMER & HARPER,
Solicitors for the Bill.

FOR SALE,
In one Volume, Imperial Octavo, Price 25s.,
NEW ZEALAND: ITS PHYSICAL GEO-
GRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND NATURAL
HISTORY :
BY DR. FERDINAND VON HOCHSTETTER.
(Translated from the German by E. Sauter, A.M.)
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