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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Tariff of Telegraph Charges.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventh day of November, 1872.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The Electric Tele-
graph 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 main-
tenance 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 that 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 twenty-fourth day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, the
Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the said
recited power and authority, fix and determine the
fees, rates, or dues to be demanded or received 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
said Order in Council, and to fix a new tariff of
charges:

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 Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and
doth hereby fix and determine that the fees, rates,
and dues specified in the Schedule hereto shall be the
fees, rates, and dues to be demanded and received for
the transmission of despatches, messages, and com-
munications, and the delivery thereof respectively
by such lines of telegraph as aforesaid; and doth
further declare that this order shall take effect on
and after the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.

SCHEDULE.

Tariff of Charges for the transmission of Telegrams
on the Lines of Electric Telegraph belonging to
the General Government of New Zealand..

UNIVERSAL TARIFF.

FROM any Station in New Zealand to any other
Station in New Zealand having continuous tele-
graphic communication therewith :-

For the first ten words or fraction of ten
words
s. d.
1 0

For each additional five words or fraction
of five words after the first ten
0 6
On Sundays double the above rates.

PRESS TARIFF.

For Press Telegrams from any Station in New
Zealand to any other Station in New Zealand having
continuous telegraphic communication therewith:-

For the first twenty-five words
s. d.
0 6
For every additional twenty-five words or
fraction of twenty-five words after the
first twenty-five
0 6
On Sundays double the above rates.

No charge will be made for signature, but it must
in all cases be the usual signature of the person
sending the message.

In the case of telegrams of any kind requiring to
be delivered beyond one mile from the Station to
which they are addressed and transmitted, or on
ship-board, or on the water or across the water,
further charges will be made as provided by the
general regulations and conditions for the time being
thereto.

Minimum charge, ten words private rates, and
twenty-five words Press rates. By Press Telegram is
meant intelligence transmitted for bona fide publica-
tion in the regular newspapers and journals.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegating Powers to Hon. W. H. Reynolds, as
Commissioner of Customs.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Customs Regulation Act,
1858," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for
the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her
Majesty, from time to time to appoint and remove a
superior officer of Customs, who shall have the control
and direction of all other officers and persons employed
in or about the collection and management of the
revenue of Customs, and who shall be styled "The
Commissioner of Customs;" and also in like manner
from time to time to appoint and remove, or to
depute to the Commissioner the power to appoint and
remove, officers and persons subordinate to the Com-
missioner to collect and manage the Customs revenue,
and to perform the several duties incident to and con-
nected with the collection and management thereof:

Now therefore, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the
Governor as aforesaid, in pursuance and exercise of
the said power and authority, do hereby delegate to

The Honorable WILLIAM HENRY REYNOLDS,
the Commissioner of Customs appointed as aforesaid,
the power to appoint and remove officers and persons
subordinate to the Commissioner to collect and
manage the Customs revenue, and to perform the
several duties incident to and connected with the
collection and management thereof, vested in me by
the said in part recited Act, to be held and exercised
by him from time to time as he shall think fit, so long
as he shall hold the said office of Commissioner of
Customs.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued at
Wellington, this twelfth day of Novem-
ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two.

WILLIAM H. REYNOLDS.