THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 185

section eleven (11), Township of Richmond Hill,
being part of section ninety-one (91), block six (6),
town district aforesaid; and also, for the purpose of
completing a road in the Mornington Road District,
part of allotment numbered one (1), block one (1),
Township of Primrose Hill, being part of section
numbered seventy-six (76), block six (6), town
district aforesaid, and part of allotment numbered
thirty-six (36), block three (3), Township of Rich-
mond Hill, being part of section numbered seventy-
seven (77), block six (6), town district aforesaid,
and also for completing a road in the North-East
Valley Road District, parts of sections numbered one
(1) and two (2), Upper Harbour West District, and
parts of sections numbered thirty (30), thirty-one
(31), and thirty-three (33), Sawyers Bay District,
Province of Otago aforesaid. And notice is hereby
further given, that a copy of the Bill so intended to
be introduced as aforesaid, may be inspected at the
office of the Clerk of the Provincial Council of Otago
aforesaid, on and after the 13th day of March, 1873.
Dated at Dunedin this 3rd day of March, 1873.
JOHN BATHGATE,
197
Provincial Solicitor.

IN THE MATTER OF A BILL INTITULED "AN ACT
TO AUTHORIZE THE THAMES GAS COMPANY
(LIMITED),' TO BREAK UP STREETS AND
BRIDGES, AND TO LAY DOWN AND MAINTAIN
PIPES, CONDUITS, AND SERVICE PIPES, AND
TO MAKE AND CONSTRUCT OTHER WORKS
FOR SUPPLYING THE TOWNS OF GRAHAMS-
TOWN AND SHORTLAND, AND THE THAMES
GOLD FIELD, WITH GAS."

NOTICE is hereby given, that application is in-
tended to be made at the next Session of the
General Assembly of New Zealand for leave to bring
in a Bill to authorize "The Thames Gas Company
(Limited)," incorporated under the provisions of
"The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," to break
up streets, and bridges, and to lay down and maintain
pipes, conduits, and service pipes, and to make, con-
struct, and maintain other works for supplying the
Towns of Grahamstown and Shortland, and the
Thames Gold Field with gas, and for other purposes
relating thereto, and to the objects for which the said
Company has been established.

It is intended to apply for the following powers on
behalf of the Company, that is to say-

The Company, under such superintendence as is
hereafter specified, may open and break up the soil
and pavement of the several streets and bridges
within the limits of this Act, and may open and
break up any sewers, drains, or tunnels within or
under such streets and bridges, and lay down and
maintain within the same limits pipes, conduits,
service pipes, and other works, and from time to time
repair, alter, or remove the same; and also make and
maintain any sewers that may be necessary for
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 and maintain 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 men-
tioned, 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 private or public buildings,
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 for lighting the streets within the towns of Grahams-
town and Shortland and the Thames Gold Field or
any of them with gas, and for providing lamps, lamp-
posts, burners, and pipes for such purpose, and for
the repairs thereof, in such manner and upon such
terms as shall be agreed upon.

That the Company may let for hire any meter for
ascertaining the quantity of gas consumed or supplied,
and any fitting 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 let, and
such remuneration shall be recoverable in the same
manner as the rents or sums 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
appointed 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 regu-
lating 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 afore-
said, 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 pre-
mises of such person, by cutting off the service pipe,
or by such other 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 jurisdiction.

That in all cases in which the Company are author-
ized 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 twenty-four 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
Company.

The Company may make by-laws or regulations
provided the same shall not be repugnant to this Act,
or to "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," or to
any by-law or regulation which may now or here-
after be made thereunder, or to any Highway Act or
Road Board Act, or Ordinance of the General
Assembly or of the Province of Auckland, or to any
by-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 by-law or regulation of the Company.

That it shall be lawful for the Company to exercise
all or any of the powers aforesaid within the limits of
the Towns of Shortland and Grahamstown, and the
Thames Gold Field.

Copies of the proposed Bill will be deposited for
public inspection at the office in Wellington of the
Examiner of Standing Orders for the General Assem-
bly, at or before the commencement of the Session,
and in the Private Bills Office.

Dated this 11th day of March, 1873.
THOMAS BUDDLE,
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Solicitor for the Bill.