THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 573
boundary of the said district to the confluence of the
Waiau and Waikaretaheke Rivers; thence along the
south-eastern boundary of the Opotiki District to
Maungahaumi.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Right Honorable Sir James Fergusson,
Baronet, a Member of Her Majesty's
Most Honorable Privy Council, 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 under the Seal of the
said Colony, at Wellington, this fifteenth
day of October, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
three.
DONALD MCLEAN.

Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Tariff of Telegraph Charges.

JAMES FERGUSSON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
tenth day of October, 1873.

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 seventh day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, 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 seventh day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two,

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 November, 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, PRIVATE RATES.

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

For the first ten words or fraction of ten
words ... s. d.
For each additional word after the first
ten ... 1 0
On Sundays double the above rates. 0 1

PRESS TARIFF.

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

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (week
days),-

For the first ten words or fraction of ten
words ... s. d.
For every additional word ... 0 6
0

EVENING RATES.

Between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. (week
days), -

For the first twenty-five words or fraction
of twenty-five words ... 0 6
For every additional twenty-five words
or fraction of twenty-five words, after
the first twenty-five ... 0 3

Exceptions to the above Scale of Charges.

On the arrival of an Australian or San Francisco
Mail, each paper will be allowed to receive, between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., one telegram not
exceeding 200 words, and to pay for the same at
Evening Rates.

Papers publishing before 5 p.m., each day, in
addition to Australian or San Francisco mail
telegrams, will be allowed to receive at any period of
the day telegrams amounting in the aggregate to two
hundred (200) words, and will be charged for the
same at Evening Rates, any excess over the two
hundred words to be paid for at the rates in force
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

On Sundays double the above rates.

By "Press Telegram" is meant intelligence trans-
mitted for bond fide publication in the regular
newspapers and journals.

No charge will be made for address and signature,
up to ten words; every word over ten will be charged
for at tariff rates.

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 in force in relation
thereto.