THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
475

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, respect-
ively, 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:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir James Fergus-
son, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in
pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him
by the hereinbefore recited Act, doth, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
make the additional regulations contained in the
Schedule hereto: And in further pursuance and
exercise of the said powers, and with the like advice
and consent as aforesaid, His said Excellency doth
hereby order and declare that such regulations shall
take effect from and after the first day of August, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, and that
they shall be read with and form part of the
regulations now in force.

SCHEDULE.

CYPHER SIGNATURE AND ADDRESS.

1. Every person receiving or intending to become a
   receiver of foreign telegrams may, upon payment of
   a fee of one guinea, register his address or signature
   in cypher at any Telegraph Station within the
   colony. A register of cyphers will be kept by the
   Officer in charge, in which he will enter the "cypher"
   fixed upon, and opposite to it the proper name and
   address in full of the person so registering, which
   name and address shall be furnished to the Officer
   by such person. By "foreign telegrams" are meant
   telegrams sent from some place without the limits
   of the Colony of New Zealand to an address within
   the colony.

TELEGRAMS FROM MASTERS OF VESSELS TRADING
IN NEW ZEALAND TO HARBOUR MASTERS.

2. The master of any ship or vessel trading coast-
   wise in the Colony of New Zealand, and whose ship
   or vessel is ready for sea, or about to proceed on a
   voyage, may, upon payment of a fee of sixpence,
   send a telegram addressed to the Harbour Master at
   the port where his vessel is bound to, or to any inter-
   mediate port that his vessel may pass in the prosecu-
   tion of her voyage, asking for information as to the
   state of the weather at any such port, in accordance
   with these regulations.

3. For the purposes of these regulations, the term
   "Harbour Master" shall include the Deputy of such
   Harbour Master at any port, or any other person
   discharging the duties of such Harbour Master or
   Deputy Harbour Master.

4. In sending any such telegram, it shall be suf-
   ficient if the master signs the name of his vessel
   instead of his own name; and, in sending a reply,
   the Harbour Master shall, instead of signing his own
   name, sign the name of the port for which he is such
   Harbour Master.

5. The Harbour Master's reply to any telegram
   sent by the master of a vessel shall be treated as a
   "reply paid" telegram. The charge for such telegram
   shall be included in the first charge of sixpence.

6. Every such telegram must relate strictly to in-
   formation respecting the weather; and every such
   telegram, and the reply thereto, shall in no case
   exceed ten words in such telegram or reply, as the
   case may be.

7. Information respecting the weather may be
   obtained by asking any question of the following
   kinds, or a combination thereof; that is to say,-

As to the state of the barometer, the strength
and direction of the wind, or the state of
the sea.

At bar harbours, the state of the bar may be
described in the same terms as are used
in describing the state of the sea; but in no
case is the state of both bar and sea to be
sent in the same telegram.

8. The telegrams will in every other respect be
   accepted and transmitted in conformity with the
   rules and regulations in force relating to ordinary
   telegrams. Any attempt at evasion of these regula-
   tions will render the telegram liable to be refused.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Provincial Ordinances left to their operation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1874.

THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of Auckland on behalf of the Governor, intituled

"The Waikoukou Road Act, 1874;"
"The Kamo Road Act, 1874;"
"The Auctioneers Licensing Act 1863 Amend-
ment Act, 1874;"
"The Tuakau Road Act, 1874;"
"The Municipal Corporations Act Amendment
Act 1873 Operation Act, 1874;"
"The Manukau Harbour Endowment Debt
Repeal Act, 1874;"
"The East Coast District Sheep Act, 1874;"
"The Private Burials Prevention and Regulation
Act, 1874;"
"The Opotiki Road Act, 1874;"
"The City of Auckland Loan Empowering Act,
1874;"
"The Maioro Road Act, 1874;"
"The Members' Remuneration Act, 1874;"
"The Impounding Act 1867 Amendment Act,
1874;" and
"The Highways Act, 1874,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect to them.

DANIEL POLLEN.

Provincial Ordinance left to its operation.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 17th July, 1874.

THE following Ordinance, passed by the Provincial
Council, and assented to by the Superintendent
of Taranaki on behalf of the Governor, intituled

"The Dog Nuisance Ordinance 1872 Amend-
ment Ordinance, 1874,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect to it.

DANIEL POLLEN.