DEC. 21.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1895

10. That the said William Robert Williams shall
    not sell, mortgage, lease, or otherwise part with,
    charge, or encumber the said wharf, or any right or
    privilege hereby conferred upon it, without the con-
    sent in writing of the Minister.
11. Nothing contained in this Order in Council
    shall be deemed to prevent its revocation at any time
    and without any notice in case the said William
    Robert Williams shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions
    hereinbefore set forth, or any of them; or
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf.
    And publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an
    Order in Council containing such revocation shall be
    sufficient notice to the said William Robert Wil-
    liams, and to all persons concerned or interested in
    the said wharf, that this Order in Council, and the
    rights and privileges thereby conferred, have been
    revoked and determined.
12. In these conditions the term "Minister" means
    the Minister having charge of the Marine Depart-
    ment, as defined by "The Shipping and Seamen's
    Act, 1877," and includes any officer, person, or
    authority acting by or under the direction of such
    Minister.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations and Charges for Use of Telephones.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of December, 1882.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested
in him by "The Electric Telegraph Act, 1875,"
and "The Electric Telegraph Act 1875 Amendment
Act, 1880," and of all other powers enabling him in
that behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of the
Government of the Colony of New Zealand doth,
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, fix the scale of charges contained
in the Schedule hereto as charges to be respectively
demanded and received for the use of telephones
wherever established in this colony in connection with
the telephone exchanges, and doth further order and
declare that such scale of charges shall take effect on
and after the first day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-three.

SCHEDULE.

| | Per annum, payable
quarterly, in advance. | £ | s. | d. |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| For hire of each set of instruments, and
wire from office or private residence for
any distance within half a mile of the
Telegraph Office, for the first year, com-
mencing on the 1st day of January, April,
July, or October, after the date of con-
nection | | 17 | 10 | 0 |
| For every year after the first | | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| For every additional quarter of a mile, or
portion of a quarter, for the first year,
commencing on the 1st day of January,
April, July, or October, after the date of
connection... | | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| For every year after the first | | 1 | 10 | 0 |

When more than one instrument is hired by the same firm,
for the first year a reduction of £2 10s. for each instrument,
after the first charge of £17 10s., shall be made; and for every
year after the first a reduction of £2 for each instrument, after
the first charge of £12, shall be made.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Regulations under "The Electric Tele-
graph Act, 1875."

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
sixteenth day of December, 1882.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in
him by "The Electric Telegraph Act, 1875,"
of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, His
Excellency the Administrator of the Government of
the Colony of New Zealand doth, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
make the regulation contained in the Schedule hereto
in relation to the charges to be made for the trans-
mission of Press telegrams, and doth hereby order
that such regulation shall take effect on and after
the sixteenth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two, and that it shall be
read with and form part of the regulations now in
force, in substitution of any previous regulation in
force of a similar purport.

SCHEDULE.

THE following shall be the charges to be paid in
respect of the transmission of Press messages lodged
at and forwarded from telegraph offices which close
at 5 o'clock p.m., when such offices are specially re-
opened at night for the transmission of Press mes-
sages :—

Messages containing over three hundred and
seventy-five words but not more than one
thousand words, and forwarded by, or ad-
dressed to, the proprietor or publisher of any
morning newspaper, at the rate of two
shillings per hundred words.

For every additional one hundred after the first
one thousand words, at the rate of sixpence
per hundred words or fraction thereof.

No telegraph office which closes at 5 o'clock
p.m. shall, however, be reopened for the
transmission of any such message for less
than a payment of seven shillings and six-
pence, which will cover the cost of trans-
mitting a message of three hundred and
seventy-five words.

Messages intended for newspapers on the list of
night-stations, when forwarded on behalf of the
United Press Association, addressed to the several
newspapers served by the Association, will be liable
to the following charges :—

At the rate of sixpence per hundred words or
fraction thereof, together with an additional
fee of seven shillings and sixpence for re-
opening the office at night, and any further
charge in respect of overtime that may have
to be paid at offices other than the original
forwarding office in connection with the trans-
mission of the message and vides.

The additional payment to be made in all cases
by the applicant.

At least six hours' due notice must be given to the
General Post Office, Wellington, of the desire to
have a five o'clock office reopened at night for trans-
mitting Press news.

Short messages, not exceeding one hundred words
in length, will be received at telegraph offices
closing at 5 p.m., for transmission after office hours,
but in time for publication the following morning, ad-
dressed to the proprietor or publisher of any morning
newspaper published in towns where telegraph Offices