1836 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 87

of the authority in me vested by the said Acts, do hereby
proclaim and declare that such account shall be taken in the
month of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six,
on Monday, the sixth day of the said month, and for the
night of Sunday, the fifth day of the aforesaid month.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
Colonial Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Lands taken for Roads in connection with the Extension of
the Whangarei-Kamo Railway to a Point in the Parish
of Hikurangi.

(l.s.) GLASGOW, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule
hereto are required to be taken under "The Public
Works Act, 1894," for a certain public work, to wit, the con-
struction of roads in connection with the extension of the
Whangarei-Kamo Railway to a point in the Parish of
Hikurangi:

And whereas an agreement for the taking of the estate in
fee-simple of the said lands has been entered into, and it
has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient
for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas a plan has been prepared in duplicate show-
ing accurately the position and extent of the said lands, and
the Minister for Public Works has recommended that this
Proclamation should be issued:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities in me vested by "The Public
Works Act, 1894," and of every other power and authority
in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim
the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto are hereby taken
for the purposes of the construction of the said roads. And
it is hereby declared that this Proclamation shall take effect
on and after the date of the publication thereof in the New
Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

The several parcels of land mentioned in list hereunder:--

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
17305, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Welling-
ton, and thereon coloured sepia.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable David, Earl of Glasgow; 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 issued under the Seal of the said Colony,
at the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
five.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Transmitting or Delivering Telegrams through Telephone
Exchanges.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of November, 1895.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council, dated the twenty-fifth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety-three, certain regulations were made under the
provisions of "The Electric Lines Act, 1884," for the trans-
mission of telegrams by means of electric lines under the
said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to amend such regulations so
as to provide that telegrams which are intended to be for-
warded or delivered from the telegraph-office at any place
where a Telephone Exchange is situated may be forwarded
through the Telephone Exchange to or from such telegraph-
office by the sender or to the addressee of such telegram:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
pursuance of all the powers in that behalf enabling him,
doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule
hereto for the purposes aforesaid, and doth declare that such
regulations shall have effect on and after the first day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

SCHEDULE.

TRANSMISSION OF TELEGRAMS BY TELEPHONE.

1. Subscribers to Telephone Exchanges may, by applica-
   tion at a telegraph-office, request that telegraphic messages
   which are addressed to them be forwarded by telephone
   from the telegraph-office of destination to their business or
   private address, and in such cases the telegraph messages
   will, after transmission, be posted for delivery to such
   address, and be marked on the face "Transmitted by tele-
   phone."

2. The hours during which this system may be availed
   of shall be the ordinary hours of attendance of the telegraph-
   office, except in the case of stations at which officers are
   on duty until 10 p.m., when the messages may be telephoned
   until that hour.

3. The charges for transmitting telegrams as above shall
   be as follows:--

A fee of £5 5s. per annum, paid in advance; or, s. d.
in other cases, for each separate transmission,
provided the telephone conversation does not
exceed three minutes .. .. .. 0 6
For each additional three minutes or fraction
thereof .. .. .. .. .. 0 6

When the fee is paid by time, one conversation may in-
clude two or more messages, including any referred to in
the next succeeding section. The fee should be affixed in
stamps to a docket which will be provided, and presented
to the telegraph-office immediately after the message has
been telephoned.

4. Telephone Exchange subscribers may also telephone to
   any telegraph-office connected with a Telephone Exchange,
   during the ordinary hours of telegraph attendance, any
   messages, not exceeding fifty words in length, to be further
   transmitted from the telegraph-office to the respective desti-
   inations of such messages as telegrams, provided the usual
   cost of such telegrams is paid in addition to the above rates.

5. Prior to telephoning any such message to a telegraph-
   office the sender shall reduce such message to writing, and,
   immediately after transmission, if telephoned before 5 p.m.,
   deliver such written message to the telegraph-office, with
   the charges affixed in stamps. Messages telephoned after
   5 p.m. must be presented not later than 10 o'clock the
   following morning.

6. The department reserves the right to exclude any
   person from the privilege of sending or receiving telegrams
   by telephone under this system until any arrears of fees
   which may be due are fully paid, and to demand a deposit
   before registering any application.

7. The transcribed copies of telegrams telephoned by
   subscribers will, so far as the department is concerned,
   become the original telegrams, and the department will not
   assume or be subject to any liability by reason or on
   account of any failure, delay, or mistake in or about the
   transmission, receipt, or delivery of any telegram under
   this system, from whatever cause the same may arise.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.