MAY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 941

PRIVATE BILL.

In the matter of “The Private Estates Bills Act, 1867”; and in the matter of a proposed Bill or Act to authorise and direct the trustees for the time being of a certain deed of settlement by one William Walter Cargill, of land in the City of Dunedin, to grant leases of such lands, and for other purposes incidental thereto.

Pursuant to the provisions of the said Act, and of the Standing Orders of the Legislative Council relating to Private Bills, we, Robert Martin, of Dunedin, medical practitioner; the New Zealand Tablet Printing and Publishing Company (Limited); Walter George Geddes, of Dunedin, gentleman; and Elizabeth Gilchrist, of Dunedin, widow, the intending petitioners, hereby give notice that, within fourteen days of the meeting of the General Assembly of New Zealand, to be held next after the date of this notice, a petition will be presented to the said General Assembly of New Zealand, through the Honourable the Speaker and members of the Legislative Council, by us, praying for leave to bring in a private Bill to be called “The Cutten Trust Act, 1899.”

The objects of the said Bill are to enable and direct the trustees for the time being of and under a certain deed of settlement by one William Walter Cargill of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 64, Block XVI., Dunedin, to grant to the petitioners respectively the leases of the several parts of the said land referred to in the several Schedules to the said Bill.

The rent and terms, covenants and provisions, subject to which the leases shall be granted (including provision for valuation and perpetual renewal) are set out in the First Schedule to the said Bill.

A copy of the said petition and Bill, and also a duly certified plan of the land affected by the provisions of the said petition and Bill, will be deposited in the office of the Examiner of Standing Orders within fourteen days after the commencement of the said session.

Dated at Dunedin, this 4th day of May, 1899.

ROBERT MARTIN.
NEW ZEALAND TABLET PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY (LIMITED),
Octagon, Dunedin.
JAMES LISTON, }
J. J. CONNOR, } Directors.
JOHN MURRAY, Manager.
ELIZABETH GILCHRIST.
W. G. GEDDES.
DOWNIE STEWART AND PAYNE,
Solicitors to the Bill.
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In the matter of a Bill intituled “An Act to authorise the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited) to break up or cross over Streets, Roads, Rivers, and Bridges, and to place Mains, Service-lines, and Distributing mains either above or below Ground, and to lay down and place Pipes, Conduits, and Service-pipes, and to erect Pillars, Arches, and Poles, and to make, construct, and do other Works and Things for supplying the respective Boroughs of Melrose, Karori, and Onslow, or Portions thereof, with Electrical Energy.”

NOTICE is hereby given that application is intended to be made at the next session of the General Assembly of New Zealand for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate (Limited), (hereinafter referred to as “the company”), to break up or cross over streets and roads, and to place mains, service-lines, and distributing-mains either above or below ground, and to lay down and place pipes, conduits, and service-pipes, and to erect pillars, arches, and poles, and to make, construct, and do other works and things for supplying the respective Boroughs of Melrose, Karori, and Onslow, or portions thereof, with electrical energy, and for other purposes relating thereto and to the objects for which the company has been established.

Copies of the Bill will be deposited at the office of the Examiner of Standing Orders on or before the commencement of the session, and may also be obtained upon application to the undersigned.

The Act is intended to be read with and form part of “The Wellington Electric Lighting Act, 1891.”

Under the said “The Wellington Electric Lighting Act, 1891,” the following powers were conferred upon the company, and, mutatis mutandis, and in so far as the same are applicable, shall apply to the area of supply under this Act, that is to say:—

“The company, under the superintendence of the persons having the control thereof respectively, may open and break up or cross over the soil and pavement of the several streets, roads, and bridges within the limits of this Act, and may open and break up or cross over or under any sewers, drains, or tunnels within or under such streets, roads, and bridges, and lay and place within or over the same limits pipes, conduits, and service-pipes and mains, service-lines and distributing-mains, and make, construct, and do other works and things, and from time to time repair, alter, or remove the same, and for the purposes aforesaid may remove and use all earth and materials in and under such streets and roads, and may, in or on such streets and roads, erect any pillars, arches, or poles, lamps, and other works, and do all other acts and things which the company shall from time to time deem necessary for supplying electrical energy within the limits hereinafter mentioned, doing as little damage as may be in the execution of the powers by this Act 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 by means of electricity or supplying with electrical energy any public or private buildings, or for providing any person with pipes, service-mains, transformers, accumulators, conductors, burners, meters, and lamps, and for the repair thereof, and may also from time to time enter into any contract with the Mayor and Corporation of Wellington, or the City Council thereof, or other persons or body corporate having the control of any of the streets and roads within the limits aforesaid, for lighting the same or any of them by means of electricity, or for supplying them with electrical energy, and for providing such Mayor and Corporation, City Council, persons, or body corporate with lamps, lamp-posts, burners, and pipes, mains, transformers, accumulators, or conductors for such purpose, and for the repairs thereof, in such manner and upon such terms as shall be agreed upon between the company and the said Mayor and Corporation, City Council, or other persons or body corporate; and the maximum charge to be made for the actual amount of energy supplied to any consumer, or for the electrical quantity contained in any such supply, shall be at or according to the rates specified in the Act or in the Schedules thereto.

“That the company may let for hire any meter for ascertaining the quantity of electrical current or electrical energy consumed, absorbed, or supplied, and also any electrical fittings, including transformers for altering tension and accumulators for storing the energy, for such remuneration in money as shall be agreed upon between the company and any person to whom the same may be so let; and such remuneration shall be recoverable in the same manner as the rents or sums due to the company for electrical energy supplied; 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 supplied by the company with electrical energy in order to inspect the meters, fittings, transformers, accumulators, and other instruments or things, and for regulating the supply thereof, and for the purpose of ascertaining the quantity of current or energy consumed, absorbed, or supplied; and if any person hinder such officer as aforesaid, at any reasonable time, from entering and making such inspection, he shall, for every such offence, be liable to forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

“That if any person supplied with electrical current or energy neglect to pay the rent due for the same to the company, the company may stop such current or energy from entering the premises of such person by switching the same off, or by such means as the company shall think fit, and may recover the rent due from such person, together with the expense of switching off the current or energy, 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 authorised to switch off and take away the supply of electrical current or energy from any house, building, or premises under the provisions of the Act, the company, their agents or workmen, after giving forty-eight 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 9 in the forenoon and 4 in the afternoon, and remove and carry away any main, switch, transformer, accumulator, meter, fittings, or other things being 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 Electric Lines Act, 1884,’ or to ‘The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,’ or to any statutory amendment thereof, or to any Road Board or County Council Act of the General Assembly, 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 £5 for the breach of any by-law or regulation of the company.”