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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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colony, doth hereby consent to the Rangitata Road Board
closing the road mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as
above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Chief
Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land
District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Use of Telephone Trunk Wires.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1905.

Present:
The Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., presiding in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, regulations were made under the authority of “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the purposes of the transmission of telegrams by means of electric lines, and for their delivery, and for the disposal of all unclaimed or undelivered telegrams, and for fixing and determining the fees and rates to be demanded and received for the transmission of any telegram or otherwise, and also with respect to telephones: And whereas it is expedient to revoke certain of the regulations, fees, and rates therein set out and prescribed, and to make others in lieu thereof for the same purposes in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations, fees, and rates in such Order in Council mentioned under the headings of “Charges when Office re-opened by Special Request,” “Telephone Exchanges,” and “Telephone Bureaux,” and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations and fix the fees and rates set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that such amended regulations and fees and rates shall have effect on and from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

USE OF TELEPHONE TRUNK WIRES.

1. A “TELEPHONE bureau” means any ordinary telegraph or telephone office which is mentioned as a bureau in the list of telegraph-offices published in the Post and Telegraph Guide for the time being, as well as any such bureau specifically constituted.

2. The following are the charges to be paid by the public for the use of Government telephones at a telephone bureau in the colony:—

For every period of three minutes—
For a distance not exceeding 25 miles: s. d.
For subscribers to telephone exchanges .. 0 3
" non-subscribers .. 0 6
Over 25 miles and not exceeding 50 miles:
For all persons .. .. .. 0 6
50 miles and not exceeding 75 miles:
For all persons .. .. .. 0 9
75 miles and not exceeding 100 miles:
For all persons .. .. .. 1 0
100 miles and not exceeding 140 miles:
For all persons .. .. .. 1 6
140 miles and not exceeding 180 miles:
For all persons .. .. .. 2 0
And for every succeeding distance of 40 miles or less .. .. .. .. .. 0 6

3. When a message to the effect that any person is required at a telephone is sent to a bureau for delivery beyond the premises in which such bureau is situated, 3d. will be charged for delivery. These charges must be paid by the sender. Messages for addresses outside the ordinary delivery limits are subject to special charges for delivery, according to the extra expense thereby incurred.

4. Any one person may only use the wire for six minutes at a time—that is to say, that if another person requires the wire, at the end of six minutes it must be given up. Should the wire not be asked for, then the person using it may continue to do so at tariff rate. On Sundays ordinary rates only are charged.

Long-distance Communications.

5. The following are the charges for the use of Government telephones for the purpose of conversing over long-distance wires on Sundays or at other times approved by the Commissioner, usually between midnight and 8 a.m.:

(a.) When the conversation takes place through exchanges which are open continuously, or through other exchanges or bureaux during the ordinary hours of attendance of switchboard or bureau attendants: For a period not exceeding six minutes, 2s. 6d.; and a further charge of 2s. 6d. for every additional period of six minutes or portion of six minutes.

(b.) When special attendance of switchboard or bureau attendants out of ordinary hours of attendance is required, then for each switchboard or bureau attendant called upon to make the necessary wire-connections: For every hour or less, 2s. 6d., in addition to the charges set forth in subsection (a).

6. No free conversations on public service are permitted over long-distance circuits.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Regulations for Deer-shooting, Nelson.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1905.

Present:
The Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., presiding in Council.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same (hereinafter called “the said Acts”), 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, doth hereby make the following regulations respecting the deer-shooting season within the Nelson District, comprising the Counties of Waimea, Buller, Takaka, and Collingwood, and hereinafter called “the said district.”

REGULATIONS.

1. Red deer stags and fallow deer bucks may be taken or killed within the said district from the 24th day of February, 1906, to the 23rd day of April, 1906, both days inclusive.

2. Licenses to kill such deer may be issued by the Chief Postmasters at Nelson and Westport, on payment of a license fee of twenty shillings, in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto, and subject to the said Acts and these regulations.

3. No licensee shall be allowed to take or kill more than six red deer stags or fallow deer bucks, and the said Chief Postmasters shall not issue more than one license to take or kill deer to the same person.

4. No doe, hind, or fawn will be allowed to be killed on any pretext whatever; and no dogs will be allowed to accompany either the licensee or any attendant he may have with him.

5. Nothing herein contained shall extend to authorising any person to sell any deer, or portion thereof.

SCHEDULE.

No. . License to take or kill Game (Deer).
, of , having this day paid the sum of £ , is hereby authorised to take or kill deer (bucks or stags) within the District of , from the day of , 1906, to the day of , 1906 (both days inclusive), subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the amendments thereof.

Dated at , this day of , 190 .

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.