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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Validating the Voting-papers used at the Poll in connection with a Loan of £3,000 applied for by the Hungahunga Drainage Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of May, 1907.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Hungahunga Drainage Board has applied to the Colonial Treasurer, under Part II of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901,” for a loan of three thousand pounds for the construction of drainage-works for the drainage of the Hungahunga Drainage District: And whereas by section eleven of the said Act and section thirteen of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1903,” it is provided that the form of voting-paper to be used at any poll of ratepayers taken upon a proposal for a loan shall be the Form No. 1 of the Schedule of the said amendment Act: And whereas the voting-papers used at the poll of ratepayers taken under the provisions of the said Acts, upon the proposal to raise the loan aforesaid, on the nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, were not in the form aforesaid, but were in the form provided by “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” and did not contain the date of such poll: And whereas the Governor is satisfied that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by this irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said poll and voting-paper:

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 and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby validate the form of voting-paper so used at the said recited poll of ratepayers, and doth hereby declare that all proceedings thereunder shall be and be deemed to have been as good, valid, and effectual as if the said form of voting-paper had been regular and in order.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Hour for Closing of Poll at Election of Members of Wanganui Harbour Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of April, 1907.

Present :
THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in him by “The Local Elections Act, 1904,” 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 extend the hour at which the poll for the election of the elective members of the Wanganui Harbour Board, to be held and taken under “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and “The Wanganui Harbour Board Act, 1893,” shall close, to seven o’clock in the afternoon of the day of election.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Telephone Exchange.—Charges for Continuous Attendance.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of May, 1907.

Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six, regulations were made under the authority of “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the purposes, inter alia, of communication by means of telephone exchanges: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the charges therein prescribed for connection with a telephone exchange open continuously and to make others in lieu thereof:

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 and charges set forth in sections eleven to eighteen, inclusive, under the heading “Telephone Exchanges,” sub-head “Charges,” of the Schedule to the aforementioned Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations and fix the charges set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order that such charges shall have effect on and after the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

CHARGES.

11. In addition to the entrance fee of £1, the charge per annum payable in respect of the hire for any telephone instrument connected with a Government telephone exchange is as follows:—

To every subscriber for a single wire, as from the date of connection:—

At exchanges which are open continuously—
Business establishments .. .. .. £ s.
And private residences .. .. .. 7 0
Or business establishments and private residences if so agreed, each .. .. .. 5 0
At exchanges which are not open continuously—
Business establishments and private residences 5 0

In cases where two or more subscribers use the same wire the subscription is an initial subscription for each connection, plus an equal share of the charge for the extra mileage. Thus, three subscribers on a wire 320 chains in length would pay £7 per annum each for private, and £9 6s. 8d. each for business connections at a principal exchange open continuously.

The chainage is calculated on the most distant telephone from the exchange. Only £1 entrance fee is required.

12. Extra telephone (in addition to cost of fitting), £1 per annum. Special instruments or appliances, as per agreement. Printing name of subscriber in telephone list, free. Printing of additional names of subscribers in connection with the same number: For each additional entry, 10s. Private annunciators: A fee of 5s. per annum is made for the use of the hole on the annunciator by which the exchange-connection is obtained.

13. The above rates are for connections with a telephone exchange of warehouses, stores, shops, and business places not more than half a mile from the exchange, and of private residences not more than one mile from the telephone exchange.

14. For every additional quarter of a mile or fraction thereof, for each year commencing from the date of connection, and for every following year, 10s.

15. Where any connection with an exchange is over one mile in length the applicant will be required to hold the same for three years.

16. If a connection with a telephone exchange necessitates the erection of a new line of poles beyond one mile, then the additional charge after the first mile will be at the rate of £1 per annum for every quarter of a mile or fraction thereof.

17. For connections over three miles in length the subscriber will be charged at ordinary rates on the first three miles. For the portion beyond that distance he will be required to pay the cost of erection of the line, and an annual maintenance charge of £1 for each quarter of a mile or fraction thereof if the line is on new poles, or 10s. for each quarter of a mile if the wire is on an existing line of poles.

18. The following are the hours of attendance observed at telephone exchanges, according to the number of paying subscribers connected therewith:—

Subscribers. Hours.
a.m. p.m.
Up to 65 .. .. 9 to 5
Over 65 and up to 100 .. 8 „ 8
„ 100 „ 125 .. 8 „ 10
„ 125 „ 150 .. 8 „ midnight.
„ 150 .. .. Open continuously if desired by subscribers, and payment at rate of £7 per annum for business connections, or of £6 per annum for business and private connections together, be agreed to.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.