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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

(9.) On payment of the charge for the transmitting—at the prescribed rates for urgent
or ordinary telegrams, as the case may be—of the three words required to convey the
direction, the sender of a telegram may insert in the place reserved therein for instructions
the direction “To be telephoned,” and thereupon such telegram, upon arrival at the
telegraph-office of destination, shall be forthwith telephoned through the telephone
exchange to the addressee, if such addressee is a subscriber to that exchange; and in
other respects the provisions made for the transmission of telegrams to addressees through
telephone exchanges at their own request shall, as far as applicable, apply to such
telegram.

TELEPHONE BUREAUX.

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 New Zealand:—
   For every period of three minutes—
   For a distance not exceeding 25 miles:
   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. Owners of private telephone lines led into a bureau may use the departmental
   lines when available for speaking purposes through such bureau. The charges for this
   service are the same as those payable by non-subscribers, the distance being calculated
   from the telephone bureau.

4. When a message to the effect that any person is required to attend at a telephone
   bureau is sent to such bureau for delivery beyond the premises in which the 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.

5. Any one person may only use the wire for six minutes at a time—that is to say,
   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.

6. 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 Minister, 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
   paragraph (a).

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

8. The long-distance circuits are: Invercargill–Dunedin, Dunedin–Christchurch,
   Christchurch–Wellington, Wellington–Napier, Wellington–Auckland, Napier–Gisborne,
   and Napier–Auckland.

PRIVATE LINES.

CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH LINE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, SUPPLIED WITH INSTRUMENTS,
AND MAINTAINED.

1. Application should be made direct to the Superintendent of Electric Lines,
   Wellington, for any information regarding the cost of construction and the conditions
   under which private lines will be constructed or supplied with instruments.

2. The erection of private lines is not permissible on telegraph or telephone poles,
   nor may such lines be connected with departmental earth-wires, except as specified in
   clause 3.

3. Private wires between places of business or other premises within towns where
   there are telephone-poles available, which in the opinion of the Superintendent of
   Electric Lines may be used for carrying such private wires without detriment to the
   Department’s business, may be erected on such telephone-poles at the cost of the
   applicant, and maintained by the Department at the following rates, payable yearly in
   advance:—