JUNE 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

TARANAKI WARD.

The Borough of Inglewood, the Waiwakaiho, Waitara West, and Moa Road Districts, and the North Riding of the Stratford County.

STRATFORD WARD.

The Borough of Stratford, the East, South, and West Ridings of the Stratford County, and the whole of the Whangamomona County.

ELTHAM WARD.

The Borough of Eltham, Kaponga Town District, and the Omona, South, Kaponga, Eltham, and Mangatoki Ridings.

WAIMATE WARD.

The Town of Manaia, and the Waimate, Hawera, and Kaupokonui Ridings.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, &c., County of Cook.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that the preparation of the rolls for the County of Cook, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times mentioned in “The Counties Act, 1908,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said “Counties Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the defaulters’ list and the rolls for ridings within the County of Cook: Until the 11th day of June, 1909.

2. Time for which such list and rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 12th day of June, 1909, to the 1st day of July, 1909.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 8th day of July, 1909.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 26th day of July, 1909.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 2nd day of August, 1909.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Payment for Overtime.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made on the twenty-fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine, under “The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nine, regulations were made, inter alia, fixing the places at which payment for working overtime would be made to officers of the Post and Telegraph Department: And it is desirable to add to the number of such places in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby revoke the hereinbefore-mentioned Order in Council and the regulation numbered two thereby made, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth further order and declare that such regulation shall be read as part of the regulations made on the fifteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, under “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” and “The Post Office Act, 1900,” and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and shall have effect on and after the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

OVERTIME.

2. Subject to the provisions of Regulations 3 to 6, overtime shall be paid for as follows:—

(a.) To officers called on to perform either postal duties in the sorting and delivery of mails or in other operations incidental thereto, or telegraph duties, at the following post or telegraph offices at which there are regular shifts or changes of staff—namely, the post or the telegraph office at Ashburton, Auckland, Blenheim, Bluff, Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunedin, Gisborne, Gore, Greymouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Masterton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Palmerston North, Thames, Timaru, Wakapuaka, Wanganui, Wellington, Wellington South, and Westport: For Sunday attendance; for attendance on departmental holidays; and for attendance on other days in excess of forty-eight hours weekly.

(b.) To officers called on to perform telegraph duties for Press-work on Sunday at the following offices—namely, Feilding, Hamilton, Hastings, Hawera, Kaikoura, Lyttelton, Marton, Onehunga, Port Chalmers, Reefton, Rotorua, and Waitara.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Rates and Charges for certain Telephone Connections.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of June, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, regulations were made under the authority of “The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, prescribing charges to be levied for connection with a telephone exchange: And whereas it is expedient to alter and amend such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations numbered two and eleven under the heading “Telephone Exchanges” in the Schedule to the above-recited Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order that such regulations shall be read as part of the regulations first herein mentioned, and shall have effect on and after the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

2. It shall be optional on the part of the Minister of Telegraphs to permit any premises of any hospital or benevolent or charitable institution, duly acknowledged by the Minister of Telegraphs, to be connected with a telephone exchange at half the rates or charges (other than the entrance fee) hereinafter specified in regulation number eleven; but in the event of new lines being required for such institutions the institutions shall pay the whole cost of the new lines in addition to the half-rates or charges as herein mentioned.