SEPT. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2359

Authorising the Laying-off of Norman Street, in the Town of Vogeltown Extension No. 1, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 10th September, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, David Buddo, Acting Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Norman Street, in the Town of Vogeltown Extension No. 1, Taranaki Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Authorising the Laying-off of Rangiatea Road, in the Town of Rangiatea, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 13th September, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, David Buddo, Acting Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Rangiatea Road, in the Town of Rangiatea, Auckland Land District, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Authorising the Laying-off of Nettie Street, in the Town of Te Kuiti Extension No. 5, of a Width of not less than 66 ft.

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Department of Lands,
Wellington, 15th September, 1909.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by section 15 of “The Land Act, 1908,” I, David Buddo, Acting Minister of Lands, do hereby authorise the laying-off of Nettie Street, in the Town of Te Kuiti Extension No. 5, of a width of not less than 66 ft., instead of 99 ft.

D. BUDDO,
Acting Minister of Lands.

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Notice to Mariners No. 73 of 1909.

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OTAGO HARBOUR.—TIME-SIGNAL.

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Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 10th September, 1909.

NOTICE is hereby given that the time-signal ball dropped from the flagstaff at Port Chalmers Signal-station has been discontinued.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Plan No. 2411; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition, 1908, Chap. viii, page 256; “New Zealand Nautical Almanac,” page 200.

J. A. MILLAR.

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Varied Notice fixing Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Borough of Hastings under the Shops and Offices Act.

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WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Hastings, has been forwarded to me, desiring that the closing-hours for all such shops in the borough shall be fixed as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at 6 p.m.; Wednesdays at 1 p.m.; and Saturdays at 9.30 p.m.: And whereas the Hastings Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Hastings:

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that, from and after the 20th day of September, 1909, all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Hastings shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

The notice gazetted the 21st day of May, 1908, fixing the closing-hours of all shops in the borough is hereby varied accordingly.

Dated at Wellington, this 14th day of September, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

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“Conscience Money” received.

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The Treasury,
Wellington, 7th September, 1909.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge the receipt of the sum of 9d., forwarded to the Railway Department as “conscience money” to the Government by a person unknown.

ROBERT J. COLLINS,
Receiver-General.

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Examining Telegraph Codes.

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THE following is published for the information of persons telegraphing in code language:—

1. The telegraph administrations of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany have been designated by the International Telegraph Conference of Lisbon, on behalf of the International Telegraph Union, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2 of Article VIII of the International Telegraph Regulations, for the purpose of examining codes and vocabularies of code-words, or of syllables intended to be used in the formation of code-words. Thus, persons concerned can obtain an assurance that their codes or vocabularies are in conformity with the requirements of the aforesaid paragraphs. This assurance is given by means of a certificate.

2. Persons desirous of submitting codes for examination on behalf of the International Telegraph Union should apply to the Secretary, General Post Office, Wellington. Applicants must forward with their applications, at their own expense, three copies of each code to be examined. These copies will remain the property of the three administrations.

3. Codes may be submitted in manuscript, provided that they are legibly written, but in the case of those which it is intended subsequently to print, a final certificate will not be issued until after a printed copy of the code has been sent to each of the three administrations, and it has been ascertained that this copy is in conformity with the documents which were examined.

4. Applicants must furnish any particulars which may be considered necessary to explain the method of formation of the code-words which they desire to use. No information as to the meanings attached to the words is required. Unpublished codes, as well as any particulars furnished by applicants, will be regarded as confidential.

5. It is desirable that codes should be submitted without delay, and, if possible, before the 1st January, 1910.

6. The attached extract from the International Telegraph Regulations shows the conditions to which code-words must conform.

7. The decision of the administrations as to the refusal of a certificate is final. The administrations will, however, endeavour, as far as possible, to afford the persons concerned an opportunity of modifying their codes in order to obtain a certificate.

8. The certificate will apply solely to the code in respect of which it is issued, and will lapse if the code is modified without approval.

9. The submission of codes for examination is optional. Codes which are not certificated will continue to be available, in so far as they are in conformity with the regulations.

10. The administrations will not be liable for any loss or damage which may be incurred or sustained in consequence of anything done or omitted to be done in connection with the approval or non-approval of any code, or the issue or non-issue of any certificate.

By order.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th September, 1909.

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EXTRACT FROM INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH REGULATIONS.

Article VIII.

1. Code language is that which is composed of words not forming intelligible phrases in one or more of the languages authorised for telegraphic correspondence in plain language.

2. The words, whether genuine or artificial, must be formed of syllables capable of pronunciation according to the current usage of one of the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, or Latin. Artificial words must not contain the accented letters ä, á, â, é, ñ, ö, ü.

Codes intended for correspondence in code language may be submitted to the telegraph administrations designated for the purpose, with a view to allow those concerned to obtain an assurance that the words contained in codes fulfil the conditions of the present paragraph.