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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

sent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the additional regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth revoke such or so much of the regulations made by the aforesaid Order in Council as are inconsistent therewith; and doth hereby order that such additional regulations and such fees and rates shall be read as part of the regulations first herein mentioned, and shall have effect on and from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

WEATHER TELEGRAMS FOR SHIPPING.

MASTERS of vessels shall be permitted to forward messages at one uniform rate of 6d. for each message (including reply) addressed “Weather,” Wellington. At any station where the telegraphic report giving the state of the weather in different parts of the Dominion is exhibited, a person so desiring shall be supplied with a copy daily, except Sunday, at a charge of £1 per annum.

TRANSMISSION OF TELEGRAMS BY TELEPHONE.

A subscriber to a telephone exchange at a chief office, but whose telegrams are addressed to a suboffice connected therewith, shall, if he so desires, have such telegrams transmitted by telephone from the suboffice through the exchange on payment of the same fee as would be chargeable for telephoning telegrams from the chief office.

The charges for transmitting telegrams by telephone shall be as follows:—

At all chief offices, namely,—

Auckland, Hokitika, Thames,
Blenheim, Invercargill, Timaru,
Christchurch, Napier, Wanganui,
Dunedin, Nelson, Wellington,
Gisborne, New Plymouth, Westport,
Greymouth, Oamaru,

For all telephone messages, provided the telephone conversation does not exceed three minutes in duration,—

For any one year, or portion of a year exceeding six months … … … £ s. d.
1 0 0
For any period exceeding three months but not exceeding six months … 0 10 0
For any period not exceeding three months … … … … … … … … 0 5 0
For each additional three minutes or fraction thereof in respect of any transmission … 0 0 3

The annual subscription must be made to fall due on the 1st January, and must be renewed from that date.

Or, for each separate transmission, provided the telephone conversation does not exceed three minutes … … … … … … … … 0 0 3
For each additional three minutes or fraction thereof … … … … … … 0 0 3

At all other offices … … … … … Free.

At these places the free service shall not extend beyond the transmission of fifty words at a time if the telephone is required for any other purpose.

To prevent duplication of messages telephoned to a telegraph-office for transmission the word “transmitted” shall be written in a conspicuous place on the form after the message has been telephoned, otherwise the charge for a second transmission shall be incurred.

When the sender of a telegram desires that it be transmitted to the addressee by telephone, the sender shall pay a fee of 3d. for the telephoning, in addition to the prescribed rates for urgent or ordinary telegrams, and the words “To be telephoned” shall be inserted in the place reserved for such instructions.

SPECIAL-MESSENGER SERVICE.

• On Sundays double charges shall be payable for the delivery of letters or packets by special messenger.

TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.

The following charges for extra telephones shall be payable:—

For extra telephones (in addition to cost of fitting), if connected by switch, £1 per annum; if connected by annunciator, £2 per annum. For a connection with a private annunciator which can be used for intercommunication as well as for speaking through the exchange, an additional £1 per annum beyond the rate for an ordinary extension telephone.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Rangitikei Agricultural and Pastoral Association incorporated.—Notice No. 1518.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of July, 1911.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Rangitikei Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the style and title of “The Rangitikei Agricultural and Pastoral Association.”

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under the Tramways Amendment Act, 1910, as to Electric-tram Drivers’ Certificates.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of July, 1911.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Tramways Amendment Act, 1910, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations prescribing the mode of conducting examinations for electric-tram drivers’ certificates, the subjects for examination, the fees to be paid on application for examination, and the forms of certificates to be issued: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section two, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes aforesaid, and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS.

1. APPLICANTS for examination for electric-tram drivers’ certificates shall forward an application for examination to the Chief Inspector of Machinery, at Wellington, at least twenty-one days prior to the date fixed for the examination. Such application shall be in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto. Forms of application can be obtained at the offices of the Inspectors of Machinery at any of the places mentioned in Regulation 3 hereof.

2. The applicant may, if he thinks fit, forward with the original certificate referred to in paragraph (a) of the said form of application a copy of the said certificate, in which case the original certificate shall be returned to the applicant and the copy shall be filed with the papers relating to the application. If a copy is not so forwarded, the original certificate shall be retained in the office of the Chief Inspector of Machinery. The medical certificate referred to in paragraph (b) of the said form shall be retained by the Department.

3. If necessary, examinations for electric-tram drivers’ certificates shall be held at Auckland, Wanganui, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, commencing on the first week-day of the months of February, May, August, and November in each year, and also at such other times and places as the Board of Examiners directs.

4. Examinations may be either written or oral and practical, or partly written and partly oral and practical, as the Board of Examiners from time to time directs or authorizes.

5. Applicants for examination shall not take into the examination-room any book, paper, document, or memorandum of any description whatsoever. Any applicant who commits a breach of this regulation may be dis-