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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

Renewing Electric Lines Regulations.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this first day of November, 1911.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the fifth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and the seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and ten, the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and the twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven respectively, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, for the management and control of telephone exchanges, telephone bureaux, and private lines, prescribing the charges to be levied for connection with a telephone exchange, fixing and determining telephone-bureau charges, and fixing rates and fees for the construction, supply, and maintenance of private telephone lines by the Post and Telegraph Department, under the titles “Telephone Exchanges,” “Telephone Bureaux,” and “Private Lines”: And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulations and charges and to make others in lieu thereof:

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 of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations and the rates and charges hereinbefore mentioned for the purposes specifically set forth above, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations and fix the rates and charges for the same purposes set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order that such regulations, rates, and charges shall have effect on and from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

SCHEDULE.

TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.

1. WHERE a telephone exchange is established, the Department is prepared to receive applications from intending subscribers, subject to the conditions and regulations set forth hereunder, or any amendments or extensions thereof.

2. Every person desiring to hire any telephone instruments or set of telephones connected with a telephone exchange shall make application to the Secretary, General Post Office, on the form supplied for that purpose by the Department.

3. In addition to the tabulated rates, an entrance fee of £1 must accompany all first applications. Subsequent applications for additional connections to the same exchange will be exempt from the entrance fee, providing a pre-existing connection is simultaneously held for one year after the date of the additional connection.

4. Subscribers at each exchange will be furnished with a list of persons with whom they may communicate by telephone, and as new subscribers are connected with the system from time to time notification of the fact will be given by the Department.

5. The Minister of Telegraphs may refuse to connect with the telephone exchange any place of business, house, or premises which in the opinion of the Minister is or are used for any illegal, immoral, or improper purpose, and may, either with or without previous notice, exclude from the telephone exchange any subscriber who allows the telephone instruments in his custody or control to be damaged or destroyed, or put to any improper use, and may remove or cause to be removed any instruments allotted to the use of such subscriber. No person shall have any claim for damages or otherwise whatsoever in consequence of the refusal of the said Minister to connect any place of business or house with the exchange for any of the causes aforesaid, or in consequence of the removal of any instruments, or the exclusion of any subscriber as aforesaid.

6. All charges payable in respect of the hire of any telephone instruments shall be paid half-yearly in advance, but for distances over three miles the charges may, if desired by the subscriber, be paid quarterly in advance, the first payment to commence from the date when the connection with the telephone exchange is completed, and to cover the then current quarter or half-year.

7. If such payment is not made within one week after demand, the connection with the exchange may be discontinued without prejudice to any proceedings for the recovery of any moneys then due or otherwise.

8. Telephones connected with exchanges are to be used on the business of the subscriber or that of his employees, family, or guests only.

9. No extra telephones, special instruments, or appliances other than those provided and maintained by the Department will be allowed to be used by any subscriber in connection with an exchange wire.

10. It shall be optional on the part of the Minister of Telegraphs to permit any premises of any public hospital, or public benevolent or charitable institution duly acknowledged as such by the Minister, to be connected with a telephone exchange at half the business rates (other than the entrance fee) as detailed in clause 11. Such institutions will be required to bear the cost of any line-construction beyond 1 mile from the exchange in order to qualify for the reduced rental beyond the mile.

CHARGES.

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