Nov. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3507

by the use of the licensed apparatus, interfere with naval signalling.
(2.) If the Admiralty are of opinion that the working of the licensed apparatus at any ship-station is inconsistent with the free use of naval signalling; the licensee shall, when required in writing by the Minister of Telegraphs so to do, close the said station.
(3.) These provisions for the protection of naval signalling shall be construed to be without prejudice to the generality of any other provisions of the license.
6. The licensee shall observe the International Telegraph Convention and the International Telegraph Regulations so far as the said convention and regulations are capable of being applied to wireless telegraphy in common with ordinary land and submarine telegraphy.
7. The licensee shall observe the provisions of any regulations from time to time made under the provisions of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and its amendments, by the Governor in Council or by the Minister of Telegraphs in relation to the conduct of wireless-telegraph business, so far as the same are applicable to the licensee.
8. The licensee shall observe the provisions of the Radio-telegraphic Convention, 1906.
9. The licensee shall comply with all such directions and observe all such rules as may be given or made by the Minister of Telegraphs from time to time for the purpose of preventing interference with the working of any other wireless-telegraph station, and for enabling the messages exchanged by means of the licensed apparatus to be distinguished from those emanating from any other wireless-telegraph station.
10. The licensed apparatus shall not, without the consent of the Minister of Telegraphs, be altered or modified in any respect.
11. The licensee shall at all times indemnify the Minister of Telegraphs against all actions, claims, and demands which may be brought or made by any corporation, company, or person in respect of any injury arising from any act licensed or permitted by these regulations.
12. (1.) Except as provided in these regulations, the licensee shall transmit messages by means of the licensed apparatus on equal terms, without favour or preference, whether as regards rates of charge, order of transmission, or otherwise.
(2.) In respect of messages transmitted on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the licensee shall charge rates not in excess of half of the rates charged to the ordinary public.
13. The licensee shall, so far as possible, receive from ships and light-stations all requests for assistance and all signals of distress, and shall answer such requests and signals and re-transmit them with the least possible delay to the proper authorities by means of the licensed apparatus or by any other means in the power of the licensee.
14. The licensed apparatus at ship-stations shall be worked only by a person or persons holding a certificate or certificates issued by the Minister of Telegraphs. Certificates shall be granted to persons of such technical proficiency, and shall be in such form and subject to such conditions, as the Minister of Telegraphs shall from time to time prescribe.
15. (1.) The licensee shall not divulge to any person (other than properly authorized officials of His Majesty's Government or a competent legal tribunal) or make any use whatever of any message coming to the knowledge of the licensee and transmitted by naval signalling or by any system of wireless telegraphy provided or maintained by or for the purposes of the Minister of Telegraphs, or any Department of His Majesty's Government, or by any licensee of the Minister of Telegraphs (other than the licensee).
(2.) The licensee shall render to the Minister of Telegraphs such accounts as the Minister of Telegraphs shall direct in respect of all charges due or payable under the Radio-telegraphic Convention, 1906, in respect of messages exchanged between licensed ship-stations and coast-stations, and shall pay to the Minister of Telegraphs, at such times and in such manner as the Minister of Telegraphs shall direct, all sums which shall be due from the licensee under such accounts.
16. The licensee shall keep full accounts, records, and registers of all messages transmitted by means of the licensed apparatus; and in such registers each of such messages shall be accompanied by its identifying number and date, and full particulars of its place of origin and of ultimate destination, and such further particulars as the Minister of Telegraphs shall from time to time reasonably require to be shown, messages on His Majesty's service being in such registers distinguished from other messages. The licensee shall preserve all used message-forms written and printed, and transcripts of messages, and all other papers for such period as is from time to time prescribed by the Radio-telegraphic Convention, 1906, and, in default of any provisions on the subject in the said convention, for such period as is from time to time prescribed by the International Telegraph Regulations;

and such registers and message-papers shall be open to the inspection of the Minister of Telegraphs or his authorized officers.
17. The Minister of Telegraphs, and any agent authorized in that behalf in writing by him, may at all reasonable times enter upon any licensed ship-station for the purpose of inspecting, and may inspect, any apparatus fixed or being in such station for the purpose of sending and receiving messages by wireless telegraphy, and all other telegraphic instruments and apparatus fixed or being in such station, and the working and user of such apparatus and telegraphic instruments.
18. The licensee shall carry on every ship on which a ship-station is established a print or copy of the license, certified under the hand of an appropriate officer of the Minister of Telegraphs to be a true copy, and also such documents as may be prescribed by the Minister of Telegraphs for the purpose of enabling the licensee to communicate with coast-stations in accordance with the Radio-telegraphic Convention, 1906.
19. (1.) Every license shall be in force for the period of one year from the date of the granting thereof and no longer, but may be renewed from year to year.
(2.) The licensee shall pay to the Minister of Telegraphs for and in respect of the license granted a royalty of 5s. in respect of each ship-station at which the licensed apparatus is installed.
(3.) All royalties payable under any license shall be payable on the date of the granting thereof, or, in the case of the establishment of any new ship-station, on the first day of the first month after the installation of the licensed apparatus; and in the event of the renewal of the license, on the date of such renewal.
20. Except with the consent in writing of the Minister of Telegraphs, the licensee shall not assign, underlet, or otherwise dispose of or admit any other person or body to participate in the benefit of the licenses, powers, or authorities hereby granted, or any of such licenses, powers, or authorities.
21. If and whenever an emergency shall have arisen in which it is expedient for the public service that His Majesty's Government shall have control over the transmission of messages by the licensed apparatus, it shall be lawful for any officer in command of any of His Majesty's ships of war to cause the licensed apparatus or any part thereof to be taken possession of in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, and to be used for His Majesty's service and subject thereto for such ordinary services as to the said officer may seem fit, and in that event any person authorized by the said officer may enter upon any ship on which any such apparatus is installed and take possession of the said apparatus and use the same as aforesaid.
22. Any such officer may in such event as aforesaid, instead of taking possession of the licensed apparatus as aforesaid, direct and authorize such persons as he may think fit to assume the control of the transmission of messages by the licensed apparatus either wholly or partly and in such manner as he may direct, and such persons may enter upon any ship on which any apparatus is installed accordingly; or the said officer may direct the licensee to submit to him, or any person authorized by him, all messages tendered for transmission or arriving by the licensed apparatus, or any class or classes of such messages, to stop or delay the transmission of any messages or deliver the same to him or his agent, and generally to obey all such directions with reference to the transmission of messages as the said officer may prescribe, and the licensee shall obey and conform to all such directions.
23. The licensee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for any damage to the licensed apparatus arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by the foregoing clauses.
24. In any of the following cases, that is to say :-
(a.) In case any sum of money which ought to be paid by the licensee to the Minister of Telegraphs under or by virtue of these regulations shall be in arrear and unpaid for one calendar month after the time at which the same ought to be paid under or by virtue of the provisions herein contained ; or
(b.) In case of any breach, non-observance, or non-performance by or on the part of the licensee of any of the provisions (other than a provision for the payment of money) or conditions herein contained,
then and in any such case the Minister of Telegraphs may, by notice in writing, revoke and determine the license, powers, and authorities and each and every of them as to all or any of the ship-stations hereby licensed, and thereupon the said license, powers, and authorities and each and every of them shall absolutely cease, determine, and become void as to all or any of the said ship-stations, as the case may be, but without prejudice to any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued or shall thereafter accrue to the Minister of Telegraphs under these regulations or otherwise.