Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2597

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 Land Transfer Act, 1908, in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Schedule so far as regards the description of the Wellington Land Registration District, and doth substitute therefor the description following :—

Bounded towards the north-east generally by the Auckland Land Registration District as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, of the seventh January, one thousand nine hundred and four, from the confluence of the Wanganui River and the Ongaruhe River to the western boundary of the Hawke’s Bay Land Registration District as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; thence towards the east and north generally by the said Hawke’s Bay Land Registration District to the sea; thence towards the south-east, south-west, and west generally by the sea to the mouth of the Patea River; and thence by the Taranaki Land Registration District as described in the said Order in Council to the place of commencement: including the adjacent islands and the Chatham Islands.

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

Amendment of Regulations under the Education Act, 1908, regarding Pupil-teachers.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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 amend in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto the regulations in force relating to pupil-teachers, and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

THE regulations relating to training colleges and pupil-teachers, made by Orders in Council dated the 15th day of March, 1905, and the 11th day of September, 1905, are hereby amended, so far as they relate to pupil-teachers, as follows :—

1. As to clause 5, subclause (iii) (a), thereof, by inserting after the words “The Civil Service Junior Examination” the words “or the Intermediate Examination, or has obtained an Intermediate Certificate.”

2. As to clause 6 thereof, by adding the following sub-clause :—

“(vii.) A pupil-teacher who at any time after his appointment has passed the Civil Service Junior Examination, or the Intermediate Examination, or has been granted an Intermediate Certificate, shall be entitled to rank as a second-year pupil-teacher as from the nearest first of January.”

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

Appointing a Member of an Assessment Court under the Valuation of Land Act, 1908.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of August, 1912.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Valuation of Land 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 appoint

JOHN E. LANE

to be a member of the Assessment Court for the County of Hawke’s Bay.

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

Authorizing the Opotiki Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Opotiki.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of August, 1912.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued by the Governor in Council under that Act: And whereas the Opotiki Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) desires to erect electric lines within the Borough of Opotiki, and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby authorize the Council to erect, construct, lay down, and maintain electric lines for lighting and power purposes within the Borough of Opotiki, along the routes shown by means of red lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 31459, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

1. In the following conditions—

“Consumer’s wires” means any electric line on a consumer’s premises which is connected to the service lines of the Council.

“Pressure” means the difference of electrical potential between any two conductors through which a supply of energy is given, or between any part of either conductor and the earth.

“Inspecting Engineer” means the Engineer or other officer appointed by the Minister for the purpose of inspecting the works to be constructed or maintained by the Council.

“Minister” means the Minister of Public Works.

“Telegraph” includes telephone.

Any metallic body to be “efficiently connected with earth” shall be connected with the general mass of the earth in such manner as will ensure at all times an immediate and safe discharge of electrical energy.

2. The supply of electrical energy shall be given to private consumers by means of direct current on the two- or three-wire system at a pressure of 230 volts effective between each of the outer wires and the neutral and 460 volts between the two outer wires. The declared voltage at the consumer’s terminals shall be 230 and 460 volts respectively.

3. The neutral wire shall be efficiently insulated throughout its length, and shall be earthed only at the power-station. The earth connection shall be provided with a switch for cutting off the earth connection for testing, and with a recording ammeter reading to a maximum of 5 amperes.

4. The main switchboard shall be made of and be mounted on material that is not inflammable.

5. Except where otherwise provided, the overhead conductors may be bare. If at any time it is found detrimental to the public safety to have these wires bare, the Minister may require the Council to have them insulated, and they shall thereupon be insulated accordingly. No electric-light wire shall come within 3 ft. of any other class of aerial wires or of cables, except where it may be permitted to pass the electric-light wires through such other wires or cables at a pole.

6. Where lead-covered telephone cables or any open telegraph or other aerial wires are crossed above or beneath by the electric-light wires, the latter wires shall be insulated with not less than 600-megohms-per-mile grade of vulcanized rubber throughout the crossing-span, and over every such span they shall be suitably suspended from effectively earthed steel bearer-wires if the Minister of Telegraphs shall so require.

7. In places where it may be required to cross with the electric-light wires through any other aerial wires or through cables, all such through crossings, if permitted, shall be effected at a pole. In every case of a through crossing, no matter whose property the lines crossed through may be, the method of carrying the electric-light wires across the pole, protecting them thereon, preventing other wires from coming into contact with them, and