Oct. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3133

Exempting Portion of the South-eastern Side of Gladstone Road, in the Taieri County, from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to certain Conditions as to the Building-line.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October, 1912.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of a road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part hereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council :

And whereas by subsection two of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and clause (b) of subsection one of section thirteen of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose, and may refer to one or both sides of the road or street :

And whereas the Taieri County Council, the local authority having control of the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto, did by resolution declare that the provisions of the said section one hundred and seventeen should not apply to the said portion of road :

And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved in so far as it refers to the south-eastern side of the portion of Gladstone Road described in the Schedule hereto, subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the said resolution to the extent hereinbefore mentioned in the last preceding paragraph hereof, subject to the conditions that no building or part of a building shall be erected at any time on the south-eastern side of that part of Gladstone Road described in the Schedule hereto within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of that portion of road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of Gladstone Road, in the Taieri County, commencing at the boundary between Sections 26 and 27, Irregular Block, East Taieri District, and proceeding thence in a south-westerly direction along the frontage of part of the said Section 26 for a distance of 15 chains, more or less : as the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 30170, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured green.

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

License authorizing the Wellington Steam Ferry Company (Limited) to erect Electric Lines from the Company’s Power-house at Day’s Bay to and along the Water-front.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of October, 1912.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING 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 to him by the Governor in Council under that Act :

And whereas the Wellington Steam Ferry Company (Limited) (hereinafter referred to as “the company”) desires to erect electric lines from its power-house at Day’s Bay to and along the water-front, 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 on him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise 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, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby authorize the said company to erect and maintain electric lines for the purpose of lighting a part of the water-front at Day’s Bay, Harbour of Wellington, such electric lines being indicated by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 31951, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

1. The conductors shall be at minimum height of 18 ft. above the surface of the ground, and may be uninsulated.

2. The conductors shall be composed of stranded copper or aluminium. The size of the strand shall not be less than No. 20 standard wire gauge, and the number of strands shall not be less than seven.

3. The potential difference between the two wires, or between either wire and the earth, shall not exceed 100 volts direct current.

4. Every support for an aerial line shall be of durable material and properly strengthened against forces due to wind-pressure, change of direction of the line, and unequal length of span. The factor of safety of such supports shall be at least four, taking into consideration all possible stresses, including wind-pressure at 30 lb. per square foot on plane surfaces and 18 lb. per square foot on cylindrical surfaces. The stress in the aerial conductors shall not exceed 28,000 lb. per square inch for copper and 15,000 lb. per square inch for aluminium in the extreme case of a temperature of 12° Fahr. and a wind-pressure of 18 lb. per square foot of diametrical plane occurring simultaneously.

5. Where the conductors cross telegraph or telephone wires, or if any telegraph or telephone wire is hereinafter installed so as to cross the conductors, substantial guard-wires shall be erected by or at the cost of the company. Such guard-wires shall consist of two stranded galvanized steel wires, carried on substantial supports, at a height of 2 ft. above the conductors if the telegraph or telephone wires pass over the conductors, or 2 ft. above the telegraph or telephone wires if they pass under the conductors.

6. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of September, 1912, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of December, 1913.

7. The company shall, prior to the completion of the said works, give to the Minister of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”) at least one month’s notice in writing of the estimated date of such completion.

8. The company shall not use the said electric line, or permit the same to be used, for any purpose until the Minister has given notice in writing to the company that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him to inspect the works a certificate that they have been satisfactorily carried out.

9. This license and the benefits and obligations hereunder shall not be assigned by the company without the express consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained; but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified in this license.

10. The electric-light line shall occupy the other side of the road to that taken by the existing telegraph line.

11. If the company fails to comply with any of the above conditions of this license the Minister may by notice in writing require the company, within thirty days, to remedy the default specified in that notice; and if the company fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the said period it shall be liable to a penalty of £10, to be recovered by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to the Crown.

12. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the company fails to comply with the terms of any such notice for ninety days after the receipt thereof, the Governor in Council may thereupon revoke this license without further notice.

13. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by the company the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the lands or works and inspect the same.

14. Nothing in this license shall be deemed in any way to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf, authorizing the construction, management, or working of any public work, nor shall any compensation be payable to or on behalf of the company for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public work as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

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