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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.

10. This license shall, unless previously determined in pursuance of the foregoing conditions, expire and determine on the 31st March, 1912, and the Board shall, not later than that date, remove the electric line to the satisfaction of the Minister.

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

License authorizing the Christchurch Tramway Board to erect an Electric Line from the Trolley-wire on the Fendalton Road to a Motor on the adjoining Property near the Bank of the Wairarapa Stream.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of January, 1912.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
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 Christchurch Tramway Board (hereinafter referred to as “the said Board”) desires to erect an electric line from the overhead wire on the Fendalton Road to connect with a motor on the adjoining property near the bank of the Wairarapa Stream, and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in 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 Board to erect and maintain an electric line for the purpose of supplying electricity to the aforesaid motor, such electric line being indicated by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 31007, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

1. THE conductors shall be at a minimum height of 20 ft. above the surface of the ground.

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

3. The positive conductor shall be insulated throughout its length with rubber covering of 600-megohm grade.

4. The negative conductor may be uninsulated.

5. A fuse cut-out shall be placed on the positive conductor where it leaves the tramway trolley-wire. A switch and a circuit-breaker fitted with an overload and no load release shall be inserted in the positive conductor and placed near the motor.

6. The negative conductor shall be continuous throughout its length from the motor terminal to the tramway-rail, to which it shall be effectively bonded.

7. The conductors shall be carried on substantial supports, which shall be designed to have a factor of safety of 5 under a wind-pressure of 40 lb. per square foot.

8. Where the conductors cross telegraph or telephone wires, or if any telegraph or telephone wire is hereafter installed so as to cross the conductors, substantial guard-wires shall be erected by or at the cost of the said Board. 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.

9. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of June, 1912, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of March, 1913.

10. The said Board 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.

11. The said Board 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 Board that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him to inspect the works a certificate that they have been satisfactorily carried out.

12. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the said Board 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.

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

14. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the said Board 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.

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

16. 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 works, nor shall any compensation be payable to or on behalf of the said Board 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.

Rotorua Fire District constituted.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of January, 1912.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES CARROLL, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may by Order in Council, on the application of any Borough Council, declare the district within the jurisdiction of such Borough Council to be a fire district under the said Act: And whereas it is enacted by section five of the Rotorua Town Act, 1907, that for the purposes of any Act relating to local authorities the Department of Tourist and Health Resorts shall in respect of the Town of Rotorua be deemed to be a local authority, and the provisions of any such Act shall extend and apply as if the said town were a borough: And whereas an application has been made by the General Manager of the said Department of Tourist and Health Resorts in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and it appears expedient to grant the said application :

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 Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the Town of Rotorua to be a fire district under the said Act.

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