MAY 22.]

Also all that portion of road in the said land district, county, and settlement commencing at its junction with Ritchie Road at the north-eastern corner of Section 27, Block III, Elephant Hill Survey District, and proceeding thence in a south-westerly direction generally adjoining the said Section 27, and terminating at the western corner of the said Section 27, Block III, Elephant Hill Survey District, being a distance of 76 chains, more or less, shown coloured blue on the plan mentioned below.

As the said portions of roads are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 33389, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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

Declaring Road in the Te Whitiatarara Block, Dannevirk County, to be a County Road.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of May, 1913.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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 hereby order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a county road.

SCHEDULE.

All that portion of road in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, Dannevirke County, in Te Whitiatarara Block, commencing at its junction with the Norsewood to Napier Main Road opposite the north-western corner of Section 187, Block V, Takapau Survey District, and running in a north-westerly direction generally fronting Sections 184, 183, and 182, Block V, Takapau Survey District, to the north-western corner of the said Section 182, being a distance of 65 chains, more or less; as the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 33172, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

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

License authorizing the Silver Stream Mines (Limited) to erect Electric Lines from its Motor-house to its Power-house at Maratoto.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of May, 1913.

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 Silver Stream Mines (Limited), (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect electric lines from its motor-house to its power-house at Maratoto, and the Ohinemuri County Council has consented to the erection of such line along and over the Maratoto Road between Maratoto and the mine, 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 licensee to erect and maintain electric lines for the purpose of supplying electricity as aforesaid, such electric lines being indicated by a red line on the plan marked P.W.D. 33134, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1665

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

1. The conductors shall be at a minimum height of 21 ft. above the surface of the ground.

2. The conductors shall be composed of No. 19/16 hard-drawn aerial cable, covered with compounded weatherproof braiding.

3. The conductors shall be carried on substantial supports which shall be designed to have a factor of safety of 4 under a wind-pressure of 30 lb. per square foot.

4. 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 licensee. 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.

5. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of June, 1913, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of June, 1914.

6. The licensee 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.

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

8. Every aerial line, including its supports, its conductors, and their covering, shall be duly and efficiently supervised and maintained, as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions, by the licensee, and shall be removed by him after it has ceased to be used for the purpose of supplying electricity.

9. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the licensee 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. If the licensee fails to comply with any of the conditions of this license, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the licensee within thirty days to remedy the default specified in that notice, and if the licensee 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.

11. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the licensee 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.

12. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by the licensee, 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.

13. 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 licensee 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.

License authorizing the Christchurch Tramway Board to erect Electric Lines from the Trolley-wire on the Seaview Road, New Brighton, to a Motor on the Adjoining Property near the Corner of George Street.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of May, 1913.

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