1666

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 42

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 (herein-
after referred to as “the said Board”) desires to erect
electric lines from its overhead wire on the Seaview Road,
New Brighton, to connect with a motor on Mr. Chammen’s
premises on the south side of the said road, near the corner
of George Street, 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 Excel-
lency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
acting by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said Dominion, doth, subject to the
conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, hereby author-
ize the said Board to erect and maintain electric lines
for the purpose of supplying electricity to the aforesaid
motor, such electric line being indicated in red ink on the
plan marked P.W.D. 33223, deposited in the office of the
Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Welling-
ton Provincial District.

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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 2,500 megohm grade.
4. The negative conductor may be uninsulated.
5. A fuse cut-out shall be placed on the positive con-
   ductor where it leaves the tramway trolley-wire. A switch
   and a circuit-breaker fitted with an over-load and no-load
   release shall be inserted in the positive conductor and
   placed near the motor.
6. The negative conductor shall be continuous through-
   out its length from the motor terminal to the tramway-
   rail, to which it shall be effectively bonded.
7. The conductor shall be carried on substantial sup-
   ports, which shall be designed to have a factor of safety of 5
   under a wind-pressure of 30 lb. per square foot.
8. 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, if required by the Minister of Telegraphs, be
   erected by the Minister at the cost of the said Board. Such
   guard-wires shall consist of at least 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, 1913, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day
   of June, 1914.
10. The said Board shall, prior to the completion of the
    said works, give to the Minister of Public Works (herein-
    after 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 satis-
    factorily carried out.
12. The said electric lines, including their supports, their
    conductors, and their insulated covering, shall be duly and
    efficiently supervised and maintained by the said Board as
    regards both electrical and mechanical conditions, and shall
    not be permitted by the said Board to remain erected after
    they have ceased to be used for the supply of electricity.
13. This license, and the benefits and obligations here-
    under, 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the condi-
    tions 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.
17. 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 work-
    ing of any public work, 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, manage-
    ment, 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.

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Portion of the Western Side of Hawford Road, in the Heathcote
County, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the
Public Works Act, 1908.

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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 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 thereof, 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 Heathcote 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 western side
of the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto :
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 Act, 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of the western side of Hawford Road, in
the Heathcote County, Canterbury Land District, commenc-
ing at its junction with Junction Road, and proceeding thence
in a south-westerly direction for a distance of 10 chains
73·6 links, more or less, passing through portion of R.S. 88 ;
as the said portion of road is more particularly delineated
on the plan marked P.W.D. 33149, deposited in the office of
the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wel-
ington Provincial District, and thereon coloured green.

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

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Regulations for Sambur or Ceylon Deer Shooting, Counties
of Manawatu, Oroua, and Kairanga.

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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 exercise of the powers vested in him by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said
Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of