7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2363

Land in Block XVI, Mangaone Survey District, taken for the Purposes of a Road.

[l.s.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken, under the Public Works Act, 1908, for the purposes of a road in Block XVI, Mangaone Survey District:

And whereas all the conditions precedent required by law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been observed and performed:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is hereby taken for the purposes of a road; and I do also hereby declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

SCHEDULE.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Authorizing the Te Kuiti Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Te Kuiti.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of August, 1913.

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 Te Kuiti Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) desires to erect electric lines within the Borough of Te Kuiti, 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 Te Kuiti, along the routes shown by means of white dotted lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 32130, 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 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 protecting persons working on the poles from danger of shock, shall be to the satisfaction of the Minister of Telegraphs. Where the insulated wires cross through on the pole they shall be encased in a protecting tube for the entire length of the arms on such pole. If metal pipe is used to encase the wires it shall be effectively earthed.

8. Efficient guard-wires shall, if so required by the Minister of Telegraphs, be erected in a manner to meet with his approval at all crossings and places where the electric-light wires intersect telegraph or other wires. The Council shall bear the expense of such guard-wires in all cases where an electric-light wire intersects a telegraph or other wire previously existing.

9. In running the lines authorized by this license through streets where no telegraph lines exist, the Council shall keep to one side of the street, and in running service wires to the opposite side of the street the Council shall arrange so as to interfere as little as possible with the route of any future telegraph line.

10. Except by permission of the Minister, all overhead electric-light pole lines shall be placed on the opposite side of the streets to that on which any telegraph-pole lines exist; and where the erection of the electric-light wires necessitates the alteration of any existing telegraph wires, and such alteration is approved by the Minister of Telegraphs, the expense of the alteration shall be borne by the Council.