3094

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 77

powers were delegated to the Ranfurly Park Domain Board
for a period of seven years:

And whereas the period for which the said Board was
appointed expired on the first day of February, one thou-
sand nine hundred and thirteen:

And whereas it appears expedient to again appoint a
Domain Board to control the domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers con-
ferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby appoint

HENRY WILLIAM DAVIS,
JOHN KEARNEY,
PATRICK BLEACH,
WILSON MAWHINNEY, and
WILLIAM PRINGLE

to be the Ranfurly Park Domain Board, having control
of the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes
of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth
hereby appoint Saturday, the first day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at eight o’clock p.m.,
as the time when, and Kelly’s Buildings, Ranfurly, as the
place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

RANFURLY PARK DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 52 acres and 31 perches, more or less, being
Suburban Sections Nos. 7 and 8, Block I, Town of Ranfurly.
Bounded towards the north by Pery Street, 2175 links;
towards the east by Drumglass Street, 2399·9 links; towards
the south by Alexander Street, 2175 links; and towards the
west by Tyrone Street, 2399·9 links; be all the aforesaid
linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan
marked L. and S. 1267/25a, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

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

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License authorizing the Martinborough Town Board to erect
Electric Lines within the Town District of Martinborough.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth
day of October, 1913.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amend-
ment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall
lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except
under authority of a license issued to him by the Governor
in Council under that Act:

And whereas the Martinborough Town Board (hereinafter
referred to as “the Board”) desires to erect electric lines in
the Town District of Martinborough, 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, authorize the Board to erect and main-
tain electric lines for lighting, heating, and power purposes
within the town district as shown on plan P.W.D. 34030.

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SCHEDULE.

In the following conditions—

“Minister” means Minister of Public Works.

“Board” means the Martinborough Town Board.

“Inspecting Engineer” means the engineer or other
officer appointed by the Minister of Public Works
for the purpose of inspecting the works to be con-
structed or maintained under this license.

“Telegraph” includes telephone.

“Pressure” means difference of electric potential.

“Earthed” applied to any conductor means that such
conductor shall be so connected to the general mass
of earth as to ensure at all times an immediate and
safe discharge to earth of electric energy.

“Electric lines” means any wire, wires, conductor, or
other means used for conveying, transmitting, or
distributing electricity for power, lighting, or heating
purposes, and includes any instrument, insulator,
casing, tubing, pipe, covering, or post enclosing
or supporting an electric line or anything connected
therewith.

“Consumers’ wires” means any electric line on the
consumers’ electric supply lines.

1. System of Supply.

Electrical energy shall be supplied by means of a direct-
current two-wire system. The pressure between wires at
the consumers’ terminals shall be 230 volts. Both wires
shall be insulated from earth.

2. Regulation of Pressure.

The pressure shall be maintained within 4 per cent. on
lighting-distributing circuits above or below the declared
pressure at the consumers’ terminals. The Board shall supply
suitable recording voltmeters for this service, and on com-
plaint by any consumer that the variations in voltage exceed
these limits, or on the instructions of the Inspecting Engineer,
the Board shall connect a recording voltmeter to record the
pressure between the lines at their entrance to the consumer’s
premises and shall supply the Inspecting Engineer with a
chart showing the variations in voltage between the lines at
this point for a period of seven consecutive days. If the varia-
tions thus recorded exceed the above limits the Board shall
take immediate steps to comply with this regulation. If
after thirty days a similar chart shows that the above limits
of variation in voltage are not complied with, a breach of
these regulations shall be deemed to have been committed.
If the accuracy of the Board’s recording voltmeter is ques-
tioned by the consumer a standard instrument shall be
supplied by the Inspecting Engineer, the readings of which
shall be accepted as final.

3. Switchboard.

All switchboards shall be made of and mounted on material
that is not inflammable, and no switchboard conductor shall
carry electric current at a density exceeding five hundred
amperes per square inch.

4. Circuit-breakers.

All outgoing feeders and distributors shall be provided with
automatic circuit-breakers or fuses set to open at 50 per cent.
excess current over the rated full load of such feeder or
distributor.

5. Overhead Electric Lines.

Electric lines shall consist of overhead conductors of
stranded hard-drawn copper, aluminium, and other material
of not less than 0·0129 square inch in section, provided that
service wires of short span of 100 ft. or less shall be not less
than 0·0072 square inch in section.

The stress in overhead conductors shall not exceed
25,000 lb. per square inch for copper, and 12,000 lb. per
square inch for aluminium, and 35,000 lb. per square inch
for steel in the extreme case of a temperature of 20 degrees
Fahr., and a wind-pressure of 18 lb. per square foot of
diametrical plane occurring simultaneously. The span be-
tween supports and the sag shall be determined to conform
with the above limiting stresses.

No overhead electric lines shall come within 2 ft. of any
aerial wires or cables belonging to another authority unless
permitted to pass either set of wires between other wires at
a pole or support.

The lines shall be covered with triple jute braiding tho-
roughly impregnated with waterproof compound, provided
that where circumstances permit the lines may, with the
consent of the Minister, be bare; provided also that where
the electric lines cross the telegraph lines the provisions of
clause 8 hereof shall be observed.

6. Supports for Overhead Lines.

All overhead lines shall be carried at a minimum height
of 18 ft. above the ground, except at road-crossings, where
the minimum height shall be 20 ft. above the ground.

All aerial wires shall be attached to suitable insulators
carried on cross-arms of suitable material and cross-section,
and they shall be so attached to the insulators or guarded
that they cannot fall away from the support. Conductors
covered with insulating material shall be so attached that
their insulation shall not be impaired where they are secured
to the insulator.

Every support for an aerial line shall be of durable material
and properly strengthened against forces due to wind-pressure,
change of direction of line, and unequal length of span. The
factor of safety of supports carrying distributing-lines shall