Oct. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3095

be four in the case of steel, iron, or ferro-concrete, and five
in the case of wood, calculated upon the ultimate strength
of the material under the same conditions of round pressure
as hereinbefore mentioned.

The distance between supports carrying distribution-lines
shall not exceed 200 ft., except by approval of the Minister.

7. Location of Overhead Lines.

Except by permission of the Minister of Telegraphs, or
subject to an agreement between the Post and Telegraph
Department and the Board, all overhead electric-light pole
lines shall be placed on the opposite side of the road
to that on which any telegraph lines exist, and where the
erectlon of the electric-light wires necessitates the alteration
of any existing telegraph wires, and such alteration is ap-
proved by the Minister of Telegraphs, the expense of the
alteration shall be borne by the Board.

Where electric-light lines are on one side of the road and
electric-telegraph lines on the other, and service is required
to be given from either to the other side of the road, the
Board and the Minister of Telegraphs shall give to each other
reasonable facilities as far as possible to effect supply.

In running the lines authorized by this license through
roads where no telegraph line exists, the Corporation shall
keep to the one side of the road, and in running wires to the
opposite side of the road, the Board shall arrange so as to
interfere as little as possible with the route of any future
telegraph line.

8. Telegraph and Telephone Wire Crossings.

Where electric lines are permitted to be supported on
telegraph poles all details of the supports and of the insula-
tion of the adjacent spans shall be approved by the Minister
of Telegraphs, who may require such electric lines at any
time to be removed from such telegraph poles on reasonable
notice and without compensation of any description.

The cost of all necessary guard-wires and special provisions
required to comply with this clause shall be borne by the
Board.

At crossings the electric lines shall cross over or under
the telegraph wires or cables as may be decided by the Minis-
ter of Telegraphs.

Where overhead conductors cross over or under open
telegraph or any other aerial wires they shall be insulated
throughout the entire length of every crossing-span with
a triple covering of jute braiding thoroughly compounded.

Where lead-covered telephone cables are crossed above or
below by the electric-light wires the latter wires shall be
insulated with a triple covering of jute braiding thoroughly
compounded throughout the crossing-span, and over every
such span they shall, if the Minister of Telegraphs so requires,
be suitably suspended from effectively earthed steel bearer-
wires.

In cases where it may be required to cross with the electric-
light wires through any other aerial wires or through cables
because of the impracticability of crossing above or below
(and crossing shall be effected above or below if possible),
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, of protecting
them thereon, of preventing other wires from coming in
contact with them, and of protecting persons working on the
poles from danger of shock, shall be to the satisfaction of the
Minister of Telegraphs. The electric-light wires shall be
insulated with a triple covering of jute braiding thoroughly
compounded where they pass through on the poles and
over the whole length of the span on each side of the pole
crossed through. Where the insulated wires cross through on
the pole they shall be encased in some approved hard pro-
tecting substance for the entire length of the arms on such
pole. If metal pipe is used to encase the wires it shall be
effectively earthed.

Efficient guard-wires or other protective devices shall be
erected in a manner to meet with the approval of the Minister
of Telegraphs at all such crossings and places where electric-
light wires intersect telegraph or telephone wires, as may be
required by the said Minister to be so protected.

9. Railway Crossings.

No work of any nature shall be erected or constructed
upon, over, or under any part of the New Zealand Government
Railways, until the Board has obtained the consent of the
Minister of Railways thereto, as required by section 4 of the
Government Railways Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 2).

10. Service Connections to Overhead Lines.

Service lines from aerial lines shall be taken from insulators
at the point of support, and shall not be tapped off between
insulators. They shall be led as directly as possible from the
insulators to insulators supported and firmly attached to
some portion of the consumer’s premises, which is not ac-
cessible to any person without the use of a ladder or other
special appliance. Every portion of any service line which
is outside a building and accessible therefrom shall be rubber
insulated.

11. Maintenance.

Every aerial line, including its supports, its conductors,
and their insulating covering, and all structural parts and
electric appliances and devices belonging to or connected
with the line, shall be duly and efficiently maintained as
regards both electrical and mechanical conditions.

12. Lightning-arresters.

Where any portion of any electric line or support for an
electric line is exposed in such a position as to be liable to
injury from lightning, it shall be efficiently protected against
such liability.

13. Insulation of Electric Mains.

Every electric line shall be tested for insulation after
having been placed in position and before it is used for the
purpose of supply, the testing-pressure being at least 500
volts, and the Board shall duly record the results of the
tests of each main or section of a main, and forthwith forward
a report thereof to the Under-Secretary for Public Works at
Wellington.

14. Service Connections.

The Board shall be responsible for all electric lines or
wires, fittings, and apparatus belonging to it or under its
control, which may be upon a consumer’s premises, being
maintained in a safe condition and in all respects fit for
supplying energy.

In delivering the energy to a consumer’s terminals the
Board shall exercise all due precaution so as to avoid risk of
causing fire on the premises.

A suitable safety-fuse or other automatic circuit-breaker
shall be inserted in each service line within a consumer’s
premises as close as possible to the point of entry, and con-
tained within a suitable locked or sealed receptacle of fireproof
construction.

All electric wires and apparatus on a consumer’s premises,
except such parts as require to be earthed, shall be highly
insulated and suitable for the voltage at which supply is
given. They shall be thoroughly protected against injury to
the insulation or access of moisture. All electric wires shall
be so fixed and protected as to prevent the possibility of
electrical discharge to any adjacent metallic substance.

15. Insulation of Consumer’s Installation.

The Board shall not connect the wires and fittings on a
consumer’s premises with its mains or, in the case of premises
already connected, continue the supply from its mains, unless
it is reasonably satisfied that the requirements of this license
are complied with, that the wiring and fittings are suitable
for the voltage at which supply is being given, that the instal-
lation is generally in accordance with the requirements of
good practice, and that the connection or continuance of
supply would not cause a leakage from those wires dangerous
to life or property or deleterious to the rendering of good
service.

For the purpose of satisfying itself that the requirements
of this license are being observed, in so far as they apply to
wires on a consumer’s premises, the Board may require that
notice must be served upon it of the intention to install wires,
fitting’s, lamps, motors, or other apparatus on any premises,
and may inspect and test the same during any reasonable
hours while the installation of such is in progress.

16. Testing Consumer’s Installation.

If the Board is reasonably satisfied, after making all proper
examination on the completion of the installation by testing
or otherwise, that the wirings and fittings are not suitable
for the voltage being employed, or that a leakage exists at
some part of a circuit of such extent as to be a source of
danger, and that such leakage does not exist at any part of
the circuit belonging to the Board, or that any other require-
ments of this license are not being complied with, then, and
in such case, any officer of the Board, duly authorized by
it in writing, may, for the purpose of discovering whether
the leakage exists at any part of a circuit within or upon
any consumer’s premises, or whether the wiring is suitable
and the general requirements of the license are complied
with, by notice require the consumer, at some reasonable
time after the service of a notice, to permit him to inspect
the wires and fittings belonging to the consumer forming part
of the circuit.

If on such testing and inspection the officer discovers
a leakage from the consumer’s wires exceeding one ten-