3798
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 92

Now; therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, 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 consent to the Makara County Council stopping the road described in the Schedule hereto.

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.

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

Radio-telegraphic Regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1913.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council, dated the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, respectively, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), with respect to the transmission of messages by wireless telegraphy, and fixing the fees and charges to be demanded and received therefor: And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulations and to make others in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations made by the above-recited Orders in Council, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that such revocation shall have effect and these regulations shall come into force on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

SCHEDULE.
RADIO-TELEGRAM.

1. IN these regulations the expression “radio-telegram” means a telegram transmitted or received by wireless telegraphy.

The regulations governing the acceptance and transmission of inland and cable telegrams shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to radio-telegrams, which shall be accepted at any telegraph-office for transmission to Chatham Islands or to any ship equipped with the necessary apparatus, subject to the following conditions:—

Telegrams admitted.

2. Ordinary radio-telegrams.
   Reply paid radio-telegrams.
   Collated radio-telegrams.
   Express delivery radio-telegrams.
   Radio-telegrams for delivery by post.
   Multiple radio-telegrams.
   Radio-telegrams with acknowledgment of receipt.
   Paid service advices (except those asking for repetition or information).

Urgent radio-telegrams. (These telegrams take precedence as urgent over the telegraph lines only.)
Press radio-telegrams.

CHARGES.

Ordinary, Urgent, and Relaying.

3. Ordinary.—The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from ships (other than ships trading exclusively between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, or between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand) from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand, shall be 10d. per word, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. 4d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charges .. 6d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from ships trading exclusively between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, or between ports on the coast of the Dominion of New Zealand, from or to any telegraph-office in the Dominion of New Zealand, shall be 5d. per word, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge .. .. 2d. per word.
Coast-station and inland charge .. 3d. ,,

The charge for the transmission of an ordinary radio-telegram to or from the mainland of New Zealand from or to Chatham Islands, Macquarie Island, Adelie Land, or to His Majesty’s ships (when in New Zealand waters), shall be 6d. per word.

Urgent.—The charge for an urgent radio-telegram is the charge for an ordinary radio-telegram plus the rates charged for urgent telegrams over the telegraph systems the message has to traverse.

Relaying.—Whenever Chatham Islands Radio-station is used as a relaying-station the charge shall be 4d. per word.

Special Radio-telegrams.

4. For the transmission of radio-telegrams sent by any of the officers or men on board any of His Majesty’s ships while in New Zealand waters, to any telegraph-office in New Zealand, the charge shall be 1d. per word, with a minimum of 6d. per message.

Radio-telegrams for Delivery by Post.

5. Radio-telegrams (except Press radio-telegrams) may be accepted for transmission to a ship-station, to be posted as a letter at a port of call of the receiving-ship. Such radio-telegrams do not include any radio-telegraphic retransmission. The address of these radio-telegrams must be drawn up as follows:—

6. Paid instruction “Poste” followed by the name of the port where the radio-telegram is to be posted.

7. Full name and address of the addressee.

8. Name of the ship-station which is to carry out the posting.

9. When necessary, name of the coast-station.

A charge of 2½d. is made for postage, in addition to the radio-telegram charges.

Transmission beyond New Zealand.

6. For radio-telegrams transmitted to a New Zealand coast-station for places beyond the Dominion the charges shall be as stated in the preceding clause numbered 3, and in addition thereto, for the onward transmission, the charges published in the “Table of Rates” in the “New Zealand Post and Telegraph Guide.”

Press Radio-telegram.

7. The charge for the transmission from a ship-station of a Press radio-telegram for publication in New Zealand shall be 5s. per 100 words or fraction thereof, allocated as follows:—

Ship-station charge: 2s. 6d. per 100 words or fraction thereof.
Coast-station and inland charges: 2s. 6d. per 100 words or fraction thereof.

For Press radio-telegrams transmitted to a New Zealand coast-station for places beyond the Dominion, the charge shall be the rates mentioned above for Press radio-telegrams, and in addition thereto, for the onward transmission, the charges published in the table of “Cable Press Rates” in the “New Zealand Post and Telegraph Guide.”

Address.

8. The sender of a radio-telegram shall be in every case responsible for the sufficiency and accuracy of the address of his radio-telegram. The address of a radio-telegram shall be as complete as possible, and shall contain not less than—

Name or title of the addressee, with supplementary particulars if necessary.
Name of the ship as it appears in the first column of the Official List of Wireless Telegraph Stations. (When