SEPT. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3497

12. The licensee shall observe the provisions of the Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912.

13. The licensee shall comply with all such directions and observe all such rules as may be given or made by the Minister of Telegraphs from time to time for the purpose of preventing interference with the working of any other wireless-telegraph station, and for enabling the messages exchanged by means of the licensed apparatus to be distinguished from those emanating from any other wireless-telegraph station.

14. The licensed apparatus shall not, without the consent of the Minister of Telegraphs, be altered or modified in respect of any of the particulars referred to in the license issued in respect thereof, and such apparatus shall at all times be maintained in good working-order.

15. Except as provided in these regulations, the licensee shall transmit messages by means of the licensed apparatus on equal terms, without favour or preference, whether as regards rates of charge, order of transmission, or otherwise.

16. The licensee shall, so far as possible, receive from ships and light-stations all requests for assistance and all signals of distress, and shall answer such requests and signals and retransmit them with the least possible delay, and with priority over all other messages, to the proper authorities by means of the licensed apparatus or by any other means in the power of the licensee.

17. The licensed apparatus at ship-stations shall be worked only by a person or persons holding a certificate or certificates issued or recognized by the Minister of Telegraphs. Certificates shall be granted to persons of British nationality possessing the qualifications prescribed by the Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912, and shall be in such form and subject to such conditions, directions, or rules as the Minister of Telegraphs shall from time to time prescribe; and such certificates may at any time be withdrawn at the discretion of the Minister of Telegraphs in case of misconduct, or breach on the part of the holder of the Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912, or of any conditions, directions, or rules prescribed by the Minister of Telegraphs for the guidance of operators or for the working of such ship-stations.

18. (1.) The licensee, his servants and agents, shall not divulge the contents or the purport of the contents of any message, or make any use whatever of any message coming to his or their knowledge, other than to the addressee or his authorized agent, or to properly authorized officials of His Majesty’s Government or of the Minister of Telegraphs, or to a competent legal tribunal.

(2.) The licensee shall render to the Minister of Telegraphs such accounts as the Minister of Telegraphs shall direct in respect of all charges due or payable under the Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912, in respect of messages exchanged between the licensed ship-stations and coast-stations, and shall pay to the Minister of Telegraphs, at such times and in such manner as the Minister of Telegraphs shall direct, all sums which shall be due from the licensee under such accounts.

19. The licensee shall keep full accounts, records, and registers of all messages transmitted by means of the licensed apparatus; and in such registers each of such messages shall be accompanied by its identifying number and date, and full particulars of its place of origin and of ultimate destination, and such further particulars as the Minister of Telegraphs shall from time to time reasonably require to be shown. The licensee shall preserve all used message-forms written and printed, and transcripts of messages, and all other papers for such period as is from time to time prescribed by the Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912, and, in default of any provisions on the subject in the said convention, for such period as is from time to time prescribed by the International Telegraph Regulations; and such registers and message-papers shall be open to the inspection of the Minister of Telegraphs or his authorized officers.

20. The Minister of Telegraphs, and any agent authorized in that behalf in writing by him, may at all reasonable times enter upon any licensed ship-station for the purpose of inspecting, and may inspect, any apparatus fixed or being in such station for the purpose of sending and receiving messages by wireless telegraphy, and all other telegraphic instruments and apparatus fixed or being in such station, and the working and user of such apparatus and telegraphic instruments.

21. The licensee shall carry on every ship on which a ship-station is established a print or copy of the license, certified under the hand of an appropriate officer of the Minister of Telegraphs to be a true copy, and shall produce such print or copy for inspection if required to do so by the competent authorities of the countries where the ship calls, and also such documents as may be prescribed by the Minister of Telegraphs for the purpose of enabling the licensee to communicate with coast-stations and ship-stations, in accordance with the Radio-telegraph Convention, 1912.

22. (1.) Every license shall be in force from the date of the granting thereof until the 31st December of the year in which it is issued, and no longer; but may be renewed from year to year.

(2.) The licensee shall pay to the Minister of Telegraphs for and in respect of the license granted, and of every renewal thereof, a royalty of 5s. in respect of each ship-station included in the license.

(3.) All royalties payable under any license shall be payable on the date of the granting or renewal thereof, as the case may be.

23. Except with the consent in writing of the Minister of Telegraphs, the licensee shall not assign, underlet, or otherwise dispose of or admit any other person or body to participate in the benefit of any license.

24. If and whenever an emergency shall have arisen in which it is expedient in the public interest that His Majesty’s Government shall have control over the transmission of messages by the licensed apparatus, it shall be lawful for any officer of His Majesty’s Navy or Army, or for any other person authorized in that behalf by the Admiralty, or by the Minister of Telegraphs, to take possession of or to cause the licensed apparatus or any part thereof to be taken possession of in the name and on behalf of His Majesty, and to be used for His Majesty’s service and subject thereto for such ordinary services as to the said officer or person may seem fit; and in that event any person authorized by the said officer or person may enter upon any ship on which any such apparatus is installed and take possession of the said apparatus and use the same as aforesaid.

25. Any such officer or person may in such event as aforesaid, instead of taking possession of the licensed apparatus as aforesaid, direct and authorize such persons as he may think fit to assume the control of the transmission of messages by the licensed apparatus either wholly or partly and in such manner as he may direct, and such persons may enter upon any ship on which any apparatus is installed accordingly; or the said officer or person may direct the licensee, his servants or agents, to submit to him, or any person authorized by him, all messages tendered for transmission or arriving by the licensed apparatus, or any class or classes of such messages, to stop or delay the transmission of any messages or deliver the same to him or his agent, and generally to obey all such directions with reference to the transmission of messages as the said officer or person may prescribe, and the licensee, his servants or agents, shall obey and conform to all such directions.

26. In any of the following cases, that is to say:—

(a.) In case any sum of money which ought to be paid by the licensee to the Minister of Telegraphs under or by virtue of these regulations shall be in arrear and unpaid for one calendar month after the time at which the same ought to be paid under or by virtue of the provisions herein contained; or

(b.) In case of any breach, non-observance, or non-performance by or on the part of the licensee, his servants or agents, of any of the provisions (other than a provision for the payment of money) or conditions herein contained,—

then and in any such case the Minister of Telegraphs may, by notice in writing, revoke and determine the license as to all or any of the ship-stations thereby licensed, and thereupon the said license shall absolutely cease, determine, and become void as to all or any of the said ship-stations, as the case may be, but without prejudice to any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued to His Majesty under these regulations or otherwise.

27. Nothing in these regulations shall prejudice or affect the right of the Minister of Telegraphs from time to time to establish, extend, maintain, and work any system or systems of telegraphic communication (whether of a like nature to those licensed hereunder or otherwise) in such manner as he shall in his discretion think fit. Neither shall anything herein contained prejudice or affect the right of the Minister of Telegraphs from time to time to enter into agreements for or to grant licenses relative to the working and use of telegraphs (whether of a like nature to those licensed hereunder or otherwise) or the transmission of messages in any part of New Zealand by means of wireless telegraphy, or by any other means, with or to any person or persons whomsoever upon such terms as he shall in his discretion think fit. And (save as in these regulations expressly provided) nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the licensee to exercise any of the powers or authorities conferred on or acquired by the Minister of Telegraphs by or under the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908.

28. Any notice, request, or consent (whether required to be in writing or not) to be given by the Minister of Telegraphs under these regulations may be under the hand of the Secretary for the time being of the Post and Telegraph