Feb. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 533

under the authority of a license issued to him by the Governor in Council under that Act:

And whereas the Christchurch Tramway Board (hereinafter referred to as “the said Board”) desires to erect electric lines from the trolley-wire on Riccarton Road to connect with a 4½ B.H.P. motor on the property of George Edward Rhodes, Esquire (hereinafter referred to as “the said electric lines”), and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in 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, hereby authorize the said Board to erect and maintain the said electric lines for the purpose of supplying electricity to the aforesaid motor, the electric-line routes of such and the position of the electric lines being indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 34828, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

1. THE conductors shall be attached at a minimum height of 20 ft. above the surface of the ground.

2. The positive lines shall consist of 7/18 S.W.G. copper wires, insulated with vulcanized indiarubber of 600-megohm grade, and the negative lines of 7/18 S.W.G. copper wires, which may be bare. The lines shall be insulated by means of porcelain insulators, carried on substantial hardwood poles placed not more than 200 ft. apart, and shall be 18 ft. clear over the surface of the road at the lowest point of the span.

3. A fuse cut-out shall be placed on the positive conductor where it leaves the tramway trolley-wire, to operate at 50 per cent. above the maximum load of the circuit. A switch and a circuit-breaker, set to operate with an overload of 50 per cent. excess current, and with a no-load release, shall be inserted in the positive conductor and placed near the motor.

4. The negative conductor shall be continuous throughout its length from the motor terminal to the tramway-rail, to which it shall be effectively bonded.

5. The conductors shall be carried on substantial supports, which shall be designed to have a factor of safety of five under a wind-pressure of 30 lb. per square foot.

6. At crossings the conductors shall pass over or under the telegraph wires, as may be decided by the Minister of Telegraphs. Where the conductors cross telegraph or telephone wires, or if any telegraph or telephone wire is hereafter installed so as to cross the conductors, and at such other points as may be deemed necessary by the Minister of Telegraphs, substantial guard-wires, effectively earthed, shall be erected by or at the cost of the said Board. Such guard-wires shall consist of two-stranded galvanized-steel wires carried on substantial supports at a height of 2 ft. above the conductors if the telegraph or telephone wires pass over the conductors, or 2 ft. above the telegraph or telephone wires if they pass under the conductors. Earth-wires where led down poles shall be protected by a casing for a distance of 8 ft. from the ground.

7. No work of any nature shall be erected or constructed upon, over, or under any part of the New Zealand Government railways until the said 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).

8. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of March, 1914, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of August, 1914.

9. The said Board shall, prior to the completion of the said works, give to the Minister of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”) at least one month’s notice in writing of the estimated date of such completion.

10. The said Board shall not use the said electric lines, or permit the same to be used, for any purpose until the Minister has given notice in writing to the said Board that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him to inspect the works a certificate that they have been satisfactorily carried out.

11. The said electric lines, including their supports, their conductors, and their insulated covering, shall be duly and efficiently supervised and maintained by the said Board as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions, and shall not be permitted by the said Board to remain erected after they have ceased to be used for the supply of electricity.

12. This license, and the benefits and obligations thereunder, shall not be assigned by the said Board without the expressed consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained; but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified in this license.

13. If the said Board fails to comply with any of the conditions of this license, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the said Board, within thirty days, to remedy the default specified in that notice; and if the said Board fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the said period it shall be liable to a penalty of £10, to be recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to the Crown.

14. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the said Board fails to comply with the terms of any such notice for ninety days after the receipt thereof, the Governor in Council may thereupon revoke this license without further notice.

15. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by the said Board, the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the lands and works and inspect same.

16. Nothing in this license shall be deemed in any way to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf, authorizing the construction, management, or working of any public works; nor shall any compensation be payable to or on behalf of the said Board for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public works as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

17. This license shall come into force on and after the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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

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Revocation of an Order in Council under Section 296 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, 1914.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and ninety-six of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that any Order in Council made under Part XVI of that Act, or under Part II of the Native Land Settlement Act, 1907, may be at any time revoked, either wholly or as to any part or parts of the land included therein, by the Governor by Order in Council; and thereupon the land so subject to that Part of that Act shall, to the extent of that revocation, cease to be so subject: No land shall by reason of any such Order cease to be subject to that Part of that Act at any time during the continuance of the term of any lease of that land granted by a Maori Land Board under that Part of that Act (including in that term the term of any renewal to which the lessee is entitled):

And whereas a parcel of land known as Tutaekuri No. 105 Block has, by an Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eight, been brought under the provisions of Part XVI of the Native Land Act, 1909: And whereas application has been made to revoke the said Order in Council in so far as it affects the said parcel of land:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board recommends accordingly: And whereas it is expedient so to do:

Now, therefore, 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 revoke the said Order in Council in so far as it affects Tutaekuri No. 105 Block; and it is hereby declared that