JULY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2721

Appointing a Member of Assessment Court under the Valuation
of Land Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day
of July, 1914.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in him by the Valuation of Land Act, 1908, 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 appoint the
person mentioned in the Schedule hereto to be a member of
the Assessment Court for the special district set opposite
his name.

SCHEDULE.
Name.
Special District.
Leighton, H. Ernest... Onslow Borough.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council
Authorizing the Feilding Borough Council to erect Electric
Lines within the Borough of Feilding and Portions of the
Counties of Oroua, Manawatu, and Kairanga.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this seventh day
of July, 1914.
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 the authority of a license issued to him by the Governor
in Council under that Act:
And whereas the Feilding Borough Council (hereinafter
referred to as "the Council") desires to erect electric lines
in the Borough of Feilding and within three miles of the
borough boundary in the Counties of Oroua, Manawatu, and
Kairanga (hereinafter referred to as "the area of supply"),
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 anyway 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 Council to erect
and maintain, for lighting, heating, and power purposes within
the said area of supply, the electric lines indicated by blue
lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 34465, deposited in the
office of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the
Wellington Provincial District, and such further lines as may
from time to time be required within the said area of supply.

SCHEDULE.

1. In the following conditions-
   "Consumer's wires" means any electric lines on the
   consumer's premises which are connected with the
   Council's electric lines.
   "Council" means the Feilding Borough Council.
   "Distribution line or lines" means the portion of any
   line from which service wires are connected for the
   purpose of supplying consumers.
   "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 line" 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.

"Electric telegraph line" means any wire, wires, or
cables belonging to the Post and Telegraph Depart-
ment, or erected under authority granted by the
Minister of Telegraphs.
"High pressure" means pressures from 600 up to 3,300
volts.
"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.
"Low pressure" means pressures up to 600 volts.
"Minister" means the Minister of Public Works.
"Pressure" means difference of electric potential be-
tween any two conductors through which supply of
energy is given, or between any part of either con-
ductor and the earth.
"Street" includes road.
"Telegraph" includes telephone.

SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

2. Single-phase alternating current shall be used in the
   transmission of electrical energy between the generating-
   station and the distributing pole transformers, and in its dis-
   tribution within the area of supply.
   Current shall be generated at the power-station at a fre-
   quency of 50 cycles per second, and at a pressure not exceed-
   ing 2,500 volts.
   This shall be transformed down by pole transformers to
   230 volts for low-tension distribution.
   The supply to private consumers shall be at a pressure of
   230 volts.
   In addition to the above system of private supply, street
   lighting may be supplied on a constant-current series system
   at a voltage not exceeding 2,500 volts.

REGULATION OF PRESSURE.

3. The pressure shall be maintained within 4 per cent.
   on lighting-distributing circuits above or below the declared
   pressure at the consumers' terminals. The Council shall
   supply a suitable recording voltmeter for this service, and
   on complaint by any consumer that the variations in voltage
   exceed these limits, or on the instructions of the Inspecting
   Engineer, the Council shall connect a recording voltmeter to
   record the pressure between the lines at their entrance to
   the consumers' premises, and shall supply to the Inspecting
   Engineer a chart showing the variations in voltage between
   the lines at this point for a period of seven consecutive days.
   If the variations thus recorded exceed the above limits, the
   Council shall take immediate steps to comply with this regu-
   lation. 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 Council's recording volt-
   meter is questioned by the consumer, a standard instrument
   shall be supplied by the Inspecting Engineer, the reading of
   which shall be accepted as final.

SWITCHBOARDS.

4. All switchboards shall be made of and mounted on
   material that is not inflammable, and no switchboard con-
   ductor shall carry electric current at a density exceeding
   1,000 amperes per square inch. No conductor at a pressure
   above 600 volts shall be exposed on the front of any switch-
   board, and the back of any switchboard carrying exposed
   conductors at a pressure over 600 volts shall be screened off
   and accessible only to authorized persons.
   All power-house and substation switchboards shall be
   provided with two efficient and independent earth connec-
   tions connected in parallel, to one of which all frames, in-
   strument cases, and other metal parts shall be connected.
   Means shall be provided for testing the resistance between
   these two connections through the earth. Such tests shall
   be made at least once a month and recorded.

CIRCUIT-BREAKERS.

5. 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, with a time-limit not exceeding ten seconds.

OVERHEAD ELECTRIC LINES.

6. The diameter of any conductor in any electric line
   laid or erected for the supply of electrical energy shall not
   be less than 0.104 in. diameter (No. 12 S.W.G. or 7/20 S.W.G.).
   If the material of the conductor is aluminium the conductor
   shall be stranded.
   The stress in overhead conductors shall not exceed 25,000 lb.
   per square inch for copper, 12,000 lb. per square inch for
   aluminium, 34,000 lb. per square inch for steel, and 22,500 lb.
   per square inch for iron in the extreme case of a temperature
   of 32° Fahr. and a wind-pressure of 18 lb. per square foot