Dec. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4111

And whereas the Upper Ashburton Road Board (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect lines within the area of supply as defined in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called “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 upon him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that 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, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and hereinafter referred to as “the regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described, such electric lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated by means of red and green lines shown on the plan marked P.W.D. 38886, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply comprises the Upper Ashburton Road District as at present constituted, as indicated by a distinctive border coloured red on P.W.D. 38886, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 3,300 volts between the terminals.

3. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Records of results of tests (Regulation 37), and notices re commencement of work (Regulation 44) and re extensions and alterations (Regulation 49), should be sent to the Public Works Engineer at present stationed at Christchurch, and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Christchurch.

5. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes, and 3d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes.

6. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the date hereof. Upon the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

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

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Amendments in the Regulations for Probationers and Pupil-teachers.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, 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 make the amendments set out in the Schedule hereto in the regulations for probationers and pupil-teachers made, inter alia, by Order in Council on the twenty-first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

I. Probationers.

Clause 1 thereof is hereby amended by deleting the word “January” and substituting the word “February.”

Paragraph (a) of subclause (1) of clause 3 thereof is hereby amended by deleting the words “a ‘partial pass’ as defined by regulations in the Class D Certificate Examination,” and substituting therefor the words “a ‘partial pass for Class D’ in the Teachers’ Certificate Examination.”

Clause 4 thereof is hereby amended by deleting the word “January” and substituting the word “February,” and by deleting the word “December” and substituting the word “January.”

The following subclause is hereby inserted after subclause (2) of clause 6:—

(3.) Probationers’ salaries and allowances shall be payable in monthly instalments as from the date of entry upon the duties of their position.

II. Pupil-teachers.

Paragraph (b) of clause 4 thereof is hereby amended by deleting all the words after the word “service.”

Subclause (4) of clause 5 thereof is hereby amended by deleting the words “a ‘partial pass’ as defined by regulations in the Class D Certificate Examination,” and substituting therefor the words “a ‘partial pass for Class D’ in the Teachers’ Certificate Examination.”

The following new clause is hereby inserted after clause 5:—

5A. Subject to any qualification hereinafter made, the term of service of a pupil-teacher shall be two years, three years, or four years, as the case may be, according to his rank on appointment as of the third year, second year, or first year respectively. For the purposes of this clause a year of service means a year beginning with the 1st February and ending with the 31st January following, provided that the first year of service shall be reckoned as dating (a) in the case of a pupil-teacher appointed on or before the 1st July of any year, as from the 1st February of that year; and (b) in the case of a pupil-teacher appointed after the 1st July in any year, as from the 1st of February following.

Subclauses (4) and (5) of clause 6 are hereby amended by substituting the word “February” for the word “January” wherever the latter occurs.

The following new clause is hereby inserted after clause 6:—

6A. Pupil-teachers’ salaries and allowances shall be payable in monthly instalments as from the date of entry upon the duties of their position.

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

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Regulations under the Stock Act, 1908, for the Prevention of Blackleg amongst Cattle.—Notice No. 1817.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twentieth day of December, 1915.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section twenty-one of the Stock Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may from time to time make regulations for the prevention of the spread of disease amongst stock: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the regulations made on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, as amended by Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, for the prevention of blackleg amongst cattle, and to make other regulations in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations hereinafter referred to, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the day of gazetting hereof.