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2. The supply shall be given by means of two triple-braided copper conductors of 7/16 S.W.G. section, and suspended on efficient insulators with a minimum clearance of 20 ft. from the ground at the lowest point of the span.

3. The outgoing electric lines from the generating station shall be provided with automatic circuit-breakers or fuses, set to open circuit at 100 per cent. excess current over the rated full load of such electric lines, and with a time-limit not exceeding ten seconds.

4. A suitable safety-fuse or other automatic circuit-breaker shall be inserted on the consumer’s premises as close as possible to the point of entry, and contained within a suitable locked or sealed receptacle of fireproof construction.

5. All electric wires placed on the consumer’s premises shall be insulated with rubber of 600-megohm grade, and shall be thoroughly protected against injury to the insulation or access of moisture.

6. Electric lines shall not under any circumstances be attached to the Post and Telegraph Department’s poles without the consent of the Minister of Telegraphs.

Where electric lines are permitted to be supported on telegraph poles all details of the supports and the insulation shall be approved by the Minister of Telegraphs, apart from any other provision contained in these conditions, who may require such electric lines at any time to be removed from such telegraph poles on reasonable notice, and without any compensation whatsoever.

7. At telegraph crossings the conductors shall pass over or under telegraph or telephone wires as may be decided by the Minister of Telegraphs. At places where it may be deemed necessary by the Minister of Telegraphs as a protection to telegraph or telephone wires generally, approved guard-wires, effectively earthed, shall be erected by or at the cost of the licensee. Such guard-wires shall be 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 the latter pass under the conductors.

8. Earth-wires where led down poles shall be protected by a casing for a distance of 8 ft. from the ground. A test shall be made every three months, and oftener if required, of all earths to ensure that the earth-wire is intact and that the earth is effective.

9. Before commencing the erection of any part of the line authorized, or the extension or alteration of any line already erected, the licensee shall give at least seven days’ notice in writing to the Public Works Engineer at present stationed at Wanganui, and also to the District Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department, or his deputy, of his intention to carry out the work, and shall forward to the Minister of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”) a locality-plan showing the route of any extension.

10. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of April, 1915, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day of June, 1915.

11. The licensee shall, prior to the completion of the said works, give to the Minister at least one week’s notice in writing of the estimated date of such completion.

12. The licensee 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 licensee that he has received from the Engineer appointed by him to inspect the works a certificate that they have been satisfactorily carried out.

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

14. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the licensee without the express consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained, upon such terms and conditions as he shall approve; 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.

15. If the licensee fails to comply with any of the conditions of this license the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the licensee within thirty days to remedy the default specified in that notice; and if the licensee fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the said period he 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.

16. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the licensee 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.

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

18. 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 licensee for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public work as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

19. Nothing in this license or otherwise shall be deemed to give the licensee a monopoly or the exclusive right to supply electricity.

20. This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereof, continue in force for a period of forty-two years. 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.

Murchison Agricultural and Pastoral Association incorporated.
—Notice No. 1775.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighth day of March, 1915.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies 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 incorporate the members of the Murchison Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the style and title of “The Murchison Agricultural and Pastoral Association.”

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

Regulations regarding the Keeping of Accounts by Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eighth day of March, 1915.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. ALLEN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section one hundred and twenty-seven of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, make all such regulations consistent with the said Act as are contemplated or provided for by the said Act, or as he thinks necessary or expedient, for carrying into full the provisions thereof: And whereas it is expedient to make such regulations accordingly:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him as aforesaid, 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 following regulations in respect to the accounts to be kept by Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards pursuant to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into operation on the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen.