Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 965

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of all Shops in the Wairewa County under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the shops in the Wairewa County, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops within the county shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 6 p.m.; Friday, 9 p.m.: And whereas the Wairewa County Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the shops within the Wairewa County:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that, from and after the 29th day of March, 1915, all shops within the Wairewa County shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.

Dated at Wellington this 20th day of March, 1914.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

Appointment of Wharf under the Customs Act, 1913.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 8th March, 1915.

I, WILLIAM HERBERT HERRIES, Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do hereby appoint the undermentioned place to be a wharf for the loading and unloading of goods, viz.:

PORT OF WELLINGTON.

That portion of the breastwork which extends for 284 ft., more or less, in a northerly direction from the King's Wharf, Wellington.

And I do hereby fix Pipitea Wharf, Berth No. 1, as the name by which the said place shall be known.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Customs.

Appointment of Customs Examining-place.

Customs Department,
Wellington, 8th March, 1915.

I, WILLIAM HERBERT HERRIES, Minister of Customs, in exercise of the powers vested in me for this purpose by the Customs Act, 1913, do hereby appoint the undermentioned shed to be a place for the examination by the Customs of goods subject to the control of the Customs, viz.:

PORT OF WELLINGTON.

The brick building situated adjacent to the Pipitea Wharf and known as the Pipitea Wharf Store No. 1.

W. H. HERRIES,
Minister of Customs.

Appointment of First Meeting of the Taumarunui Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.

IN pursuance of the power conferred upon me by section 28 of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, I, Robert Heaton Rhodes, the Minister in Charge of the said Act, do hereby appoint that the first meeting of the Taumarunui Hospital and Charitable Aid Board shall be held at the office of the Taumarunui Chamber of Commerce at Taumarunui, at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, 10th April, 1915.

As witness my hand this 18th day of March, 1915.

R. HEATON RHODES,
Minister of Hospitals and Charitable Aid.

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 22nd March, 1915.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders is published for general information.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Additions to Strong-rooms, Provincial Buildings, Christchurch.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Calvert, C., Sydenham .. .. .. 1,340 0 0

Declined.
White, George, Linwood .. .. .. 1,349 0 0
Bull, G. L., St. Albans .. .. .. 1,529 0 0
Rennell, B., Addington .. .. .. 1,540 0 0
Head and Webb, Christchurch .. .. 1,771 2 6
Graham, P., and Son, Christchurch.. .. 1,911 0 0

Regulations under the Tramways Act, 1908.

WHEREAS by section 7 of the Tramways Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Governor in Council, acting as the Board of Control constituted under the said section, is authorized from time to time to make such rules and regulations as he thinks expedient for securing the safety of the public from personal injury, or from fire or otherwise, in connection with the use of electricity as a motive power under the said Act: And whereas by the said section, as amended by section 5 of the Tramways Amendment Act, 1911, the Board of Control is empowered to delegate all or any of the powers vested in it by the said Act to the Minister of Public Works: And whereas by Order in Council dated the 11th December, 1911, and published in the Gazette of the 14th December, 1911, all the powers vested in the Board of Control as aforesaid were duly delegated to the Minister of Public Works: And whereas it is expedient to make rules and regulations for securing the safety of the public as hereinbefore recited:

Now, therefore, I, William Fraser, the Minister of Public Works for the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers delegated to me by the Board of Control as aforesaid, do hereby make the following rules and regulations; and do hereby declare that the said rules and regulations shall, except in so far as may be otherwise specially provided in any authorizing order, be deemed to be incorporated with and to form part of every order hereafter issued under section 3 of the said Act authorizing the construction of a tramway.

RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE INCORPORATED IN TRAMWAY ORDERS.

In these regulations the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereby attached to them respectively:—

“Conductor” means any wire or cable for the transmission of electric energy placed either underground or overhead, and includes any casing, cover, conduit, or support for the same.

“Earthed” means connected to the general mass of earth in such a manner 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; and includes any instrument, insulator, casing, tubing, pipe-covering, or post enclosing or supporting an electric line or anything connected therewith.

“Extra-high pressure” means pressures over 3,300 volts.

“High pressure” means pressures over 650 volts and up to 3,300 volts.

“Low pressure” means pressures up to 650 volts.

“Minister” means Minister of Public Works.

“Pressure” means the difference of electric potential between any two conductors through which a supply of energy is given, or between any part of either conductor and the earth.

“Public Works Engineer” means the Engineer in charge of the Public Works district in which the tramway is situated.

“Street” includes road.

“Substation” means any building or enclosure, either above or below ground, which shall be accessible only to authorized persons and containing transforming or converting apparatus for the supply of energy.

“Telegraph” includes telephone.

“Telegraph line” has the same meaning as “electric line” in the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and also includes all telegraph, telephone, and electric-signalling wires belonging to the Government Railways Department.

Generating Station and Substation.

1. Where high or extra-high pressure overhead or underground cables to substations form part of a tramway system,