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placed near the ammeter. The maximum current indicated shall not at any time exceed either two amperes per mile of single tramway-line or five per cent. of the total current-output of the station, and the resistance of the connected circuit between the water-main and the negative bus-bar shall be such that the maximum current laid down in this regulation shall produce a difference of potential not exceeding one volt across such circuit. The ammeter shall be so constructed as to indicate correctly the current passing from the water-main to the negative bus-bar.

Insulation Tests.

24. The insulation of the line, and of the return when insulated, and of all feeders and other conductors, shall be so maintained that the leakage current shall not exceed one-hundredth of an ampere per mile of tramway. The leakage current shall be ascertained and recorded once in every week before or after the hours of running when the line is fully charged. If at any time it should be found that the leakage current exceeds one-half of an ampere per mile of tramway, the leak shall be localized and removed as soon as practicable, and the running of the cars shall be stopped unless the leak is localized and removed within twenty-four hours.

Insulation Resistance.

25. The insulation resistance of all continuously insulated cables used for lines, for insulated returns, for feeders, or for other purposes, and laid below the surface of the ground, shall not be permitted to fall below the equivalent of 1 megohm for a length of one mile. A test of the insulation resistance of all such cables shall be made at least once in each month and recorded.

Records to be kept.

26. Daily: Maximum current supplied to the tramway; maximum working pressure; fall of potential in return (clause 21). Weekly: Leakage current (clause 24). Monthly: Minimum insulation resistance on insulated cables in megohms per mile (clause 25).

Notice regarding Alterations.

27. Before commencing the extension or alteration of any underground or overhead electric line already laid or erected, the tramway authority shall give at least seven days’ notice in writing to the Public Works Engineer, and also to the District Telegraph Engineer of the Post and Telegraph Department, or his deputy, of its intention to carry out the works, and, in the case of an extension, shall forward to the Minister a locality plan showing the route of any such extension.

Maintenance.

28. Every portion of an electric tramway supply system, whether aerial or underground, also all structural parts and electric appliances and devices belonging to or connected therewith, shall be duly and efficiently supervised and maintained by the tramway authority as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions.

Compliance with Regulations.

29. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the regulations are being faithfully complied with by the tramway authority, the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the lands and works and inspect the said works.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this 24th day of March, 1915.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

Officiating Ministers for 1915.—Notice No. 10.

Registrar-General’s Office,
Wellington, 24th March, 1915.

PURSUANT to the provisions of the Marriage Act, 1908, the following names of Officiating Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for general information:—

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called the Church of England.

The Reverend ALFRED LAURIE CANTER.
" ALBERT SYDNEY EGGLETON.
" EDWARD BREWER WETHEY.

Church of the Seven Rules of Jehovah.

The Reverend HUKAATAI TE RANGITUAPA.

F. W. MANSFIELD,
Registrar-General.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th March, 1915.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of the sum of £1, forwarded to the Collector of Customs, at Wellington, by some person unknown, as conscience-money to the New Zealand Government.

A request accompanies the remittance seeking acknowledgment in the columns of the Palmerston North Evening Standard.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Conscience-money received.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 16th March, 1915.

THE Minister of Finance directs me to acknowledge receipt of the sum of £10, forwarded as conscience-money to the Hon. Minister of Immigration by some person unknown, to whom an assisted passage from England was granted by the Government. The writer of the letter states that he was not entitled to the assistance.

G. F. C. CAMPBELL,
Secretary to the Treasury.

Government Offices to be closed on Friday, the 23rd April, 1915, in celebration of St. George’s Day and St. David’s Day.

Office of the Public Service Commissioner,
Wellington, 18th March, 1915.

AS provided under the Public Service Regulations, the Government Offices throughout New Zealand will be closed on Friday, the 23rd April, 1915, in celebration of St. George’s Day and St. David’s Day.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

Government Insurance Department Agency opened at Clevedon.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 18th March, 1915.

AN Agency of the above Department (Life and Accident Branches) will be opened at

THE POST-OFFICE, CLEVEDON,

as from the 1st April, 1915.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Notice of Order of a Judge vesting Land in the Public Trustee under the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its Amendments (Part II, Unclaimed Lands).

I HEREBY give notice that by an order of His Honour Thomas Walker Stringer, Esquire, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, made at Auckland, in the northern district of the said Court, on the 9th day of March, 1915, it was ordered that all that parcel of land situated in the Parish of Waipareira, in the Dominion of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement sixty-five (65) acres, more or less, being Section 58 in the said parish, be vested in the Public Trustee under and subject to the provisions of the Public Trust Office Act, 1908, and its amendments (Part II, Unclaimed Lands).

Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of March, 1915.

FRED. FITCHETT,
Public Trustee.

Public Service Stores Tender Board.—Supply and Delivery of Clothing, &c.

Wellington, 19th March, 1915.

TENDERS will be received at the office of the Chairman (Government Printing Office) not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 14th April, 1915, for the supply of clothing, &c., to the training-ship “Amokura” at Wellington, for the period ending 31st March, 1916. Tenders are to be marked “Tender for Clothing, Training-ship ‘Amokura.’”

Copies of conditions of supply and forms of tender may be obtained from the Secretary, Marine Department, Custom-house, where the samples of clothing, &c., may be seen.

J. MACKAY,
Chairman.