1016 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 45

and electrical appliances and devices belonging to or connected
with the said electric line, shall be duly and efficiently main-
tained as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions.

15. Service lines from aerial lines shall be taken from in-
    sulators, and shall not be tapped off between insulators.
    They shall be led as directly as possible to insulators firmly
    attached to some portion of the consumer’s premises which
    is not accessible to any person without the use of a ladder or
    other special appliance. Every portion of any service line
    which is outside a building and within 7 ft. of any part of the
    building shall be rubber insulated.

16. Service wires shall not be less than No. 12 S.W.G.
    if solid, or 7/20 S.W.G. if stranded.

17. All metal pipes or coverings containing any electric
    line or wires shall be efficiently connected with earth, and shall
    be so jointed as to make good electrical connection through-
    out their whole length.

18. The said licensee shall be responsible for all electric
    lines, fittings, and apparatus belonging to him, or under his
    control, which may be upon a consumer’s premises, being
    maintained in a safe condition and in all respect fit for supply-
    ing energy.

19. In delivering the energy to a consumer’s terminals
    the said licensee shall exercise all due precautions so as to
    avoid risk of causing fire on the premises.

20. All electric lines and apparatus on a consumer’s premises,
    excepting such parts as are required to be connected to earth,
    shall be highly insulated and be suitable for the voltage at
    which supply is being given. They shall be thoroughly pro-
    tected against injury to the insulation and against the access
    of moisture, and any metal forming part of the electric circuit
    shall not, unless efficiently connected with earth, be exposed
    so that it can be touched. All electric lines shall be so fixed
    and protected as to prevent the possibility of electrical dis-
    charge to any adjacent metallic substance.

21. A suitable safety-fuse or other automatic circuit-
    breaker shall be inserted in each service line within a con-
    sumer’s premises as close as possible to the point of entry,
    and contained within a suitable locked or sealed receptacle
    of fireproof construction.

22. The wiring shall be done from distributing-boards
    which shall be of incombustible material. Suitable fuses
    at each pole, fitted to engage in spring clips, shall be placed
    on these boards so that it shall be possible to disconnect
    any or all circuits from the supply. If double-pole switches
    are used on the distributing-board circuits, fuses need not then
    be of the type to engage in spring clips.

23. There must be an approved porcelain bridge or other
    efficient insulation between the terminals of lamp-holders,
    and where lamp-holders are liable to be handled by persons
    making good earth contact they shall be provided with non-
    conducting covers.

24. Insulation of conductors used for interior wiring shall
    be of vulcanized rubber of not less than 600-megohms-per-
    mile grade.

25. The said licensee shall not connect the wires and fittings
    on a consumer’s premises with its mains, or, in the case of
    premises already connected, continue the supply from its
    mains, unless it is reasonably satisfied that the requirements
    of this license, as far as applicable, are being complied with,
    that the wiring and fittings are suitable to the voltage at
    which supply is being given, and that the connection or con-
    tinuance of supply would not cause a leakage from those
    wires and fittings exceeding one ten-thousandth part of the
    maximum supply current to the premises; and where the
    said licensee declines to make such connection or to con-
    tinue the supply it shall serve upon the consumer a notice
    stating the reasons of so declining.

26. If the said licensee is reasonably satisfied, after making
    all proper examinations by testing or otherwise, that the
    wiring and fittings are not suitable for the voltage being em-
    ployed, that a leakage exists at some part of the circuit of
    such extent as to be a source of danger, and that such a leakage
    does not exist at any part of the circuit belonging to the said
    licensee, or that any other requirements of this license, so
    far as they apply to the consumer’s premises, are not being
    complied with, then and in such case any officer of the said
    licensee duly authorized in writing may, for the purpose of
    discovering whether the leakage exists at any part of the
    circuit within or upon any consumer’s premises, or whether
    the wiring is suitable, and the general requirements of this
    license are complied with, by notice require the consumer
    at some reasonable time after the service of the notice to
    permit inspection of the wires and fittings belonging to the
    consumer and forming part of the circuit.

27. If on such testing and inspection the officer discovers
    a leakage from the consumer’s wires exceeding one ten-
    thousandth part of the maximum supply current to the pre-
    mises, or that the requirements of this license are not properly
    conformed to, or if the consumer does not give all due facilities
    for inspection and testing, the said licensee shall forthwith
    discontinue the supply of energy to the premises in question,
    giving immediate notice of the discontinuance to the consumer,
    and shall not recommence the supply until it is reasonably
    satisfied that the cause of leakage has been remedied, and that
    the installation is in conformity with these conditions.

28. If any consumer is dissatisfied with the action of the
    said licensee in refusing to give, or in discontinuing, or in
    not recommencing the supply of energy to his premises, the
    wires and fittings of that consumer may, on his application
    to the Minister and on payment of the cost of such inspection,
    be inspected and be tested for the existence of leakage by
    the Inspecting Engineer.

This provision shall be endorsed on every notice given
under the provisions of either of the two last preceding clauses
hereof.

29. From the time when the said licensee commences to
    supply energy through any distributing-main, and during the
    continuance of this license, it shall maintain continuously
    sufficient power for the use of all the consumers for the time
    being entitled to be supplied from such main; provided that
    for any purposes connected with the efficient working of the
    undertaking the Minister may give permission to the said
    licensee to discontinue the supply at such intervals and at
    such periods as he thinks expedient. When the supply is
    so discontinued, public notice shall be given when practic-
    able of such discontinuance and of the probable duration
    thereof.

30. The variation of pressure at any consumer’s terminals
    shall not under any conditions exceed 4 per cent. above or
    below the normal pressure at which he is being supplied.

31. The said 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 said licensee that
    he has received from the Inspecting Engineer a certificate
    that the work hereby authorized has been satisfactorily
    carried out.

32. The Minister may at any time order an inspection
    to be made of the lines and wires of the said licensee. If
    any defect is found to exist it must be remedied forthwith,
    and if serious in the opinion of the Inspecting Engineer
    the Minister may, on the receipt of the report, direct the said
    licensee to at once cease transmitting energy either over the
    whole of the said electric lines and wires, or any part thereof,
    as to him may seem fit, until such defect is repaired or re-
    medied. The cost of such inspections shall be borne by the
    said licensee.

33. After the supply of energy has begun, not less than
    fourteen days’ notice in writing shall be given to the Resident
    Engineer of Public Works at Gisborne, and to the Telegraph
    Engineer for the district, his deputy, or such other officer
    as the Minister from time to time directs, of each alteration
    or further extension that the said licensee is about to make.

34. The said licensee shall, upon the receipt of an appli-
    cation from an occupier of any premises, within 60 ft. of any
    of the said licensee’s public-supply lines, furnish such premises
    with electric energy upon the same terms and conditions
    on which any other consumer is entitled under similar cir-
    cumstances to a corresponding supply.

35. The said licensee shall, before erection or construction
    of any part of the work hereby authorized is begun, submit
    for the approval of the Minister such plans and other in-
    formation showing and describing such work as he may
    require.

36. 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 July, 1915.

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

38. This license, and the benefits and obligations here-
    under, shall not be assigned by the said licensee without the
    express consent in writing of the Minister first had and
    obtained; 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.

39. If the said licensee fails to comply with any of the con-
    ditions 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 said 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.

40. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause
    of these conditions, if the said 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.