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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a county road.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of road in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, Opotiki County, known as Opotiki to Motu Road, commencing at Trig. Station 769 on the north-east corner of Section 2 (education reserve), Block 1, Urutawa East Survey District, and proceeding thence generally in a southerly direction, adjoining or passing through the said Section 2 E.R. and part Section 3, Block I, Urutawa East Survey District, to a point about midway along the road frontage of the said Section 3, Block I, Urutawa East Survey District, being a total distance of two miles, more or less. As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 40476, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

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

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Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Lichfield Domain.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of July, 1916.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board having, subject to Part II of the said Act, control of such domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nine, a Domain Board was appointed to control the Lichfield Domain:

And whereas the period for which the said Board was appointed expired on the sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen:

And whereas it appears expedient to again appoint a Domain Board to control the domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

THOMAS FREEMAN,
HENRY MISSON,
JAMES RUTHERFORD,
WILLIAM FRANCIS PEPPERELL, and
GEORGE HENRY HUNT

to be the Lichfield Domain Board, having the control of he land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby appoint Wednesday, the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, at seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the library-room adjoining the Lichfield School as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

LICHFIELD DOMAIN, PIAKO COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Section No. 26, Block XV, Patetere North Survey District (Selwyn Settlement). Bounded towards the north-west by Lots Nos. 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, and 435, Town of Lichfield, 800 links; towards the north-east by a public road 100 links wide, 1350 links; towards the south-east by Section No. 27, Block XV, Patetere North Survey District, 800 links; and towards the south-west by a public road 100 links wide, 1350 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 57305/2, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

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License authorizing the Wellington City Council to erect Electric Lines from the Trolly-wire in Adelaide Road to the Premises of the Excelsior Laundry Company (Limited).

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of July, 1916.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued to him by the Governor in Council under that Act:

And whereas the Excelsior Laundry Company (Limited), (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect electric lines from the trolly-wire in Adelaide Road to the adjoining premises of the Excelsior Laundry Company (Limited), situated in Section 1, part of Town Acre 745, City of Wellington (hereinafter referred to as “the said electric lines”), and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this 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, hereby authorize the said licensee to erect and maintain the said electric lines for the purpose of supplying current to motors having an aggregate capacity of fifteen horse-power, such electric lines and the position of the premises being indicated in red colour on the plan marked P.W.D. 40033, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

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SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS.

1. In this license the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereby attached to them respectively:—

“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 purposes; and includes any instrument, insulator, casing, tubing, pipe-covering, or post enclosing or supporting an electric line, or anything connected therewith.

“Inspecting Engineer” means and includes any Inspecting Engineer appointed by the Minister to inspect the works to be constructed or maintained by virtue of electric-line licenses issued under the Public Works Act, 1908, and any or all of its amendments, or under any one or more of such amendments only, or any Act or Acts passed in amendment thereof or substitution therefor.

“Minister” means Minister of Public Works.

“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 signaling wires belonging to the Government Railways Department.

2. The conductors shall not be less than seven S.W.G. hard-drawn No. 20 wires, firmly attached to porcelain insulators, and erected on supports placed not more than 150 ft. apart. The positive conductor shall be covered throughout, and the covering may consist of vulcanized indiarubber or of triple braiding thoroughly impregnated with weatherproof compound. The negative conductor may be bare.

3. The conductors shall be carried on substantial and durable supports, which shall be designed to have a factor of safety of four in the case of steel, iron, or ferro-concrete, and five in the case of wood, calculated upon the ultimate strength of the material, assuming the wind-pressure to be 20 lb. per square foot upon a plane surface, and 12 lb. per square foot upon a diametral plane upon a cylindrical surface.

4. The conductors shall not in any part thereof be at a less height than 18 ft. from the surface of the ground.

5. A single-pole fuse cut-out shall be inserted in the positive conductor, and arranged to operate with an overload of 100 per cent. above the rated full load of the circuit. Such fuse cut-out shall be placed in a suitable locked or sealed re-