Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1119

SCHEDULE.

11A. Deposits for deferred replies to deferred messages can only be accepted in multiples of the full ordinary rate. Consequently, the sender of a deferred cable message cannot prepay a deferred reply containing an odd number of words.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Electric Lines Regulations.—Amendments.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the seventeenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and the twentieth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, respectively, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, governing the transmission of telegrams by means of electric lines and their delivery, and fixing and determining the rates and fees to be demanded and received for the transmission of any telegram or otherwise, and for the registration of code addresses for inland and cable telegrams: And whereas it is desirable to amend and add to such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations and fix the rates and fees set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby revoke so much of the regulations, rates, and fees in the Schedules to the above-recited Orders in Council as is inconsistent herewith; and doth further order that the said revocation shall take effect, and the regulations hereby made and the rates and fees hereby fixed shall come into force, on the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, and that the regulations hereby made shall form part of and be read together with the regulations dated the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ten, first above recited.

SCHEDULE.

GENERAL.

1. At offices where a cash-register machine is in use payment of the charges on telegrams may be required to be made in cash instead of by means of stamps.

2. When the sender desires to insert special instructions for the information of the addressee, such as “Private,” “Confidential,” “To be opened at once,” or the like, he shall write such instructions before the address; but special instructions referring to the delivery of a telegram, such as “Post,” “Per Te Anau,” “By first steamer,” must be written so as to immediately precede the name of the office of destination. The special instructions, no matter where appearing, must be paid for as part of the message. The words should also be written in the space provided for instructions. Special instructions written by the sender must appear on the envelope enclosing the telegram.

3. Telegrams enclosed in the Department’s envelope or in any other envelope inscribed “Telegram for transmission” will be carried by mail contractors free of postage to the nearest telegraph-office. Contractors are not required to accept open telegrams or to assess or collect transmission charges; and the Department will not be responsible for the carriage by contractors of the money for transmission charges.

WEATHER TELEGRAM.

4. Farmers shall be permitted to forward messages of inquiry to “Weather,” Wellington, at one uniform rate of 1s. for each message (including reply). The number of words in the request and reply must not exceed twenty-four. If required, the message may be made urgent at double the above rate.

WEATHER FORECAST.

5. A subscriber to a telephone exchange whose connection is not less than one mile in length, and a private-wire owner connected with a telephone bureau which regularly receives a weather-forecast telegram, may have the same telephoned for an annual payment of £1, or for 10s. for one season of three months, commencing from any date desired.

SPECIAL MESSENGER SERVICE.

6. Payment of fees must be made at the time of the service being performed. Receipts for payments made at any time will be given free of charge.

CODE ADDRESSES.

7. The yearly charge for registering a code address shall be as follows:—
   For inland telegrams (if no cable code address is registered), 10s.
   When same code address used for cable and inland, 10s. each.
   If a different cable or inland address is subsequently registered, £1 for the inland address from the date of such registration until the 31st December following; after that date the fee for the inland address to be 10s.

COUNTING.

8. All punctuation signs and underlines in telegrams shall be counted and charged for as one word each.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Charge for Telephone Exchange Connection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, regulations were made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, prescribing the charges to be levied for connection with a telephone exchange: And whereas it is desirable to amend such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulation numbered twelve under the heading “Telephone Exchanges” in the above-recited Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that such regulation shall form part of and be read together with the regulations above recited, and shall have effect on and after the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

12. The above rates are for business connections not exceeding half a mile, or for private residences not exceeding one mile, from the exchange. Business connections comprise warehouses, stores, shops, boardinghouses, or any premises which bear prima facie evidence of being utilized for business purposes or are advertised as such.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Telephoning Radio-telegrams.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of March, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of December, one thousand nine hundred