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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 140

3. COVERING OF OVERHEAD LINES.

Electric lines at low pressure shall be covered throughout
with triple braiding, thoroughly impregnated with weather-
proof compound; provided that where circumstances permit
the lines may, with the previous consent of the Minister
obtained, and before the work is commenced, be bare.
Electric lines at high pressure shall be insulated with vul-
canized rubber of at least 600 megohm grade; provided that
where circumstances permit the lines may, with the previous
consent of the Minister obtained, and before the work is
commenced, be bare.
Electric lines at extra high pressure shall be bare.
Earthed neutral or intermediate conductors may in all
cases be bare.
Every pole or support carrying extra-high-pressure lines or
high-pressure lines, the conductors of which are bare, shall
have attached to it a plate marked “Danger—Live Wires.”
Bare low-pressure and bare high-pressure electric lines
erected with the consent of the Minister shall be subject to
the following conditions :
(a.) The electric lines upon which workmen are engaged
shall be disconnected from the source of supply, but if a
suitable raised platform is used the electric lines need not
be so disconnected.
(b.) Where telegraph-lines cross the licensee’s bare electric
lines the licensee shall bear the cost of insulating, protecting,
and maintaining the insulation and protection of all telegraph-
lines, whether erected before or after the bare electric lines,
and also the cost of all special work and the maintenance
thereof which the Minister of Telegraphs deems it necessary
to carry out in consequence of the licensee’s electric lines
being bare.
(c.) When, in the opinion of the Minister of Telegraphs, it
is considered necessary owing to special circumstances that
such bare electric lines at any crossing should be replaced by
electric lines insulated in the manner prescribed in the first
part of this clause, the licensee shall insulate such bare electric
lines when requested to do so by the Minister of Telegraphs.
(d.) When, in the opinion of the Minister, it is necessary in
the interests of the public safety that the use of bare electric
lines should be discontinued, the licensee shall, upon receiving
notice from the Minister, substitute therefor electric lines
covered in the manner prescribed by the first part of this
clause.
(e.) Bare low-pressure wires which at any portion of their
length are carried bare on the same poles or supports as high-
pressure lines or extra-high-pressure lines shall be deemed to
be “infected” throughout their entire length by such high-
pressure or extra-high-pressure lines, and shall be subject to
the regulations governing high-pressure and extra-high-
pressure lines respectively.

4. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in
clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be
taken as 12° Fahrenheit.

5. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Records of results of tests (Regulation 37), and notices re
commencement of work (Regulation 44) and re extensions and
alterations (Regulation 49), should be sent to the Electrical
Engineer at present stationed at Christchurch, and to the
Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present
stationed at Christchurch.

6. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 8d. per
unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power,
heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting pur-
poses” shall include the operation of motor generators for
lighting purposes.

7. WIRING CONSUMERS’ PREMISES.—MONOPOLY FORBIDDEN.

The licensee shall not grant or agree to grant any company,
firm, or person the sole right to supply or erect the electric
wiring on any consumer’s premises, nor shall any consumer be
required to purchase from the licensee or his assigns any
material or apparatus for installing the electric wiring on such
premises, or to have the work carried out by the licensee or
his assigns, as a condition precedent to a supply of electrical
energy being given by the licensee to the consumer.

8. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance
with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force
for a period of forty-two years from the date hereof. Upon
the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination
of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby
granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine;
but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the
licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

9. REQUIREMENTS OF RANGIORA COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the
licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any
electric lines within the County of Rangiora except subject
to such conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of
this license, and the regulations relating thereto, as may from
time to time be agreed upon between the licensee and the
Rangiora County Council.

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

License authorizing the Eyre County Council to erect Electric Lines within the County of Eyre.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this fifteenth day
of October, 1918.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amend-
ment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall
lay, construct, place, put up, or use any electric line except
under the authority of a license issued by the Governor-
General in Council under that Act:
And whereas the Eyre County Council (hereinafter referred
to as “the licensee”) desires to erect lines within the area
of supply as defined in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter
called “the area of supply,” and it is expedient accordingly
to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other
powers in anywise enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency
the Governor-General 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, and to the regulations
(except clause seventeen thereof, which is replaced by clause
four of the Schedule hereto, to which references in the regu-
lations to clause seventeen shall apply) made under section
two of the aforesaid Act, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and fifteen, and hereinafter referred to as “the
regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and main-
tain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes
within the area of supply hereinafter described, such electric
lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated by
means of brown lines shown on the plan marked P.W.D.
44630, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public
Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply comprises the County of Eyre as at
present constituted, as indicated on P.W.D. 44630, deposited
in the office of the Minister of Public Works, Wellington,
in the Land District of Wellington.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e)
and (c) of clause 2 of the regulations.

3. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in
clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be
taken as 12° Fahrenheit.

4. COVERING OF OVERHEAD LINES.

Electric lines at low pressure shall be covered throughout
with triple braiding, thoroughly impregnated with weather-
proof compound: provided that where circumstances permit
the lines may, with the previous consent of the Minister
obtained, and before the work is commenced, be bare.
Electric lines at high pressure shall be insulated with vul-
canized rubber of at least 600 megohm grade: provided
that where circumstances permit the lines may, with the
previous consent of the Minister obtained, and before the
work is commenced, be bare.
Electric lines at extra high pressure shall be bare.
Earthed neutral or intermediate conductors may in all
cases be bare.
Every pole or support carrying extra-high-pressure lines
or high-pressure lines, the conductors of which are bare, shall
have attached to it a plate marked “Danger—Live Wires.”
Bare low-pressure and bare high-pressure electric lines
erected with the consent of the Minister shall be subject to
the following conditions: