Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3761

that the information hereinafter furnished by me in the appendix hereto is correct in every particular; that the abstract of accounts is a true statement of the receipts and payments of the institution for the year herein specified; that the whole of the subsidy received in the year 1919 was expended in the purchase of books for the library; [and that by the rules of the library the reading-room is open to the public free of charge].

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

[Signature.]

Declared at , this day of , 19 , before me— , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor, or Notary Public].

[Here affix and cancel a stamp at 3s.]

[NOTE.—The words relating to the 1919 subsidy and to free admission may be struck out if they are not applicable. The words in brackets are not part of the form, but indicate matter to be inserted or substituted.]

6. Copies of the form of application may be obtained from the Secretary, Education Department, Wellington, and from the Secretary of any Education Board.

F. H. D. BELL,
Minister of Education.

Notice fixing the Closing-hours of Grocers’ Shops in the Borough of Timaru, under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops in the Borough of Timaru, has been forwarded to me, desiring that all such shops shall be closed in the evening of working-days as follows: On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7 p.m., and on Saturdays at 9 p.m., with the following exceptions—(1) should the occupier of any shop bound by the provisions of this requisition observe, pursuant to the provisions of section 19 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, any of the days therein mentioned other than Thursday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop in that week shall be 7 p.m., and should such special day fall on Saturday the closing-hour on Friday for any such shop shall be 9 p.m.; (2) the evening of the working-day immediately preceding Christmas Day and the evening of the working-day immediately preceding New Year’s Day, when the closing-hour shall be 11 p.m.; (3) should the occupier of any shop bound by the provisions of this requisition observe, pursuant to the provisions of section 11 (2) of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, Saturday as the statutory closing-day, then and in such case the closing-hour on Thursday for any such shop shall be 7 p.m. and on Friday 9 p.m.:

And whereas the Timaru Borough Council has certified that the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the occupiers of all the grocers’ shops within the Borough of Timaru:

Now, therefore, I, William Ferguson Massey, Minister of Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, do hereby direct that on and after the 22nd day of December, 1919, all grocers’ shops within the Borough of Timaru shall be closed accordingly.

The notice gazetted on the 11th day of August, 1910, fixing closing-hours of retail grocers’ and general storekeepers’ shops in the Borough of Timaru is hereby cancelled in so far as it relates to grocers’ shops, as from the date of the coming into operation of this notice.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December, 1919.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Labour.

The Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, Section 5.—License to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity.

Office of the Minister of Public Works,
Wellington, 15th December, 1919.

THE Minister of Public Works hereby notifies, for public information, that the following are the requirements and provisions subject to which he will be prepared to advise His Excellency the Governor-General in Council to entertain applications for licenses under section 5 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908.

REGULATIONS.

APPLICATIONS.

1. EVERY application for a license to use water for power purposes, under section 5 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, shall be made in writing to the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, and the applicant shall, when required, supply the Minister with the following particulars:—

(1.) In the case of a company—
(a.) Evidence to the satisfaction of the Minister that the company is duly incorporated and registered.
(b.) A copy of the company’s memorandum of association and rules.

(2.) In every case—
(c.) A lithograph or sketch-plan, to a suitable scale, showing the position of the headworks, the proposed water-race or pipe-line, or both, the position of the generating-station and the tail-race, and the approximate boundaries of the area of land, if any, to be flooded.
(d.) A statement of the quantity of water to be taken, and the difference in level between the water and the headworks and in the tail-race; a description of the electrical system to be adopted—that is to say, whether direct current or alternating current, and if the latter the number of phases and periodicity, and in either case the pressure of generation, transmission, and supply.
(e.) A statement of the extent of the electric power proposed to be developed in the initial installation, and to be provided for in future extensions, and the use intended to be made of it.
(f.) A plan in triplicate to a suitable scale, but in any case not less than 1 in. to the mile, showing the area of supply, the site of the power-house and substations, the routes proposed for the initial transmission-lines, indicating all roads, railways, rivers, post and telegraph lines, and other electric lines, and also private and Crown lands proposed to be crossed or traversed.
(g.) A statement of the time to elapse between the date of the license and the complete initial installation and construction of all the hydraulic and electrical plant and works specified in the application.
(h.) Any further or other information which the Minister may require.

2. In all cases where the applicant is not a local authority, or if a local authority desires to operate beyond its own boundaries, the consent in writing of the local authority concerned must be obtained and forwarded with the application.

3. The Minister may require all or any of the aforesaid particulars to be verified on oath, and the application may be refused if, in his opinion, any of the particulars are unsatisfactory, or the quantity of water applied for is excessive, or the proposed use is improper.

4. If the Minister thinks the application should be further considered, he shall appoint a commission of inquiry for this purpose, whereupon the following provisions shall apply:—
   (a.) The Commissioner shall require a minute of the application to be advertised, at the cost of the applicant, in such form and in such newspaper as he thinks fit, having regard to the nature and extent of the works, the route proposed for transmission, and the interests likely to be affected.
   (b.) The minute shall call on all persons having any objection to the proposed works to give notice thereof to the Commissioner, and also to serve a copy thereof on the applicant, within such time before the day of hearing as the Commissioner prescribes.

CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

5. The license when issued shall be in such form and shall contain such conditions and provisions as the Governor-General in Council thinks fit, including conditions and provisions for the following purposes:—
   (a.) A limitation as to time within which the powers conferred by the license shall be exercised, and a limitation as to the time within which the complete initial plant as authorized shall be installed.
   (b.) Power for inspection by the Minister and such officers as he appoints for that purpose, both during and after construction of all works, so as to ensure the provisions of the license being given due effect to, and the law as regards safety of life and property being duly observed.
   (c.) Power to the Governor-General in Council to impose fines, or suspend or cancel the license, for breach of any of its conditions.
   (d.) A statement of the time during which the license is to be current, and whether or not any renewal of the same can be obtained, and on what terms.
   (e.) A yearly rent charge of 4s. per kilowatt of maximum output generated during any and every year as indicated by a watt-meter.
   (f.) A schedule of maximum charges that may be made by the licensee for the sale or supply of electricity.
   (g.) Power to the Governor-General in Council to forfeit, without payment of any compensation, any water