MAR. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 803

Electric Lines Regulations.—Private Lines Switching Fee.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh
day of March, 1919.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twelfth day
of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen,
and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth
day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, a regula-
tion was made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph
Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), fixing the fees
to be charged for connecting a private line with a public line
or with another private line:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke such regulation and
to make another for the same purpose in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 en-
abling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
revoke the regulation made by the above-mentioned Order
in Council, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation set
forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth order that the re-
gulation hereby made shall form part of and be read together
with the regulations made by Order in Council of the first
day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven,
and shall have effect from the date of the publication of this
Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

13. WHERE a private line is connected with a telephone-
    office in charge of a non-permanent telephonist a fee of at
    least £2 per annum shall be charged every private-wire
    owner to cover the service of switching one private line
    to another private line, or switching one private line to a
    departmental line, or vice versa. Where there is more than
    one telephone on a private line the fee to be charged shall be
    at least £1 per annum per telephone for the like service. All
    such fees shall be paid by the private-line owner to the
    telephonist in addition to the usual bureau fees and cost of
    transmitting messages.

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

Licensing the Auckland Shingle Dredging Company (Limited)
to occupy Land below Low-water Mark in the Hauraki Gulf,
and to erect Hoppers thereon, for the Purpose of taking
Shingle and Sand.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh
day of March, 1919.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned the Auck-
land Shingle Dredging Company (Limited), (hereinafter called
"the company"), has applied to the Governor-General in
Council for a license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter
called "the said Act"), to use and occupy a part of the land
below low-water mark in the Hauraki Gulf, and to erect
hoppers thereon, for the purpose of dredging and taking away
the shingle and sand deposited thereon; and, in accordance
with the provisions of the said Act, has deposited a plan in
the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked
M.D. 3882) showing the area of foreshore and land below
low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-
General in Council that the proposed taking of shingle and
sand will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the
said plan has, prior to the making of this Order in Council,
been approved by the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas it is desirable to grant the license applied for:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and
of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf,
and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Execu-
tive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of
the purpose or object for which the said license is required
by the company as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and
exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like
advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and
permit the company to use and occupy that part of the land
below low-water mark near Pakihi Island, which is particu-
larly shown and delineated by being edged in red on the plan so
deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of dredging and taking
away the shingle and sand deposited thereon, and of erecting
hoppers thereon, in accordance with plans to be first approved
by the Governor-General in Council, such license to be held
and enjoyed by the company upon and subject to the terms
and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. IN these conditions the term "Minister" means the
   Minister of Marine as defined by the Shipping and Seamen
   Act, 1908, and includes any officer, person, or authority
   acting by or under the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in
   Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the land
   below low-water mark necessary for the purposes hereinbefore
   mentioned, as shown edged in red in the plan marked M.D.
   3882, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department as
   aforesaid.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges
   granted by this Order in Council the company shall, on being
   supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of
   £2 10s., and thereafter a royalty of 3d. per cubic yard on all
   shingle and sand taken from the said land below low-water
   mark included in the license, such royalty to be paid to the
   Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Auckland, or such
   other person as the Minister may direct; provided that after
   the 16th day of July, 1926, the Governor-General in Council
   may prescribe the royalty thereafter to be at such rate as he
   thinks reasonable.

4. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all officers in
   the Government service acting in the execution of their duty,
   shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into,
   through, and out of the aforesaid land and the hoppers
   erected thereon without payment.

5. The company shall maintain the above-mentioned
   hoppers in good order and repair, and shall at all times
   exhibit therefrom, and maintain at its own cost, suitable and
   necessary lights for the guidance of vessels; provided that no
   light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of
   by the Minister.

6. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reason-
   able times enter upon the said hoppers and view the state of
   repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting
   to the last known address of the company a notice in writing
   of any defect or want of repair in such hoppers, requiring it,
   within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair
   the same, it shall with all convenient speed cause such defect
   to be removed or such repairs to be made.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the company to
   do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent
   with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of
   the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Har-
   bours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made
   thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under
   this Order in Council shall continue in force for the term of
   fourteen years, computed from the date hereof, unless in the
   meantime such rights, powers, and privileges are altered,
   modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the com-
   pany shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right,
   power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the
   Minister first obtained.

9. The company shall be liable for any injury which the
   said hoppers may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through
   any default or neglect on its part.

10. In case the company shall—
    (1.) Fail to exercise the rights hereby conferred for a period
    of nine calendar months from the date hereof;
    (2.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-
    before set forth, or any of them;
    (3.) Cease to use or occupy the said land below low-water
    mark for a period of thirty days after the said period
    of nine calendar months;
    (4.) Be at any time wound up or dissolved; or
    (5.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these
    conditions,
    then and in any such case this Order in Council, and every
    license, right, power, or privilege thereby conferred, may be
    revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council
    without any notice to the company or other proceeding what-