May 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1565

And whereas the Kaponga Town Board (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to extend, as hereinafter mentioned, electric lines already erected in pursuance of a license dated the sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eleventh day of the same month (hereinafter referred to as “the said license”), and it is expedient to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him as aforesaid, and of the powers conferred by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this 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 to the said license (in so far as they do not conflict with the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto) and in the Schedule hereto, hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described; such lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated by red lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 45595, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises that portion of the present County of Eltham lying to the west of Sections 32 and 36, Block VIII, Sections 8, 9, and 10, part of Section 18, Sections 29, 42, 43, 44, 45, Subsection 28, Railway reserve, Block XII, Sections 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 31, Block XVI, all in the Kaupokonui Survey District; such area being indicated by a blue border on the eastern boundary and by a red border on the southern, western, and northern boundaries, on the plan marked P.W.D. 45073, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

2. COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS.

Regulations prescribing the conditions on which licenses to construct electric lines may be authorized, dated 19th day of April, 1915, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 29th day of April, 1915, except clause 17 thereof, which is replaced by clause 3 hereof, to which references in such regulations to clause 17 shall apply; or any new regulations which may take the place of these regulations.

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 written consent of the Minister obtained before the work is commenced, be bare. Electric lines at high pressure shall be insulated with vulcanized rubber of at least 600 megohm grade; provided that where circumstances permit the lines may, with the written consent of the Minister obtained 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 written 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 intersect or are menaced by 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 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 at his own expense 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.) Low-pressure wires, whether braided or bare, which at any portion of their length are carried on the same poles or supports as bare 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.

(f.) In the event of any dispute as to whether or not telegraph lines are menaced by the electric lines the decision of the Minister of Telegraphs shall be final.

4. 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.

5. REQUIREMENTS OF ELTHAM COUNTY COUNCIL.

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

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

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Declaring Elliott Street, Winearls Settlement, in the City of Nelson, to be under the Control and Management of the Nelson City Council.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of May, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this 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 hereby order and declare that the portion of street described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be under the control and management of the Nelson City Council.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of street situated in the Nelson Land District, City of Nelson, Winearls Settlement, known as Elliott Street, commencing at its junction with Trafalgar Road, and proceeding thence in an easterly direction, and terminating at a point 181·81 links from Collingwood Street. As the said street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45560, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured blue.

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

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Declaring Portion of Waitotara Valley Road (Lower), Patea County, to be a County Road.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of May, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excel-