1790
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 71

under the authority of a license issued by the Governor-General in Council under that Act :

And whereas the Halswell 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 three of the Schedule hereto, to which all references in the regulations 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, or any new regulations which may take the place of these regulations, and hereinafter referred to as “the regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described.

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SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises Nos. 1 and 2 Ridings of the Halswell County, as indicated in red colour on P.W.D. 45720, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

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

The electrical energy shall be received from the Lake Coleridge supply at a pressure not exceeding 3,300 volts.

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 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 shall, at his own expense, 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. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 degrees 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 ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes ; provided that “lighting purposes” 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.

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

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Licensing William Henry Gundry to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Motukaraka, Hokianga Harbour, as a Site for a Store.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government House at Wellington, this tenth day of June, 1919.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called ” the said Act ”), William Henry Gundry, of Motukaraka, Hokianga (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the said Act to use and occupy a part of the foreshore at Motukaraka, Hokianga Harbour, in order to erect and maintain a store thereon ; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fiftieth section of the said Act, has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, marked M.D. 5049, showing the area of foreshore intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the said store.

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed work 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 expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act, for the purposes aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed :

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 enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent