Aug. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2333

23. (1.) The following hours of attendance are observed at the telephone exchanges, according to the number of paying subscribers connected therewith :—

Subscribers. Hours.
1 to 50 (inclusive) .. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (see also clause 11).
51 ,, 100 ,, .. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
101 ,, 125 ,, .. 8 ,, 10 ,,
126 ,, 150 ,, .. 8 ,, midnight.
151 and over .. Open continuously, if at any time not less than two-thirds of the business subscribers and not less than two-thirds of the private-residence subscribers express in writing, addressed to the Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, their desire that the telephone exchange be so opened. Such expression as aforesaid is deemed to be operative until reversed by an expression of the desire of not less than two-thirds of the business subscribers and not less than two-thirds of the private-residence subscribers that the hours observed be from 8 a.m. to midnight.

The wishes of subscribers on a party-line must be voiced collectively by the appointed agent, each line for this purpose being counted as one subscriber.

Nothing in this regulation will operate to prevent compliance with a requisition signed by a two-thirds majority of subscribers to a telephone exchange, for business and private connections taken together, to revert from lengthened to shortened periods of attendance at such exchange if the hours of attendance were lengthened before the 28th day of January, 1915.

(2.) At exchanges where the number of paying subscribers exceeds thirty and does not exceed fifty the hours of attendance may be from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., provided that not less than three-fourths of the paying subscribers to such exchange apply in writing for the extension of hours (see also clause 11), and further provided that in the case of an office under the control of a non-permanent officer of the Department satisfactory arrangements can be made with the telephonist for the extension.

TOLL COMMUNICATIONS.

The following are the charges to be paid for the use of the Government toll lines in New Zealand.

NOTE.—Urgent communications at any time are charged double the fees shown under the heading 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. They take precedence of all others.

CHARGES FOR TOLL COMMUNICATIONS.

Ordinary Rates.

• NOTE.—For communications from subscribers speaking from their own telephones, half these rates up to 20 miles only.

The special rates applicable to ordinary communications between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. shall not apply to urgent communications, and shall apply only at telephone exchanges which are open after 10 p.m.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing Bertie Gothard to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Whangaroa Harbour as a Site for a Wharf.

ROBERT STOUT.
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of July, 1920.

Present :

His Excellency the Administrator presiding in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, Bertie Gothard (hereinafter called “the licensee”) has applied to the Administrator of the Government in Council for a license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark fronting part of Section 51, Whangaroa, in Whangaroa Harbour, in order to maintain a wharf thereon ; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fiftieth section of the said Act, a plan marked M.D. 2948 has been deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, showing the place in the said harbour where it is intended to maintain such wharf, and 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 Administrator of the Government 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 Administrator of the Government in Council :

And whereas it is expedient that a license under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid should be granted and issued to the licensee on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the purpose or object for which the said license is required by the licensee 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 licensee to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark which is particularly shown and delineated on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining thereon a wharf, such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee 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 foreshore and land below low-water mark in the hereinbefore-mentioned bay, shown on the said plan marked M.D. 2948.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council the licensee shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £1 in advance, such annual payments to date from the 8th day of May, 1920, the first of such annual payments to be made on the licensee being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

4. That all his Majesty’s subjects shall at all reasonable times, upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the wharf, and of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

5. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the 8th day of May, 1920, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority ; and the licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

6. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General on giving to the licensee three months’ previous notice in writing, and the licensee may be required to remove the wharf at his own cost, without payment of any compensation whatever. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the licensee in New Zealand.

7. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom, and maintain at his 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.

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

9. The licensee shall be liable for any injury which may be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing the wharf, or by contact therewith, and which may be occasioned by any default or neglect on his part.

10. In case the licensee shall—
    (1.) Committ or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them ;
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf for a period of thirty days ;