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position, and, after consideration thereof and consultation with the Senior Inspector, shall forward to the Minister a statement showing the names and qualifications of all the applicants, and shall at the same time indicate the applicant whom the Board proposes to appoint to the position, subject to the Minister's approval.

11. An organizing teacher shall, as from 1st April, 1920, receive a salary of £340 to £380 per annum, together with a house allowance of £60 per annum and the addition to salary payable in accordance with clause 2 of the regulations for the salaries of public-school teachers as for a teacher graded in Group 5 under the regulations for the grading of teachers.

12. Clauses 11, 12, and 13 of the regulations regarding salaries of public-school teachers shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the salaries of organizing teachers.

13. Clauses 1 to 10 inclusive of this part shall come into operation on the 1st November, 1920.

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

Electric Lines Regulations.—Telephone Exchanges.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and gazetted on the twentieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, a regulation was made under the authority of the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the management and control of telephone exchanges: And whereas it is expedient to amend such regulation in the manner hereinafter set forth:

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 enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulation in the Schedule of the aforementioned Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth declare that the regulation hereby made shall form part of and be read together with the regulations for the management and control of telephone exchanges made by Order in Council dated the first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and shall have effect on and after the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

TELEPHONE EXCHANGES.

1. Where a telephone exchange is established, the Department is prepared to receive applications from intending subscribers, subject to the conditions and regulations set forth hereunder, or any amendments or extensions thereof. The Department reserves to itself the right to decline applications that do not come within the scope of its development plans. In the case of party lines, whether now or hereafter to be erected, the Department may, for the purpose of conducing to the more efficient working of the telephone system, regroup the subscribers on any party lines.

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

Westland Electric-power Board.—First Election.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
In pursuance of the powers conferred by section three of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, 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 appoint Friday, the nineteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, as the day on which shall be held the first election of representatives of the constituent district in the Westland Electric-power District, being an electric-power district duly constituted by Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty.

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

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Licensing the Seaford Coal Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark of Golden Bay as a Site for a Wharf.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

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”), the Seaford Coal Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”), has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore at Puponga, in Golden Bay, in the Provincial District of Nelson, in order to maintain a wharf thereon :

And whereas, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fiftieth section of the said Act, plans, marked M.D. 2603 (two sheets), have been deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it was proposed to construct the wharf:

And whereas the Governor-General in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore is to be occupied:

And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the company under the said Act for the purpose 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 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 Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the 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 foreshore and land below low-water mark as shown on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining the said wharf thereon; 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 having charge of the Marine Department, 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 necessary for the maintenance of the wharf at Puponga, as shown on plans marked M.D. 2603.

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 £5, and thereafter an annual sum of £1, payable on the 1st day of March, dating from the 1st day of March, 1917, the first of such annual payments to be made on the company being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

4. All persons shall at all reasonable times, upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said wharf, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

5. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty,