Mar. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 663

Regulations for Radio Receiving, Amateur Transmitting and Receiving, and Experimental Stations.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 2nd day of March, 1925.

PRESENT :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by the Post and Telegraph Act, 1908, and amendments made thereto, 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 make the following regulations in connection with the licensing of the installation and working of apparatus for radio telegraphy; and doth revoke any regulations of similar import heretofore made; and doth direct that such revocation and the regulations hereby made shall have effect on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

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REGULATIONS.

SHORT TITLE AND INTERPRETATION.

1. THESE regulations may be cited as the “Amateur Radio Regulations, 1925.”

2. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“Admiralty” means the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiralty of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland :

“Amateur transmitting and receiving station” means a radio station licensed for the transmission and reception of radio communications other than public correspondence, and erected solely for personal interest or for experimental purposes :

“Antenna” means the electrical conductor or system of conductors used for receiving or emitting electro-magnetic waves :

“Apparatus” means and includes all equipment of every kind used in radio telegraphy :

“Broadcasting station” means a radio station licensed to broadcast for general information certain classes of radio communications :

“Coast station” means a radio station which is established on land or on board a ship permanently moored, and which is open for the transmission and reception of public correspondence :

“Continuous waves” means waves which, after reaching the steady state, are periodic—i.e., the successive oscillations are identical :

“Damped waves” means waves consisting of successive wave-trains in which the amplitude of the oscillations, after reaching a maximum, declines gradually :

“Deputy Radio Inspector” or “Assistant Radio Inspector” means such officer or officers of the Post and Telegraph Department as may, with the general approval of the Minister, be deputed from time to time by the District Radio Inspector to act on his behalf :

“District Radio Inspector” means the District Telegraph Engineer of the district in which the radio station is situated :

“Experimental station” means a radio station licensed for the transmission and reception of radio communications intended to promote investigations of a scientific character :

“Government station” means any radio station at which radio communications are transmitted or received by means of radio telegraphy, and which is operated by any Government Department or by the Admiralty :

“Licensee” means any person, association, or corporation to whom a license for a radio station is granted in pursuance of these regulations :

“Minister” means the Minister of Telegraphs for the time being :

“Mobile station” means a radio station erected on any vehicle of transportation or conveyance :

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