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for renewing batteries, and will also repair or replace a defective instrument if it is sent in to the telephone exchange by the subscriber. Otherwise such subscriber has all the privileges of ordinary subscribers. No extra telephones or items of equipment, other than those for which rental is paid, may be connected with a private telephone-line.

44. Where an exchange line is metallic circuit, any private telephone-lines connecting therewith must also be metallic circuit, except in cases where, in the opinion of the Secretary, earthworking private telephone-lines may be used without detriment to the service, in which case the subscriber must pay the cost of transformers and [or] any other apparatus that may be necessary to enable the connection to be made.

Removals.

49. Subject to the approval of the Department, subscribers may have their telephones and apparatus removed to other premises, or the positions of their telephones and apparatus altered, upon giving notice as follows: (a) For the removal of telephones to other premises, fourteen days; (b) for altering the position of telephones or apparatus within the same premises, three days; and paying in advance the fees specified hereunder.

    Removal to other premises within the base-rate area, 17s. 6d. for each main-station telephone and 10s. for each extension telephone; except that, in cases in which the period of contract has not expired, the subscriber must pay, in addition to the foregoing fee or fees, the estimated cost of the labour involved in erecting any new wire required to establish a connection between the exchange and the new premises.

    Removal from one room to another in the same premises, 12s. 6d. per telephone.

    Removal from one position to another in the same room, or substitution of a desk telephone for a wall set or vice versa, 10s. per telephone.

    Removal of extension bell or any other item of miscellaneous equipment which involves labour in fitting, 5s. per instrument.

    The foregoing charges shall be applicable only to ordinary removals. The charges for the removal of interphone stations shall be as follows:—

    “Internal removal: the cost of the labour involved in the removal of key-boxes, associated apparatus, and cable.

    “External removal: the cost of the labour involved as for the internal removal of interphone stations and, in addition, the charge of 17s. 6d. applicable in the case of ordinary external removals.”

50. When a subscriber removes to premises in which a telephone is already installed and no change of location is required, a charge of 5s. shall be made to cover the cost of changing the wires and altering the records at the exchange.

Transfer of Connection.

55A. No subscriber shall have any right to or interest in any particular number, and the Secretary may alter or change any number at his discretion.

PART II.—AUXILIARY SERVICES AND MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT.

Intercommunicating Extension Stations.

83. In cases in which switching facilities for intercommunication were provided prior to the 16th April, 1925, wholly at the expense of a subscriber, the annual rates for the maintenance only of each intercommunicating extension station and the switching facilities associated therewith shall be as follows:—

    (a) Manual private branch exchange extension stations .. .. £ s. d. 2 5 0

    (b) Extension stations wired for intercommunication, but not associated with a private branch exchange switchboard .. .. .. 2 5 0

89A. The charge for the conversion of an extension telephone from “ordinary” to “intercommunicating” shall be 15s.

90A. When an extension telephone or any other item of miscellaneous equipment is installed in a subscriber’s premises situated beyond the boundary of the base-rate area, the subscriber shall pay, in addition to the installation charge provided for in Regulation 91 hereof, the estimated cost of the workman’s travelling time and expenses between the boundary of the base-rate area and the subscriber’s premises.

Extension Telephones and Miscellaneous Equipment.

91. The following shall be the installation charges and annual rates for extension telephones and miscellaneous equipment:—

Equipment.

Extension telephone (including wiring up to a length of 110 yards), within same premises as main station—

Wall type .. .. .. .. .. Installation Charge. £ s. d. 0 15 0* Annual Rate. £ s. d. 1 10 0

Desk type .. .. .. .. .. 0 15 0* 1 15 0

Switching-key (single) for use in connection with extension telephone, and for cutting out bells, gongs, &c. .. .. .. 0 2 6

“Secret” automatic switch for use in connection with automatic extension telephones .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 0

Switching-key (double) for connecting an extension telephone with either of two lines .. .. .. .. .. 0 5 0

Jack equipment with associated wiring up to a length of 110 yards (for plugging-in portable telephones) located in same premises as main station (for each point) .. .. .. 0 10 0 0 15 0

Portable extension telephone without bell, equipped with cord ending in plug, for use in connection with jack equipment .. .. 1 5 0

Bell for use in fixed position in connection with jack equipment and portable telephone .. .. .. .. .. 0 12 6* 0 7 6

Extension bell, ordinary type, including wiring up to a length of 110 yards .. .. .. .. .. 0 12 6* 0 7 6

• Includes cost of installing any switches and [or] any wiring in excess of 110 yards.