New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – No. 16

Page 451

✨ Telephone Service Rates

MAR. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 451

Rates.

Unless otherwise specified in these regulations, individual, two-, three-, and four-party line service shall be furnished to stations within base-rate areas at the rates prescribed hereunder:-

Class of Exchange	Class of Service.	Stations within Base-rate Area.
	Monthly Rate	Annual Rate
	per Station.	per Station.
Class I.-Exchanges or networks observing continuous attendance and having more than 3,500 paying subscribers' main stations connections therewith	Business--
Individual line ..	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Two-party line ..	1 6 3	15 0 0
Three-party line	0 17 6	10 0 0
*Four-party line ..	0 16 2	9 5 0

Residence--
Individual line ..| 0 14 11| 8 10 0
Two-party line ..| 0 12 3| 7 0 0
Three-party line| 0 11 10| 6 15 0
Four-party line ..| 0 10 6| 6 0 0
Class II.-Exchanges or networks observing continuous attendance and having 1,001 to 3,500 paying subscribers' main stations connected therewith| Business--
Individual line ..| 0 19 3| 11 0 0
Two-party line ..| 0 14 0| 8 0 0
Three-party line| 0 13 7| 7 15 0
Four-party line ..| 0 12 3| 7 0 0
Residence--
Individual line ..| 0 13 2| 7 10 0
Two-party line ..| 0 10 6| 6 0 0
Three-party line| 0 10 1| 5 15 0
Four-party line ..| 0 8 9| 5 0 0
Class III.-Exchanges or networks observing continuous attendance and having 201 to 1,000 paying subscribers' main stations connected therewith| Business--
Individual line ..| 0 17 6| 10 0 0
Two-party line ..| 0 12 3| 7 0 0
Three-party line..| 0 11 5| 6 10 0
Four-party line ..| 0 10 6| 6 0 0
Residence--
Individual line ..| 0 12 3| 7 0 0
Two-party line ..| 0 9 8| 5 10 0
Three-party line| 0 8 9| 5 0 0
Four-party line ..| 0 7 11| 4 10 0
Class IV.--Exchange or networks where the attendance is restricted| Business--
Individual line ..| 0 14 0| 8 0 0
Two-party line ..| 0 10 6| 6 0 0
Three-party line| 0 9 8| 5 10 0
Four-party line ..| 0 8 9| 5 0 0
Residence--
Individual line ..| 0 10 6| 6 0 0
Two-party line ..| 0 7 11| 4 10 0
Three-party line| 0 7 0| 4 0 0
Four-party line ..| 0 6 2| 3 10 0

Four-party lines consisting wholly of business stations shall not be granted at Class I exchanges.

For the rates prescribed in the last preceding regulation the Department shall supply one copy of the telephone directory for each telephone, and provide and maintain all necessary exchange equipment, subscribers' lines, and--subject to the provisions of Regulation 16--one telephone wall-set per station.
In cases in which desk telephones of any type are provided, the rates prescribed in Regulation 14 shall be increased as follows:-

| Additional Charge.
---|---
| Per Month.| Per Annum.
Desk telephones--| |
(a) Magneto with hand microphone .. ..| 5d.| 5s.
(b) Automatic or common battery with fixed transmitter| 5d.| 5s.
(c) Automatic or common battery with hand microphone| 1s. 9d.| £1

Where two or more main stations are required by a subscriber on the same premises and in connection with the same establishment, the rental in respect of each main station in excess of one shall be reduced by 10 per cent. of the prescribed base-area rate.
For the purpose of these regulations business stations shall comprise warehouses, shops, offices, boardinghouses, or any premises, including private residences, which bear prima facie evidence of being utilized for business purposes or are listed in the telephone directory or advertised as such.

Extra-mileage Rates.

When an individual, two-, three,- or four-party line station is situated outside a base-rate area, the annual rental therefor shall be computed by adding to the appropriate base-area rate the extra-mileage charge determined by the provisions of the next

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🚂 Amendments to Telephone Regulations (continued from previous page)

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Dated2 March 1931
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