JULY 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1685

telegraph and telephone districts superintended by District Telegraph Engineers. These radio districts shall be classified as follows:—
(1) Auckland (3) Canterbury.
(2) Wellington. (4) Otago.

Chatham Islands shall be included in the Wellington Radio District, and Stewart Island shall be included in the Otago Radio District.

7. (1) The respective District Telegraph Engineers for the time being at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin shall be the District Radio Inspectors for the radio districts which include the said respective cities.

(2) Every professional engineering officer of the Post and Telegraph Department shall be entitled to exercise all the functions and authorities of a Radio Inspector.

8. Any of the powers or authorities given to the Minister by these regulations may be delegated by him to such officer or officers of the Post and Telegraph Department as he thinks fit.

9. As provided in the said Act, every person who, not being the holder of a license authorizing him so to do, or in that behalf, erects, constructs, establishes, maintains, or uses any station, plant, or apparatus capable of transmitting radio-communications, or is in possession of apparatus capable of receiving radio-communications commits an offence and is liable to the prescribed penalty.

10. (1) The following classes of license may be granted, and may be evidenced by instruments in accordance with the forms in the Schedule to these regulations:—

(a) Receiving-station licenses (see Part II):—
(i) Ordinary.
(ii) Special.
(iii) Multiple.
(iv) Temporary.

(b) Transmitting and receiving station licenses:—
(i) Mobile station. (See Part III.)
(ii) Broadcasting station. (See Part IV.)
(iii) Private commercial station. (See Part V.)
(iv) Private experimental station. (See Part VI.)

(c) Radio-dealers’ licenses. (See Part VII.)

(2) In addition to the foregoing classes of license, certificates may be issued in accordance with Regulation 23 hereof.

(3) In the case of receiving stations in theatres and other such places of entertainment which are licensed to charge a fee for admission and where the reception of radio-communication is intended for a number of people, the license shall be a “special” receiving-station license.

(4) In the case of multiple dwellings or institutions such as hotels, flats, and clubs, which are under one management, and which are so wired as to permit the reproduction of received signals simultaneously at a number of points connected to one receiving set, the license shall be a “multiple” receiving-station license: Provided, however, that an ordinary receiving-station license may be taken out in respect of each receiving point if preferred: And provided further, that the provisions of this regulation shall not apply to schools, hospitals, and the like.

(5) In the case of receiving stations at showgrounds, exhibitions, and other places of a like nature, where the station is to be operated for a limited time, the license shall be a temporary receiving-station license: Provided, however, that receiving apparatus installed in such situations by radio-dealers shall be subject to the provisions of Regulation 209 hereof.

(6) In any case of doubt the Minister in his administrative capacity shall decide the class of license, and the number of licenses, to which any person is entitled in respect of any existing or proposed radio-station, and his decision shall be final.

(7) Portable stations shall be subject to such additional conditions regarding field of operation and the like as the Minister may deem it necessary to impose.

(8) Receiving stations or transmitting and receiving stations, coming within the definition of “portable” stations, shall be granted “ordinary” receiving, or transmitting and receiving station licenses of the class desired enaced with the word “Portable.” Similarly, in