Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 313

20. Regulation 113 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“113. If any person uses the public telephone at a toll-station for the purpose of—
“(i) Conversing over a private telephone-line connected with the toll-station;
“(ii) Communicating with a local exchange subscriber’s station; or
“(iii) Communicating with a subscriber’s station of an exchange whose base-rate area includes the site on which the toll-station is situated—
such communication shall be treated as a toll call. The charge for such a call shall, however, be 1d. for each three minutes or fraction thereof in lieu of the charges prescribed in Regulation 106.”

21. Regulation 119 of the Telephone Regulations is hereby amended by revoking clause (b), and substituting the following:—

“119. (b) Except as hereinafter provided, a daily invoice of toll calls will be rendered to any exchange-subscriber upon payment of a fee of £1 per annum. If a subscriber requires daily invoices of toll calls made from more than one subscriber’s station, the fee shall be £1 per annum in respect of one station and 6s. per annum in respect of each additional station. In cases in which subscribers pay telephone rental on a monthly basis the monthly fee for rendering a daily invoice shall be one-twelfth of the annual fee, plus 5 per cent. Hotels, hostels, and clubs which provide residential or general social facilities are exempt from the foregoing charges.”

PART VI.—TOLL FACILITIES AT NIGHT AT EXCHANGES OR TOLL-STATIONS WITH RESTRICTED ATTENDANCE.

22. Regulation 123 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by regulations made on the 18th day of March, 1930) is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“123. On payment of the undermentioned annual fee, and provided that the Department can conveniently make the necessary arrangements, individual and party-lines connected with a telephone-exchange that is not open continuously or private lines connected with a toll-station may, after the local exchange or toll-station is closed, be bunched and switched through to an exchange that is still open:—

Annual Fee.

“Individual line connection having exclusive use of a toll-line .. .. £ 2
“Individual line connection, bunched with other individual or party lines on the same toll circuit .. .. .. 1
“Two-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 2
“Three-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 3
“Four-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 4
“Five-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 5
“Six-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 6
“Seven-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 7
“Eight-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 8
“Nine-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 9
“Ten-party line (fee to include all persons of a party) .. .. .. 10

“In addition to the foregoing annual fee, the subscribers or private-line owners concerned shall pay the cost of any labour involved in installing repeating-coils or making other necessary circuit alterations.”

PART VII.—PRIVATE-LINE CIRCUITS FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PLACES OF BUSINESS.

23. Regulation 125 of the Telephone Regulations (as amended by regulations made on the 18th day of March, 1930) is hereby revoked, and the following substituted:—

“125. At any place where, in the opinion of the Department, departmental circuits on existing poles or in telephone cables can conveniently be provided for signalling purposes, or for the purpose of establishing direct communication between places of business or other premises without obtaining connections through a telephone-exchange, such circuits shall be leased and maintained by the Department at the annual rates specified hereunder, provided that in no case shall the annual charge be less than the appropriate minimum charge also specified hereunder:—

“These charges shall be payable monthly or half-yearly in advance. If, however, payments are made monthly, the monthly payment shall be one-twelfth of the annual rate, plus 5 per cent.

“In cases in which private-line circuits are used under the provisions of this part of these regulations for the purpose of direct telephonic communication between places of business or other premises the number of stations on any one circuit shall not exceed four.”