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REGULATION FOR TRANSMISSION OP PRESS TELEGRAMS ON (SUNDAYS.

Ranpubly, Governor. Obdee in Council. At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of August, 1899. Present: His Excellency the Govebnob in Council. Wheeeas by Order in Council, dated the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, regulations were made under the authority of " The Electric Lines Act, 1884 " (hereinafter termed " the said Act"), for the transmission of telegrams, inter alia, to newspapers on Sundays: And whereas it is expedient to extend such regulations in the manner hereinafter provided : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section fifteen of the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulation and fix the fee set forth in the Schedule hereto for the purposes therein mentioned, and doth order and declare that such regulation and fee shall have effect on and from the date of the first publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

Schedule. Evening newspapers will be allowed to receive on Sundays Press telegrams not exceeding in the aggregate 300 words, at a rate or fee of Is. per 100 words or fraction thereof, of news of important events occurring between the closing of telegraph offices on Saturday and their reopening on Sunday. Such telegrams to be marked " Special Sunday-rate " in the instructions, and to be transmissible during the session of Parliament only. Alex. Willis, Clerk of the Executive Council.

REGULATIONS AND CHARGES FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF TELEGRAMS.

Ranfubly, Governor. Obdeb in Council. At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June, 1900. Present: His Excellency the Govebnob in Council. Wheeeas by section fifteen of "The Electric Lines Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is provided that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, amend, and revoke regulations for the transmission of telegrams by means of any electric line, and for the delivery thereof, and for the disposal of all unclaimed or undelivered telegrams, for fixing and determining the fees and rates to be demanded and received for the transmission of any telegram, and for the other purposes in such section mentioned : And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and published in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, of the twenty-ninth day of May, one thousand ei°ht hundred and ninety-six, regulations and charges were made and fixed for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned: And whereas it is expedient to revoke such regulations and charges, and to make others in lieu thereof: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations and charges made by the aforesaid Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the transmission of telegrams, for fixing the fees and rates to be demanded for such transmission, and for the other purposes hereinbefore recited, and doth further order and declare that these regulations shall have effect on and from the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred.

SCHEDULE. Regulations undee which Telegeams ace Authobized to be Teansmitted on the Telegeaph Lines belonging to the Govebnment op New Zealand. Non-liability for Errors, &c. 1. Neither Her Majesty the Queen nor the Government of the colony shall be responsible for errors, omissions, or delays in the transmission of any telegram, or for the non-delivery or nontransmission of any telegram. Charges. 2. The charges for transmission of a telegram within New Zealand are : For twelve words or less, including address and signature: Urgent, one shilling; ordinary, sixpence. Extra words, 2d. and Id. each respectively. On Sundays these rates are doubled. When more than one tele-