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or delay the transmission of any messages or deliver the same to him or his agent, and generally to obey all such directions with reference to the transmission of messages as the said officer or person so authorized as aforesaid may prescribe, and the licensee shall obey and conform to all such directions. (3.) The licensee shall be entitled to reasonable compensation for any damage to the licensed apparatus arising in consequence of the exercise of the powers conferred by this clause. 21. At any time after the 31st day of December, 1914, the Postmaster-General may, in his absolute discretion, give notice in writing to determine these presents and the license or permission hereby granted at the end of one calendar month from the date of such notice, and at the expiration of that period the license or permission hereby granted shall cease and determine accordingly, but without prejudice to any remedy of the Postmaster-General under any condition or provision herein contained. 22. In any of the following cases, that is to say,— (a.) In case any sum of money which ought, to be paid by the licensee to the PostmasterGeneral under or by virtue of these presents shall be in arrear and unpaid for one calendar month after the time at which the same ought to be paid under or by virtue of the provisions herein contained ; or (b.) In case of any breach, non-observance, or non-performance by or on the part of the licensee of any of the provisions (other than a provision for the payment of money) or conditions herein contained ; then and in any such case the Postmaster-General may, by notice in writing under his seal, revoke and determine these presents, and the licenses, powers, and authorities hereinbefore granted, and each and every of them, as to all or any of the ship stations hereby licensed, and thereupon these presents, and the said licenses, powers, and authorities, and each and every of them, shall absolutely cease, determine, and become void as to all or any of the said ship stations (as the CoSj may be), but without prejudice to any right of action or remedy which shall have accrued or shall thereafter accrue to the Postmaster-General under any condition or provision herein contained. 23. Nothing in these presents contained shall prejudice or affect the right of the PostmasterGeneral from time to time to establish, extend, maintain, and work any system or systems of telegraphic communication (whether of a like nature to that hereby licensed or otherwise) in such manner as he shall, in his discretion, think fit; neither shall anything herein contained prejudice or affect the right of the Postmaster-General from time to time to enter into agreements for or to grant licenses relative to the working and user of telegraphs (whether of a like nature to those hereby licensed or otherwise), or the transmission of messages in any part of the United Kingdom by means of wireless telegraphy or by any other means with or to any person or persons whomsoever upon such terms as he shall in his discretion think fit ; and (save as in this license expressly provided) nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the licensee to exercise any of the powers or authorities conferred on or acquired by the Postmaster-General by or under the Telegraph Acts, or any of them. 24. Any notice, request, or consent (whether expressed to be in writing or not) to be given by the Postmaster-General under these presents may be under the hand of any one of the Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries for the time being of the Post Office, and may be served by sending the same in a registered letter addressed to the licensee at the office for the time being of the licensee, or if such notice, request, or consent relates to any particular ship station, by delivery to the master of the ship upon which such station is installed ; and any notice to be given by the licensee under these presents may be served by sending the same in a registered letter addressed to the Secretary of the Post Office at the General Post Office, London. As witness my hand and seal, this day of , one thousand nine hundred and

The Schedule of Ship Stations before referred to.

No. 120. New Zealand, No. 56. My Lord Downing Street, 4th February, 1914. With reference to my telegram of the 2nd instant, I have the honour to transmit to Your Excellency, for the information of your Ministers, a copy of a

1. 2.' 3. 4. ' 9. 10." Class of Ship Station under the Radiotelegraph Convention 1912. Normal Range of Signalling in Nautical Miles. Character of Ap] laratus. Powt ;r. U Alternator is used, Number of Cycles per Second. Name of Ship on which Station established. Nature of Services performed. Hours of Service. "" 5. 6. 7. System of Radio-telegraphy, with the Characteristics of the System of Emission. 8. — Source and Maximum Output. i i Maximum to be taken by Sendinginstruments. By Night. By Bay. Wavelengl ti3 (in Metres). Signe :iaster-G< ;d, sealei sneral. ., and delivered by . in the presence of , on be ialf Of t: ie Post-