Domain Board Appointments and Water License




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sent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby appoint

THE PALMERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL

to be the One Whenua Domain Board, having the control of
the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of
and subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act; and
doth hereby appoint Tuesday, the first day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at eight o'clock p.m.,
as the time when, and the Borough Council Chambers,
Palmerston, as the place where, the first meeting of the
Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

ONE WHENUA DOMAIN.

All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by
admeasurement 9 acres 2 roods, more or less, being part of
Section No. 57, Block III, Moeraki Survey District. Bounded
towards the north-west and north-east by the estuary of the
Shag River from the road forming the northern boundary of
Section No. 1 of 43 to the mouth of the Shag River ; thence
towards the south-east by the sea to the north-eastern end of
the said road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 1
of 43 ; and thence towards the south by that road to the
place of commencement : as the same is delineated on the
plan marked L. and S. 633/6a, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon
bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,

Clerk of the Executive Council

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Raurimu
Domain.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventh
day of May, 1913.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty of the Public Reserves
and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the
said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time
to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such
persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain
Board having, subject to Part II of the said Act, control of
such domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the twenty-
third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and
seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred
and seven, the land described in the Schedule hereto was
brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to
the provisions of Part II of the said Act:

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain
Board to control the domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers con-
ferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
doth hereby appoint

CHARLES PHILIP SMITH,
WILLIAM JOSEPH WOOLSTON,
JOHN MCLENNAN,
THOMAS ERNEST JAMES MINCHER, and
FREDRICK ROWLAND LACON

to be the Raurimu Domain Board, having the control of the
land described in the said Schedule hereto for the purposes
of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth
hereby appoint Monday, the ninth day of June, one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at half-past seven
o'clock p.m., as the time when, and the Public Hall,
Raurimu, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board
shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

RAURIMU DOMAIN.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing
by admeasurement 2 acres 3 roods 10 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 5, Block IV, Town of Raurimu. Bounded
towards the north-east by Sections Nos. 3 and 4, and
the abutment of a road, 551.1 links; and towards the
south-east, south-west, and north-west generally by the
Piopiotea Stream: as the same is delineated on the plan
marked L. & S. 57228/5, deposited in the Head Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and
thereon bordered red.

F. D. THOMSON,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

[No. 41

License authorizing the Mangaweka Town Board to use
Water from the Mangawharariki Stream for the Purpose
of generating Electricity and to erect Electric Lines in
the Town District of Mangaweka.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-ninth
day of April, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of the Public Works
Amendment Act, 1908, it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time by Order in Council
grant to any person or body corporate a license to use
water from any fall, river, stream, or other source for
the purpose of generating electricity for electric light,
mechanical power, or other uses, and to exercise in respect
of that license any of the powers and authorities specified
in that behalf in the said section : And whereas it is
further provided by the said section that any such license
may confer upon the licensee a right at any time or times
during the continuance of the license (but subject to such
conditions and restrictions as are expressed in the license)
to enter upon any road, railway, or other land, whether
vested in or occupied by the Crown or any other person
or body corporate, and there to construct, erect, lay down,
maintain, renew, or repair all such cables, wires, and other
things as are required for the transmission of electricity
between the fall, river, stream, or other source aforesaid
and any place to which the licensee is authorized to
transmit electricity in pursuance of the license :

And whereas the Mangaweka Town Board (which, with
its successors and assigns is hereinafter referred to as
“the licensee”) has applied for a license under the said
section to take and use water from the Mangawharariki
Stream, in the Provincial District of Wellington (herein-
after referred to as “the said stream”), for the purpose of
generating electricity as aforesaid, and it is expedient to
issue such license accordingly:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred upon him as aforesaid, and of the powers con-
ferred by section two of the Public Works Amendment
Act, 1911, and of all other powers enabling him in that
behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of
New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby grant to the licensee, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, a license to take and use
from the Mangawharariki Stream aforesaid, for the pur-
poses hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter
referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding twenty-seven
sluice-heads at any one time; and also to erect and main-
tain electric lines for lighting and power purposes as
hereinafter described.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

  1. In this license—

“A sluice-head of water” means a stream of water
capable of discharging one cubic foot per second:
“Minister” means the Minister of Public Works:
“Inspecting Engineer” means the Engineer or other
officer appointed by the Minister for the purpose
of inspecting the works to be constructed or main-
tained by the licensee hereunder.
“Telegraph” includes telephone.

  1. The said water shall be used solely for the purpose
    of generating electricity for water-supply works, for the
    supply of electric light and power, and for the purposes
    of a sewage system within the Town District of Manga-
    weka.

  2. The said water shall be taken from the said stream
    at the headworks, situated about 15 chains up the said
    stream from its junction with the Rangitikei River, at a
    point indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 30900, de-
    posited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, at
    Wellington.

  3. From the said headworks, the water shall be con-
    ducted by a fluming along the left bank of the said stream
    to the power-house, situated at a point about 1 chain
    distant from the junction of that stream and the Rangi-
    tikei River, the positions of the said fluming and power-
    house being more particularly delineated on the plan re-
    ferred to in the last preceding clause hereof. All water
    taken from the said stream by the licensee in pursuance
    of this license shall be returned thereto at the power-
    house.

  4. The licensee shall, in respect of his license, pay to
    the Receiver of Land Revenue at Wellington, or otherwise



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🗺️ Domain Board appointed to have Control of the One Whenua Domain (continued from previous page)

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
29 April 1913
Domain Board Appointment, One Whenua Domain, Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908
  • J. F. Andrews, Clerk of the Executive Council

🗺️ Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Raurimu Domain

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
7 May 1913
Domain Board Appointment, Raurimu Domain, Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908
  • Charles Philip Smith, Appointed to Raurimu Domain Board
  • William Joseph Woolston, Appointed to Raurimu Domain Board
  • John McLennan, Appointed to Raurimu Domain Board
  • Thomas Ernest James Mincher, Appointed to Raurimu Domain Board
  • Frederick Rowland Lacon, Appointed to Raurimu Domain Board

  • F. D. Thomson, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

🏗️ License authorizing the Mangaweka Town Board to use Water from the Mangawharariki Stream

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
29 April 1913
Water License, Electricity Generation, Mangaweka Town Board, Public Works Amendment Act, 1908