1886
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

the position of the said works being indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 37322 hereinbefore referred to.
(a.) Headworks consisting of a dam and necessary intake.
(b.) Pipe line leading from such dam to the power-house hereinafter referred to.
(c.) A power-house with all necessary equipment, including water-turbines, generators, lightning-arresters, switchboards, switches, and other appliances for generating electricity.

4. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.

After the said works have been completed the licensee shall maintain the same in proper working-order during the continuance of this license.

The said electric lines, including their supports, their conductors, and their insulated covering, shall be duly and efficiently supervised and maintained by the licensee as regards both electrical and mechanical conditions, and shall not be permitted by the licensee to remain erected after they have ceased to be used for the supply of electricity.

5. POWER TO TAKE LAND.

The licensee is hereby empowered to take, under the Public Works Act, 1908, as for a public work such land as may, in the opinion of the Governor, be necessary to enable the licensee to construct and maintain the various works authorized by this license.

6. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years, commencing on the date hereof. Upon the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

7. RENTAL.

The licensee shall, in respect of this license, pay to the Public Works Engineer at present stationed at Christchurch, or otherwise as the Minister may from time to time require, a yearly rental of one-twentieth of a penny per unit for each unit generated and as recorded by a wattmeter to be installed by the licensee, such rental to be paid quarterly on the first days of March, June, September, and December in each and every year.

8. GRANTING OF OTHER WATER-RIGHTS.

Nothing herein shall prevent the Governor in Council from granting to any person or body corporate other than the licensee a license to take water from any portion of the said race, except at the place where the licensee is by this license empowered to take it; provided that no such license shall so operate as to reduce the natural fall between the headworks and tail-water, or the volume of the water which the licensee is by this license authorized to take from the said race.

9. FINES.

If the licensee fails to comply with any of the conditions of this license the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the licensee within thirty days to remedy the default specified in that notice; and if the licensee fails to comply with the terms of the notice within the said period he shall be liable to a penalty of £10, to be recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to the Crown.

Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause of these conditions, if the licensee fails to comply with the terms of any such notice for ninety days after the receipt thereof, the Governor in Council may thereupon revoke this license without further notice.

10. SERVICE OF NOTICE.

Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause, this license shall not be revoked, and no proceedings shall be taken for the recovery of a fine in respect of the breach thereof, unless and until notice in writing of the intention so to revoke the license or to take such proceedings has been served upon the licensee, or placed upon some principal or conspicuous part of the works, and default has been made by the licensee in repairing or remedying the breach or breaches specified in the said notice for the following periods:—
(a.) For any breach which in the opinion of the Governor can be met by a fine, for thirty days after the service of such notice.
(b.) For any breach which in the opinion of the Governor is of such a nature as to require the revocation of this license, for ninety days after the service of such notice.

11. VARIATION IN CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

The terms and conditions of this license may at any time, or from time to time, at the request or with the consent in writing of the licensee, be altered by the Governor by Order in Council.

12. SURRENDER OR ASSIGNMENT OF LICENSE.

The licensee may at any time, with the consent of the Minister, surrender this license, and shall thereupon, if so required by the Minister, remove from the ground all removable equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, transmission-lines, and other plant herein authorized to be installed or provided. If the licensee neglects or fails so to remove the said plant within twelve months after being required so to do, such equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, lines, and other plant shall, without payment or compensation, vest in and become the property of the Crown.

This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder, shall not be assigned by the licensee without the express consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained, upon such terms and conditions as he shall approve; but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified in this license.

13. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be two-wire direct current, with a pressure not exceeding 230 volts between the two conductors or between either conductor and the earth.

14. OVERHEAD LINES.

The said electric lines shall be triple-braided or V.I.R. 600-megohm grade copper conductors of 7/18 S.W.G. section, and suspended on efficient insulators with a minimum clearance of 20 ft. from the ground at the lowest point of the span. At telegraph crossings the conductors shall be insulated with 600-megohm grade V.I.R., and shall pass over or under telegraph or telephone lines, as may be decided by the Minister of Telegraphs. At places where it may be deemed necessary by the Minister of Telegraphs as a protection to telegraph or telephone lines generally, approved guard-wires, effectively earthed, shall be erected by or at the cost of the licensee. Such guard-wires shall be carried on substantial supports at a height of 2 ft. above the conductors if the telegraph or telephone lines pass over the conductors, or 2 ft. above the telegraph or telephone lines if the latter pass under the conductors. No overhead electric lines shall come within 2 ft. of any other aerial lines or cables.

Earth-wires where led down poles shall be protected by a casing for a distance of 8 ft. from the ground. A test shall be made every three months, and oftener if required, of all earths to ensure that the earth-wire is intact and that the earth is effective.

The licensee shall not use the said electric lines, or permit the same to be used, for any purpose until the Minister has given notice in writing to the licensee that he has received from the Inspecting Engineer a certificate that the works have been satisfactorily carried out.

15. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions of this license are being faithfully complied with by the licensee, the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the said works and inspect the same.

16. PUBLIC WORKS, COMPENSATION, ETC.

Nothing in this license shall be deemed in any way to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf, authorizing the construction, management, or working of any public works; nor shall any compensation be payable to or on behalf of the licensee for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public work as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.

17. MONOPOLY.

Nothing in this license, or otherwise, shall be deemed to give to the licensee a monopoly or the exclusive right to supply electricity.

18. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Notices re any extensions or alterations should be sent to the Public Works Engineer at present stationed at Christchurch, and to the Telegraph Engineer, or his Deputy, at present stationed at Christchurch.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.