May 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1619

of three miles, more or less. As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 39965, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured blue.

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

Declaring Portions of the Opotiki–Motu Road, in the Opotiki County, to be County Roads.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of April, 1916.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in [anywise enabling him in this 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 order and declare that the portions of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become county roads.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of the Opotiki–Motu Road, situated in the Auckland Land District, Opotiki County, commencing at a point in Section 5, Block V, Waiawa Survey District, at the crossing known as the Willow Ford (bridge-site) on the Waiawa River, near the junction with the Te Whaiti Stream, and proceeding thence in a south-easterly direction generally, adjoining or passing through Sections part 5, 4, 3, and 6, Blocks V, IX, and X, Waiawa Survey District, Section 1, Blocks IX and X, Section 3, Block IX, Sections 3 and 4, Block X, and Section 2, Block IX, and terminating at a ford near the northernmost corner of forest reserve, Block XIV, Waiawa Survey District; being a distance of five miles and a half, more or less.

Also all that portion of the said Opotiki–Motu Road commencing at a point on the southern boundary of Section 1, Block XV, Waiawa Survey District, and proceeding thence in a southerly direction generally, adjoining or passing through Section 2, Block XV, Waiawa Survey District, Sections 1, part 2, and stock reserve, Block III, Urutawa Survey District, and terminating at the south-western corner of the said stock reserve; being a distance of two miles, more or less.

As the said portions of road are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 39977, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon coloured red.

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

License authorizing the Pahiatua Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Pahiatua.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of April, 1916.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, place, put up, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued by the Governor in Council under that Act :

And whereas the Pahiatua Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect lines within the area of supply as defined in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called “the area of supply,” and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise 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, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and hereinafter referred to as “the regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described.

SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises the Borough of Pahiatua as at present constituted, the boundaries of such borough being shown by a distinctive border coloured red on P.W.D. 39591, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (b) (i) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 460 to 520 volts between the terminals.

3. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 12 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Records of results of tests (Regulation 37), and notices re commencement of work (Regulation 44) and re extensions and alterations (Regulation 49), should be sent to the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, at Wellington, and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Wellington.

5. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes.

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 from 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.

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

Portion of the Northern Side of Charles Street, Linwood Ward, in the City of Christchurch, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of April, 1916.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of any road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council :

And whereas by subsection two of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, and clause (b) of subsection one of section thirteen of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose, and may refer to one or both sides of the road or street :

And whereas the Christchurch City Council, the local authority having control of the portion of street described in the Schedule hereto (hereinafter referred to as “the said