SEPT. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3675

10. GRANTING OF OTHER WATER-RIGHTS.
    Nothing herein shall prevent the Governor-General 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 river, 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 river.

11. FINES.
    If the licensee fails or neglects—
    (a.) To use or maintain the said works, after completion, so as to secure the full benefit of the undertaking; or
    (b.) To observe any of the conditions or obligations herein imposed,—
    then and in any such case the licensee shall be liable to a fine of £50 for every week or part of a week during which such default or neglect continues; or the Governor-General may by Order in Council revoke this license.

12. 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-General 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-General is of such a nature as to require the revocation of this license, for ninety days after the service of such notice.

13. 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-General by Order in Council.

14. SURRENDER 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 or distribution lines, and other plant herein authorized to be installed or provided. If the licensee fails or neglects 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.

15. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.
    The charge for electrical energy for lighting purposes, which shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes, shall not exceed 1s. per unit, with a minimum charge not exceeding 3s. per calendar month; and in addition thereto a meter rent not exceeding 1s. per calendar month may be charged. The charge for electrical energy for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes shall not exceed 6d. per unit, with a minimum charge not exceeding 3s. per calendar month for heating or cooking purposes, and not exceeding 4s. per horse-power per calendar month for motor power; and in addition thereto a meter rent not exceeding 1s. per calendar month may be charged.

16. AREA OF SUPPLY.
    The area of supply shall be the Borough and County of Stratford as at present constituted.

17. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.
    The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (d) of clause 2 of the regulations.
    The generating voltage shall be approximately 2,200 volts single-phase between the terminals at a frequency of 40 cycles per second, and the secondary distribution shall be 100 volts for lighting, and 100 volts and 250 volts for power.

18. DATUM TEMPERATURE.
    For the purposes of calculating stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as twenty-two degrees Fahrenheit.

19. 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, Wellington, and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Wanganui.

20. REQUIREMENTS OF THE STRATFORD COUNTY COUNCIL.
    Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines within the Stratford County until an agreement has been entered into with the Stratford County Council, pursuant to section 34 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1913; but the provisions of such agreement shall not conflict with this license or the regulations incorporated therein, or any variation of this license or the regulations, or any new regulations which may take the place of these regulations. In case of such conflict the provisions of the license and regulations shall stand.

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

Prescribing Dues and Rates for the Use of Messrs. Andrewes and Sons’ Wharf at Opononi, Hokianga Harbour.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of September, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 34, of the twenty-second day of the same month, dues and rates were fixed for the use of Messrs. A. S. Andrewes and Sons’ wharf at Opononi, Hokianga Harbour: And whereas it is desired to revoke the said dues and rates, and to prescribe others in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Harbours Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the dues and rates prescribed by the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council, and doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates specified in the Schedule hereto shall be taken and charged by Messrs. A. S. Andrewes and Sons for the use of the said wharf.

SCHEDULE.
EVERY person who shall use the said wharf with any vessel shall pay to Messrs. A. S. Andrewes and Sons, or to their officer or other person appointed or authorized by them, the dues and rates hereby prescribed, for the use thereof, as follows, that is to say:—
For every vessel lying alongside the wharf—
(a.) ½d. per ton per day or part of a day for every ton register up to 100 tons.
(b.) Exceeding 100 tons, ½d. per ton per day or part of a day for the first 100 tons, and ¼d. per ton per day or part of a day for every ton over 100 tons.
Every person who shall use the wharf for landing goods, or whose goods are stored in any shed on the wharf, shall pay to Messrs. A. S. Andrewes and Sons wharf dues in respect of the landing, storage, receiving, and delivering such goods, as follows, that is to say:—
For all goods (except such as are hereinafter provided for) landed, stored, received, or delivered at weight or measurement, according to shipping usage,—

For passengers’ luggage under ½ ton, provided such luggage is removed from the said wharf within one hour of being landed, free from landing dues.

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