July 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2197

to take and use additional water from the Waiwakaiho River
in the Land District of Taranaki (hereinafter referred to as
“the said river”) for the purpose of generating electricity as
aforesaid, and also to extend electric lines within the Taranaki
County, 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 in anywise enabling
him in that behalf, His Excellency the Administrator of
the Government 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 set forth in
the Schedule hereto) a license to take and use from the
said river, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream
of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not
exceeding two hundred cubic feet per second at any one
time (which quantity of water includes the one hundred
and fifty cubic feet which the licensee is authorized to take
and use by the said Order in Council dated the fourteenth
day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen);
and also to extend and maintain electric lines for power,
lighting, heating, or other uses within the area of supply
hereinafter described, and subject also to the regulations
dated the twenty-second day of September, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette dated the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand
nine hundred and nineteen, or any regulations hereafter
made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor (here-
inafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”), and
which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein ;
but nothing herein shall be held to guarantee that the said
river contains sufficient water to supply two hundred cubic
feet per second hereinbefore mentioned.

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SCHEDULE.

1. PLANS.

The licensee shall, before the works hereby authorized are
commenced, forward for the approval of the Minister of Public
Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”)—

(a.) Full detailed drawings and specifications of the divert-
ing weir and dam.

(b.) Drawings showing how and in what manner the water
diverted is to be returned to the said river.

(c.) Contour-plan showing difference in level of water due
to the construction of the headworks.

2. UTILIZATION OF THE WATER.

The said water shall be used solely for the purpose of
generating electricity, and shall be returned to the said river
at or near the power-house.

3. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be taken from the said river at the
headworks, situated on the left-hand bank, in part Section
53, Block X, Paritutu Survey District (Hua and Waiwakaiho
Hundred), at a point indicated on the plan marked P.W.D.
47602, deposited in the office of the Minister at Wellington,
in the Land District of Wellington.

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS.

The licensee is hereby authorized to construct, maintain,
and use the following works for the purposes of this license ;
the position of the said works being indicated on the plan
marked P.W.D. 47602, hereinbefore referred to.

(a.) Headworks consisting of a dam and necessary intake.

(b.) Tunnel and 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, transformers, lightning-
arresters, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other
appliances for generating electricity.

(d.) Transmission and other lines over the routes shown by
means of white lines on the said plan.

(e.) Such further transmission and other lines within the
area of supply as may from time to time be required
within such area of supply, and after compliance
with the provisions of clause 48 of the regulations.

5. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

The Inspecting Engineer, both during and after the con-
struction of the works, shall have free access to and liberty
at any time to inspect the same so as to ensure that the pro-
visions of this license are given due effect to.

6. 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.

7. RIGHT TO ENTER LANDS, ETC.

The licensee shall have the right at any time or times
during the continuance of this license, with the consent of
the Minister, to enter upon any road 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 transmission-lines, poles,
or other things as are required for the transmission of elec-
tricity between the generating-stations and any of the sub-
stations to which this license applies.

8. 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-General, be necessary to enable
the licensee to construct and maintain the various works
authorized by this license.

9. 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.

10. RENTAL.

The licensee shall, in respect of this license, pay to the
Public Works Engineer for the district, or otherwise as the
Minister may from time to time require, a rental at the rate
of 1s. per annum per kilowatt of maximum output, as re-
corded by the wattmeter to be installed by the licensee at
the power-house mentioned in clause 4 (c) hereof, payment
to be made yearly on the 31st day of March in each year,
commencing from the day electrical power is first supplied.
For the purpose of this clause “maximum output” means
twice the number of units generated in the half-hour during
which the output is the maximum for the year. The said
period shall be recorded at the end of each half-hour com-
mencing from noon of each day.

From the above maximum output in kilowatts shall be
deducted 5,000 kilowatts which, under the new conditions, is
the equivalent of 150 cubic feet of water per second granted
free of rental under the license hereinbefore referred to dated
the 14th day of September, 1914; but the minimum rental
shall be not less than £10 per annum.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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 remov-
able equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, transmission-
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.

14. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The retail charge for electrical energy shall not exceed
9d. 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. The wholesale charge for bulk supply
shall not exceed £12 per kilowatt per annum.

For the purpose of this license “bulk” supply shall be
defined as one for which a consumer guarantees to pay not
less than £120 per annum.

At any time upon the expiry of five years from the date of
this license, and at the end of every successive period of
five years thereafter during the term of this license, the