Feb. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 535

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Waikaka Domain.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

WILLIAM MORRISEY CORCORAN,
MICHAEL JOSEPH COSGROVE,
WILLIAM ALEXANDER DRIPPS,
WALTER FRENCH,
ROBERT GARDYNE,
WALTER MURDOCK MATHESON,
ROBERT MIDDLEMISS,
ROBERT HUGH RANKIN, and
THOMAS WOODHOUSE,

as from the twenty-second day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, to be the Waikaka Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the twelfth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, at eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Odd Fellows’ Hall, Waikaka, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

WAIKAKA DOMAIN.—SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 84, Block XIV, Chatton Survey District: Area, 10 acres, more or less.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

License authorizing the Taumarunui Borough Council to use Water from the Wanganui River for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Taumarunui, the Manunui Town District, and Portion of the County of Kaitieke.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of February, 1921.

Present:

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and dated the twenty-second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of the same month, or any regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor (and hereinafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”), and which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein—hereby grant to the Taumarunui Borough Council (hereinafter with its successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”) a license to take and use from the Wanganui River (hereinafter referred to as “the said river”), in the Auckland and Wellington Land Districts, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding five hundred cubic feet per second at any one time; and also to erect and maintain electric lines for power, lighting, heating, or other uses within the area of supply hereinafter described, such electric lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated by means of lines shown on the plan marked P.W.D. 50982, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District; but nothing herein shall be held to guarantee that the said stream contains sufficient water to supply five hundred cubic feet per second hereinbefore mentioned.

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 diverting 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 west bank of the Wanganui River about 20 chains below Piriaka, at a point indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 50799, deposited in the office of the Minister at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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 plans marked P.W.D. 50799 and 50800, deposited in the office of the Minister as aforesaid:—

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

(b.) Race 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.) A transmission-line over the route shown by means of a yellow line on the said plan P.W.D. 50800.

(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 construction of the works, shall have free access to and liberty at any time to inspect the same so as to ensure that the provisions 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 electricity between the generating-stations and any of the substations 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 recorded 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