APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1017

or payable to him as lodging-allowance for such period shall
be deducted from the amount payable to him by way of
travelling or relieving allowance for the same period.
(e.) No member who is entitled to be paid relieving-allow-
ance shall also be paid travelling-allowance in respect of the
same absence from headquarters:
Provided, however, that when a member performs relieving
duty, and in the course thereof is absent from his headquarters
for not more than three nights at the same place, he may be
paid travelling-allowance instead of relieving-allowance in
respect of the time during which he is relieving at such place :
Provided further that if a member is occupied for not less
than six hours in travelling to or from his headquarters on
relieving duty, he may be paid travelling-allowance instead
of relieving-allowance in respect of each day on which he is
so occupied.
2. When a member leaves his headquarters on duty and
returns thereto on the same day, actual and reasonable
expenses may be paid him instead of travelling or relieving
allowance.
3. Travelling or night allowance will not be payable to
members in respect of any time during which they are
travelling on transfer.
4. In all cases where a member is travelling on the business
of the Department and in the discharge of his duty the least
expensive means of conveyance must be used, but if any
Government means of conveyance is available it must be
utilized.
5. Whenever a claim is made for reimbursement of any
item of expense exceeding 5s. the claim must be supported
by a receipt for the amount actually paid by the claimant.
6. Members of Division II when absent on duty from
headquarters at night shall be paid night-allowance at the
following rates for such periods as the Permanent Head may
determine, but in no case shall the payment to any unmarried
member extend over a period exceeding six weeks in any one
locality :
(a.) To every member not otherwise specified, 8s. per night
when no sleeping-accommodation is provided by the
Department; 5s. 6d. per night when sleeping-
accommodation is provided by the Department.
(b.) To gangers in charge of relaying gangs and gangers
working on ballast and work trains, if provided by
the Department with sleeping-vans or huts, 5s. 6d.
per night.
(c.) To other members of the Maintenance Branch, if pro-
vided by the Department with sleeping-vans or huts,
2s. per night.
7. (a.) No member who is married, or who is a widower
with a child or children under the age of sixteen years
living with and dependent upon him, shall be paid at a lower
rate than £234 15s. per annum.
(b.) No member who is twenty-two years of age or upwards
shall be paid at a lower rate than £100 per annum.
(c.) For the purpose of giving effect to the last two pre-
ceding paragraphs any such member as is mentioned therein
shall receive, by way of special allowance, such additional
sum as will raise the rate of pay to which he is entitled under
the Schedule to the Government Railways Act, 1908, to
£234 15s. per annum in the case of such member becoming
entitled to such allowance under paragraph (a) hereof, and to
£100 per annum in the case of such member becoming entitled
to such allowance under paragraph (b) hereof.
(d.) Such additional sum shall, in the case of each such
member, be paid in the same manner and be subject to the
same conditions as his salary under the aforesaid Schedule.
(e.) The right to receive such additional sum shall be
deemed to commence on the date on which the member
concerned furnishes to the Permanent Head satisfactory evi-
dence that he possesses the qualifications entitling him thereto.
8. Members of Division II stationed and residing at isolated
places as determined by the Permanent Head may be paid
an allowance of 6d. per day.
9. Any apprentice who, in his own time, gains any diploma
or certificate of proficiency in his trade (which diploma or
certificate is of a standard satisfactory to the Permanent
Head) from any public technical school or college may be
paid an allowance at the rate of 6d. per day in addition to
such apprentice's ordinary rate of pay, such allowance to be
payable from the date on which such diploma or certificate
is produced to the master of such apprentice; provided,
however, that not more than one such allowance shall be
paid to the same apprentice.
10. An allowance at a rate not exceeding 1s. per day may,
on the approval of the Permanent Head, be paid to any
employee in Division II when such employee is engaged on
work of a more than ordinarily dirty nature.
11. If and whenever a member of Division II is on duty
for a continuous period of not less than eleven hours, and
(being at his home station) is not allowed time off duty at
such station for the purpose of taking a meal during such
period, he will be paid an allowance of 2s.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
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License authorizing the Whakatane Borough Council to use
Water from the Karaponga Stream for the Purpose of gene-
rating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines within the
Whakatane Borough and Portion of the Whakatane County.
JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day
of April, 1921.
Present :
The Honourable Sir F. H. D. Bell, K.C.M.G., 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 sec-
tion 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 sub-
stitution therefor (and hereinafter collectively referred to as
" the regulations"), and which regulations shall be deemed
to be incorporated herein—hereby grant to the Whakatane
Borough Council (hereinafter with its successors and assigns
referred to as " the licensee") a license to take and use from
the Karaponga Stream (hereinafter referred to as " the said
stream"), in the Auckland Land District, for the purposes
hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred
to as " the said water") not exceeding fifteen 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 ; the electric lines at
present proposed to be erected being shown by red, yellow,
and green lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 50318 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 fifteen cubic feet per second herein-
before 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 divert-
   ing weir and dam.
   (b.) Drawings showing how and in what manner the water
   diverted is to be returned to the said stream.
   (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
   stream at or near the power-house.
3. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.
   The said water shall be taken from the said stream at the
   headworks, situated in Section 2, Block V, Rangitaiki Upper
   Survey District, at a point indicated on the plan marked
   P.W.D. 50319, 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. 50318 and 50319, deposited in the office of
   the Minister as aforesaid :
   (a.) Headworks consisting of a dam.
   (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, transformers, lightning-
   arresters, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other
   appliances for generating electricity.
   (d.) Electric lines in the Whakatane County from the sub-
   station at Whakatane along the Taneatua Road to
   the proposed water-pumping station, as shown on
   P.W.D. 50318.
   (e.) A transmission-line over the route shown by means of
   a red line on the said plan P.W.D. 50318.
   (f.) 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