hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred

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to as "the said water") not exceeding thirty 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; and subject to the
regulations dated the twenty-second day of September, one
thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and 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; but nothing herein
shall be held to guarantee that the said creek contains
sufficient water to supply the thirty 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 divert-
ing weir and dam.
(b.) Drawings showing how and in what manner the water
diverted is to be returned to the said creek.
(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 creek
at or near the power-house.

3. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be taken from the said creek, at the
headworks situated in Section 7, Block IX, Tutaki Survey
District, at a point indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 49684,
deposited in the office of the Minister at 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 plans
marked P.W.D. 49140, 49683, and 49684, deposited in the
office of the Minister at Wellington :-
(a.) Headworks consisting of a weir and necessary intake.
(b.) A race and pipe-line leading from such weir to the
power-house hereinafter referred to.
(c.) A power-house with all necessary equipment, including
water-turbines, generators, transformers, lightning-
arresters, switch-boards, switches, exciters, and other
appliances for generating electricity.
(d.) Transmission and other lines over the routes shown
by means of yellow and green lines on the said plans
marked P.W.D. 49683 and 49140.
(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
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 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 Is. 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 for the period ending on the 31st day of March in
each year, commencing from the day electrical power is first
supplied. “Maximum output” means twice the number of
units generated in the half-hour during which the number of
units generated is a maximum for the year. For this purpose
the units generated shall be recorded at the end of each half-
hour commencing from noon of each day. 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 creek, 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 creek.

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 re-
movable 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 charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. 3d.
per unit for lighting purposes, and 6d. per unit for motor-
power, heating, or cooking purposes ; provided that “lighting
purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for
lighting purposes; provided also that if accounts are paid
within fourteen days after due date the charges shall not
exceed 1s. and 4½d. respectively.

15. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply comprises portion of the Murchison
County, comprising Blocks XV and XVI, Lyell Survey Dis-
trict, Blocks XIII and XIV, Matiri Survey District, Blocks
III and IV, Maruia Survey District, and Blocks I, II, V, VI,
IX, and X, Tutaki Survey District, as indicated by a dis-
tinctive border coloured red on the said plan marked P.W.D.
49140.

16. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e)
of clause 3 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 3,300 volts
between the terminals.

17. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purposes of calculating stresses as provided in
clause 15 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be
taken as 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

18. COMPENSATION PAYABLE FOR LAND INJURIOUSLY
    AFFECTED, ETC.

In respect of all land injuriously affected, and in respect
of all damage done by the exercise of any of the powers
conferred upon the licensee by this license, the licensee shall
from time to time, as and when any such injury or damage
accrues or happens, pay compensation in accordance with
the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, in the same
manner (subject to all necessary modifications) as if such
licensee were a local authority and the claim was one for
injury or damage arising out of the construction of a public
work.

19. CROWN NOT LIABLE TO PAY COMPENSATION.

Nothing in this license shall be held to cast upon or imply
any liability upon His Majesty the King or upon the Go-
vernment of New Zealand to pay compensation to any person,
corporate body, or local authority by reason of the exercise
by the licensee of the authority hereby granted; but the
licensee shall be liable for any loss or damage which any