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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

License authorizing the Horowhenua Electric-power Board to use Electric Lines in the Horowhenua Electric-power District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of December, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that 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 above-mentioned Act, and dated the ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twelfth 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 authorize the Horowhenua Electric-power Board (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) to use electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described, such electric lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55673, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

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SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises the Horowhenua Electric-power District as constituted by Proclamation dated the 29th day of November, 1921, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 100, of 1st December, 1921.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

Electrical energy shall be received in bulk at Public Works Department power-house located near Shannon, on the three-phase system, in accordance with paragraph (e) of clause 2 of the regulations.

3. 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.

4. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting 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; and provided further that if accounts are paid within fourteen days after due date the charges shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes and 4½d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, or heating purposes.

In the case of wholesale supply the charges shall not exceed £12 per kilovolt-ampere per annum, plus ½d. per unit; provided that if the licensee’s load reaches the amount of power supplied in bulk by the Minister of Public Works, the licensee shall have the right to refuse further supply at the wholesale rate until such time as the Minister is in a position to supply to the licensee the whole of the licensee’s load. “Wholesale supply” for this purpose shall be held to be a supply in respect of which the consumer shall guarantee to pay not less than £180 per annum.

A minimum charge of 6s. per month, including meter-rent (if any), may be collected if required by the licensee, and shall be printed on the licensee’s conditions of supply.

5. 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.

6. ROUTES RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT LINES.

The Board shall not, without the consent in writing of the Minister of Public Works, erect any electric lines along the routes of the Government Main Trunk transmission-lines.

7. CONVERSION OF LINES FROM EARTH-WORKING TO METALLIC.

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the licensee shall bear the cost of converting the Post and Telegraph Department’s lines which are now erected from earth-working to metallic if required by the Minister of Telegraphs.

8. TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT’S LINES.

The licensee shall rectify to the satisfaction of the Minister of Telegraphs any interference or disturbance that affects the satisfactory working of the telegraph lines which are the property of the Telegraph Department.

9. COVERING OF OVERHEAD LINES.

With reference to clause 37 of the regulations, the limits within which covered wires shall be erected in the undermentioned boroughs are as follows :—

Otaki.—All that portion west of Rauparaha Street from Waitohu Creek to Otaki River. Also all that portion south of Kirk Street.

Shannon.—All beyond a line starting at junction of Levin and Brown Streets; thence in a north-easterly direction along Brown Street to Bryce Street, to Thompson Street, to Sheehan Street, to Mangahao Street back to Vogel Street to Graham Street; thence in a north-westerly direction back to starting-point.

Forton.—All beyond a line starting at junction of Purcell Street and Brown Street to the Avenue, to Russell Street, to Palmerston North Road; thence along Palmerston North Road across to west end of Hulke Street; thence in a southerly direction to Watson Street, and west along Ravenswood Point to the Manawatu River.

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

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Portion of Venus Street, in the Borough of Invercargill, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of December, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works 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 approve of the following resolution passed by the Invercargill Borough Council on the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, viz. :—

“That the Invercargill Borough Council, being the local authority having control of that part of Venus Street hereinafter described, hereby declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to that part of Venus Street commencing at its junction with Hope Street and continuing in a northerly direction to Oteramika Road, a distance of 550 links, more or less ”;

such portion of street being described in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of street, situated in the Southland Land District, Borough of Invercargill, known as Venus Street, commencing at a point opposite the southern side of Hope Street, and extending in a northerly direction to its junction with Oteramika Road. As the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 55496, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

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The Northern Side of Portion of Hargreaves Street, in the City of Auckland, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of December, 1922.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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