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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 40

Authorizing the Ashburton Electric-power Board to purchase and construct Electric Works and make By-laws.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of April, 1923.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by section forty-nine of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, as amended by section seventeen of the Electric-power Boards Amendment Act, 1920, 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, hereby authorize the Ashburton Electric-power Board to purchase (1) from the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Ashburton the Corporation’s generating plant, the buildings and machinery connected therewith, and the lands on which such buildings machinery, and plant are situated; and (2) from the Ashburton Electric-supply Company (Limited) the transmission-lines and plant of such company; to erect electric lines, transformers, and substations for the transmission and distribution of electrical energy in the Ashburton Electric-power District and outer area of such district, as defined by Proclamation dated the fourteenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 97, of the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one; and to make by-laws in respect of its electric works.

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CONDITIONS.

1. No electric lines shall be used for the distribution of electrical energy until the Ashburton Electric-power Board has obtained a license for such purpose in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911.

2. Any conditions inserted in such license shall be strictly complied with by such Board.

3. Such Board shall, before the works authorized are commenced, forward for the approval of the Minister of Public Works—
   (a.) Plans in triplicate, showing the routes of the electric lines proposed to be erected and particulars of insulation and voltage;
   (b.) Such further plans and particulars as the Minister of Public Works may from time to time require.

4. 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.

5. The works hereby authorized shall be constructed so as to comply with the regulations made under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, dated the 9th day of October, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th day of the same month, or any regulations made in amendment thereof or in substitution thereof, which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein.

6. No by-law made by such Board shall contain any provision at variance with regulations referred to in condition 5, or with the provision of any authorizing order or license which may from time to time be issued to the Board.

7. The Board shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of three years from the date of this Order in Council, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lock-outs, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to any neglect by the Board.

8. The purchase of plant, buildings, machinery, land, or transmission-lines from the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Borough of Ashburton, or from the Ashburton Electric Supply Company (Limited), shall be subject to the approval of the Minister of Public Works.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorizing the Exchange of a Reserve in the North Auckland Land District for other Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1923.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the First Schedule hereto is a reserve for a landing-place: And whereas in the opinion of the Governor-General, it is expedient to exchange the said land for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, which is deemed by the Governor-General to be of equal value and more suitable for the purposes of a reserve for a landing-place:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section twelve of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that the said land described in the First Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the Second Schedule hereto.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF RESERVE AUTHORIZED TO BE EXCHANGED.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 0 roods 29 perches, more or less, being Allotment 64A, Parish of Waiwera. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 6/9/27A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged blue.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND TO BE OBTAINED IN EXCHANGE THEREFOR.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 14 acres, more or less, being part of Allotment 110A, Parish of Waiwera, and being portion of land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 197, folio 183, and bounded as follows: Commencing at the north-eastern corner of Allotment 15, Parish of Waiwera, bounded towards the south by the said Allotment 15, Parish of Waiwera, to a public road; towards the west and north generally by the said public road and by the southern boundary of other part of Allotment 110A, Parish of Waiwera, to the Hauraki Gulf; on the east by the said Hauraki Gulf to the point of commencement. As the same is delineated on plan marked L. and S. 6/9/27B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

Also all that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, situated in Block IV, Waiwera Survey District, and being that portion of land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 104, folio 266, lying between the Strand and the Hauraki Gulf: Commencing at the northernmost point of the Strand, bounded on the north-west by a line being the production of the north-western boundary of Lot 20 (a subdivision of Allotment 219, Parish of Waiwera) and the Strand to the sea; on the north-east and east generally by the Hauraki Gulf aforementioned to the Waiwera Road; on the south by the said Waiwera Road to the Strand; on the west and south-west generally by the said Strand to the point of commencement. As the same is delineated on plan marked L. and S. 6/9/27B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.