JUNE 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1637

License authorizing the Ashburton Electric-power Board to use Electric Lines within the Ashburton Electric-power District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of June, 1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, 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 ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, 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 Ashburton Electric-power Board duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918 (hereinafter with its successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”), to use electric lines for power, lighting, heating, or other uses within the Ashburton Electric-power 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, such electric lines at present proposed to be used being indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56733, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SCHEDULE.

1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.
   The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e) of clause 2 of the regulations.
   Electrical energy shall be received in bulk from the Public Works Department's substation near Ashburton, at a pressure of approximately 11,000 volts.

2. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.
   The licensee shall maintain the works used under this license in proper working-order during the continuance of such license.

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 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; and provided further that if accounts are paid within fourteen days of due date the charges shall not exceed 10d. per unit for lighting purposes and 4½d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, and heating purposes; but on and after the 1st April, 1924, the net charges shall not exceed 9d. and 4½d. respectively.
   In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £12 per kilovolt-ampere per year plus ½d. per unit. “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 year.
   A minimum charge not exceeding 6s. per month, including meter-rent (if any), may be collected if required by the licensee in the Borough of Ashburton, the Town District of Tinwald, and those portions of the County of Ashburton hereinafter described and referred to as areas (a) and (b). The minimum rate must be clearly printed on the licensee’s conditions of supply.
   AREA (a).—All that portion of the County of Ashburton bounded as follows: By a line commencing at a point on the
   railway-line due east of the centre of Walnut Avenue; thence in a northerly direction by the said railway-line to the centre of Racecourse Road; thence in a westerly direction to the intersection of Farm Road and Racecourse Road; thence in a southerly direction along the centre of Farm Road to the intersection of Middle Road and Farm Road; thence in a westerly direction along the centre of Middle Road to the intersection of Alford Forest Road and Middle Road; thence in a southerly direction to the River Ashburton; thence towards the east by the northern bank of the Ashburton River to a point due south of the centre of the North-west Belt; thence in a northerly direction along the centre of the North-west Belt to the intersection of Walnut Avenue and the North-west Belt; and thence in an easterly direction along the centre of Walnut Avenue to the commencing-point.
   AREA (b).—All that portion of the County of Ashburton bounded as follows: By a line commencing at a point in the centre of Patching Street, Ashburton; thence in a northerly direction by a line running parallel to Bridge Street to the centre of Smithfield Road; thence in a westerly direction along the centre of Smithfield Road to the intersection of Bridge Street and Smithfield Road; thence in a southerly direction along the centre of Bridge Street to the Borough of Ashburton; thence towards the south by the Borough of Ashburton to the commencing-point.
   A minimum charge not exceeding 7s. 6d. per month, including meter-rent (if any), may be collected if required by the licensee in the other portions of the Ashburton Electric-power District and outer area of such district.

5. VARIATIONS 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. LOCATION OF OVERHEAD LINES.
   Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, one side of every road or street shall be left free by the licensee for telegraph-lines. Lines shall not be erected on both sides of a road or street unless the permission of the Minister of Telegraphs or the Post and Telegraph Department is first obtained in accordance with clause 5 of the regulations.

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 caused by the erection or operation of the licensee’s system that affects the satisfactory working of the telegraph-lines which are the property of the Telegraph Department, and which were erected prior to the licensee’s lines.

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

Licensing the Hokianga Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark of Wairupe Stream, Hokianga Harbour, as a Site for a Wharf.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of June, 1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight, the Hokianga Co-operative Dairy Company (Limited), of Hokianga (hereinafter called “the company”), was licensed to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of Wairupe Stream, in Hokianga Harbour, as shown on plan marked M.D. 3281, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, in order to maintain thereon a wharf, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for a term of fourteen years, computed from the seventeenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight:
And whereas, the said license having expired, the company has made application for a fresh license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a term of