JUNE 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1735

Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Wellington City Council on the twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, viz.:--
“ The Wellington City Council, being the local authority having control of the streets in the City of Wellington, hereby declares that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to that portion of the south-eastern side of Roxburgh Street beginning at the north-eastern boundary of Town Section 376 and extending for a distance of 68·60 links, being frontage of Lot 1, Town Section 377, City of Wellington, Deeds Index 12/148”;
such portion of street being described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that portion of street, situated in the Wellington Land District, City of Wellington, known as Roxburgh Street, abutting on Lot 1, Town Section 377, City of Wellington. As the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 56914, 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.

Revoking an Order in Council declaring Portion of Road in Blocks I, Piopioea, and I, Hunua Survey Districts, to be a Government Road.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of June, 1923.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority in anyway 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 hereby revoke the Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 107, of the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, declaring portion of road in Blocks I, Piopioea, and I, Hunua Survey Districts, to be a Government Road.
F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of June, 1923.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General 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 anyway 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 Hutt Valley 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 Hutt Valley Electric-power District, as defined by Proclamation dated the fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53,
of the sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, such electric lines at present proposed to be used being indicated on the plans marked P.W.D. 56581, 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 Petone, 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 ls. 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 9d. per unit for lighting purposes and 4½d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, and heating purposes.
   In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £12 per kilovolt-ampere per year plus ¼d. 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 of 5s. per month in boroughs and town districts and 7s. per month in country districts, including meter rent in both cases (if any), may be collected if required by the licensee, and shall be printed on the licensee’s conditions of supply.

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. BARE WIRES.
   Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no bare wires shall be erected unless in accordance with clause 37 of the regulations.

7. 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. Except at crossing-places, the minimum separation between a telephone-line and poles carrying high or extra-high tension circuits shall be equal to the height of the taller pole.

8. CONVERSION OF LINES FORM 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.

9. 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.
   F. D. THOMSON,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.