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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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License authorizing the Opunake Electric-power Board to use Electric Lines within the Outer Area of the Opunake Electric-power District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 18th day of February, 1924.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING 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 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 Opunake Electric-power Board, being an 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 outer area of the Opunake Electric-power District as defined by Proclamation dated the ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 77, of the eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one; such electric lines at present proposed to be used being indicated on plan marked P.W.D. 58459, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SCHEDULE.

I. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

THE system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The generating and transmission voltage shall be approximately 6,600 volts between the phases.

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 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 10d. per unit for lighting purposes and 5d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, or heating purposes.

In the case of wholesale supply the charges shall not exceed £16 per kilovolt-ampere per annum, plus fd. 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 annum.

A minimum charge of 7s. 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. 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.

6. INTERCHANGE OF SUPPLY OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

(a.) In the event of the Minister establishing a hydro-electric power scheme outside the area of supply of a frequency of 50 cycles per second on the three-phase alternating-current system, he may require the licensee to connect that system with the licensee's electrical system in such a manner that an interchange of electrical energy between the two systems may be made from time to time and when required by either the licensee or the Minister, up to at least one-half of the total capacity of the plant installed at the licensee's power-house.

(b.) The licensee shall erect and maintain in good order, at the expense of the licensee, the necessary transmission-lines between the licensee's power-house and a point on the boundary of the area of supply to be determined by the Minister.

(c.) The Minister shall erect and maintain in good order, at the expense of the Minister, the necessary transmission-lines outside the area of supply for the purpose of connecting the two systems at the point last mentioned in subclause (b) hereof.

(d.) The licensee and the Minister respectively shall, on demand, and from time to time as and when required, supply to each other so much of the surplus electrical energy as is then required and is available, but not in excess of one-half of the capacity of the plant installed in the licensee's power-house.

(e.) The price to be paid by the licensee or the Minister shall not exceed the following rates:-

Between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily: ld. per unit.

Between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. daily: ½d. per unit.

To be measured in each case at the point last mentioned in subclause (b) hereof.

(f.) For the purpose of this clause either the licensee or the Minister may have the unit measured in kilovolt-ampere hours instead of kilowatt hours.

7. 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.

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

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

9. TELEGRAPH LINES.

The licensee shall rectify to the satisfaction of the Minister of Railways or 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 Railway Department or the Telegraph Department, and which were erected prior to the licensee's lines.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

License authorizing the Queenstown Borough Council to use Water from the One Mile Creek for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Queenstown and Portion of the Lake County.

JELLICOE Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 12th day of February, 1924.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, and 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 hereby grant to the Queenstown Borough Council (hereinafter, with its successors and assigns, referred to as "the licensee")-subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto and to the regulations 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