Sept. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2143

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

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1924.

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 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 thereof (and hereinafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”), and which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein—hereby authorize the Malvern 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 Malvern Electric-power District and outer area of such district, as defined by Proclamation dated the twenty-fifth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 54, of the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, such electric lines at present proposed to be used being indicated on the plans marked P.W.D. 60065, 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 Hororata, at a pressure of approximately 3,300 volts, to be increased to approximately 11,000 volts at any future time at the discretion of the Department.

The transmission voltage shall be approximately 11,000 volts between phases; the primary distribution voltage shall be 6,600 volts between phases; and the secondary distribution voltage shall be approximately 400 volts between phases, and 230 volts between any phase and neutral.

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.

In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £16 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 of 7s. 6d. 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. 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.

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. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

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

Increasing Number of Members of Makerua Drainage Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-seventh day of the same month, it was declared that the Board of Trustees of the Makerua Drainage District should consist of five persons:

And whereas it is now deemed expedient to fix the number of persons of which the said Board shall consist at seven:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by the Land Drainage Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Board of Trustees of the said district shall consist of seven persons, such increase to commence from the general election of members to be held in November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five.

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

Grouping Trades in Borough of Whakatane for the Purposes of Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and specifying Goods comprised in such Trades.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of September, 1924.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by subsection five of section thirty-two of the Shops and Offices Act, 1921–22, and of every other power in that behalf thereto enabling him, 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 order and declare that on and after the date of this Order in Council the trades of (1) hair dresser, and (2) tobacconist, commonly carried on together