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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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. 6d. 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.

5. EXTENSIONS.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the regulations incorporated herein, no extensions or lines other than those along the route hereinbefore described shall be deemed to be authorized by this license.

6. REQUIREMENTS OF RIWAKA ROAD BOARD.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric lines within the Riwaka Road District except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, or any variation of this license, or the regulations or new regulations which may take the place of these regulations, as may from time to time be agreed upon, between the licensee and the Riwaka Road Board.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

License authorizing the Raetihi Borough Council to erect Electric Lines in Blocks XII, XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI, and Portions of Blocks V, IX, X, and XI, Karioi Survey District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 22nd day of October, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 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 revoke the Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, authorizing the Raetihi Town Board to use Water from the Makara, Little Makara, Orautoha, Makotuku, and Mangaone Streams for the purpose of generating electricity and to erect electric lines within portions of the Manganui and Makotuku Survey Districts, in so far as such Order in Council affects that portion of the area of supply described therein comprising Section 2, Block VIII, Makotuku Survey District, and doth hereby amend such Order in Council by substituting clause 4 in the Schedule hereto for clause 10 in the Schedule to such Order in Council; and doth also—subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act 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 Raetihi Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described; the electric lines at present proposed to be erected being indicated by means of yellow and green lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 58798, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises the land in Blocks XII, XIII, XIV, XV, and XVI and portions of Blocks V, IX, X, and XI, Karioi Survey District, Wellington Land District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 59272, deposited as aforesaid, and thereon bordered yellow.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (e) of clause 2 of the regulations. The generating voltage shall be approximately 3,300 volts between the phases.

The transmission and primary distribution voltage shall be approximately 3,300 volts between phases. The secondary distribution voltage shall be approximately 400 volts between phases and 230 volts between any phase and neutral.

3. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes.

A minimum charge not exceeding 5s. per month, inclusive of meter rent, may be collected by the licensee, provided such minimum charge is printed on the licensee’s conditions of supply.

4. RENTAL.

The licensee shall, in respect of this license, pay to the Public Works Engineer for the district, or otherwise as the Minister may from time to time require, a rental at the rate of 1s. per annum per kilowatt of maximum output, as recorded by the wattmeter to be installed by the licensee at the power-house mentioned in clause 4 (c) of the licensee’s license dated the 19th day of March, 1917; payment to be made yearly for the period ending on the 31st day of March in each year, commencing from the day electrical power is first supplied under this license. For the purpose of this clause “Maximum output” means twice the number of units generated and recorded in the half-hour during which the output is the maximum for the year. Wattmeter readings shall be recorded half-hourly throughout each day. The minimum rental shall not be less than £10 per annum.

5. 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 nineteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen. 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.

6. REQUIREMENTS OF WAIMARINO COUNTY COUNCIL.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric line within the County of Waimarino except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, or any variation of this license or the regulations, or new regulations which may take the place of these regulations, as may from time to time be agreed upon between the licensee and the Waimarino County Council.

7. POWER TO TAKE LAND.

The licensee is hereby empowered to take, under the Public Works Act, 1908, as for a public work such land as may, in the opinion of the Governor-General, be necessary to enable the licensee to construct and maintain the various works authorized by this license.

8. RIGHT TO ENTER LANDS, ETC.

The licensee shall have the right at any time or times during the continuance of this license, with the consent of the Minister, to enter upon any road or other land, whether vested in or occupied by the Crown or any other person or body corporate, and there to construct, erect, lay down, maintain, renew, or repair all such water-channels, control-gates, races, pipe-lines, or other things as are required for the generation of electricity in pursuance of this license.

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

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the licensee shall bear the cost of converting the Railways Department’s lines which are now erected from earth-working to metallic if such conversion is required by the Minister of Railways owing to electrical interference arising from the licensee’s lines.

10. 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 Railways Department or the Telegraph Department, and which were erected prior to the licensee’s lines.

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