FEB. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 447

Amending and extending the Licenses authorizing Robert Ellis,
of Brightwater, Flour-miller—now held by the Waimea Electric
Supply and Manufacturing Company (Limited)—to use
Water from the Wairoa River for the Purpose of generating
Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines within a Radius of
Six Miles from the Power-house on Section 3, Block X,
Waimea District, and Portion of the Waimea County.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 1st 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 section five of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and section eight of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1923, and of every other power 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 further amend and extend the terms and conditions set forth in the Order in Council dated the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 49 of the twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, authorizing Robert Ellis of Brightwater, Flour-miller—now held by the Waimea Electric Supply and Manufacturing Company (Limited)—to use water from the Wairoa River for the purpose of generating electricity, and to erect electric lines within a radius of six miles from the power-house on Section 3, Block X, Waimea District, by substituting the intake and water-race indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 57633, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, for the intake and water-race indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 32806, deposited as aforesaid, and referred to in the said Order in Council, and by substituting conditions 1 and 2 in the Schedule hereto for conditions 5, 21, and 22 in the said Order in Council, and by adding to the said Order in Council clause 3 in the Schedule hereto: And also doth hereby further amend and extend the terms and conditions set forth in the Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 47 of the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, authorizing the said Robert Ellis—now the Waimea Electric Supply and Manufacturing Company (Limited)—to erect electric lines within portion of the Waimea County by substituting condition 2 in the Schedule hereto for condition 2 in the said Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen.

SCHEDULE.

1. 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 4s. per annum per kilowatt of maximum output as recorded by the watt-meter to be installed by the licensee at the power-house mentioned in clause 4 (d) hereof; payment to be made yearly on the 31st day of March of each year, commencing from the date the electrical power is first supplied. For the purposes of this clause “maximum output” means twice the number of units generated in the half-hour during which the output is the maximum for the year. The output shall be recorded at the end of every half-hour. The minimum rental shall not be less than £10 per annum.

2. System of Supply.—The system of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (d) and (e) of clause 2 of the regulations. The generating voltage shall be approximately 2,500 volts between the terminals.

3. Duration of License.—The license dated 23rd day of June, 1913, and amended by this Order in Council shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the 31st day of July, 1913. 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.

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

Apportionment of Representation on the Poverty Bay Electric-power Board.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 1st day
of February, 1924.

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

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, 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 determine with respect to the Poverty Bay Electric-power District, being an electric-power district duly constituted by Proclamation dated the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 87 of the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, as follows:—

1. The constituent districts which are bracketed together in the first column of the Schedule hereto are hereby constituted a combined district for the purposes of the said Act.

2. The local authority of the constituent district distinguished in the first column of the Schedule hereto by the letter (p) is hereby declared to be the principal local authority of the combined district in which that constituent district is situated.

3. The number of representatives of each constituent or combined district of the Board of the said district shall be the number specified in the second column of the Schedule hereto opposite the name of that constituent or combined district.

SCHEDULE.

First Column. Second Column.
CONSTITUENT districts—
Cook County (p). . . . 4 members.
Patutahi Town District . . . . 3 members.
Gisborne Borough . . . . 1 member.
Mangapapa Town District . . . . 3 members.
Waikohu County (p) . . . .
Te Karaka Town District . . . .

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

Declaring Portion of the Te Kuiti–Taumarunui Road, in the Taumarunui County, to be a County Road.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of February, 1924.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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 hereby order and declare that the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, become a county road.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that portion of the Te Kuiti–Taumarunui Road (Taringamotu–Okahukura Section), in the Auckland Land District, Taumarunui County, commencing at its junction with with Okaihae Road and proceeding thence generally in a northerly direction adjoining or passing through Rangitoto Tuhua No. 55B 2, Blocks XIII and IX, Tuhua Survey District, and Rangitoto Tuhua No. 55B 1 and Crown land in the said Block IX, Tuhua Survey District, and terminating at the southern end of the Okahukura Railway and Traffic Bridge, being a distance of 4 miles 2 chains, more or less. As the said portion of road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 58789, 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.