Feb. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 619

Allocating Cost of certain Proceedings under Section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, Borough of Hokitika.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of every other power and authority 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 direct that the Hokitika Borough Council and the Westland County Council shall defray in equal proportions all the costs of the Commission appointed under the said Act by Warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, to inquire and report upon the proposal to exclude a certain area from the Borough of Hokitika and to include such area in the County of Westland.

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

Amending the Apportionment of Representation on the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred 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 amend the Order in Council determining the number of representatives of each constituent district on the Board of the Hutt Valley Electric-power District dated the thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, as follows:—

(1.) The number of representatives of the constituent districts referred to in the Schedule hereto shall be the number specified in the said Schedule opposite the name of each constituent district.

And doth hereby fix the eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, as the date for the first election of the representatives of such constituent districts.

SCHEDULE.

CONSTITUENT districts:—
Johnsonville Town District . . . . 1 member.
Portion of Makara County (Porirua Riding) . . 1 ,,

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Amending the Order in Council authorizing the Central Hawke’s Bay Electric-power Board to erect Electric Lines within the Central Hawke’s Bay Electric-power District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and the Public Works Amendment Act, 1923, 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 amend clause four of the license issued to the Central Hawke’s Bay Electric-power Board on the fourth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, by substituting the words “horse-power” for the words “kilovolt-ampere” in the second line of the second paragraph of the said clause.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Amending an Order in Council authorizing the Picton Borough Council to erect Electric Lines in the Borough of Picton.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of every other power 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 amend the Order in Council dated the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 91, of the thirty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, authorizing the Picton Borough Council to erect electric lines in the Borough of Picton by revoking clause 5 thereof (Charges for electrical energy), and substituting therefor the following clause, viz.:—

“5. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

“The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting and 5d. 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 that if accounts are paid within fourteen days after due date the charges shall be reduced by 16⅔ per centum per unit for lighting and 20 per centum per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes.

“A minimum charge of 5s. per month, including meter rent (if any) may be made by the licensee, provided that notice thereof is given in the licensee’s conditions of supply.”

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

Authorizing the Laying-off of a Street in the Borough of Whangarei of a Width less than 66 ft., but not less than 40 ft.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, 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 authorize the Whangarei Borough Council to permit the laying-off of a street of a width less than sixty-six feet but not less than forty feet, within the areas described in the Schedule hereto, it being difficult or inexpedient to lay off a street of a width of sixty-six feet within such areas.

SCHEDULE.

ALL those areas of land situated in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Whangarei, containing by admeasurement 9 acres 2 roods 6 perches and 1 acre 0 roods 8·25 perches, more or less, being part Lots 43, 47, and 48, Allotment 1, Parish of Whangarei, in Kensington District of the Borough of Whangarei, and part railway land, Block XII, Purua Survey District, and Block IX, Whangarei Survey District. As the said areas are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 59221, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged green and coloured pink respectively.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council