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said, 67, 65, 64, and 63; towards the south generally by
Sections 7 and 116 and a public road to a point distant
107792·8 links north and 55852·4 links east of Trig. Station
Mount Cook (the said north, east, and south boundaries,
with the exception of the aforesaid Section 116, being the
old high-water line prior to the year 1855); and thence
towards the north-west by a right line bearing north 8° 16'
east, for a distance of 3367·4 links, to Section 90 aforesaid:
excluding from out of the above described area the Pahautanui-
Plimmerton Road. As the same is delineated on the plan
marked 43/30, deposited in the Wellington District Office,
Department of Lands and Survey, and thereon bordered red.

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

License authorizing the Stratford Borough Council to use Water
from the Patea River for the Purpose of generating Electricity and to erect Electric Lines within the Borough and
County of Stratford.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 18th day of
May, 1925.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the
Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, 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 hereby revoke the Order in Council dated the
twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred
and seventeen, authorizing the Stratford Borough Council
to use water from the Patea River for the purpose of generating
electricity and to erect electric lines in the Borough and County
of Stratford, and 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
grant to the Stratford Borough Council (hereinafter with its
successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”) a license
to take and use from the Patea River (hereinafter referred to
as “the said river”) in the Taranaki Land District, for the
purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter
referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding one hundred
and fifty cubic feet per second at any one time; and also to
erect and maintain electric lines for power, lighting, heating,
or other uses within the area of supply hereinafter described;
and the lines already erected in the said area of supply shall
be deemed to be erected under this license, and the provisions
hereof shall apply as fully and effectively as if this were the
license originally issued; but nothing herein shall be held to
guarantee that the said stream contains sufficient water to
supply one hundred and fifty cubic feet per second hereinbefore mentioned.

SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS.

1. Plans.
   THE licensee shall, before the works hereby authorized are commenced, forward for the approval of the Minister of Public
   Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister)”
   (a.) Full detailed drawings and specifications of the divert-
   ing weir and dam:
   (b.) Drawings showing how and in what manner the water
   diverted is to be returned to the said river:
   (c.) Contour plan showing difference in level of water due
   to the construction of the headworks.

2. Utilization of the Water.
   The said water shall be used solely for the purpose of generating electricity, and shall be returned to the said river at or
   near the power-house.

3. Location of Headworks.
   The said water shall be taken from the said river at the
   headworks, situated in part of Subdivision 4, Section 13, Block
   II, NgaireiSurvey District, Taranaki Land District, and may
   also be taken from the said river where it adjoins part Section
   129 in the same block at the point indicated on the plans
   marked P.W.D. 33170 and 33618, deposited in the office of
   the Minister at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington.

4. General Description of Works.
   The licensee is hereby authorized to construct, maintain, and
   use the following works for the purposes of this license; the
   position of the said works being indicated on the plans marked
   P.W.D. 33170 and 33618 hereinbefore referred to:-
   (a.) Headworks consisting of a dam and necessary intake.
   (b.) Tunnel or other conduit leading from such dam to the
   power-house hereinafter referred to.
   (c.) A power-house with all necessary equipment, including
   water-turbines, generators, transformers, lightning-arresters, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other
   appliances for generating electricity.
   (d.) Transmission and other lines over the route shown by
   means of a red line on plan P.W.D. 33170.
   (e.) Such further transmission and other lines within the
   area of supply as may from time to time be required
   within such area of supply, and after compliance
   with the provisions of clause 13 of the regulations.

5. Right to enter Lands, &c.
   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 transmission-lines, poles, or other things as are
   required for the transmission of electricity between the generating-stations and any of the substations to which this license
   applies.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Granting of other Water-rights.
   Nothing herein shall prevent the Governor-General in Council
   from granting to any person or body corporate other than the
   licensee a license to take water from any portion of the said
   river, except at the place where the licensee is by this license
   empowered to take it; Provided that no such license shall so
   operate as to reduce the natural fall between the headworks
   and tail-water, or the volume of the water which the licensee
   is by this license authorized to take from the said river.

9. Surrender of License.
   The licensee may at any time, with the consent of the
   Minister, surrender this license, and shall thereupon, if so
   required by the Minister, remove from the ground all removable equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, transmission-
   lines, and other plant herein authorized to be installed or
   provided. If the licensee fails or neglects so to remove the
   said plant within twelve months after being required so to
   do, such equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, lines, and
   other plant shall, without payment or compensation, vest in
   and become the property of the Crown.

10. Charges for Electrical Energy.
    The charge for electrical energy for lighting purposes, which
    shall include the operation of motor-generators for lighting
    purposes, shall not exceed 1s. per unit, with a minimum
    charge not exceeding 3s. per calendar month ; and in addition
    thereto a meter rent not exceeding 1s. per calendar month
    may be charged. The charge for electrical energy for motor-
    power, heating, or cooking purposes shall not exceed 6d. per
    unit, with a minimum charge not exceeding 3s. per calendar
    month for heating or cooking purposes, and not exceeding
    4s. per horse-power per calendar month for motor-power ;
    and, in addition thereto, a meter-rent not exceeding 1s. per
    calendar month may be charged.