Public Works Orders and Water License




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

The Northern Side of Portion of Edwin Street, in the Borough of Mount Eden, exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 of the Public Works Act, 1908, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in any-wise 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 approve of the following resolution passed by the Mount Eden Borough Council on the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, viz.:—

“The Mount Eden Borough Council, being the local body having control of Edwin Street, hereby resolves that the provisions of section one hundred and seventeen of the Public Works Act, 1908, shall not apply to that portion of Edwin Street facing Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Allotment 8 of Section 6, Suburbs of Auckland”;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the northern side of the portion of Edwin Street (described in the Schedule hereto) within a distance of twenty-five feet from the centre-line of the said portion of street.

SCHEDULE.

The northern side of all that portion of street situated in the North Auckland Land District, Borough of Mount Eden, known as Edwin Street, abutting on Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Allotment 8 of Section 6, Suburbs of Auckland. As the said portion of street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 64195, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

License authorizing Samuel Charlton to use Water from the Otumaheke Stream in Section 1548, Otumaheke, Block II, Tauhara Survey District, for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 20th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, and the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and of all other powers in anyway 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 grant to Samuel Charlton, of Taupo, Hotelkeeper (hereinafter, with his executors, administrators, and assigns, referred to as “the licensee”)—subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto and to the regulations dated the ninth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, or any regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”), and which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein—a license to take and use from the Otumaheke Stream in Section 1548, Otumaheke, Block II, Tauhara Survey District, in the Land District of Auckland (hereinafter referred to as the “said stream”), for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding four cubic feet per second at any one time; and also to erect and maintain electric lines for power, lighting, heating, or other uses as described in the Schedule hereto: but nothing herein shall be held to guarantee that the said stream contains sufficient water to supply the four cubic feet per second herein-before mentioned.

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SCHEDULE.

  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 stream.

(c.) Contour-plan showing difference in level of water due to the construction of the headworks.

  1. UTILIZATION OF THE WATER.

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

  1. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be taken from the said stream at the headworks, situated in Section 1548, Otumaheke, Block II, Tauhara Survey District, Taupo Road District, at a point indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 62971, deposited in the office of the Minister at Wellington, in the Land District of Wellington.

  1. 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 plan marked P.W.D. 62537 deposited as aforesaid:—(a.) Headworks consisting of an intake.

(b.) Pipeline leading from such intake to the power-house hereinafter referred to.

(c.) A power-house with all necessary equipment, including water-turbines, generators, transformers, lightning-arrestors, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other appliances for generating electricity.

(d.) Transmission-line over the route, shown by means of green line on the said plan P.W.D. 62971.

  1. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

The Inspecting Engineer, both during and after the construction of the works, shall have free access to and liberty at any time to inspect the same so as to ensure that the provisions of this license are given due effect to.

  1. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.

After the said works have been completed, the licensee shall maintain the same in proper working-order during the continuance of this license.

  1. 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.

  1. 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 by 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-station and the substation to which this license applies.

  1. 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.

  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 12s. per annum; payment to be made yearly on the 31st day of March of each year, commencing from the date the electrical power is first supplied.



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