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Authorizing the Rotorua Borough Council to maintain a Monument as a Permanent War Memorial.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

For the purpose and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section fifteen of the Finance Act, 1919 (hereinafter referred to as "the said section,") 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 provision and maintenance by the Rotorua Borough Council, of a monument, as a permanent war memorial, as provided by the said section; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby approve of the provision of such monument in that portion of Rotorua described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ROTORUA WAR MEMORIAL SITE.

ALL that area in the Sanatorium Grounds, Borough of Rotorua, bounded on the north by the main drive, on the east and west by paths, and on the south by part of the croquet-lawn, and being 412 ft. along the main drive from Hinemaru Street.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Licences held by or issued to the Waimea Electric Supply and Manufacturing Company (Limited) in respect of Charges for Electrical Energy.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend, in respect to the charges for electrical energy, the licenses issued to Robert Ellis, of Brightwater, Flour-miller, on the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and on the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and to the Waimea Electric Supply and Manufacturing Company (Limited), (hereinafter referred to as "the said company"), on the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, relating to the use of water for the purpose of generating electrical energy and the erection of electric lines:

And whereas all such licenses are now held by the said company by virtue of assignments duly consented to by Orders in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two:

Now, therefore, 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 revoke—(1.) Clause seventy-eight of the terms and conditions of the license contained in the Order of 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, 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; (2) clause five of the conditions of the Order in Council dated the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 47, of the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, authorizing the said Robert Ellis to erect electric lines within portion of the Waimea County ; (3) the Order in Council dated the eighth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 39, of the eighteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, amending the said Orders in Council by authorizing a minimum charge for electrical energy not exceeding fifteen shillings per quarter; and (4) clause eleven of the conditions of the Order in Council dated the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 58, of the third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, authorising the said company to use water from the Wairoa River for the purpose of generating electricity.

And doth hereby make the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that such conditions shall be deemed as from the date of this Order in Council to be conditions subject to which the aforesaid Orders in Council dated the twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, respectively, were issued.

SCHEDULE.

CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

1. THE charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting purposes, 6d. per unit for street-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. In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £12 per horse-power per annum. "Wholesale supply" for this purpose shall be held to be a supply in respect to which the consumer shall guarantee to pay not less than £120 per annum.

The licensee may make a minimum charge for electrical energy not exceeding 15s. per quarter.

METER-RENT.

2. Meter-rent not exceeding 6d. per month per meter installed may be charged.

DURATION.

3. This Order in Council shall cease to be of any force or effect on the 1st day of March, 1927, and on such date the charges for electrical energy and meter-rent shall be the same as if this Order in Council had not been issued.

C. A. JEFFERY,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 26/30.)

Boundaries of Borough of Onehunga and County of Eden altered.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of September, 1926.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS in pursuance of section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, a petition was presented to the Governor-General praying that a certain area be excluded from the County of Eden and included in the Borough of Onehunga:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the said section held inquiries and recommended that the alteration as prayed for be made:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to make the alterations of the boundaries of the said borough and of the said county recommended by the said Commission:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of all other powers and authorities 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 declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the County of Eden and included in the Borough of Onehunga.

SCHEDULE.

AREA TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOROUGH OF ONEHUNGA.

ALL that area in the North Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at the easternmost corner of Lot 116 on plan 7941 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Auckland ; thence by a right line across Ngapuhi Street to the northernmost corner of Lot 123; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundaries of Lots 123 and