Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3123

Incorporated Society approved under the Administration Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington this 1st day of November, 1926.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section twenty-two of the Administration Act, 1908, that the security of any incorporated company or guarantee society approved by the Governor-General in Council may be accepted by the Court as the security required to be given by an administrator or other person appointed to administer an estate under the above-mentioned Act :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve, for the purpose above mentioned, of the following incorporated society, namely :—

The Mercantile and General Insurance Company (Limited).

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

License authorizing the Poverty Bay Electric-power Board to use Electric Lines within the Poverty Bay Electric-power District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1926.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, 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—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 authorize the Poverty Bay Electric-power Board, duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918 (hereinafter with its successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”), to use electric lines for power, lighting, heating, or other uses within the Poverty Bay Electric-power District as defined 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, such electric-lines at present proposed to be used being indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 67017, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

SCHEDULE.

1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

ELECTRICAL energy shall be received in bulk from the Public Works Department, at a point within the Poverty Bay Electric-power District at Patutahi. Electrical energy may also be supplied at 460 volts direct current from the Board’s sub-station in the Borough of Gisborne.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (b) (1), (c), and (e) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The primary distribution voltage shall be approximately 11,000 volts between phases and the secondary distribution voltage shall be approximately 400 volts between phases, and 230 volts between any phase and neutral, and 460 volts between the outers for direct-current supply.

2. 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 cease and determine ; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

3. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting purposes, and 6d. 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 further that if accounts are paid within fourteen days of due date the charges shall not exceed 10d. per unit for lighting purposes and 5d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, and heating purposes.

In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £16 per kilovolt-ampere per year plus ½d. per unit. “Wholesale supply” for this purpose shall be held to be a supply in respect of which the consumer shall guarantee to pay not less than £180 per year.

A minimum charge not exceeding 7s. 6d. per month, including meter rent (if any), may be collected if required by the licensee, and shall be printed on the licensee’s conditions of supply.

4. ROUTES RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT LINES.

The licensee shall not, without the consent in writing of the Minister of Public Works, erect any electric lines along the routes of the Government main trunk transmission-lines.

5. LOCATION OF OVERHEAD LINES.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, one side of every road or street shall be left free by the licensee for telegraph-lines. Lines shall not be erected on both sides of a road or street unless the permission of the Minister of Telegraphs or the Post and Telegraph Department is first obtained in accordance with clause 5 of the regulations. Except at crossing-places, the minimum separation between a telephone-line and poles carrying high or extra-high tension circuits shall be equal to the height of the taller pole.

6. CONVERSION OF LINES FROM EARTH-WORKING TO METALLIC.

Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the licensee shall bear the cost of converting the Railway or Post and Telegraph Department’s lines which are now erected from earth-working to metallic, if such conversion is required by the Minister of Railways or the Minister of Telegraphs owing to electrical interference arising from the licensee’s lines.

7. TELEGRAPH-LINES.

The licensee shall rectify to the satisfaction of the Minister of Railways or the Minister of Telegraphs any interference or disturbance caused by the erection or operation of the licensee’s system that affects the satisfactory working of the telegraph-lines which are the property of the Railway Department or the Telegraph Department and which were erected prior to the licensee’s lines.

8. ROUTE OF LINE, GISBORNE TO MOTU.

The route of the transmission-line between Gisborne and Motu shall be subject to the approval of the Minister of Telegraphs.

9. BARE LINES.

Any bare low-pressure electric lines already in existence in the Borough of Gisborne, and erected in accordance with clause 6 of license dated 27th July, 1914, may continue to be used in terms of such license. Any low-tension lines hereafter erected in such area (whether or not such lines are on routes along which electric lines have already been erected) shall be erected in accordance with the regulations.

10. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purposes of this license the datum temperature may be taken as 25° Fahrenheit.

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

(P.W. 26/1035/1.)

Licensing Ernest Richard Lane to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark at Picton, Queen Charlotte Sound, as a Site for a Jetty to carry Bulk-petrol Pump.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1926.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), Ernest Richard Lane, of Picton (who, with his executors, administrators, and assigns, is hereinafter referred to as “the