Feb. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 503

by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the Order in Council dated the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, authorizing the Tauranga Electric-power Board to use electric lines in the Tauranga Electric-power district and outer area of such District by revoking clause 1 of the Schedule thereof (system of supply), and substituting therefor the following clause, viz. :—

“ 1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

“ Electrical energy shall be received in bulk from the Tauranga Borough Council or from the Minister.

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

“ The transmission voltage shall be approximately 11,000 volts between phases, save that over the line marked in red on the plan marked P.W.D. 68269, and deposited as aforesaid, the transmission voltage shall be approximately 33,000 volts between phases.”

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

(P.W. 26/1115/1.)

Amending Licenses 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 Auckland, this 21st day of February, 1927.

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, Flourmiller, 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 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 in 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, Flourmiller, 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 powerhouse 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, authorizing the said company to use water from the Wairoa River for the purpose of generating electricity ; (5) the Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 67, of the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, limiting the charges for electrical energy. 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 September, 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.

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

(P.W. 26/30.)

Consenting to Land being taken for Mining Purposes in Block XIV, Rangiriri Survey District, Raglan County.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Auckland, this 21st day of February, 1927.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, and the Coal-mines Act, 1925, 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 consent to the surface of the land described in the Schedule hereto, together with the subsoil above a plane one hundred feet below and approximately parallel to the surface of the land, being taken for the purposes of working a mine owned by the Hetherington Collieries (Limited), and for mining works in connection with such mine.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of land affected :—

A. R. P. Being portion of
0 0 6·3 Allotment 85 ; coloured yellow.
3 2 20·7 „ 151 ; „ blue.
0 2 19·5 Lot 1 }
1 0 7 „ 2 { Allotment 152 (D.P. 15539); coloured
0 3 22·3 „ 3 { red.
0 3 29·2 „ 4 }
0 0 28·9 Allotment 64 ; coloured blue.
0 3 28 Lot 1 } Allotment 150 (D.P. 15542) ; coloured
0 2 38 „ 2 { blue.
51 3 34 Allotment 74 ; coloured yellow.
1 3 36·2 „ 69 ; „ blue.
1 2 38 „ 144 ; „ red.

Situated in Pepepe Parish, Block XIV, Rangiriri Survey District. (S.O. 24194.)

In the Auckland Land District ; as the same are more particularly delineated in the plan marked P.W.D. 66991, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above mentioned.

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

(P.W. 19/353.)