1746
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 45

License authorizing the North Canterbury Electric-power Board to erect and use Electric Lines within the North Canterbury Electric-power District and Outer Area.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of May, 1928.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING 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 eleventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and 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 thereof (and hereinafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”), and which regulations shall be deemed to be incorporated herein—hereby authorize the North Canterbury 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 erect and use electric lines for power, lighting, heating, or other uses within the North Canterbury Electric-power District and Outer Area, as defined by Proclamation dated the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 11, of the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, such electric lines at present proposed to be erected and used being indicated on the plans marked P.W.D. 71441, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

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SCHEDULE.

1. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

THE system of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (a) and (e) of clause 5 of the regulations.

Electrical energy shall be received in bulk from the Public Works Department Substation at Southbrook at a nominal pressure of 11,000 volts.

The primary distribution voltages shall be 11,000, 6,600, or 3,300 volts between phases. The secondary distribution voltage shall be approximately 400 volts between phases and 230 volts between any phase and neutral.

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 4½d. 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 of 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. CONVERSION OF LINES FROM EARTH-WORKING TO METALLIC.

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

6. 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.

7. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purposes of this license the datum temperature may be taken as 20° Fahrenheit.

8. LINES PURCHASED FROM THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE KOWAI, RANGIORA, AND EYRE COUNTY COUNCILS.

Such electric lines as are or have been purchased by the licensee from the Minister of Public Works and the Rangiora, Kowai, and Eyre County Councils shall be deemed, for the purpose of this license, to have been erected by the licensee under the regulations issued in terms of section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, dated the 9th day of October, 1922, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 12th day of the same month.

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

(P.W. 26/1392/1.)

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Licensing the Waikato County Council to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark at Rangiriri, Waikato River, as a Site for a Wharf.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of May, 1928.

Present :

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 57, of the eleventh day of the same month, the Waikato County Council (who, with its successors and assigns, is hereinafter referred to as “the Council”), was licensed to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at Rangiriri, on the Waikato River, as a site for a wharf, erected in accordance with the plan marked M.D. 4253, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, for the term of fourteen years, computed from the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen:

And whereas the Council has applied for a fresh license under the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a further term of fourteen years, and it is advisable to grant the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the purpose or object for which the said license is required by the Council as aforesaid; and in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the Council to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark immediately contiguous thereto, which is particularly shown and delineated on the plans so deposited as aforesaid for the purpose of maintaining the said wharf; such license to be held and enjoyed by the Council upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

1. IN these conditions the term—

“Foreshore” means such parts of the bed, shore, or banks of a tidal water as are covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at ordinary spring tides :