Sept. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2753

In the Wellington Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 71386, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured green.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, this 27th day of August, 1928.

K. S. WILLIAMS, Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

(P.W. 62/10/15/7.)

Allocating Cost of certain Proceedings under Section 132 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920.—Borough of Timaru.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1928.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in him by section one hundred and thirty-two of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and of every other power and authority 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 direct that the Timaru Borough Council and the Levels County Council shall defray, in equal proportions, all the costs of the Commission appointed under the said Act by a Warrant under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General dated the thirtieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight, to inquire and report upon the proposal contained in the petition of W. Murray and others to exclude a certain area from the County of Levels and to include such area in the Borough of Timaru.

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

(I.A. 19/1/150.)

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 Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1928.

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, Ltd. (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 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, 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 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 the 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 the 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; (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 the 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: And doth hereby make the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that such conditions shall be deemed 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: And doth hereby further declare that this Order in Council shall come into operation on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

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 5s. per month to consumers receiving supply in the Tahunanui Town District, and not exceeding 15s. per quarter within the remainder of the licensee’s area of supply.

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, 1929, 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.)

Apportionment of Representation on the Whangarei Hospital Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 3rd day of September, 1928.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1909, on the ninth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, and published in the Gazette on the twenty-second day of the same month at page 773, provision was made among other matters for representation of the combined contributory district of Whangarei County and Hikurangi Town District on the Whangarei Hospital Board:

And whereas the said Order in Council now enures for the purposes of the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1926:

And whereas it is desirable to abolish the said combined district and to constitute a new combined district of the Hikurangi Town District and the Kamo Town District, and