Nov. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2765

License authorizing the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board to use Electric Lines within the Johnsonville Town District and the Porirua Riding of the Makara County.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1929.

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 Act, 1928, 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, 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 Hutt Valley Electric-power Board, duly constituted under the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925 (hereinafter with its successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”), to use for power, lighting, heating, or other uses within the area of supply hereinafter described, the electric lines indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61998, and deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and any other lines heretofore erected by the licensee and such further lines as may hereafter be erected by the licensee.

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SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises all those areas in the Wellington Land District being the Johnsonville Town District and the Porirua Riding of the Makara County. As the said areas are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 61998, deposited as aforesaid, and thereon bordered blue.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (c) of clause 5 of the regulations.

Electrical energy shall be received in bulk from the Public Works Department’s substation at Khandallah at a pressure of approximately 11,000 volts between phases.

3. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.

The licensee shall maintain the works used under this license in proper working-order during the continuance of such license.

4. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of twenty-one 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 thereupon cease and determine, but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

5. 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 9d. 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 £12 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 5s. per month in boroughs and town districts and 7s. per month in country districts, including meter rent in both cases (if any), may be collected if required by the licensee, and shall be printed on the licensee’s conditions of supply.

6. 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.

7. 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 9 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.

8. 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.

9. RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH LINES.

The licensee shall from time to time 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 any telegraph-line which is under the control of or in use by the Railway Department or the Telegraph Department respectively, and which was erected prior to the licensee’s lines. All electric lines must be erected with sufficient clearance to permit telegraph-lines to pass under the said electric lines.

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

(P.W. 26/1159/1.)

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Fixing the Date and Place for the Payment of Ordinary Land-tax, Special Land-tax, and Income-tax under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1929.

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CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of November, 1929.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in him under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1929, 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 order and determine that the respective duties leviable under the said Acts by way of ordinary land-tax, special land-tax, and income-tax shall be paid on the days and dates set forth hereunder :—

Ordinary land-tax under section 2 of the Land and Income (Annual) Act, 1929 : In one sum on Thursday, the twenty-first day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine.

Special land-tax under section 3 of the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1929 : In one sum on Friday, the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

Income-tax under section 4 of the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1929 : In one sum on Monday, the tenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

And, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth also determine that the place where the said duties of ordinary land-tax, special land-tax, and of income-tax shall be payable shall be the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, and that notice to the foregoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

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