1890

License authorizing The New Zealand Sounds Hydro-electric
Concessions, Ltd., to use Water from the Falls, Rivers,
nothing herein shall be held to guarantee that the above-mentioned
or Streams discharging into Smith Sound and from Lake
Manapouri, for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and
to erect Electric Lines within Portion of the Fiord County.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of
May, 1930.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section three hundred and eighteen of
the Public Works Act, 1928, it is enacted that the
Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council,
grant to any person or body corporate a license to use water
from any fall, river, stream, or other source for the purpose
of generating electricity for electric light, mechanical power,
or other uses, and to exercise in respect of that purpose any
of the powers and authorities specified in that behalf in the
said section: And whereas it is further provided by the said
section that any such license may confer upon the licensee
a right at any time or times during the continuance of the
license (but subject to such conditions and restrictions as are
expressed in the license) to enter upon any road, railway,
or other land, whether vested in or occupied by the Crown
or any other person or body corporate, and there to construct,
erect, lay down, maintain, renew, or repair all such cables,
wires, and other things as are required for the transmission
of electricity between the fall, river, stream, or other source
aforesaid and any place to which the licensee is authorized
to transmit electricity in pursuance of the license:
And whereas The New Zealand Sounds Hydro-electric
Concessions, Ltd. (hereinafter, with its successors and assigns,
referred to as "the licensee"), has applied for a license
under the said section to take and use certain waters from
sources in the Land District of Southland for the purpose of
generating electricity as aforesaid, and it is expedient to issue
such license accordingly:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred upon him as aforesaid, and of the powers conferred
by section three hundred and nineteen of the Public Works
Act, 1928, and of all other powers 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 grant to the licensee (with the rights and powers and
upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Schedule hereto)-Firstly, a license for the period mentioned
in the said Schedule to take and use water from the falls,
rivers, or streams called the Helena Falls, Lyvia River, Stella
Burn, and Huntleigh Falls, all discharging into Deep Cove at
the head of Smith Sound on the West Coast of the South
Island of New Zealand, and situate in the Land District of
Southland, the situation of which falls, rivers, or streams
being approximately shown on the plan marked P.W.D. 65121,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, and also from any other water-source emptying
into the said Deep Cove or into Hall's Arm or Crooked Arm
or other parts of the said Smith Sound: Secondly, a license
for the period mentioned in the said Schedule to take and use
water from the waters of Lake Manapouri situate in the said
land district by conducting the same by tunnel or otherwise
to or towards the said Deep Cove or the said Smith Sound, and
also in connection with the construction of the said tunnel to
take and use water from any fall, river, stream, or lake empty-
ing into the said Lake Manapouri within the area of supply
for the purposes in the case of each of the said licenses of
generating electricity for electric light, mechanical power,
electro-chemical, electro-metallurgical and/or other uses. The
waters to be so taken to be sufficient in respect of the first
license above-mentioned (hereinafter referred to as the first
license) for developing continuously electrical energy not
exceeding fifty thousand horse-power and in respect of the
second license above mentioned (hereinafter referred to as the
second license), to be a quantity not exceeding 5,000 cubic feet
of water per second; and also to erect and maintain electric
lines and other works and plant for power, lighting, heating,
electro-chemical, electric-metallurgical, or other uses within
the area of supply hereinafter described; and subject also
to the regulations 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 made in amendment thereof or in substitution
therefor (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the regula-
tions"), and which regulations shall, so far as they are
applicable, be deemed to be incorporated herein, but nothing

SOURCES OF SUPPLY OR ANY OF THEM CONTAIN SUFFICIENT WATER TO
ENABLE THE HEREINBEFORE-MENTIONED AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL
ENERGY TO BE DEVELOPED OR THE HEREINBEFORE-MENTIONED QUAN-
TITY OF WATER TO BE USED.

SCHEDULE.

I. PLANS.
THE LICENSEE SHALL, BEFORE ANY WORKS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ARE
COMMENCED, FORWARD FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINISTER OF
PUBLIC WORKS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE MINISTER")-
(a) FULL DETAILED DRAWINGS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF SUCH WORKS:
(b) SUCH OTHER PLANS AS THE MINISTER MAY REQUIRE.

2. UTILIZATION OF THE WATER.
   THE SAID WATERS RESPECTIVELY SHALL, EXCEPT WITH THE CONSENT
   OF THE MINISTER, BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING
   ELECTRICITY, AND SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE RESPECTIVE SOURCES OF
   SUPPLY OR TO THE WATERS OF THE SAID DEEP COVE, HALL'S ARM,
   CROOKED ARM, SMITH SOUND, OR LAKE MANAPOURI AT OR NEAR
   THE POWERHOUSE WHERE THE SAME IS USED RESPECTIVELY.

3. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.
   THE SAID WATERS RESPECTIVELY SHALL BE TAKEN FROM THE
   RESPECTIVE SOURCES OF SUPPLY AT THE HEADWORKS SITUATED IN
   EACH CASE AT A PLACE TO BE FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVI-
   SIONS OF THIS LICENSE.

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS.
   SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF SUCH PLANS AS THE MINISTER MAY
   CONSIDER NECESSARY, THE LICENSEE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO CON-
   STRUCT, MAINTAIN, AND USE THE FOLLOWING WORKS FOR THE PURPOSES
   OF THE FIRST LICENSE AND THE SECOND LICENSE RESPECTIVELY, THE POSI-
   SION OF THE SAID WORKS IN EACH CASE TO BE INDICATED ON SUCH
   PLANS:-
   (a) HEADWORKS CONSISTING OF A DAM AND NECESSARY INTAKE.
   (b) TUNNEL, PIPE-LINE, OR OTHER CONDUITS LEADING FROM SUCH
   DAM TO THE POWER-HOUSE HERINAFTER REFERRED TO.
   (c) A POWER-HOUSE WITH ALL NECESSARY EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING
   WATER-TURBINES, GENERATORS, TRANSFORMERS, LIGHTNING-
   ARRESTERS, SWITCHBOARDS, SWITCHES, EXCITERS, AND OTHER
   APPLIANCES FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY.
   (d) BUILDINGS, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT FOR AND IN CONNECTION
   WITH THE EMPLOYMENT OF ELECTRICITY WHICH MAY BE
   GENERATED FOR THE PURPOSES OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING,
   MECHANICAL POWER, AND/OR ANY ELECTRO-CHEMICAL OR
   ELECTRO-METALLURGICAL PROCESS, AND/OR FOR THE PURPOSES
   OF THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, OR CARRIAGE OF ANY
   MATERIALS USED IN CONNECTION WITH OR THE PRODUCTS OF
   ANY SUCH PROCESS.
   (e) SUCH TRANSMISSION AND OTHER LINES WITHIN THE AREA OF
   SUPPLY AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE REQUIRED WITHIN
   SUCH AREA OF SUPPLY, AND AFTER COMPLIANCE WITH THE
   PROVISIONS OF CLAUSE 21 OF THE REGULATIONS.

5. INSPECTION OF WORKS.
   THE INSPECTING ENGINEER, BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE CON-
   STRUCTION OF THE WORKS, SHALL HAVE FREE ACCESS TO AND LIBERTY
   AT ANY TIME TO INSPECT THE SAME SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THE
   PROVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE ARE GIVEN DUE EFFECT TO.

6. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.
   AFTER THE SAID WORKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THE LICENSEE
   SHALL MAINTAIN THE SAME IN PROPER WORKING-ORDER DURING THE
   CONTINUANCE OF THIS LICENSE.

7. RIGHT TO ENTER LANDS, ETC.
   THE LICENSEE SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME OR TIMES
   DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS LICENSE, WITH THE CONSENT OF
   THE MINISTER, TO ENTER UPON ANY ROAD OR OTHER LAND, WHETHER
   VESTED IN OR OCCUPIED BY THE CROWN OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR
   BODY CORPORATE, AND THERE TO CONSTRUCT, ERECT, LAY DOWN,
   MAINTAIN, RENEW, OR REPAIR ALL SUCH TRANSMISSION-LINES, POLES,
   OR OTHER THINGS AS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF ELEC-
   TRICITY BETWEEN THE GENERATING-STATIONS AND ANY OF THE SUB-
   STATIONS TO WHICH THIS LICENSE APPLIES.

8. POWER TO TAKE LAND.
   THE LICENSEE IS HEREBY EMPOWERED TO TAKE, UNDER THE PUBLIC
   WORKS ACT, 1928, AS FOR A PUBLIC WORK SUCH LAND AS MAY, IN
   THE OPINION OF THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, BE NECESSARY OR ADVIS-
   ABLE TO ENABLE THE LICENSEE TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THE
   VARIOUS WORKS AUTHORIZED BY THIS LICENSE, AND FOR THE PURPOSES
   OF ANY BUSINESS OR UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHED OR PROPOSED TO BE
   ESTABLISHED BY THE LICENSEE IN CONNECTION WITH THE LICENSE,
   WHETHER WITHIN OR BEYOND THE AREA OF SUPPLY, INCLUDING IN
   PARTICULAR THE PURPOSES OF QUARRYING OR MINING MARBLE, LIME-
   STONE, AND OTHER MINERALS, AND THE TAKING OF SUPPLIES OF TIMBER