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     THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

And whereas, in respect of such of the said loans as are intended to be borrowed at a rate of interest not otherwise authorized, the Minister of Finance has in each case given his precedent consent as required by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, to the borrowing by the said local authorities of the respective loans aforesaid, for the terms set out in the Fifth Column of the said Schedule, at respective rates of interest being such as shall not produce to the lenders rates exceeding the respective rates specified in the Sixth Column of the said Schedule :

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act and by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby consent to the raising by the respective local authorities whose names are set out in the Second Column of the said Schedule of the loans referred to in the Third Column of the said Schedule, up to the respective amounts set out in the Fourth Column of the said Schedule, for the respective terms set out in the Fifth Column of the said Schedule, at rates of interest being such as shall not produce to the lenders rates exceeding the respective rates specified in the Sixth Column of the said Schedule, subject to the condition that the respective local authorities shall, before borrowing the said respective sums or any part thereof, make other provision for the repayment thereof by establishing a sinking fund under the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1926, or under such other statutory enactment as may be applicable in any respective case, and shall thereafter make to such sinking fund payments at intervals of not more than one year at a rate or rates which shall be not less than the respective rates per centum set out in the Seventh Column of the said Schedule, such payments to be made in respect of every part of the said respective sums for the time being so borrowed and not repaid, and the first payment to be made not later than one year after the first day from which interest to the lender is computed on any moneys so borrowed.

SCHEDULE.

(T. 40/416/6.)

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

License authorizing Wilhelmina Morris, of Tirau, Married Woman, to use Water from the Oraka Stream for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect and use Electric Lines within Block 11, Patetere North Survey District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers in any-wise 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 hereinafter set forth, and to the regulations made under section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, on 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 therefor (such regulations which are deemed to be incorporated herein, being hereinafter collectively referred to as “the regulations”)—hereby grant to Wilhelmina Morris, of Tirau, married woman (hereinafter with her successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”), a license to take and use from the stream known as the Oraka Stream (hereinafter referred to as “the said stream”), in the Auckland Land District, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding fourteen cubic feet per second respectively at any one time; and also to lay, construct, put up, place, and use the electric lines hereinafter described on the conditions hereinafter set forth: Provided that nothing herein shall be held to guarantee that the said stream contains sufficient water to supply the volume of water hereinbefore referred to; and all rights hereby granted shall be subject to all existing rights heretofore granted under the Mining Acts or otherwise.

CONDITIONS.

1. PLANS.

The licensee shall forward for the approval of the Minister of Public Works (hereinafter referred to as “the Minister”)—
(a) Full detailed drawings and specifications of the diverting weirs :
(b) Drawings showing how and in what manner the water is diverted :
(c) Contour-plans showing difference in level of water due to the construction of the headworks :
(d) Drawings giving full particulars of any tunnels, aqueducts, and pipe-lines used in conveying the water from the headworks to the power-station :
(e) Drawings showing the arrangement of the generating, switching, and transforming plant in the power-station :

2. UTILIZATION OF THE WATER.

The said water shall be used under this license solely for the purpose of generating electricity.

3. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be taken from the Oraka Stream situated in Allotment 37, Block II, Patetere North Survey District, as indicated on the plans marked P.W.D. 79038 (hereinafter referred to as “the said plans”), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS.

The licensee is hereby authorized, subject to the conditions herein contained, to construct, maintain, and use the following works for the purposes of this license, the position of the said works being indicated on the said plans :—
(a) Headworks consisting of dam and necessary intakes :
(b) Pipe-line leading from head-race to the power-house hereinafter referred to; also tail-race from the power house to Oraka Stream.
(c) Power-house with all necessary equipment, including water-turbines, generators, transformers, lightning-arresters, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other appliances for generating electricity :
(d) Transmission and other lines over the routes shown by means of dotted red lines on the said plans :