Nov. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3099

License authorizing the Department of Tourist and Health
Resorts to use Water from the Okere River for the Purpose
of generating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines within
the Borough of Rotorua and Portion of the County of Rotorua.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 31st day
of October, 1931.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the
Public Works Act, 1928, and 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, and subject to the conditions set forth in the
Schedule hereto and 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, and to any regulations made in amendment
thereof or in substitution therefor (hereinafter collectively
referred to as "the regulations"), and which regulations shall
so far as they are applicable be deemed to be incorporated
herein, doth hereby authorize the Department of Tourist and
Health Resorts, as incorporated by the Rotorua Borough Act,
1922 (hereinafter referred to as "the licensee"), to take and
use from the Okere River (hereinafter referred to as "the
said river") for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream
of water (hereinafter referred to as the "said water"), not
exceeding one hundred and fifty-seven cubic feet per second
at any time, and also to erect and maintain electric lines for
lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply
described in the Schedule hereto, but nothing herein shall be
held to guarantee that the said river contains sufficient water
to supply the said water.

SCHEDULE.

1. 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 water shall, except with the consent of the
Minister, be used solely for the purpose of generating electricity not exceeding 200 k.va, and shall be returned to the
said river at or near the powerhouse where the same is used.

3. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be taken from the said river at the
headworks situated at Okere Falls.

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS.

For the purposes of this license and subject to the approval
of such plans as the Minister may consider necessary, the
licensee is hereby authorized to maintain and use the following
existing works:—
(a) Headworks consisting of a dam and necessary intake.
(b) Tunnel, pipe-line, or other conduits leading from such
dam to the powerhouse hereinafter 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.
And to construct, maintain, and use the following works of
which the positions shall be indicated on the said plans:—
(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 heating.
(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 2l of the regulations.

5. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

The Inspecting Engineer, both during and after the construction 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 electricity between the generating-stations and any of the substations 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 advisable to enable the licensee to construct and maintain the
various works authorized by this license.

9. 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 thereupon cease and determine;
but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the
licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

10. RENTAL.

The licensee shall, as from and after the date hereof, pay
to the Public Works Engineer for the district, or otherwise
as the Minister may from time to time require, a rental at
the rate of ls. per annum per kilowatt of maximum output,
as recorded by the watthour meters to be installed by the
licensee at the power-house mentioned in clause 4 (c) hereof;
payment to be made yearly for the period ending on the
31st day of March in each year. "Maximum output" means
twice the number of units generated in the half-hour during
which the number of units generated is a maximum for the
year. For this purpose the units generated shall be recorded
at the end of each half-hour commencing from noon of each
day.

11. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY.

The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed ls. 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 of maximum demand 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, not exceeding 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.

12. AREA OF SUPPLY.

The area of supply shall comprise the Borough of
Rotorua as at present constituted and that portion of the
County of Rotorua described as follows : Bounded by a line
commencing at the south-western corner of Block V, Horohoro
Survey District, and proceeding thence generally in a northerly
direction following the western boundary of Rotorua County
to the Ohaupara Stream in Block II, Rotorua Survey District; thence following the said stream in an easterly direction to its confluence with the Mangorewa River; thence
following the said river eastward to the north-western corner
of Block I, Rotoiti Survey District; thence following the
northern boundary of that survey district to the north-eastern corner of Block III thereof; thence proceeding in a
southerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Blocks III,
VII, XI, and XV, Rotoiti Survey District, and of Blocks III
and VII, Tarawera Survey District, to the south-eastern
corner of the last-mentioned block; proceeding thence
generally in a westerly direction along the southern boundaries of Blocks VII, VI, and V, Tarawera Survey District,
and Blocks VIII, VII, VI, and V, Horohoro Survey District,
to the point of commencement. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 81164,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington.