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Trust shall be held on the tenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three:
And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding such election:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section forty-two of the River Boards Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for holding the said general election of elective Commissioners of the Waimakariri River Trust, and doth hereby order and declare that the said general election shall be held and take place on Wednesday, the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.

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

(I.A. 19/121/14.)

License authorizing Butler Bros., Ltd., to erect Electric Lines within Block XI, Mahinapua Survey District, in the Westland County.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of December, 1932.

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 of all other powers in anyway 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 authorize Butler Brothers, Limited, to lay, construct, put up, place, and use the electric lines described in the Schedule hereto on the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. PURPOSES OF LINES.
   The said lines may be used for lighting, power, and heating purposes.

2. LICENSE TO BE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS.
   The license hereby conferred is subject to compliance by the licensees with the regulations made under section 2 of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, on the 11th day of July, 1927, and published in the Gazette on the 12th day of the same month, and with all regulations made or to be made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor.

3. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.
   The system of supply shall be the system described in paragraph (c) of clause 5 of the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927.

4. GENERATING VOLTAGE.
   Electrical energy shall be generated at a pressure of 220 volts between terminals.

5. DURATION OF LICENSE.
   This license shall, unless sooner determined, whether by surrender by the licensees or by revocation under the provisions contained in the said regulations or in any amending or substituted regulations, continue in force for a period of twenty-one years from the date hereof.

6. PURCHASE OF INSTALLATION BY ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD OR CROWN.
   Subject to the provisions of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, or any Act passed in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, any Electric-power Board duly constituted in terms of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, or any Act passed in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, if its district or outer area shall include the area in which are erected the lines described in the Schedule hereto, or the Crown shall have the right, at any time during the currency of this license, to purchase and take over the licensees' installation at a valuation to be agreed upon between the said Board or the Crown, as the case may be, and the licensees; and, failing such agreement, at a valuation to be fixed by a single arbitrator to be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Arbitration Act, 1908, and thereupon the Governor-General may by Order in Council revoke this license.

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7. EFFECT OF DETERMINATION OF LICENSE.
   The determination of this license, whether by expiration of time, by surrender, or by revocation as aforesaid, shall not relieve the licensees from any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

8. RAILWAY AND TELEGRAPH LINES.
   The licensees shall, from time to time, rectify to the satisfaction of the Government Railways Board and Minister of Telegraphs respectively any interference or disturbance caused by the erection or operation of the licensees' system that affects the satisfactory working of any telegraph-line which is under the control of or in use by the Railways Department and the Post and Telegraph Department respectively, and which was erected before the erection of the lines hereby licensed.

9. 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.

10. REQUIREMENTS OF THE WESTLAND ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD AND WESTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL.
    Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensees shall not, by virtue of these presents, be entitled to lay, construct, put up, place, or use the electric lines hereby authorized except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license or of the said regulations or any regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor, as may from time to time lawfully be imposed by the Westland Electric-power Board and the Westland County Council.

11. ROUTES RESERVED FOR GOVERNMENT LINES.
    Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensees 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.

SCHEDULE.
LINES adapted for supply as prescribed in these presents for the transmission of electricity, within parts Reserve 146, Block XI, Mahinapua Survey District (certificate of title, Vol. 8, folio 222, and license for sawmill-site numbered 1697); the said area being more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 84116, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, being thereon edged red, the lines at present proposed to be constructed being thereon coloured green.

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

(P.W. 26/1787.)

Mosgiel Fire District constituted.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of December, 1932.

Present:
THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section three of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926 (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is provided that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, on the application of any Borough Council, declare the district within the jurisdiction of such Borough Council to be a fire district under the said Act:
And whereas an application has been made by the Mosgiel Borough Council, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, and it appears expedient to grant the said application:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the Borough of Mosgiel to be a fire district under the said Act, as on and from the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

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

(I.A. 11/32/45.)