Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 281

Directing that the District Valuation Rolls for certain Districts shall be revised as at the 31st Day of March, 1933, under the Valuation of Land Act, 1925.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington this 13th day of February, 1933.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Valuation of Land Act, 1925, 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 direct that the district valuation rolls for the districts enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be revised by the Valuer-General, as at the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-three.

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SCHEDULE.

KAITAIA Town District.
Papatoetoe Town District.
Northcote Borough.
Morrinsville Borough.
Hawke’s Bay County (as to the portions comprising Puketapu, Okawa, Meeanee, and Waimarama Ridings).
Weber County.
Hawera Borough
Wanganui City.
Kiwitea County.
Tahununui Town District.
Cheviot County.
Ellesmere County.
Tawera County.
Waimairi County.
Invercargill City.
South Invercargill Borough.

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

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License authorizing Maria Mary Farley, Zoe Kathleen Badham, and Edward Dudley Cust Badham, all of Karekare, Boarding-house Proprietors, to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect and use Electric Lines.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of February, 1933.

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 hereby grant to Maria Mary Farley, Zoe Kathleen Badham, and Edward Dudley Cust Badham, all of Karekare, Boardinghouse Proprietors (hereinafter with their successors and assigns referred to as “the licensees”), a license, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to take and use from a stream situated in Section S.E. 45, L.T.P. 2947, Block VII, Waitakeri Survey District (hereinafter referred to as “the said stream”), in the North Auckland Land District, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding five cubic feet per second 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.

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CONDITIONS.

I. REGULATIONS.

This license is subject to the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927 (hereinafter called “the regulations”), the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1927, and any regulations made or to be made in amendment of or in substitution for the Electrical Supply Regulations or the Electrical Wiring Regulations.

2. PLANS.

The licensees 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.

3. UTILIZATION OF THE WATER AND LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be used under this license solely for the purpose of generating electricity: Provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict or limit any existing right of the licensee to use the said water for any other purpose. The said water shall be taken from the said stream situated in Section S.E. 45, L.T.P. 2947, Block VII, Waitakeri Survey District, as indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 84316 (hereinafter referred to as “the said plan”), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS.

The licensees are 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 plan:—

(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 the said stream or adjacent stream:

(c) Power-house with all necessary equipment, including water-turbines, generators, transformers, lightning-arresters, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other appliances for generating and storing electricity:

(d) Transmission and other lines on Section S.E. 45, L.T.P. 2947, Block VII, and across the intervening roads, as shown by means of red lines on the said plan:

(e) Such further transmission and other lines within the premises of the licensees as may from time to time be required. Any extensions or alterations of lines pursuant to this paragraph shall be made only after compliance with the provisions of clauses 21, 22, and 23 of the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927.

5. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.

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

6. 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 licensees shall thereupon cease and determine, but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensees of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

7. RENTAL.

The licensees shall in respect of this license pay to the District Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department, Hamilton, a yearly rental at 4s. per kilowatt of maximum output generated during each and every year from 1st April, 1932, with a minimum of £1 8s. per annum. The output either shall be recorded by means of a. watt-hour meter installed by the licensees, or, failing such installation, it shall be determined on the maximum capacity of the generating plant installed. The present plant is rated at 110 volts 63 amperes.

8. GRANTING OF OTHER WATER-RIGHTS.

Nothing herein shall prevent the Governor-General in Council from granting to any person or body corporate other than the licensees a license to take water from any portion of the said stream, except at the place where the licensees are by this license empowered to take it: Provided that no such license shall so operate as to enable such person or body corporate to reduce the natural fall between the headworks and tail-water, or the volume of the water which the licensees are by this license authorized to take from the said stream.