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country lying at the eastern end thereof such road is never likely to be extended nor to become a main thoroughfare nor likely to be used much more than at present, by resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1928, shall not apply to such road ";

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the land fronting either side of Hauraki Road (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said road.

SCHEDULE.

All that road situated in the Auckland Land District, County of Thames, known as Hauraki Road, fronting Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10, D.P. 70, being part Waiwhatawhata Block No. 3732, Block VIII, Thames Survey District.

As the said road is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 84928, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured burnt sienna.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 34/3311.)

License authorizing John M. Faulks, of Mount Barker, Pembroke, to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect and use Electric Lines within Section 52, Block I, Cardrona Survey District.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of January, 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 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, doth hereby grant to John M. Faulks, of Mount Barker, Pembroke (hereinafter with his successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”), a license, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to take and use from two streams (hereinafter referred to as “the said streams”) situated on Section 52, Block I, Cardrona Survey District, in the Otago Land District, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding one half of one cubic foot 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 streams contain 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. REGULATIONS.

This license is subject to the Electric Supply Regulations, 1927, the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1927, and to any regulations made or to be made in amendment thereof or in substitution thereof.

2. 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.

3. UTILIZATION OF THE WATER.

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

4. LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

The said water shall be taken from the said streams, situated in Section 52, Block I, Cardrona Survey District, Lake County, Otago Land District, as indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 84520 (hereinafter referred to as “the said plan”), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington.

5. 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 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 streams :
(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 on the said plan :
(e) Such further transmission and other lines within the premises of the licensee 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.

6. MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.

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

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

8. RENTAL.

The licensee shall in respect of this license pay to the District Engineer, Public Works Department, Dunedin, a yearly rental of 4s. per kilowatt of maximum output generated during each and every year from 1st April, 1932, with a minimum of 8s. per annum. The output either shall be recorded by means of a watt-hour meter installed by the licensee, or, failing such installation, shall be determined on the maximum capacity of the generating plant installed. The generator at present installed is rated at 230 volts 9 amperes.

9. 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 licensee a license to take water from any portion of the said streams, except at the place where the licensee is 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 licensee is by this license authorized to take from the said streams.

10. VARIATION IN CONDITIONS OF LICENSE.

The terms and conditions of this license may from time to time, at the request or with the consent in writing of the licensee, be altered by the Governor-General by Order in Council.

11. SURRENDER OF LICENSE.

The licensee may at any time, with the consent of the Minister, surrender this license, and shall thereupon remove from the ground (if so required by the Minister) all removable equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, transmission-lines, and other plant herein authorized to be installed or provided. If the licensee fails or neglects so to remove the said plant within twelve months after being required so to do, such equipment, machinery, buildings, poles, lines, and other plant shall, without payment of compensation, vest in and become the property of the Crown.

12. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (c) of clause 5 of the Electrical Supply Regulations.

The generating and transmission voltage shall be approximately 230 volts between the terminals.