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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

10. 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, 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, and other plant, shall without payment of compensation, vest in and become the property of the Crown.

11. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (c) of clause 5 of the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927. The generating voltage shall be 230 volts between terminals.

12. CROWN NOT LIABLE TO PAY COMPENSATION.

Nothing in this license shall be held to impose any liability upon His Majesty the King or upon the Government of New Zealand to pay compensation to any person, corporate body, or local authority, by reason of the exercise by the licensee of the authority hereby granted; but the licensee shall be liable for any loss or damage which any person, corporate body, or local authority may sustain as the result of the exercise by the licensee of any of the powers granted by this license.

13. BED OF STREAM NOT LEASED.

Nothing herein shall be held to constitute a lease from the Crown of the bed of the stream shown on the said plan, nor shall the provisions of Part IX of the Property Law Act, 1908, apply to this license.

14. DEFAULT.

If the licensee fails or neglects to observe any of the conditions or obligations imposed by this license, then and in any such case the provisions of clauses 229 and 230 of the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927, shall apply to the breach of any such condition or obligation.

15. ALTERATIONS TO WORKS.

In the event of the licensee at any time desiring to make alterations to the works involving a departure from the location or type of construction shown on the approved plans, he shall first submit for the Minister’s approval plans showing such new location and (or) type of construction as it is proposed to adopt, and, with such approval, the alterations may be carried out.

16. INSPECTION OF WORKS.

The Inspecting Engineer of the Public Works Department, or any other person empowered in that behalf, by the Minister, shall at all times both during and after the construction of the works, have free access to and liberty to inspect such works in order to ensure that the provisions of this license are given due effect.

17. CONTRACT BETWEEN LICENSEE AND CROWN.

This license shall be deemed to constitute a contract as between the licensee and His Majesty the King, and may be enforced by and against either party accordingly.

18. REQUIREMENTS OF THE ELTHAM COUNTY COUNCIL AND TARANAKI ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the licensee shall not by virtue of these presents be entitled to generate electricity, except subject to such conditions (not inconsistent with the provisions of this license or of the regulations) as may from time to time be imposed by the Eltham County Council and the Taranaki Electric-power Board.

19. RAILWAYS AND TELEGRAPH LINES.

The licensee shall rectify to the satisfaction of the Government Railways Board or the Minister of Telegraphs, as the case may be, any interference or disturbance caused by the erection or operation of the licensee’s system that affects the satisfactory working of telegraph-lines which are the property of the Railways Department or the Telegraph Department, and which were erected prior to the licensee’s lines.

20. TIME FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF WORKS.

The licensee shall substantially complete the works hereby authorized within a period of one year from the date of the license, or within such further time as the Minister may allow in the event of the work being delayed by strikes, lockouts, breakdowns, or other unavoidable causes not due to any neglect by the licensee.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 26/1809.)

License authorizing Robert Jopp, of Moutere, Farmer, to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of March, 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 Robert Jopp, of Moutere, Farmer (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 Leahy’s and Sutherland’s Creeks (hereinafter referred to as “the said streams”) situated on Section 1, Block IV, Leaning Rock 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 two 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 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 Electrical Supply Regulations, 1927, the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1927, and to any regulations made or to be made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor.

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 1, Block IV, Leaning Rock Survey District, Vincent County, Otago Land District, as indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 85011 (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.