✨ Water License for Electricity Generation
JULY 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1893
License authorizing Frederick Rich Smale, Medical Practitioner,
and Harry Maurice Crosslegh Dampier-Crossley, Farmer,
both of Rotherham, to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect and use Electric Lines.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of July, 1933.
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES PRESIDING 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 Frederick Rich Smale, Medical Practitioner, and Harry Maurice Crosslegh Dampier-Crossley, Farmer, both of Rotherham (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 part Lot 40, D.P. 10, Block III, Culverden Survey District (hereinafter referred to as “the said stream”), in the Canterbury Land District, for the purposes hereinafter set forth, a stream of water (hereinafter referred to as “the said water”) not exceeding ten 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.
CONDITIONS.
- 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. - 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. - UTILIZATION OF THE WATER AND LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.
The said water shall be used under this license solely for the purpose of generating electricity. The said water shall be taken from the said stream situated in part Lot 40, D.P. 10, Block III, Culverden Survey District, as indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 84630 (hereinafter referred to as “the said plan”), deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington. - 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 :
(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 on part Lot 40, D.P. 10, and Lot 1, D.P. 4534, Block III, and across the intervening roads and railway as shown by means of red lines on the said plan:
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(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. - MAINTENANCE OF WORKS.
The licensees shall maintain the works used under this license in proper working-order during the continuance of such license. - 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. - RENTAL.
The licensees shall in respect of this license pay to the District Electrical Engineer, Public Works Department, Christchurch, a yearly rental of 4s. per kilowatt of maximum output generated during each and every year from 1st April, 1933, with a minimum of 9s. 3d. 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 230 volts 10 amperes. - 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. - 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 licensees, be altered by the Governor-General by Order in Council. - SURRENDER OF LICENSE.
The licensees 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 licensees fail or neglect 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. - 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 and transmission voltage shall be approximately 230 volts between the terminals. - 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 licensees of the authority hereby granted ; but the licensees 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 licensees of any of the powers granted by this license. - 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. - 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.
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License authorizing Frederick Rich Smale and Harry Maurice Crosslegh Dampier-Crossley to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity, and to erect Electric Lines
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works10 July 1933
Water license, Electricity generation, Rotherham, Public Works Act, License conditions
- Frederick Rich Smale (Medical Practitioner), Granted license to use water for electricity generation
- Harry Maurice Crosslegh Dampier-Crossley (Farmer), Granted license to use water for electricity generation
- BLEDISLOE, Governor-General
- THE RIGHT HON. J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL