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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

Authorizing Hydro Coal Mines, Limited, of Westport, to use Water for the Purpose of generating Electricity.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1936.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to the Public Works Act, 1928, 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 Hydro Coal Mines, Limited, being a company incorporated or deemed to be incorporated under the Companies Act, 1933, and having its registered office at 5 Brougham Street, Westport (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”), a license subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth to obstruct, impound, or divert the waters of Microbe Creek, situated in Section 8A, Block XV, Mokihinui Survey District, in the Land District of Nelson, and to take and use therefrom for the purposes hereinafter set forth a stream of water not exceeding one cubic foot per second at any one time.

CONDITIONS.

1. IMPLIED CONDITIONS.

The conditions directed to be implied in all licenses by the Water-power Regulations, 1934, and the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1935, shall be incorporated in and shall form part of this license, except in so far as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions hereof.

2. LICENSE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS.

This license is issued under the Water-power Regulations, 1934, and is subject thereto and to the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1935, and the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1935, and to any regulations made or to be made in amplification or amendment thereof or in substitution therefor.

3. UTILIZATION OF WATER AND LOCATION OF HEADWORKS.

Water shall be used under this license solely for the purpose of generating electricity, and shall be taken from Microbe Creek at the point in Section 8A, Block XV, Mokihinui Survey District, indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 92653, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works.

4. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS.

The licensee is hereby authorized, subject to the conditions hereof, to construct, maintain, and use the following works for the purposes of this license, the positions of the said works being indicated on the said plan P.W.D. 92653 :—

(a) Headworks consisting of dam and intake, water-race, and pipe-lines leading across Sections 8A, 81, 82, 83, 77, and 78 to the water-wheel and power-house hereinafter referred to giving a static head of approximately 100 ft.

(b) Tail-race leading from the said water-wheel to Microbe Creek.

(c) Power-house situated on Section 78 with all necessary equipment, including water turbines, generators, transformers, lightning - arresters, switchboards, switches, exciters, and other appliances for generating electricity, all the said works being situated in Block XV, Mokihinui Survey District.

5. DURATION OF LICENSE.

Unless sooner determined, this license shall continue in force until the 31st day of March, 1957.

6. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (d) of clause 21-01 of the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1935. The generating voltage and the transmission voltage shall be approximately 110 volts direct current.

7. RENTAL.

For the purpose of assessing the rental or annual sum payable in respect of this license the licensee may install a suitable maximum-demand indicator to the satisfaction of the Inspecting Engineer of the Public Works Department, and, failing such installation, the rental shall be determined on the maximum generating capacity of the plant installed. The present plant is rated at ten kilowatts, and falls within the classes described in paragraph (b) of clause (2) of Regulation 6 of the Water-power Regulations, 1934.

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

(P.W. 26/2303.)

License authorizing Hutt Valley Electric-power Board to erect and use Electric Lines within the Hutt Valley Electric-power District.

GALWAY, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1936.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, 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 authorize the Hutt Valley Electric-power Board (hereinafter with its successors and assigns referred to as “the licensee”), subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, to lay, construct, put up, place, and use within the Hutt Valley Electric-power District (a) the electric lines from the licensee’s substation at Tawa Flat to the Broadcasting Station at Titahi Bay, which lines are indicated by means of red lines on the plan marked P.W.D. 91012, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and (b) such other electric lines as may now or from time to time hereafter be required within the said district, and, further, for the purposes of section seventy-six of the Electric-power Boards Act, 1925, doth hereby authorize the licensee subject to the said conditions to construct and maintain the said electric works.

SCHEDULE.

1. LICENSE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS.

In respect of the lines hereby authorized, the licensee shall comply with the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1935, the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 1935, and with any regulations made or to be made in amendment or amplification thereof or in substitution therefor. The conditions by clause 27-11 of the Electrical Supply Regulations, 1935, directed to be implied in all licenses shall be incorporated in and shall form part of this license except in so far as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions hereof.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (a) and (f) of clause 21-01 of the regulations.

Electrical energy at a pressure of 11,000 volts shall be received in bulk from the Public Works Department.

The primary-distribution voltage shall be 11,000 volts between phases. The secondary-distribution voltage shall be approximately 400 volts between phases and 230 volts between any phase and neutral.

In order to minimize inductive interference with telegraph lines, electrical energy for transmission to the Broadcasting Station at Titahi Bay shall, except in emergency, be received through one only of the licensee’s electric transmission-lines leading to Tawa Flat from Horokiwi and not through the licensee’s electric transmission-lines leading to Tawa Flat through Johnsonville; but in case of emergencies in the aggregate not exceeding seven days duration for each year commencing from the date when the electric lines hereby authorized are first placed in commission such electrical energy may be received through that one of the licensee’s electric transmission-lines leading to Tawa Flat through Johnsonville, known as the Number 2 A Feeder.

3. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force until the 29th day of October, 1950. 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 cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

4. 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 10d. per unit for lighting purposes and 4½d. per unit for motor-power, cooking, and heating purposes.