2778
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 74

Authorizing the Taupo Town Board to Use Water for the Purpose of Generating Electricity, and to Erect and Use Electric Lines in the Town District of Taupo and Portion of the County of Taupo

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of November, 1949

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. P. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Public Works Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby grant to the Taupo Town Board (hereinafter referred to as the licensee), a licence subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to obstruct, impound, or divert the waters of the Hinemaiai Stream, situated in Tauhara South B Block and part No. 1 Opawa, Block I, Waitahanui Survey District, in the County of Taupo, and to take and use therefrom for the purpose hereinafter set forth a stream of water not exceeding 600 cubic feet per second at any one time, and to lay, construct, put up, place, and use the electric lines hereinafter described.

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CONDITIONS

1. IMPLIED CONDITIONS

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

2. LICENCE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS

This licence is issued under the Water-power Regulations 1934, and is subject thereto and to the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935, the Electrical Wiring Regulations 1935, and the Radio Interference Regulations 1934, 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 licence solely for the purpose of generating electricity, and shall be taken from the said stream at a point in Tauhara South B Block and part No. 1 Opawa, Block I, Waitahanui Survey District, as indicated on the plans marked S.H.D. 70 and 71 respectively, deposited in the office of the Minister in Charge of the State Hydro-electric Department.

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 purpose of this licence, the positions of the said works, except those referred to in paragraph (e) hereof, being indicated on the aforesaid plan S.H.D. 71:—

(a) Headworks consisting of a dam and intake giving a static head of approximately 80 ft.:
(b) Pipeline leading from the intake aforesaid to the power-house hereinafter referred to:
(c) Water-turbine and power-house with all necessary equipment for generating electricity situated in Tauhara South B Block, Block I, Waitahanui Survey District:
(d) Tail-race leading from the said water-turbine to the said stream:
(e) The electric lines described in the Schedule hereto.

5. DURATION OF LICENCE

This licence shall, unless sooner lawfully determined, continue in force until the 31st day of March, 1979.

6. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraphs (a), (c), and (f) of clause 21-01 of the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935. The generating voltage shall be 3,300 volts between phases, and the transmission voltage and primary distribution voltage shall be 11,000 volts between phases.

7. RENTAL

For the purpose of assessing the rental or annual sum payable in respect of this licence, the licensee may install a suitable maximum-demand indicator to the satisfaction of the Inspecting Engineer of the State Hydro-electric Department, and, failing such installation, the rental shall be determined on the maximum capacity of the generating plant installed. The present plant is rated at 600 kilowatts.

8. CHARGES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY

The charges for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. per unit for lighting purposes, and 6d. per unit for all other purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include electrical energy used for such purposes directly or indirectly from the source of supply except where used to charge a secondary battery for standby emergency lighting only; and provided further, that if accounts are paid within fourteen days of due date the charges shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes and 4½d. per unit for all other purposes. In the case of wholesale supply the charge shall not exceed £16 per kilovolt-ampere of maximum demand per year plus ½d. per unit. “Wholesale supply” for this purpose shall be held to be a supply in respect of which the consumer shall guarantee to pay not less than £180 per year.

9. TIME FOR COMPLETION

The period for the substantial completion of the works hereby authorized shall be three years from the date of this licence.

10. RIGHT TO WATER

Nothing in this licence shall of itself be deemed to confer any right to water.

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SCHEDULE

ELECTRIC lines adapted for the supply of electrical energy by the system of supply hereinbefore described within the Town District of Taupo as at present constituted, and within Blocks II, IV, and V, Tuhi ngamata East Survey District, Blocks XIII, XIV, and XV, Tatua Survey District, Blocks I, II, III, V, VI, VII, X, XI, XIII, XIV, and XV, Tauhara Survey District, and Blocks I, II, and III, Waitahanui Survey District, all in the County of Taupo, as shown on the aforesaid plan S.H.D. 70, and thereon outlined in blue. The electric lines at present proposed to be erected and used being more particularly shown by means of red lines on the said plan S.H.D. 70, and by means of red lines and green lines on the plan marked S.H.D. 72, deposited as aforesaid.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(S.H.D. 10/104/1.)

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Revoking a Licence Authorizing Felix Baker, of Colville, Farmer, to Use Water for the Purpose of Generating Electricity and to Erect Certain Electric Lines

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of December, 1949

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Public Works Act, 1928, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-nine, and published in the Gazette on the twenty-third day of the same month at page 3127, authorizing Felix Baker, of Colville, Farmer, to use water for the purpose of generating electricity and to erect certain electric lines.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(S.H.D. 11/20/190.)

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Boundaries of City of Palmerston North and County of Kairanga Altered

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of December, 1949

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS, at the request of the Palmerston North City Council, the Local Government Commission, in pursuance of the provisions of the Local Government Commission Act, 1946, has made inquiry into certain proposals for an alteration of the boundaries of the City of Palmerston North and the County of Kairanga:

And whereas, in pursuance of the provisions of the said Act, the Local Government Commission has approved as final a scheme bearing date the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, providing for the exclusion of the areas described in the Schedule to the said scheme from the County of Kairanga and the inclusion of such areas in the City of Palmerston North:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to give effect to the final scheme as hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Local Government Commission Act, 1946, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, doth hereby declare that as on and from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, the areas described in the Schedule hereto shall be excluded from the County of Kairanga and included in the City of Palmerston North, and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby declare that the alteration of boundaries of the said county and the said city hereinafter made shall be deemed to have been effected under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933.

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SCHEDULE

AREAS EXCLUDED FROM THE COUNTY OF KAIRANGA AND INCLUDED IN THE CITY OF PALMERSTON NORTH

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in Blocks VII and X, Kairanga Survey District, bounded by a line commencing at a point on the south-eastern side of Boundary Road in line with the south-western boundary of Lot 11 on D.P. 7073, being part of Rural Section 1564, Township of Palmerston North, and proceeding in a north-westerly direction along a right line across Boundary Road, to and along the south-western