Declaring the Maioro and Waipipi Rabbit Districts to be United to Form the Maioro-Waipipi Rabbit District
(Notice No. Ag. 5484)
C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of August 1953
Present:
THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
WHEREAS by section 32 of the Rabbit Nuisance Act 1928 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), as amended by section 28 of the Rabbit Nuisance Amendment Act 1947, it is enacted that the Governor-General may by Order in Council declare any two or more rabbit districts to be united and to form one rabbit district upon a resolution recommending the union passed by each of the Boards of the districts proposed to be united:
And whereas the Maioro Rabbit District and the Waipipi Rabbit District (hereinafter referred to as the said districts) have been, or are deemed to have been, constituted under and for the purposes of Part II of the principal Act:
And whereas the boundaries of the said rabbit districts are those set forth in the Schedules to the respective Orders in Council set opposite the name of each of the said rabbit districts in the Schedule hereto:
And whereas on the 19th day of March 1953 a resolution was passed by the Board of the Maioro Rabbit District recommending that the said districts should be united to form one district:
And whereas on the 27th day of March 1953 a resolution was passed by the Board of the Waipipi Rabbit District recommending that the said districts should be united to form one district:
And whereas it is deemed expedient to unite the said districts in accordance with the said resolutions:
Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the principal Act, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares:

1. That the said Maioro Rabbit District and the said Waipipi Rabbit District, so constituted as aforesaid, shall be and are hereby united to form one rabbit district, to be known as the Maioro-Waipipi Rabbit District; and
2. That the Board to be established for the said united district shall first levy its general rate on the basis of the average of the rateable property in the said united district.
   SCHEDULE
   Name of Rabbit District Date of Order in Published in Council Gazette Year Page
   Maioro Rabbit District 17 May 1944 1944 598
   Waipipi Rabbit District 12 December 1924 1924 2952
   T. J. SHERRARD,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (Ag. 64/1/249)
   Reapportioning Representation on the Wairere Electric Power Board and Revoking a Previous Order in Council
   C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
   ORDER IN COUNCIL
   At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of August 1953
   Present:
   THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
   PURSUANT to the Electric Power Boards Act 1925, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby determines as follows:
3. This Order in Council shall come into force on the date of the next general local-body elections.
4. The constituent districts of the Wairere Electric Power District (namely, part Waitomo County, part Clifton County, and part Ohura County) are hereby constituted a combined district for the purposes of the said Act.
5. The number of representatives of such combined district on the Wairere Electric Power Board shall be seven.
6. The principal local authority of such combined district shall be the Waitomo County Council.
7. The first election of the representatives of such combined district shall be held on the date of the next general local-body elections.
8. The Order in Council dated the 14th day of April 1938, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the 21st day of the same month, at page 988, reapportioning representation on the Wairere Electric Power Board, is hereby revoked.
   T. J. SHERRARD,
   Clerk of the Executive Council.
   (S.H.D. 10/57/1)
   Authorizing the Taihape Borough Council to Use Water from the Hautapu River for the Purpose of Generating Electricity and to Erect and Use Electric Lines in the Borough of Taihape and Part of the County of Rangitikei, and Revoking an Existing Licence
   C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General
   ORDER IN COUNCIL
   At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3rd day of August 1953
   Present:
   THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE 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, hereby grants to the Taihape Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as the licensee) a licence, subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to take and use from the Hautapu River (hereinafter referred to as the said stream), at a point approximately two chains upstream from the main road bridge over the said stream on the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Taihape as at present constituted, for the purpose hereinafter set forth, a stream of water not exceeding 67 cubic feet per second at any one time, and to lay, construct, put up, place, and use the electric lines hereinafter described; and, further, hereby revokes the Order in Council referred to in the Second Schedule hereto.
   CONDITIONS
   IMPLIED CONDITIONS
9. 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.
   LICENCE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS
10. 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 all regulations hereafter made in amendment thereof or in substitution therefor respectively. Provided that the licensee shall not by virtue of this clause be required, except in the normal course of alteration, repair, or maintenance, to reconstruct in conformity with the regulations hereinbefore mentioned any electric lines or works which conformed to the regulations in force at the time of the construction thereof, and have not become hazardous lines as described in the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935.
    UTILIZATION OF WATER AND LOCATION OF HEADWORKS
11. 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 approximately two chains upstream from the main road bridge over the said stream on the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Taihape as at present constituted, the said point being more particularly indicated on the plan marked P.W.D. 33664 deposited in the office of the State Hydro-electric Department at Wellington.
    GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORKS
12. The licensee is hereby authorized, subject to the conditions hereof, to construct, maintain, and use the following works for the purposes of this licence, the positions of the said works being indicated on the said plan P.W.D. 33664:
    (a) Headworks consisting of a dam and intake giving a static head of approximately 30 ft.
    (b) A tunnel leading in a southerly direction from the intake aforesaid for a distance of approximately 9 chains to the power-house hereinafter referred to.
    (c) Water turbines and a power-house with all necessary equipment for generating electricity, situated on the right bank of the said stream.
    (d) A tail-race leading from the said water turbines to the said stream.
    (e) The electric lines described in the First Schedule hereto.
    DURATION OF LICENCE
13. This licence shall, unless sooner lawfully determined, continue in force until the 31st day of March 1974.
    SYSTEMS OF SUPPLY
14. The systems of supply shall be as decribed in paragraphs (a), (c) (direct current), and (f) of regulation 21--01 of the Electrical Supply Regulations 1935. The normal rated pressure of the primary distribution lines shall be 11,000 volts.