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Table U.—Electric-power Boards.—Return for Year ended 31st March, 1927.

Revenue. Expenditure. General Rate. Availability Rate. Special Rates. Main I : | Supply Capital | 1 Profit Tn« I ■ BoarcU com- Outlay. Sale of , Sale of j j Total (not j Capital i | Total r * -L-os^. menced. Electricity J Materials i General. ! including 1 Charges, 1 Power. ! General, j Annual Levied. Collected. Levied. I Collected. Levied. (Collected. (Gross)/ i (Profit), j j Rates). &c. j j j Costs. . . r j £ £ £ £ £ £'£ £ I £ £ £ d. £ d £d. £ Ashburton .. 17/11/25 283,797 31,012 34 378 31,424 16,016 11,363 2,646 30,025 1,399 .. Nil Nil .. .. Nil Auckland.. .. 1908 2,186,347 508,995 .. 7,764 516,759 218,224 196,599 39,297 454.120 62,639 Banks Peninsula .. 1921 95,295 9,401 451 229 10,081 6,867 4.006 2,225 13,098 .. j 3,017 4,503 .. .. \ Bid. Gen. Bay Of Plenty* .. .. 16,991 Cambridge ' .. 1922 102,526 15,455 249 992 16.696 7,648 6,572 1.491 15,711 985 Central .. .. 1921 227,747 33,606 3,398 37,004 17,781 13,097 4,654 35,532 1,472 Central Hawke's Bay 1925 106.165 9.769 .. 1.011 10,780 5,775 3.640 1.304 10,719 61 .. .. .. j Dannevirke j 1925 151.104 15.864 90 1,302 17.256 8,126 3.935 2,509 14,570 2,686 .. .. Franklin .. .. 1925 139.716 13.858 2,699 1,477 18.034 12.892 4,090 1,052 . 18,034 Golden Bay* .. .. | 465 Grey .. .. 1926 96.978 8.935 .. 93 9,028 4,565 5,988 2.985 13,538 .. 4.510 .. .. .. .. lid-, Nil J i | | j id., -id., and l§d. Hawke's Bay .. 1927 105,225 445 .. 587 1,032 215 173 140 528 504 .. .. .. .. Horowhenua .. 1924 172.729 33.889 649 3,044 37,582 13,604 18,292 4,105 36,001 1,581 Hutt Valley .. 1924 248,880 41,651 100 801 42,552 17,229 15,993 6,269 39,491 3,061 Malvern ... 1925 49.903 2.966 78 1 , 3,045 1,508 846 461 2,815 230 .. | .. .. .. } s Manawatu-Oroua .. | 1924 378.062 41.201 859 2,694 44,754 28,734 15,927 3,675 48.336 .. j 3,582 J Marlborough* .. 1927 189.072 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... Opunake .. .. 1924 94.362 9.088 57 261 9,406 6,126 1,143 1,665 8,934 472 .. .. .. .. .. .. Otago .. .. 1926 175,616 13.254 .. 334 13,588 7,245 6.411 3,291 16,947 .. 3,359 .. .. .. .. i and 2 Otago Central .. ! 1925 55.896 4,072 100 200 4.372 2,060 689 1,136 3,885 487 .. .. .. .. .. .. j : : , : J Poverty Bay .. ! 1912 83,253 26.663 .. 1,200 27,863 7,440 13,549 3,554 24.543 3,320 South Canterbury .. 1925 184,087 21.395 .. 254 21,649 7,101 10,081 1,167 18,349 3,300 Southland .. ' .. 1925 1,558.087 79,502 1.247 11,368 92.117 115,500 23,691 23,213 162,404 .. 70,287 g 67,451{ Springs-EUesmere .. j 1922 96,995 13,629 219 116 13,964 9,081 4,895 1,744 15,720 .. 1,756 Taranaki .. ... 1927 430,170 17,654 .. 676 18,330 848 8.798 2.425 12,071 6,259 .. .. .. .. j .. Tararua .. .. I 1925 121,931 14,438 145 843 15,426 7.794 4,296 4,109 16.199 .. 773 .. .. 2 ' 315 1J Tauranga .. .. 1926 87.923 14.494 61 1,867 16,422 5,608 5,200 4,294 15,102 1.320 TeAwamutu .. 1920 147.968 20.829 2 766 21,597 10,917 9,069 2,662 22,648 .. 1,051 i 1,690+ Teviot .. .. 1924 45.023 3,241 90 60 3,391 2,265 645 605 3,515 .. 124 J 532§ Thames Valley .. 1920 659.486 93,047 3,165 3,235 99,447 43.862 41,064 16,229 101,155 .. 1,708 .. .. .. 148 Wairarapa .. .. 1924 - 04.868 31,818 211 1,765 33,794 22.966 10,223 6,960 40,149 .. 6,355 Wairere .. .. 1925 32.005 1,812 .. .. 1.812 1,158 45 562 1.765 47 Wairoa .. .. 1923 68,486 9,492 398 140 10.030 5,487 4,786 1,548 11,821 .. 1,791 J and J 3.167|| Waitaki .. .. 1926 108.129 16,186 1.248 111 17,545 7,480 5,782 1,818 15,080 2,465 .. .. Waitemata.. .. 1927 164,546 6,884 .. 1,470 8,354 5,369 2,988 3,548 11,905 .. 3,551 Waitomo .. .. 1926 69.597 8,428 3,967 .. 12,395 1,220 7,301 2,523 11,044 1,351 .. .. .. .. .. l£d., Jd., and §d. Wanganui-Rangitikei j 1924 372,162 70,555 .. 4,128 74,683 44.452 27,419 6,258 78,129 .. 3,446 Totals .. 1 .. 9,411,592 1,243,528 16,119 i 52,565 1,312,212 673,163 488,596 162,124 1,323,883 93,639 105,310 .. 77,343 .. 463' * Not yet operating. t Includes arrears, £253. i Includes £10,318 arrears. § Includes £205 arrears. || Includes £4 arrears. Buller, Hobson, Reefton, South Taranaki, and Westland not yet operating.