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Table XXX.—Electric-power Boards of New Zealand as constituted at 31st March, 1929.

Value of Rateable Property. dumber A &rMU«r Population. _ Amount Voting lot Loan PoU. Name of Board. Power 8 Unimproved. Valuation Basis. Area gazetted. j i - District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against. - - £ £ £ £ Ashburton.. .. .. 17/11/21 12 | 1,193 1,349 17,500 533 I 11,500,000 9,346,863 700,181 Capital .. .. 326,150 1,590 96 Auckland .. .. .. 1/4/22 12 300 .. 175,000 .. 50,491,865 50,491,865 .. Capital .. .. 2,318,000 11,004 1,367 Banks Peninsula .. .. 8/1/20 7 j 387 .. 4,050 .. 4,659,610 3,766,638 .. Capital .. .. 114,680 327 90 Bay of Plenty .. .. 20/8/25 8 460 2,615 8,525 3,100 1,769,657 1,769,657 450,000 Unimproved .. 184,000 436 137 Buller .. .. .. 11/5/22 5 1,987 .. 9,197 .. 696,374 696,374 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken Cambridge.. .. .. 8/1/20 8 j 137 .. 6,000 .. 2,559,567 1,550,262 .. Capital .. .. 113,236 474 71 Central .. .. .. 8/7/20 8 1 817 .. 18,039 .. 8,091,272 4,554,703 .. Capital .. .. 307,000 1,059 78 Central Hawke's Bay .. 19/10/22 9 1,300 .. 11,000 .. 6,839,951 6,839,951 .. Unimproved .. 150,000 543 41 Dannevirke .. .. 11/8/21 10 578 118 12,188 426 j 4,275,674 4,275,674 487,019 Unimproved .. 175,000 646 95 Franklin .. .. .. j 29/6/25 9 j 628 .. 16,359 .. j 7,761,397 4,926,883 .. Capital .. .. 254,820 1,127 154 Golden Bay .. ..I 16/6/25 5 51 .. 1,200 .. ! 455,000 240,717 .. Capital .. .. 25,000 236 96 Grey .. .. .. 26/10/22 9 640 810 12,100 600 1,545,502 515,700 107,000 Capital .. .. 138,000 1,368 298 Hawke's Bay .. .. 19/6/24 11 1,682 2 41,090 1,120 18,127,637 11,416,761 136,641 Capital .. .. 304,000 681 68 Hobson .. .. .. 29/3/23 8 778 .. 7,180 .. 1,424,942 1,424,942 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. Horowhenua .. .. 1/12/21 9 630 .. 16,240 .. 4,984,359 3,403,255 .. Capital .. .. 260,000 973 26 Hutt Valley .. .. {11/12/24} 11 530 •• 38,560 .. 3,119,920 3,119,920 .. Unimproved .. 390,000 2,303 343 Malvern .. .. .. 28/6/23 6 308 1,833 3,550 1,500 3,037,533 2,433,080 1,458,588 Capital .. .. 65,000 508 33 Manawatu-Oroua .. .. 1/12/21 12 1,301 .. 39,011 .. 13,846,231 13,846,231 .. Unimproved .. 500,000 1,144 96 Marlborough .. .. 25/10/23 8 3,218* .. 14,530* .. 8,658,285 5,879,884* .. Capital .. .. 327,500 1,334 300 North Canterbury .. .. 26/2/27 8 746 312 9,340 3,745 6,052,918 5,051,124f l,903,803f Capital .. .. 160,300 430 86 Opunake .. .. " { 11 A/22} 7 197 ' 5 7 ' 000 300 I ] > 72 M68 916,111 .. Capital .. .. 101,200 61 9 I 18/10/23 1 Otago .. .. •• -1 31/12/26 )■ 7 825 1,456 13,301 10,881 3,793,509 2,198,991 2,497,457 Capital .. .. 256,500 1,358 196 t 1/11/28 J Otago Central .. .. 26/10/22 9 232 2,452 3,085 2,085 538,838 160,008 863,819 Capital .. .. 87,000 430 31 Poverty Bay .. .. 12/6/24 11 1,747 .. 23,670 .. 16,536,848 9,356,443 .. Capital .. .. 280,000 1,203 244 Reefton .. .. .. 30/6/21 4 24 .. 1,639 .. 178,055 38,504 .. Capital .. .. Poll not yet taken. * Includes outer area. 11928 figures.