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Table VIII.—Electric-power Districts of New Zealand as constituted at 31st March, 1935— continued.

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Value of Rateable Property. Proclamation Approximate Area. Population. —Valuation Basis Amount Voting for Loan Poll. Number Name of Board. OoS?fon "rd. improved. »■£ gazetted. F payers. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against. Number. Sq. Miles. Sq. Miles. Number. Number. £ £ £ £ Number. Number. 16. Lake Wakatipu(l) .. .. 1/2/34. 7 73 3,800 1,700 1,200 .. 171,920 321,690 .. .. Poll not yet taken. 474 17. Malvern .. .. .. { 6 308 1 ,771! 3,550 1.500 2,808,495 2,090,282 .. Capital .. .. 65,000 508 33 1,025 I 17/0/ dO J f 1/12/21 1 18. Manawatu-Oroua .. •• 1 20/6/29 >- 12 1,301 .. 40,000 .. 12,918,565 12,918,565 .. Unimproved .. 550,000 1,144 96 9,100 L 1/11/34 J 19. Marlborough .. .. 25/10/23 8 3,218 .. 14,530 .. 7,449,979 4,258,916 .. Capital .. .. 327,500 1,334 300 3,758 f 29/3/23 ~j 20. North Auokland(l) .. <j 12 2 > 218 5 22,619 7,750 3,660,515 3,660,515 846,127 Unimproved .. See note (5) below. .. 5,974 113/12/34 J 21. North Canterbury .. .. { 11/1/34J 10 628 2 > 948 11,734 7,551 9,190,828 7,619,765 4,388,264 Capital .. .. 210,700 653 150 2,899 f 18/8/21 22. Opunake.. .. .. -{ 19/3/25 7 230 10 5,020 70 2,191,404 1,162,972 .. Capital .. .. 95,000 504 107 969 L 20/8/25 J f26/10/221 23. Otago Central .. .. ■{ 9 306 2,378 3,585 1,585 742,782 296,380 727,447 Capital .. .. 87,000 430 31 858 L 19/7/28 j f18/10/23 1 24. Otago .. .. .. i 2 i/n/og f" 9 1,391 890 17,931 6,251 4,797,711 3,061,588 1,634,860 Capital .. .. 310,500 1,358 206 5,535 I 26/4/29 J 25. Poverty Bay .. .. 20/12/23 11 1,747 1,344 24,440 8,610 14,461,734 6,140,499 3,110,233 Capital .. .. 379,750 2,319 530 8,173 26. Reefton(l) .. .. 30/6/21 5 24 .. 1,639 .. 178,055 38,054 .. Capital .. .. .. Poll not yet taken. f 26/10/221 27. South Canterbury .. .. { 8/3/28 V 12 1,673 3,579 35,618 6,980 15,096,516 12,946,839 2,640,530 Capital .. .. 380,220 1,919 587 6,410 L13/12/28 J 28. South Taranaki .. .. ■( 10 434 46 20,000 1,500 9,059,095 5,296,444 79,442 Capital .. .. 227,500 1,237 300 3,847 \ 5/2/31 J 29. Southland .. .. 19/11/19 12 7,918 3,035 68,500 30 11,876,171 11,876,171 110,000 Unimproved .. 1,650,000 6,516 415 20,000 f 8/7/20 29/3/23 30. Springs-Ellesmere .. .. < > 5 524 .. 12,330 .. 7,856,719 5,678,061 32,000 Capital .. .. 166,520 1,352 105 3,133 5/2/31 L 6/8/31 J 1 j (For notes see p. 86.)