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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 Baste Amount Voting for Loan Poll. Number Name of Board. L X'l Basfe. • SK " gazetted. Purposes. authorized. payers. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against. Number. Sq. Miles. Sq. Miles. Number. Number. £ £ £ £ Number Number f 19/5/221 6/5/26 I 31. Taranaki .. .. .. ■{ 20/5/26 8 355 1,333 13,985 8,015 6,141,672 2,865,396 3,109,336 Capital .. .. 446,000 1,134 263 2 150 I 5/2/31 | I 2/11/33 J 32. Tararua .. .. .. 23/3/22 10 700 524 8,115 1,805 2,815,000 2,815,000 1,262,581 Unimproved .. 200,000 714 83 3 600 f 14/6/23"! 33. Tauranga .. .. ■{ 16/7/31 )> 7 646 3 8,940 4,030 1,004.372 1,004,372 517.107 Unimproved .. 144,500 1,192 417 3 120 I 1/6/33 J 34. Te Awamutu .. .. "{27/11/24/ 8 270 " 1,750 .. 2,353,948 2,353,948 .. Unimproved .. 178,000 757 146 1,775 35. Teviot .. .. " { 6/11/24/ 7 102 " 1 ' 800 " 176,839 255,661 .. Unimproved .. 55,500 280 32 391 f 8/1/20") 36. Thames Valley .. .. 22/12/24 12 2 ' 295 6 39,580 3,100 14,103,362 6,593,780 43,952 Capital .. .. 850,000 3,210 988 12,905 I "1/6/33 j 37. Waimea .. .. .. 2/5/29 7 434 1,126 10,000 14,000 1,350,000 .. .. Capital .. .. 84,500 1,708 349 841 f 25/3/201 20/5/26 j 38. Wairarapa .. .. -j 4/(1/26 9 606 390 19,650 4,350 9,862,376 5,595,921 2,753,453 Capital .. .. 330,600 2,295 312 5,445 I 3/2/27 L17/10/29 j f 18/1/23] 39. Wairere .. .. .. -j 21/3/29 f" 7 382 25 2 ' 500 200 696,621 696,621 163,379 Unimproved .. 45,800 94 8 755 [ 24/9/31 J 40. Wairoa .. .. .. 29/7/20 10 1,354 .. 5,520 .. 3,949,998 1,751,503 .. Capital .. .. 100,000 504 31 1,461 41. Waitaki .. .. .. / 5/4/28/ 9 520 1,853 17,000 2,500 6,194,010 4,406,970 239,322 Capital .. .. 178,650 1,286 124 3,957 [ 18/10/23 i 27/11/24 I 42. Waitemata .. • • 1 26/8/26 >- 12 1,106 .. 45,550 .. 13,906,901 5,928,943 .. Capital .. .. 380,000 6,676 1,834 16 206 I 7/3/29 I t 24/1/35 J 43. Waxtomo .. .. 1/(2/21] 7 160 1,100 6 ' 67 ° 2 ' 0 °° 801,312 801,312 .. Unimproved .. 123,400(5) 557(5) 90(5) 1,634 44. Wanganui-Rangitikei .. 2 20/6/29 j" 12 i, 61 § 972 52,000 3,000 22,099,617 6,568,540 1,408,210 Capital .. .. 375,000 1,315 214 10,350 I 6/11/34 J 45. Westland(2) .. .. 28/10/20 9 900 .. 3,462 .. 401,319 220,810 .. .. .. .. .. 683 Totals, 1934-35 .. .. 404 45,954 33,014 982,581 93,470 347,826,237 224,110,453 25,246,895 .. 13,766,625 69,720 12,409 227,254 Totals, 1933-34 .. .. 410 45,325 33,069 970,543 86,394 351,096,657 227,332,739 27,288,796 .. 13,558,575 68,960 12,387 229,005 (1) Not yet aeti\ely functioning. (2) License delegated to Westland Power, Ltd. (3) To be reduced to nine members after 1935 elections. (4) 1931-32 figures. Later return not furnished. (5) Loans authorized since 31st March 1935 •— North Auckland Power Board, £313,000; date of poll, 8/5/35; voting— for, 1,793; against, 499; Waitomo Power Board, £20,000; date of poll, 10/7/35; voting —for, 225; against, 19.