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Table XV.—Return of Electric Ranges, Water-heaters, and Milking-machines connected to Electric-supply Systems as at 31st March, 1936.

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Number of Consumers. -Ranges. Water-heaters. Milking-machines. Supply Authority. I ! Percentage of Percentage of Dnmpati,. rnmrnm-mal Tnt„l Under 5 5 Kilowatts Total Tnfnl TTw Number of w , lmh „ Total Total Number Horse- Not yet Domestic. Commercial. Total. Kilowatts. and over. Number. Total Kw. Domestic umber. Kilowatts. Number of power. electrified. Consumers. Consumers. Public Works Department. No. No. No. No. No. No. Per Cent. Per Cent. No. 1. Arapuni-Mangahao-Waikaremoana .. 290 11 301 13 158 171 1,225 59-00 162 194 53-80 2. Coleridge - W aitaki ...... 62 32 94 30 54 84 498 .. 117 146 .. 2 6 Totals, Public Works Department.. 352 43 395 43 212 255 1,723 72-40 279 340 70-65 2 6 Electric-power Boards. 1. Ashburton .. .. .. 3,486 497 3,983 145 804 949 6,439 27-22 518 1,009 13-00 85 119 19 2. Auckland .. .. .. .. 43,608 10,323 53,931 .. 6,461 6,461 45,227 14-82 12,404 6,822 23-00 306 612 3. Banks Peninsula .. .. .. 948 64 1,012 68 155 223 1,310 23-52 205 302 20-26 198 147 4. Bay of Plenty .. .. .. 1,429 224 1,653 57 497 554 3,340 38-80 1,086 790 65-70 604 887 33 5. Buller (*) • ■ 6. Cambridge .. .. .. 1,395 162 1,557 16 180 196 1,128 14-05 543 413 34-85 374 498 9 7. Central Hawke's Bay .. .. 1,342 354 1,696 7 226 233 1,521 17-37 281 281 16-57 99 182 8. Central Waikato .. .. .. 4,739 520 5,259 86 353 439 2,526 9-26 1,472 911 28-00 1,425 2,415 350 9. Dannevirke .. .. .. 2,278 482 2,760 6 223 229 1,524 10-05 541 381 19-60 405 542 10. Franklin .. .. .. .. 3,544 392 3,936 210 650 860 4,274 24-26 1,728 1,047 43-90 1,398 1,785 11. Golden Bay .. .. .. 325 71 396 15 26 41 194 12-62 55 42 13-90 83 84 10 12. Grey .. .. .. .. 2,945 510 3,455 .. 317 317 2,097 10-76 205 215 5-94 12 14 13.-Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 6,020 765 6,785 70 719 789 6,706 13-10 826 534 12-17 256 378 14. Horowhenua .. .. .. 3,438 1,112 4,550 8 738 746 4,651 21-70 1,164 731 25-60 998 1,001 15. Hutt Valley .. .. .. 11,535 716 12,251 123 2,068 2,191 11,743 19-00 1,731 1,924 14-13 74 115 16. Lake Wakatipu ( x ) .. 17. Malvern .. .. .. .. 600 80 680 16 133 149 943 24-84 69 117 10-15 6 10 18. Manawatu-Oroua .. .. .. 4,933 143 5,076 .. 894 894 5,042 18-12 1,684 1,022 33-20 1,180 1,931 19. Marlborough .. .. .. 2,448 440 2,888 157 364 521 2,782 21-29 308 222 10-66 96 161 20. North Auckland ( 2 ) .. . . .. .. .. ... 21. North Canterbury .. .. .. 1,988 207 2,195 94 242 336 1,962 16-90 204 336 9-30 84 127 22. Opunake .. .. .. .. 875 125 1,000 .. 94 94 475 10-74 132 84 13-20 275 444 23. Otago Central .. .. .. 767 220 987 6 135 141 812 18-39 152 160 15-40 79 59 24. Otago .. .. .. .. 4,142 32 4,174 17 350 367 2,189 8-86 322 318 7-72 112 190 25. Poverty Bay .. .. .. 4,166 1,025 5,191 .. 1,115 1,135 7,190 26-77 763 517 14-70 149 149 26. Reefton ( 1 ) 27. South Canterbury .. .. .. 3,696 572 4,268 75 613 688 4,393 18-61 474 721 11-10 166 232 20 28. South Taranaki .. .. .. .. .. 3,265 21 254 275 1,651 .. 503 428 15-41 525 783 124 29. Southland .. .. .. .. 8,821 1,377 10,198 16 1,344 1,360 9,441 15-42 380 456 3-73 1,060 2,006 30. Springs-Ellesmere .. .. .. 2,329 245 2,574 46 235 281 1,709 12-07 145 163 5-63 133 222 31. Taranaki .. .. .. .. 1,235 1,327 2,562 8 340 348 2,457 28-18 920 556 35-90 987 1,792 32. Tararua .. .. .. .. 1,530 155 1,685 44 190 234 1,481 15-29 415 266 24-60 376 510 33. Tauranga .. .. .. .. 1,314 106 1,420 47 265 312 1,836 23-74 687 436 48-40 532 854 57 34. TeAwamutu .. .. .. 1,642 337 1,979 29 240 269 1,618 16-38 620 440 31-30 647 1,013 30 35. Teviot .. .. .. .. 345 71 416 12 143 155 938 44-92 118 99 28-36 36. Thames Valley .. .. .. 7,074 822 7,896 56 996 1,052 7,130 14-87 2,857 1,954 36-20 2,628 4,671 37. Waimea .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,859 20 28 48 .180 .. 26 13 1-40 12 10 38. Wairarapa .. .. .. 4,256 881 5,137 55 466 521 3,586 12-24 805 811 15-67 470 799 28 39. Wairere .. .. .. .. 294 57 351 4 101 105 665 35-70 170 95 48-40 93 140 40. Wairoa .. .. .. .. 324 70 394 31 83 114 608 35-20 130 85 33-00 139 119 2 . : SMI __ : . j { (For notes, see page 113.)