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LOCAL ELECTRIC-SUPPLY SYSTEMS. Including the seven Government plants, there are now (31st March, 1937), forty public electric-power stations operating in the Dominion. Ninety-three local electric-supply authorities are directly engaged in the retail sale of electricity, and the following table shows the proportion using Government-generated power : —

§ Included in these areas are the following cities, boroughs, and town districts

(d) Opunake, South Taranaki, Taranaki, and Otago (through Dunedin City Corporation). (c) Palmerston North, Christohurch (including New Brighton Borough), Invercargill. (/) Wellington, Dunedin (including St. Kilda, Port Chalmers, West Harbour, Green Island, and Mosgiel Boroughs and Outram Town District). (g) Nelson. (h) Bluff, Hamilton, Kaiapoi, Lyttelton, Napier, Rangiora, Ricearton, Sumner, Te Aroha, Thames, Timaru, Wairoa. (i) Whakatane, Waitara, Inglewood, New Plymouth, Stratford, Patea, Taihape. (j) Ohakune, Picton, Queenstown, Raetihi, Taumarunui, Tauranga, Te Puke, Westport, Whangarei. (k) Heathcote, Waimairi. (I) Kaikoura, Murchison, Uawa. (m) Mangaweka. (») Kaponga (through Taranaki Power Board). (o) Kamo, Manunui. (p) Included boroughs (Hokitika, Kumara, Whangarei). (q) Rawene. (r) Includes 7 boroughs (Bluff, Gore, Mat.aura, Riverton, South Invercargill, Tapanui, Winton) and 5 town districts (Edendale, Lumsden, Nightcaps, Otautau, Wyndham).

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Using Government Supply. . Class of Local Authority controlling Usm g Electric-supply System. i Non-Government Wholly. Partial. | Total. f>«PPlyPower Board . . . . .. . . 28 (a) § 4 (6) (d) § 32 8 (c) § City Council operating own reticulation .. 3 (e) 2 (/) 5 1 (g) Borough Council operating own reticulation 12 (h) 7 (i) 19 9 (j) County Council operating own reticulation 2 (h) .. 2 3 (?) Town Board operating own reticulation . . L (to) 1 (ri) 2 2 (o) Company .. . . .. .. . . .. .. 5 (j>) Private .. .. .. . . .. .. .. 1 (q) Tourist Department (Rotorua) . . 1 . . 1 Public Works Department, Southland .. 1 (r) 1 48 14 62 29 V y ; ! 91

(a) (b) (c) Cities (2). j Boroughs (58). Town Districts (37). Boroughs (9). | To ™ ™ 6triots Boroughs (9). T °™ Districts Auckland. Akaroa. New Lynn. Bulls. j Te Karaka. Balclutha. Manaia. Alexandra. Tahunanui. Wanganui. Ashburton Newmarket. ; Ellerslie. ! Te Kauwhata. Eltham. Normanby. Blenheim. Takaka. Birkenhead. Ngaruawahia. ! Glen Eden. i Tinwald. Hawera. Brunner. Cambridge. Northeote. | Havelock North. Tuakau. Kaitangata. Cromwell. Carterton. Oamaru. ; Helensville. Xurua. Lawrence. Greymouth. Dannevirke. Onehunga Henderson. Waiuku. Milton. Motueka. Dargaville. One Tree Hill. 1 Hikurangi. Warkworth. Opunake. Richmond. Devonport. Opotiki. ! Howick. Waverley Palmerston Roxburgh. Eastbourne. Otahuhu. i Hunterville. South. Runanga. Eketahuna. Otaki. Johnsonyille. Waikouaiti. Featherston. Paeroa. Kihikilii. Eeilding. Pahiatua. | Leamington. Foxton. Petone. Leeston. Geraldine. Pukekohe. ! MangawekaGisborne. Shannon. I Manurewa. Greytown Takapuna. ; Mercer. Hampden. Te Awamutu 1 Ohaupo. Hastings. Te Aroha. | Onerahi. Huntly. Te Kuiti. ; Ormondville. Levin. Temuka. j Otorohanga. Lower Hutt. Thames. Papakura. Martinborough. Timaru. j Papatoetoe. Marton. Upper Hutt. ; Patutahi. Masterton. Waihi. . Pleasant Point. Matamata. Waimate. | Putaruru. Morrinsville. Waipawa. : Raglan. Mt. Albert. Waipukurau. Rongotea. Mt. Eden. Wairoa. Soutbbridge. Napier. Woodville. ! Taradale.