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Table VIII. —Electric-power Districts of New Zealand as constituted at 31st March, 1938 —continued.

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Value of Rateable Property. Proclamation Approximate Area. Population. —— — Valuation Basis f °' Numbed Name of Board. c ~f on Unimproved. gazetted. iurpoaes. authorized. payers. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against. I I . Number. Sq. Miles. Sq. Miles. Number, Number. £ £ £ £ Number. Number. f 19/5/22 6/5/26 I 31. Taranaki .. .. .. -J 20/5/26 8 355 1,333 13,985 8,015 6,141,672 2,865,396 3,109,336 Capital .. .. 449,800 1,165 263 2,150 5/2/31 L 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 14/6/231 33. Tauranga .. .. <J 16/7/31 )- 7 646 3 10,360 4,510 1,004.372 1,004,372 517,107 Unimproved .. 184,500 1,555 342 2,600 I 1/6/33 J f 8/1/201 34. TeAwamutu .. .. <{ 27/11/24 8 342 58 9,710 150 1,849,902 1,849,902 N.A* Unimproved .. 216,000 814 148 2,268 l_ 28/1/37 J 35. Teviot .. .. " "f 6/11/24 J" 7 102 .. 1,910 .. 176,839 255,661 .. Unimproved .. 55,500 280 32 404 f 8/1/20-1 36. Thames Valley .. .. ■{ o 2 /19/24 (" 12 2,301 •• 46,9798 .. 14,429,582 6,587,837 .. Capital .. .. 925,000 3,917 1,087 15,122 [ 1/6/33 J 37. Waimea .. .. .. 2/5/29 7 434 1,126 9,235 14,000 2,656,884 N.A.* N.A* Capital .. .. 157,500 3,062 697 2,960 f 25/3/201 20/5/26 I 38. Wairarapa .. .. <| " 9 637 1,359 19,612 5,770 10,705,778 5,772,319 2,656,117 Capital .. .. 333,100 2,295 312 5,499 I 3/2/27 I 17/10/29 J | f 18/1/231 4/11/26 39. Wairere .. .. .. -j 21/3/29 |> 7 455 25 2,500 200 717,137 717,137 163,379 Unimproved .. 65,850 176 19 760 24/9/31 25/6/36 J 40. Wairoa .. .. .. " 29/7/20 10 1,354 .. 6,970 .. j 4,171,231 1,612,815 .. Capital .. .. 100,000 504 31 1,551 41. Waitaki .. .. .. / 9 560 1,813 18,000 ; 500 j 5,747,283 4,406,970 239,322 Capital .. .. 240,650 1,959 222 4,752 [18/10/23 ] 27/11/24 | j 42. Waitemata .. .. 26/8/26 ;> 12 1,106 .. 48,734 .. j 13,903,497 5,821,648 .. Capital .. .. 495,000 11,326 2,214 16,206 6 7/3/29 | I 24/1/35 J 43. Waitomo .. .. | 28/1/37J" 7 170 1,090 7 ' 100 2 ' 400 880,236 880,236 N,A.* Unimproved .. 143,400 784 109 1,742 1/12/21 | 44 Wanganui-Rangitikei .. 2 20/6/29 f 12 1,648 972 52,000 3,000 22,099,617 6,568,540 1,408,210 Capita] .. 375,000 1,315 214 10,350 t 6/11/34 J 45. Westland 2 .. .. 28/10/20 9 900 .. 3,462 .. 401,319 220,810 .. .. •• Poll not yet taken. 683 Totals 1937-38 .. .. 394 40,435 31,381 972,477 88,500 330,799,995 208,121,505 23,196,052 .. 13,344,700 76,160 13,835 221,458 1936-37 .. .. 394 39,878 31,868 950,579 , 95,262 326,641,373 209,806,297 22,231,939 13,040,770 76,816 14,206 216,780 1 K"ot yet actively functioning. 2 License delegated to Westland Power, Ltd. 3 Capital basis. 4 Unimproved basis. 5 Figures given in 1936-37 returns; later information not available. 6 Figures given in 1934-35 returns; later information not available. 7 Figures given in 1930-31 returns; later information not available. 8 Includes population of separately licensed boroughs forming part of the electric-power district and represented on the electric-power board. * N.A. = not available. Total Area of Dominion = 103,415 square miles. Total Unimproved Value of Land in the Dominion (1936) = £295,695,574. Total Capital Value of Land in the Dominion (1936) = £635,801 ,798.