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Table IX.—Statistics of Population, Consumers, System Voltages, Route-miles of Lines, etc., for the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

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Note. —In the column describing the Source of Supply the following abbreviations are used : G.N. = Government supply, North Island system; G.S. = Government supply, South Island system; I . = Independent supply (own generating- plant); B. = Bulk supply from another authority. .. ■ „ t Distribution Ypnr Ratio of Voltage. Transform Population Consumers ; T? n „tp Consumers Street Supply Authority. ~«| f Supply ' Secondary Dis- | Tota] -J-W Static Head. Lighting No. menced. Area of Generation. Baffin. j i~ i ' j Public Wokks Department. % Ft. fll.OOO ~) n 11 000 V f Ara P uni = 175 1 1. Arapuni-Mangahao-Waikare- I. 1921 .. 388 -> 6,600 !> _ ' 400/230 A.C. 58 5,292 1,285 .. j Hora Hora=27 ! 1 moana [ 5,000 J o0 ' 00<) 3 ' 300 J | Mangahao=896 f " i Waikaremoana=676 J Til 000 f 110 ' 000 1 11 000 "I I Coleridge =480 "1 2. Coleridge - Waitaki - Arnold I. 1915 .. 124 .. =( «'cnn "i 66,000 J> 1 L 400/230 A.C. 64 4,735 680 .. <j Waitaki=70 }■ .. 2 River I b,b00 33) oooJ b ' b(W J { Arnold River =42 J 3. Southland Electric - power I. 1925 48,875 10,886 22-24 6,600 66,000 / 11,000 \ 400/230 A.C. 1,624 19,007 2,492 4-4 Monowai=154 Series and 3 Supply 4 \ 3,300 j Parallel Totals, P.W.D. .. .. .. 48,875 11,398 j .. .. .. .. | .. 1,746 29,034 4,457 Electric-power Boards. 1. Ashburton .. .. G.S. 1923 19,070 4,425 23-20 400(a) .. / 11,000 \ 400/230 A.C. 901 9,578 952 4-6 .. Series 1 \ 6,600 / 2. Auckland .. .. G.N. 1908 225,000 58,342 25-93 6,600 (.9) 22,000 / 11,000 400/230 A.C. \ 975 52,028 1,198 48-7 .. Seriesand 2 \ 6,600 460/230 B.C. f Parallel r 11,000 i 3. Banks Peninsula .. .. G.S. 1921 3,777 1,071 28-36 3,300 (a) 33,000 <J 6,600 '> 400/230 A.C. 185 1,641 213 5-0 310 Parallel 3 L 3,300 J 4. Bay of Islands 6 .. . . .. .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. . • ■ • .. .. 4 5. Bay of Plenty .. .. G.N. 1928 10,500 1,809 17-23 .. .. 11,000 400/230 A.C. 350 4,713 274 6-6 .. Series 5 6. Buller 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■ ■ • - • ■ .. 6 7. Cambridge .. .. G.N. 1921 6,000 1,570 26-16 .. / 11,000 \ 400/230 A.C. 143 1,986 195 8-0 .. Series 7 \ 3,300 / f 11,000 I 8. Central Hawke's Bay .. G.N. 1925 11,100 1,930 17-38 .. J. 6,600 > 400/230 A.C. 293 4,172 257 7-5 .. Parallel 8 L 3,300 J 9. Central Waikato .. .. G.N. 1921 19,400 6,091 31-39 .. / 11,000 \ 400/230 A.C. 395 8,889 795 7-7 .. Parallel 9 \ 3,300 / 10. Dannevirke .. .. G.N. 1925 13,157 3,001 22-80 .. .. / 11,000 \ 400/230 A.C. 264 2,583 345 8-7 .. Series 10 I 6,600 / 11. Franklin .. .. G.N. 1925 19,980 4,610 23-07 .. .. 11,000 400/230 A.C. 438 7,970 680 6-8 .. Parallel 11 12. Golden Bay .. .. I. 1929 1,520 447 29-41 400 .. 6,600 400/230 A.C. 64 1,092 73 6-12 330 Parallel 12 13. Grey .. .. .. G.S. 1926 14,320 4,226 29-50 3,300 33,000 11,000 400/230 A.C. 134 7,724 258 16-4 .. Series 13 14. Hawke's Bay .. .. G.N. 1927 31,179 7,845 25-20 3,300 (a) .. / 11,000 400/230 A.C. \ 299 7,535 421 18-6 .. Seriesand 14 \ 3,300 460/230 D.C. / Parallel 15. Horowhenua .. .. G.N. 1924 17,500 5,195 29-70 .. .. 11,000 400/230 A.C. 200 6,855 346 15-0 .. Seriesand 15 Parallel 16. Hutt Valley .. .. G.N. 1925 48,200 13,488 27-98 .. / 11,000 \ 400/230 A.C. 186 11,432 304 44-4 .. Seriesand 16 \ 6,600 / Parallel 17. Lake Wakatipu 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 (For notes, see page 135.)