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Table XIV.—Return of Electric Ranges, Water-heaters, and Milking-machines connected to Electric-supply Systems as at 31st March, 1938— continued.

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Number of Consumers. Ranges. Water-heaters. Milking-machines. Supply Authority. Percentage of Percentage of Domestic Commer"ial ' Total TJnder 5 5 Kilowatts Total T t , kW Number of w„ m her Total Total Number Horse- , domestic. commercial. lotai. Kilowatts. and over. Number. lotalkvv. Domestic Number. KUowatts. Number of JNumDer. power _ Consumers. Consumers. Othek Local Authorities —continued. Borough Councils —continued. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Number. Per Cent. Per Cent. 26. Wairoa .. .. .. .. 529 241 770 14 167 181 1,275 33-60 216 124 28-05 27. Waitara .. .. .. .. 454 116 570 10 49 59 335 13-00 41 31 7-20 2 2 28. Westport .. .. .. .. 943 273 1,216 1 16 17 117 1-80 34 29 2-80 29. Whakatane .. .. .. .. 403 162 565 20 110 130 810 32-26 135 82 23-90 7 9 30. Whangarei .. .. .. .. 1,674 677 2,351 35 207 242 1,493 14-45 161 95 6-85 15 25 Totals, Borough Councils .. .. 35,048 9,458 44,506 900 5,099 5,999 34,654 17-12 6,453 4,752 14-50 821 1,256 Town Boards. 1. Kamo( 6 ) 2. Kaponga .. .. .. .. 341 67 408 12 31 43 216 12-60 75 51 18-38 133 232 3. Mangaweka ........ 96 31 127 1 26 27 145 28-12 22 10 17-32 11 9 4. Manunui .. .. .. .. 157 21 178 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 4 Totals, Town Boards .. .. 594 119 713 13 57 70 361 11-78 97 61 13 -60 148 245 County Councils. 1. Heathcote .. .. .. .. 1,366 4 1,370 104 406 510 2,750 37-30 378 354 27-60 10 8 2. Kaikoura .. .. .. .. 130 50 180 2 .. 2 3 1-54 3. Murchison ........ 172 22 194 6 6 12 47 6-98 15 10 7-74 22 26 4. Uawa .. .. .. .. 90 15 105 5. Waimairi .. .. .. .. 3,541 208 3,749 74 947 1,021 5,947 28-83 919 772 24-52 36 34 Totals, County Councils .. .. 5,299 299 5,598 186 1,359 1,545 8,747 29-18 1,312 1,136 23-44 68 68 Totals, other Local Authorities .. 132,148 33,726 165,874 2,491 20,376 22,867 140,647 17-30 25,174 24,408 15-17 1,219 1,858 Companies. 1. Alderton Utility Co. .. .. .. 68 16 84 10 25 35 189 51-50 32 19 38-10 5 3 2. Kanieri Electric, Ltd. .. .. 570 235 805 18 , 79 97 612 17-00 47 47 5-84 3. Kohukohu (L. Keys) .. .. .. 37 23 60 .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 1-67 4. Reefton Electric Light and Power Co., 268 79 347 .. .. .. .. .. 2 3 0-57 1 2 Ltd. 5. Rawene Motors, Ltd. .. .. .. 37 19 56 6. Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement, Ltd. .. 143 39 182 3 3 6 27 4-20 7 5 3-85 24 42 7. Westland Power, Ltd. .. .. 251 40 291 5 18 23 117 9-16 38 56 13-05 37 59 Totals, Companies .. .. 1,374 451 1,825 36 125 161 945 11-72 127 131 6-96 67 106 Totals, all Supply Authorities, 1938 320,898 67,682 388,580 5,412 58,996 64,408 406,169 20-07 77,353 62,226 19-90 22,711 32,351 „ 1937 307,007 64,020 371,027 4,520 48,882 53,402 333,966 17-40 67,049 54,122 18-07 20,275 29,982 Ratio of Domestic Consumers to Total Consumers = 82*6 per cent. Notes. —(1) New electric-power district constituted 3rd March, 1937, but Board not actively functioning as a supply authority. (2) Not actively functioning. (3) License delegated to Westland Power, Ltd. (4) No return received. (5) Taken over by North Auckland Electric-power Board as from 1st October, 1937, and figures included in North Auckland Electric-power Board's return.