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Table I. —Summary of Applications approved in the Year ended 31st March, 1948

Table ll.—Consolidation of Applications approved as at 31st March, 1948 Number of Supply Authorities .. .. .. 25 Number of applications .. .. .. .. 115 Route-miles .. .. .. .. .. 893.3 Number of consumers .. .. .. .. 1,509 Estimated capital cost .. .. .. .. £421,548 Provisional subsidy per annum .. .. .. £19,337

SUBSIDIZED LINES CONSTRUCTED

Table III.—Subsidized lines constructed and Consumers connected in the Year ended 31st March, 1948

PAYMENT OF SUBSIDIES The subsidies granted in the first instance are based upon estimates, and are therefore provisional, being subject to possible adjustments when the actual capital costs and annual revenues are known. To date no subsidized lines have been operated for one year, and no payments of subsidies have been made.

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Supply Authority. Number of Applications. Route Miles. Number of Consumers. Estimated Capital Cost. Provisional Subsidy, per Annum. Bay of Islands Electric-power Board Franklin Electric-power Board Malvern Electric-power Board Marlborough Electric-power Board ♦North Canterbury Electric-power Board Tararua Electric-power Board f Tauranga Electric-power Board JWairarapa Electric-power Board Wairere Electric-power Board Waitomo Board 10 2 1 3 2 3 7 2 2 3 107-8 4-6 61-6 39-3 11-1 3-8 18-7 77-2 46-8 15-1 215 9 69 91 14 5 54 106 75 26 £ 42,516 2,871 27,682 22,101 4,320 1,920 8,324 48,145 16,040 7,470 £ 1,759 115 1,938 946 289 124 153 2,525 697 280 *One 1946-47 application from North Canterbury was amended in 1947-48. fSeven 1946-47 applications from Tauranga were amended in 1947-48. lOne 1946-47 application from Wairarapa was amended in 1947-48.

Number of Uoute-miles Number of Actual Capital Applications. of Line. Consumers. Cost. Ashburton Electric-power Board 14 24-86 42 £ 7,564 Central Hawke's Bay Electric-power Board 1 3-17 3 1,698 Dannevirke Electric-power Board 5 10-19 19 6,135 Malvern Electric-power Board 1 0-61 1 214 Marlborough Electric-power Board 2 18-73 75 13,182 North Canterbury Electric-power Board 1 0-59 1 314 Southland Electric-power Supply 2 11-37 19 4,464 Tararua Electric-power Board 1 0-55 1 183 Waitaki Electric-power Board 3 2-04 3 895 Waitomo Electric-power Board 1 1 5-37 16 3,219