PRICE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 4

PRICE OF ELECTRIC CURRENT.

HERE. AND ELSEWHERE.- ,'..■' Mr. Blackley, one of the members/of the deputation .;' of electrical . suppliers : which interviewed the Power Stations and. Tramways Committee' of the City Council yesterday,' remarked that the/ Electrical Department of the City Corporation had not achieved any very brilliant resultsHere in Wellington current.was sold at 7d. per unit for lighting, and at 3d. per: unit for power. .'ln Auckland the 'figures were"'ssd. for lighting and 3d. to . If d. for power; in Christchurch, 6d. tq. 3ld. forlighting and 3d; :to 2jd. for .power; in' Dunedin, sd. for andc2d. to jd. for power. He.was quite satisfied that if the price of current were reduced considerably, the Department would increase its,sales very largely, and the ratepayers would benefit in a corresponding degree. The Mayor ■ (Mr. Wilford); in his reply to the .deputation,/alluded to- Mr. Black- 1 ley's .statements.concerning the rat.es at which -other ''municipalities : supplied current. He said there 'were /different: conditions prevailing here- fiom those existing in Auckland.One local "authority, in New Zealand, while selling current cheaper than Wellington, showed in 1309 a profit,of''£442...:'But-if:they' had Eet aside.as much' as,' Wellington.had. for sinking fund and depreciation,-they would have had instead a deficit of : ;£7269..'n