HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD. RACING.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3602, 22 February 1927, Page 3

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

RACING.

. .FEBRUARY MEETING. At the monthly meeting of the Horowhenua Electric Power Board held in Levin, last week, there were present: Messrs G. A. Monk (chairman), C. Kilsby, A. Ross, W. E. Barber, T. 0. Vincent, A. Seifert, A. J. Pcthcriek, and W, H. Gunning. <■ Leave of absence was granted to Mr. D. W. Matheson. TREASURER’S REPORT.

The treasurer reported 'that the accounts paid since the last mect- ■; ing and those subpitted for confirmation amounted to £823 Os 4d. The' principal items in this total were: • Wlages £448 5s lid, salaries ‘• £242 Bs-4d, bank draft account -■ galvanised iron strip per s.s. Northumberland £l2B 5s 11. Accounts to be passed for payment totalled nearly £2700, but two instalments on loans falling due on February 28th accounted for £2035 4s Bd. The audit of the Board’s accounts was now proceeding, Mr. Ward, Government Audit Inspector for the district, and his assistant being engaged on the work. Progress of receipts:—From the beginning of the financial year to date receipts fr6m all sources have amounted to over £42,000., Electricity and meter-rents have" reached £30,000. The takings for the month in round figures have been £5,400.' Many of the quarterly accounts are included in the month’s takings, hence the receipts for electricity and meter-rents come to the ' respectable sum of £4450. The following table was presented, showing the classified receipts from the beginning of the financial year till last meeting and for the past monAi : Electricity & meter To last Meeting. Since. Rents 26,601 14 4 4454 6 4 i Penalties 91 10 4 113 7 Interest 530 0 3 84 19 0 Ranges, motors and water-' heaters 2853 19 Jl 254 1 5 Installations * and service lines 7560 16 5 , 458 12 11 Cottage rents & sundries 242 3 7 58 2 3

£36,880 4) 1 £5411 16 0 It will thus be seen, concluded the treasurer, that the accounts due to the Board are coming in fairly well, although amongst its many customers there are a few whose accounts are not quite satisfactory. No one has been' cut off this month for nonpayment of the electricity account. The chairman commented on the satisfactory position in regard to money taken for electricity'and meter rents.

Mr. Ross said it was gratifying that the revenue was so buoyant. He asked if the expenditure was keeping pace with the estimates. The secretary replied that the expenditure compared) {favourably with the estimates. The loans were under-estimated, hut the power fund was over-estimated and on the whole it was very low.

Mr. Gunning asked how the arrears were being reduced, and the chairman replied that they were being reduced considerably. This had not been a big year for installations.

In answer to a question by Mr. Seifert, the secretary stated that up to the end of January, 1926, the amount received for electricity and meter rents was £18,500, and the amount taken in January, 1926, was £3652 3s Bd.

• The report was adopted. PROGRESS Otf OOMSUMPTION. A comparison of the, connected load, asked for by Mr. Seifert, showed that it was 6190 lc.w. last month and 4680 k.w. in the corresponding period of last year. The engineer also presented the following comparative figures, showing the progress of the Board’s business since November 12th, 1924, shortly after it started operations: — " "

Industrial motors. Milking plants. ! Consumers. ; Connected * load.

Nov. 1924 Jan. 1925 48 44 1059 1348 k.w. (363 h.p;) July 1925 87 108 1695 2850 k.w. (987 h.p.) ;<• Dec. 1925 139 220 2077 4461 k.w. (1776 h.p.) Junti (2043 h.p.) Dec. 192f6 185 322 2498 6050 k.w. '• (2309 h.p.) • ANALYSIS OF CONNECTED LOAD. The following figures show the totals of connected, load in the Board’s district to February 9th:— k.w. Lighting 881 No. Total h.p. Industrial motors 191 2310 Milking motors 329 495 Heating anl iron points 2363 1688 Rang ® 9 X 2BB Water-heaters 448 Connected. Applns. Consumers 2542 2580 Total connected k.w.

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