DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER.
OUTLINED BY PRIME MINISTER
The Hon. J. G. Coates outlined the achievements of hydro-electric-ity in XeAv Zealand on Saturday and hoped that improved facilities would stop some of the drift from the country to urban centres.
The total Avater-power available in sources of 1000 horse-power or more is about 770,000 h.p. in the North Island and 4,110,000 h.p. in the South Island.
The most important development of hydro-electric power is its extension of farming and dairying. The total number of electrically driven milking-machines at March 31, 1926 was 4,856, compared with 3,581 for 1925 and in 1923 there were 1,310.
Regarding expenditure, Mr. Coates said £5,733,000 had been spent to date, £4,293,000 in the North Island and £1,440,000 in the South Island.
[Forty-two Power Boards have been formed of the 54 provided foi in the original scheme. The total area covered by these Boards is 65,446, square miles or 64 per cent, of the Dominion’s area. The total population concerned is 863,041 or 61 per cent. The demand per person has greatly exceeded ail expectations.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3655, 21 June 1927, Page 3
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179DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROELECTRIC POWER. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3655, 21 June 1927, Page 3
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