HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3771, 24 March 1928, Page 4

HOROWHENUA POWER BOARD.

MONTHLY MEETING.

The monthly meeting of the Horowhenua Electric Power Board was held in Levin on Tuesday, there being present: Messrs G. A. Monk (chairman), V> E. Barber, T. G. Vincent,' R. Bryant, E. Morse, C. Blenkhorn, A. J. Petheriek, P. W. Goldsmith (secretary and treasurer), and iJ. A. Smith (engineer). The treasurer reported as lows: —- Payments since the last meeting of the Board total £1093 18s Id. The principal item, outside wages and salaries is a payment for bare copper wire (being 90 per cent, of the value of 4 tons), the amount being £323 12s 7d. The motor fee.s, plus registration plates, amounted to £3l 19s 2d, .there being 12 vehicles and trailer. In the accounts to be passed for payment on this occasion there is no account for interest and no big bill from the Public Works (Department, hence the amount is not as large as usual. The total amount, however, comes to £473, which includes payments for timber, wire, benzine, meters, rent, and many sundries. The total amount received, as the table which follows will show, was £2693 8s lOd, of which electricity accounts for £2140 Is 4d. To the end of February nearly £37,200 had been received for meter rents and electricity, which shows an advance on the same period lastyear of about £6OOO. The takings for March last were very good indeed, and there seems some doubt that, as there was not a very good start, the present month may not be so good as March twelve months ago. If such is the case, it is quite on the boards that the increase shown at the end of February, viz., £6OOO, may not be sustained at the end of March. CASH RECEIPTS.

Total receipts for electricity and meter rents —from April Ist, 1927, to February 29th, 1928, £37,186; from April Ist, 1926 to Feb. 28, 1927, £31,167; increase £6.019. ([Shillings and pence omitted). The report was received. In bis report, the engineer stated that during the month No. 1 gang made certain alterations to the L.T. line at Foxton. Installations—During the-period 14 applications from new consumers and 21 applications for extensions to existing installations have been received, comprising three ranges, nine water-heaters, four rilking motors, one pumping and one industrial motor. Fifteen new consumers and 16 extensions have been connected, including four ranges, three waterlreaters, and one milking motors, one pumping and meters have been tested and 10 repaired and retested. Two ranges have been dried out and delivered to consumers. The report was received.

* Feb. £ Electi'icity and meter Ap.-Feb. ' £ rents 2,140 Installations, service lines 37,186 and fittings Interest on installa471 7,719 tions 12 667 Penalties 27 232. ■Consumers’ deposits Rents and miseellan3 88 eous i 38 411 Totals £2,693 £46,306