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Table H. — Total Connected Load in Kilowatts at 31st March, 1921, Lake Coleridge.

Local Electric-supply Systems. Apart from the two main Government supply systems there are fifty-five power-supply stations in the Dominion, as detailed in Tables I and J herewith. Seven additional licenses for local electricsupply plants (Fairlie, Kaikoura, Murchison, Whakatane, Motueka, Havelock North and Opunake) have been issued during the year, and construction is in hand, but, owing mainly to the financial stringency, no additional stations nave been completed during the year under review, and very slight additions have been made to the total plant capacity. A license has also been issued to Te Puke Town Board for taking bulk supply from the Tauranga Borough Council. The additional power proposed in the seven main installations of the Dominion, as detailed in last year's report, amounts to 45,000 h.p., at an estimated cost of £1,582,000. These are all well in hand, but, owing to the delays in the delivery of material and to the financial stringency, none of these extensions have yet been completed. The total maximum output has increased during the year from 30,716 kw. to 42,157 kw. The total installed capacity in the fifty-seven power-stations amounts to 49,630 kw. of main plant and 5,831 kw. of subsidiary or standby plant, made up as follows :—

Light. ! Heat. I Power. Total. Direct Public Works Department wholesale consumers— Tramways Freezing-works (4) Flour-mills (6) Dairy factories (2) Quarry (1) Tanneries, fellmongeries, &c. (6) Seed-cleaning (4) Brickyard (1) Railway workshops (1) Harbour Board (1) Institutions (6) Soap works (1) Steelworks (1) Glueworks (1) Sawmill (1) Woollen-mill (1) Aviation Company (1) Twine-mill (1) Railway-stations (2) 85-00 82-72 5-81 4-00 1-06 27-40 4-32 3-80 25-10 37-56 118-02 3-00 2-60 3-10 7-60 1-20 ' 2-00 1-00 7-00 1-00 0-60 232-60 4,410-00 2,050-49 322-30 56-10 123-50 602-95 157-33 93-50 209-90 99-00 146-10 22-40 20-80 86-90 22-50 3-70 6-00 60-50 42-97 4,495-00 2.140-81 329-31 62-10 125-56 637-35 162-65 97-90 235-00 136-56 496-72 25-40 1,223-40 90-00 23-10 3-90 21-00 60-50 97-08 I .200-00 0-20 5-40 0-60-9-60 53-11 1-00 Local-body reticulations— Christchureh City Council Riccarton Borough Council Lyttelton Borough Council Lyttelton Pumping Station Sumner Borough Council Woolston Borough Council Kaiapoi Borough Council Rangiora Borough Council Heathcote County Council Paparua County Council Halswell County Council Eyre County Council .. Tai Tapu District Rangiora County Council Lake Coleridge Power-station and substation 462-20 1,464-20 8,536-94 10,463-34 6,344-31 44-30 111-60 0-30 126-80 114-20 89-20 92-87 172-49 105-65 41-70 18-47 59-16 35-65 17-30 20-20 1,275-88 61-40 44-00 153-20 130-00 142-60 52-40 224-50 133-80 44-60 33-60 93-20 58-00 155-40 37-20 12,758-25 50-70 192-40 115-90 53-80 29-50 34-90 100-70 30-10 47-25 30-00 26-50 76-50 104-60 15-13 113-90 20,378-44 156-40 348-00 116-20 333-80 273-70 266-70 245-97 427-09 286-70 116-30 78-57 228-86 198-25 187-83 171-30 Totals .. 7,394-20 2,639-78 13,780-13 23,814-11 7,856-40 I ,712 kw. ; d 4,103-98 22,317-07 34,277-45 Maximum-load substation output, 6 liversity fac ;or, 5-1.

Number. Capacity in Kilowatts. Proportion per Cent. i lain plant — Water-power .. Steam-engines Gas-engines Oil-engines 26 10 19 2 23,895 21,820 3,195 720 48-10 44-00 6-45 1-45 Totals 57 49,630 100-00 lub.sidiary plant — Steam-engines .. Gas-engines Oil-engines Water-power .. 3 3 6 3 3,503 184 2,016 128 60-00 3-16 34-60 2-24 Totals 15 5,831 100-00