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Table XIII.—Electric-power Boards of New Zealand as constituted at 31st March, 1931.

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Value of Rateable Property. Proclamation Approximate Area. Population. , ■ — Voting lor Loan Poll. Name oi Board. SSSXS onBoZ. Unimproved. Valuation Basis. tfToTn Area gazetted. — authorized. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against. Number. Sq. Miles. Sq. Miles. Number. Number. ! £ £ £ £ Number Number Ashburton .. .- .. 17/11/21 12 1,193 1,271 17,925 550 ! 11,500,000 9,264,661 700,181 Capital .. .. 411,150 2 999' 706 Auckland .. .. •• 1/4/22 12 300 .. 200,000 .. 73,537,262 50,491,865 .. Capital .. .. 2,318,000 11 004 1 367 Banks Peninsula .. .. 8/1/20 7 387 .. 4,050 .. 4,457,806 3,545,448 .. Capital .. .. 114,680 658 ! 113 Bay of Plenty .. .. 20/8/25 8 460 2,615 8,600 3,100 1,769,657 1,769,657 450,000 Unimproved .. 206,000 654 153 Buller .. .. •• 11/5/22 5 1,987 .. 9,197 .. 696,374 696,374 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. Cambridge.. .. •• 8/1/20 8 137 .. 6,000 I .. 2,559,567 1,550,262 .. Capital .. .. 122,836 749 123 Central .. .. ■• 8/7/20 19 985 .. 18,939 .. 9,078,818 4,866,263 .. Capital .. .. 307,000 1 059 78 Central Hawke's Bay .. 19/10/22 9 1,300 .. 11,350 .. 6,839,951 6,839,951 .. Unimproved .. 150,000 543 41 Dannevirke .. .. 11/8/21 10 578 118 12,188 426 4,275,674 4,275,674 487,019 Unimproved .. 224,000 1,584 330 Franklin .. .. •• 29/6/25 9 628 58 16,359 406 7,761,397 4,926,883 .. Capital .. .. 329,820 2,471 478 Golden Bay .. ■■ 18/6/25 5 51 .. 1,200 .. 479,726 248,871 .. Capital .. ... 28,000 393 ! 98 Grey .. •• •• 26/10/22 9 640 810 13,100 700 1,920,000 567,270 117,700 Capital .. .. 260,800 2,073 ! 665 Hawke's Bay .. •• 19/6/24 11 1,682 2 44,620 1,115 18,536,793 11,496,811 127,961 Capital .. .. 304.000 681 68 Horowhenua .. •• 1/12/21 9 630 .. 16,680 .. 6,898,987 3,403,255 .. Capital .. .. 260,000 973 36 Hurunui .. •• •■ 31/10/29 7 .. .. 5,443 537 .. 1,330,629 64,421 Unimproved .. ! Pol] not yet taken. HuttValley .. •• {11/(2/24} n 530 " 41 > 500 ■■ 3,119,920 3,119,920 .. Unimproved .. 390,000 2,333 I 343 Malvern .. .. ■• 28/6/23 6 308 1,833 , 3,550 1,500 2,900,019 2,226,497 1,426,740 Capital .. .. 65,000 508 33 Manawatu-Oroua .. .. 1/12/21 12 1,301 .. 40,000 .. 13,846,231 13,846,231 .. Unimproved .. 550,000 1,144 96 Marlborough .. •• 25/10/23 8 3,218* .. 14,530* .. 8,642,190 5,809,209* .. Capital .. .. 327,500 1,334 300 North Auckland .. •■ 29/3/23 12 2,218 .. 22,619 .. 4,058,081 4,058,081 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. North Canterbury .. .. 3/3/27 j 8 858 200 9,064 4,021 6,591,030 5,503,803 1,451,124 Capital .. .. 173,700 447 95 Opunake .. .. " { 11/3/22/ 7 197 5 4 ' 250 50 1,728,168 916,111 .. Capital .. .. 95,000 504 I 107 Otago Central .. •■ 26/10/22 9 306 2,378 3,585 1,585 742,782 296,380 727,447 ! Capital .. .. 87,000 430 31 f18/10/23 1 | Otago .. .. •■ < i/n/28 M 9 1 ' 3M 89 ° 17,931 6,251 4,797,711 3,061,588 1,634,860 Capital .. .. | 256,500 1,358 i 196 I 26/4/30J ! Poverty Bay .. •• 12/6/24 11 1,747 1,344 24,030 8,485 15,198,003 6,588,500 3,313,384 Capital .. .. 379,750 2,319 ! 530 ReeftonW.. .. ■• 30/6/21 4 24 .. 1,639 .. 178,055 38,504 .. Capital .. .. Poll not yet taken. South Canterbury .. .. 3/7/24 12 1,673 3,451 j 35,618 6,625 15,096,516 12,946,839 2,640,530 Capital .. .. 348,300 1,919 ! 587 South Taranaki .. .. { 3 5/2/31/ 8 434 46 16 ' 280 1 ' 220 9,059,095 5,296,444 j 79,442 Capital .. .. 187,500 1,063 j 208 Southland .. .. •• {ijj/n/jgj 12 7 > 918 3,035 68,000 30 14,942,117 14,942,117 13,7513 Unimproved .. 1,650,000 6,516 415 Springs-Ellesmere . .. .. 1/7/20 5 505 .. 11,780 .. 5,688,061 5,688,061 .. Unimproved .. 141,520 959 \ 50