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Table XIV.—Return of Electric Ranges, Water-heaters, and Milking-machines connected to Electric-supply Systems as at 31st March, 1935— continued.

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Number of Consumers. Kanges. Water-heaters. J Milking-machines. Supply Authority. I Percentage of Percentage of Domestic. Commercial. Total. .? t0 ® 5 Kilowatts Total Total Kw. I Number Total Total Number Horse- Not'yet Kilowatts. and over. Number. j Domestic Kilowatts. Number of numoer. power. electrified. I Consumers. Consumers. Other Local Authorities —continued. »; . 26. Raetihi Borough Council .. .. 314 86 400 2 13 15 93 4-77 28 22 7-00 21 31 27. Rangiora Borough Council .. .. 556 85 641 3 50 53 344 9 -53 43 55 6-71 28. Riccarton Borough Council ., .. 1,339 119 1,458 35 302 337 2,130 25-16 360 326 24-70 29. Ross Borough Council(3) .. .. .. 30. Rotorua (Tourist Department) .. 1,519 570 2,089 90 130 220 1,075 14-48 267 233 12-78 67 ill 31. Stratford Borough Council .. .. 836 239' 1,075 7 174 181 901 21-65 165 149 15-35 2 3 32. Sumner Borough Council .. .. .. .. 1,045 44 101 145 866 .. 104 88 9-95 1 3 33. Taihape Borough Council .... 422 153 575 1 10 11 58 2-61 17 17 2-96 1 5 34. Taumarunui Borough Council .. 616 319 935 6 26 32 180 5-19 33 26 3-53 22 20 35. Tauranga Borough Council .. .. 746 283 1,029 91(4) 245(4) 336(4) 2,016(4) 45-04 436(5) 175 42-40 36. Te Aroha Borough Council .. .. 507 227 734 4 47 51 354 10-05 36 44 4-91 7 15 37. Te Puke Borough Council .. .. 194 109 303 9 26 35 193 18-04 51 30 16-82 6 8 38. Thames Borough Council .. .. 905 255 1,160 4 19 23 133 2-54 46 28 3-97 39. Timaru Borough Council .. .. 3,323 941 4,264 .. 431 431 2,819 12-97 335 310 7-86 40. TJawa County Council .. .. 84 14 98 41. Waimairi County Council .. .. 3,226 185 3,411 53 733 786 4,507 24-36 767 718 22-50 15 23 42. Wairoa Borough Council .. .. 432 243 675 11 143 154 1,067 35-64 177 96 26-20 43. Waitara Borough Council .. .. 423 94 517 6 33 39 239 9-21 31 24 6-00 1 2 44. Wellington City Council .. .. 25,794 10,881 36,675 184 1,522 1,706 10,879 6-61 2,592 3,382 7-07 .. .. !! 45. Westport Borough Council .. .. 614 249 863 .. 13 13 92 2-11 28 23 3-25 1 2 46. Whakatane Borough Council .. 346 137 483 9 81 90 522(5) 26-01 96 61 19-86 8 8 47. Whangarei Borough Council .. .. 1,537 625 2,162 34 159 193 1,173 12-55 125 75 5-78 11 20 Totals, other Local Authorities .. .. .. 152,869 2,274 12,140 14,414 85,894 .. 17,039 16,478 11-15 814 1,432 38 Companies, etc. 1. Alderton Utility Co. .... 44 7 51 10 16 26 124 59-09 24 14 47-00 5 4 1 2. Kanieri Ele'ctric, Ltd. .. .. 540 167 707 11 47 58 348 10-74 31 34 4-38 3. Reefton Electric Light and Power Co., 279 82 361 .. .. .. .. . 2 2 0-55 1 2 Ltd. 4. P. Spender (Rawene) .. .. 32 21 53 5. Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement, Ltd... 130 37 167 4 I 5 16 3-84 6 4 3-59 23 49 6. Westland Power, Ltd. .. .. 125 13 138 2 18 20 109 16-00 32 42 23-20 20 40 150 Totals, Companies, &c. .. .. 1,150 327 1,477 27 82 109 597 9-48 95 96 6-43 49 95 151 Totals, all Supply Authorities, 1935 .. .. 342,334 3,889 35,841 39,730 247,607 .. 53,635 42,860 15-66 17,200 27,458 1,003 1934 .. .. 334,593 3,378 32,713 36,081 225,240 .. 50,272 39,559 15-02 16,992 26,428 1,344* 1933 .. .. 322,997 2,198 31,525 33,998 .. .. 48,070 38,832 14-80 15,913 25.953 1,330* 1932 .. .. 309,360 2,054 29,919 31,973 .. .. 45,796 37,444 14-83 14,163 25,220 1,046* 1931 .. .. 300,809 1,838 27,642 29,480 .. .. 42,803 34,757 14-30 13,656 24,205 840 (1) Not yet actively functioning. (2) License delegated to Westland Power, Ltd. (S) No returns received. (4) Last year's figures. No returns received. (5) Estimated. No returns received. (6) Taken over by Hawke's Bay Power Board on 1st October, 1934. * Increase accounted for by improvement in collection of statistics.