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Table VIII. —Electric-power Districts of New Zealand as constituted at 31st March, 1936.

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Value of Rateable Property. , . aw„i Total Votes cast for wwtwHm. Proclamation Approximate Area. Population. —— — ; Valuation Basis . i°!™» Loan Polls. JNnmDer of Board. cSSS?L ZSSS. | S l2L gazetted. — — purposes. authorized. payers. District. Outer Area. District. Outer Area. District. District. Outer Area. For. Against. i Number, Sq. Miles. Sq. Maes. Number. Number. £ £ £ £ Number. Number. 1. Ashburton .. .. 17/11/21 12 1,193 1,271 18,870 501 11,500,000 8,314,594 700,000 Capital .. .. 411,150 ! 2,999 706 4,175 f 1/4/22^ 7/9/22 2. Auckland .. ..J 12 325 .. 225,000 .. 78,840,179 50,491,865 .. Capital .. .. 2,542,500 11,004 1,367 35,000 15/7/25 12/11/25 L. 29/7 /26^ 3. Banks Peninsula .. .. {24/1I/21} 7 387 •• 4 > 050 •• 3,757,770 3,545,448 • .. Capital .. .. 114,680 658 113 1,081 4. Bay of Plenty .. .. 20/8/25 8 536 2,678 10,355 1,815 1,497,032 1,497,032 188,502 Unimproved .. 206,000 654 153 2,294 5. Buller(l) .. .. .. 11/5/22 5 1,987 .. 9,197 .. 696,374 696,374 .. Unimproved .. Poll not yet taken. 6. Cambridge .. / 8 137 .. 6,000 .. 2,559,567 1,550,262 .. Capital .. .. 122,835 749 123 1,600 L o/y/zdj f19/10/22 1 7. Central Hawke's Bay .. 7/4/27 y 9 1,300 .. 10,490 .. 5,589,823 5,589,823 .. Unimproved .. 150,000 543 41 2,717 L 28/8/30 J f 8/7/20*1 7/9/22 I 6/3/24 I 8. Central Waikato .. ..J V/V/ot !- H 985 155 19,100 N.A. 8,824,339 4,663,847 N.A. Capital .. .. 419,000 2,004 168 4,500 I 8/1/25 I 3/12/25 3/9/27 I 27/3/30 9. Dannevirke .. .. 11/8/21 10 578 118 12,188 426 3,582,183 3,582,183 466,663 Unimproved .. 224,000 1,587 330 4,452 f 2/10/241 10. Franklin .. .. ■■ i 28/7/27 9 628 58 16,770 435 7,761,397 4,926,883 111,365 Capital .. .. 329,820 2,471 478 4,352 1.31 10 29 J 11. Golden Bay .. .. 18/6/25 ; 5 51 967 1,400 1,950 465,514 248,871 318,313 Capital .. .. 28,000 393 98 391 12. Grey .. .. .. 26/10/22 9 702 810 14,320 768 2,453,941 650,091 117,700 Capital .. .. 315,385 3,095 884 3.293 f 19/6/24 ~j i 13. Hawke's Bay .. .. -j VfJJil, I ! 9 1,680 2 45,123 1,142 9,541,249f 9,541,249 124,319 Unimproved .. 429,000 681 68 10,099 , 7/4/27 f I 28/8/30 I 14. Horowhenua .. .. 1/12/21 9 600 .. 17,200 .. 6,898,987* 3,403,255 .. Capital ... .. 260,000 973 26 3,780(3) 15. Hutt Valley .. 11 330 " 45,670 .. 5,386,273 5,386,273 .. Unimproved .. 390.000 2,333 343 12,044 I | ' | ~ : ' (For notes see p. 87).