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(b) 110 k'V. Lines Otahuhu-Henderson.—A tentative location was made. Parts of this line go through), heavily built-up areas. Henderson-Maungatapere.—Construction camps have been erected at Kaukapakapa,. Wellsford, Mangapai, and Maungaturoto, and a start made with tree-cutting and access; roads. Steel is being sorted and stacked at Sylvia Park. Lichfield-Kinleith. —Detailed survey was completed. Khandallah - Central Park.—The transfer of the western circuit to the new doublecircuit towers was completed. Bunnythorpe-Ongarue. —The six towers required to deviate this line into NewBunny thorpe were erected. (c) 50 kV. Lines Maungatapere-Dargaville. —Plans have been made and structure positions pegged. Te Puke - Tauranga - Aongatete.—Detailed survey was completed and the construction*, of the Te Puke - Gate Pa section commenced. Waitomo-Marakopa.—Survey was commenced. Gisborne - Tokomaru Bay.—A camp was established at Tolaga Bay in September and a start was made on the location of the line. (d) General An 11 kV. line was surveyed from Maraetai to Waipapa. Work was continued on. the reticulation of the Mangakino and Whakamaru areas. 4. Communications The Maraetai Office was connected to the telephone. Three new telephone-huts were installed and a lateral line run to Waipapa. The reconstruction of the Woodville-Mangamaire circuit was completed and the thirty-line cordless switchboard at Tuai was installed. Detailed survey for twenty-seven milesof the Bunnythorpe-Whakamaru telephone-line was completed and plans drawn for fourteen miles. 5. General The 180 ft. high steel mast for the radio beacon at Wanganui was erected for the Ministry of Works. At the Napier Depot, previously known as the Taradale Road Depot, the carpenter's shop, a store, another cottage, pump-house, and timber-rack were completed.

SOUTH ISLAND SYSTEM A. SYSTEM OPERATION AND LOAD DESPATCH 1. Load The maximum half-hourly demand, on the combined interconnected system, which includes the Dunedin City Corporation plants and other auxiliaries, was 185,442 kW. between 11.30 a.m. and noon on Tuesday, 10th May, 1949, an increase of 11-6 per cent., on the previous year's peak of 166,188 kW. The total generation for the combined system based on provisional returns was--900,000,000 units, an increase of 9-9 per cent, on the previous year's output of 819,000,000units. The greatest weekly generation was 19,019,564 units (previous year, 16,976,973) during the week ended 7th August, 1949, and the highest daily generation was 2,944,040" units (previous year, 2,683,617) on Tuesday, 2nd August, 1949. Considerable difficulty was again experienced in obtaining adequate. coal suppliesfor auxiliary stations.

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