AUCKLAND MUNICIPAL HANDBOOK
units were supplied for lighting and the balance for power.
The total revenue for the same year was £108,734, the working expenses £67,932, and the profit for the year's operation £17,080.
A Power Board has been formed under legislation of 1921 to control the electric supply of the whole Auckland isthmus. The City Council and the representatives of all the other authorities concerned signed an agreement, by which the City sold the whole of its electrical undertaking to the Board, and this was validated by Parliament.
The first Auckland Electric Power Board elections were held on February 28, 1922, and the first meeting of the Board took place in the Auckland City Council Chamber on March 16th, when Mr. W. J. Holdsworth was elected chairman.
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