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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

(5.) Any person hawking goods without license within
Maori kaingas in the district shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding five pounds.

30. A special license may be issued by the Chairman or
    Clerk or any member of the Council, or by the Chairman of
    the Village Committee of a kainga where any hui or gather-
    ing is held, to any person desirous of hawking and selling
    goods at such hui or gathering, on payment of a fee of one
    pound. Such license shall be in force only while such hui
    or gathering lasts, and no longer. Any person hawking and
    selling goods at such hui or gathering without special license,
    or a license as provided in the foregoing by-laws, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

(H.) Smoking.
(Section 16, Subsection 14.)

31. Every person, whether European or Maori, who sells,
    gives, or supplies any cigarette, tobacco, or torori to any
    Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall be deemed
    guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds.

32. Every Maori youth under the age of fifteen years who
    smokes tobacco, torori, or a cigarette, or any part of a cigar-
    ette, shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and shall be
    liable for the first offence to a penalty not exceeding five
    shillings, for the second offence to a penalty not exceeding
    ten shillings, and for a third or subsequent offence to a
    penalty of one pound.

(J.) Gambling.
(Section 16, Subsection 15.)

33. Any person, whether Maori or otherwise, desirous of
    establishing a billiard-room in any kainga, village, or pa, and
    any Maori desirous of establishing a billiard-room at any other
    place within the district, except townships (but not Maori
    lots within a Native township) and European settlements,
    shall first obtain a license from the Council, which may be
    granted subject to the following terms and conditions:—
    (a.) Such license shall be in Form E in the Schedule
    hereto.
    (b.) The fee for such license shall be ten pounds.
    (c.) Such license shall remain in force for twelve months
    from the date thereof (unless sooner revoked by
    the Council as hereinafter provided).
    (d.) All billiard-rooms shall be properly ventilated, and
    shall at all times be kept clean and in good order.
    (e.) All billiard-rooms shall remain open on week-days,
    and only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m.
    Any person committing a breach of this by-law
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one
    pound for the first offence, not exceeding two
    pounds for the second offence, and for a sub-
    sequent offence shall be liable to have his license
    revoked.
    (f.) No Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall
    be permitted to play billiards on such licensed
    premises, and, if discovered playing therein, the
    licensee or the person for the time being in charge
    of the premises shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds for the first offence, and for
    a second offence the Council may revoke the
    license.
    (g.) Renewal of license must be applied for before the
    expiry of the term for which a license has been
    granted.

34. Any Maori youth under the age of fifteen years found
    playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding five shillings for the first offence, not
    exceeding ten shillings for the second offence, and for a third
    or subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding one pound.

35. Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table
    in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such a room or
    table at any other place within the district except townships
    (but not Maori lots within a Native township) and European
    settlements, without license from the Council, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

36. Any person found playing for money, whether by cards
    or any other game, within the precincts of any kainga, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for the first
    offence, not exceeding one pound for the second offence, and
    not exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence.

37. Any owner or occupier of any house or premises situate
    in any Maori kainga who shall permit or allow gambling or
    playing for money (other than billiards in duly licensed pre-
    mises) in such house or upon such premises shall be liable to
    a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for the first offence,
    not exceeding one pound for the second offence, and not
    exceeding two pounds for every subsequent offence: Provided
    that in the event of any owner being absent when an offence
    as aforesaid is committed such owner shall not be liable.

Village Committees.

38. The Council may delegate all or any of its powers
    under the foregoing by-laws to the Village Committee, and
    such Committee shall thereupon have full authority to
    exercise such powers within its kainga.

39. The Village Committee may impose a fine or a
    penalty for the breach of a by-law, but if the same is not
    paid within a specified time the Chairman of the Committee
    shall thereupon report such breach and all the circum-
    stances of the case, and the failure to pay the fine or penalty
    imposed, to the Chairman of the Council.

THE SCHEDULE.

Form A.
(By-laws Nos. 5 and 6.)

To [Name],
[Address].

GREETING. You are requested to construct a raised wooden
floor for your house within __ days after the service of
this notice upon you, to the satisfaction of the Council [or
Village Committee] or its authorised agent. And you are
warned that if after service of this notice upon you you
refuse or neglect within the time above specified to comply
with the said notice you will be liable to a fine not exceed-
ing £1.

Dated the __ day of __, 19.
[Seal.] , Chairman [or Clerk] of __ Council
[or Village Committee].

Form B.
(By-law No. 7.)

To [Name],
[Address].

GREETING. You are requested to construct or provide a
couch or raised bedstead at least 1 ft. above the ground for
your house within __ days after service of this notice
upon you. And you are warned that if you refuse or neglect
within the time above specified to comply with this notice
you will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £1.

Dated the __ day of __, 19.
[Seal.] , Chairman [or Clerk] of __ Council
[or Village Committee].

Form C.
(By-law No. 8.)

To [Name],
[Address].

GREETING. You are requested to cleanse or cause your
house to be cleansed within __ days after service
of this notice upon you. And you are warned that if
after such service you refuse or neglect within the time
specified to comply with this notice you will be liable to a
penalty not exceeding £1.

Dated the __ day of __, 19.
[Seal.] , Chairman [or Clerk] of __ Council
[or Village Committee].

Form D.
(By-law No. 29.)

HAWKER LICENSE.

Know all men that __, a hawker, is duly licensed to
vend his goods in the kaingas of the Ngatiwhatua District
for one year from the date hereof.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council of
the Maori District, the
[Seal.] day of __, one thousand nine hun-
dred and __.
, Chairman [or Clerk] of the Council.

Form E.
(By-law No. 33.)

Know all men that __, of __, is duly licensed to
keep a billiard-room at __ for twelve months from the
date hereof, subject to the provisions of the by-laws of the
Council.

Given under the seal of the Maori Council for
Maori District, this __ day
[Seal.] of __, one thousand nine hundred
and __.

The above by-laws were passed at a meeting of the Maori
Council for the Rongokako Maori District held at Greytown,
on the 3rd day of December, 1901; and are given under the
seal of the said Council.

(L.S.) APORO H. KUMEROA,
Chairman.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Go-
vernor, this eighteenth day of February, one
thousand nine hundred and two.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.