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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(f.) Four or more lights shall be fixed between wharf and ship’s side between sunset and sunrise.
(g.) All portholes, pipes, scuttles, and holes in the ships’ sides shall be closed between sunset and sunrise to prevent ingress or egress of rats.
(h.) No other ship or boat shall be allowed alongside without special permission in writing of the Health Officer. The master and owner of the ship will be held responsible for any breach of this regulation.
(i.) No rags, old clothes, bedding, or material of any kind belonging to the ship, officers, or crew shall be landed other than for the purpose of destruction or disinfection, and then only with the consent of the Health Officer. Any other material being the property of passengers shall be submitted to such processes of disinfection as described in subsection (e) of Regulation 12 of these regulations, or to such treatment as the Health Officer may see fit to order.
(j.) The bilges, &c., shall be thoroughly disinfected to the satisfaction of the Health Officer.
(k.) All rats shall be killed and their bodies burned.
(l.) All fresh-water tanks shall be emptied and properly disinfected before a new supply is taken on board.

MISCELLANEOUS.

15. No ship shall be admitted to pratique between the hours of sunset and sunrise, unless under such circumstances that shall, in the opinion of the Chief Health Officer, be deemed exceptional.

16. In the event of a ship from an infected port arriving in New Zealand waters, the passengers and crew to be inspected shall, if so ordered by the Health Officer, remove their clothes to facilitate the examination of the inguinal, axillary, and cervical glands. To this end specially instructed female Inspectors shall be employed, who shall report any suspicious case to the Health Officer.*

17. Any person who commits a breach of or fails to comply with any of the foregoing regulations shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding £100.

*Note for Health Officers.—The attention of Health Officers is particularly drawn to,—
(1.) The possibility and danger of “ambulant” cases of plague or Peste Minor;
(2.) The pneumonic type of plague. The sputa of all persons with pulmonary symptoms, whether with or without glandular enlargement, should be subjected to bacteriological examination.
(3.) In suspected cases the sputum and contents of glands should be sent to the District Health Officer for examination.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Order to perform Quarantine.

Port of

To
, Master of the “
.”

PURSUANT to the power conferred by “The Public Health Act, 1900,” I hereby order the “
” into quarantine, upon the ground* [State the ground].

Given under my hand, this

day of
, 19
, Health Officer.

*(1) That such vessel has touched at an infected place—to wit,
; or (2) that such vessel brings passengers or goods from an infected place—to wit,
; or (3) that danger to the public health is apprehended from the immediate admission of such vessel to entry.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Discharge from Quarantine. (Pratique.)

(“The Public Health Act, 1900,” sections 116 and 128.)

I HEREBY certify that the
ship “
”,
Master,* (a) is not, in my opinion, liable to perform quarantine, [or (b) has duly performed quarantine].

Given under my hand, this

day of
, 19
, Health Officer.

• Strike out one or other of these lines according to the circumstances of the case. In all cases under (b) the certificate must be given by the Health Officer who superintended the performance of the quarantine. (See section 128 of the Act.)

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Public Health.

Regulations under “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act as hereinafter set forth, namely:—

REGULATIONS.

Financial Adjustments.

1. WHENEVER, upon the constitution of a new borough, or any alteration of the boundaries of an existing borough, agreements for financial and other adjustments are required to be made as specified in section 183 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” such agreements shall respectively be made and executed within three calendar months from the date of constitution of the new borough or date of alteration of boundaries respectively, as the case may be.

2. All such agreements shall provide, inter alia, for the following matters:—

(a.) What part of the real and personal property of the local authority or local authorities directly affected by such constitution or alteration shall respectively become the property of the new borough or other authority acquiring the severed area, as the case may be.

(b.) What part of the rates payable to the existing local authority or local authorities from which such new borough or added area has been taken shall be deemed payable to such new borough or other authority acquiring such severed area respectively.

(c.) What part of the debts, liabilities, or engagements of such existing local authority or local authorities, whether absolute and outstanding at the date of such severance or then contingent or prospective (if the same be capable of extinction), shall be liabilities or engagements of such new borough or other local authority acquiring such severed area respectively.

(d.) What part of the interest and sinking fund of any loan raised by such existing local authority or local authorities shall be payable by the new borough or other local authority acquiring such severed area respectively.

3. If no such agreements as aforesaid be made within the said period of three calendar months, then, upon the written application of either of the local authorities directly affected by such constitution or alteration, the Governor shall appoint a person or persons to hold an inquiry and make an award as to the several matters mentioned in regulation two hereof. All applications under this regulation shall be addressed to the Colonial Secretary.

4. Any such award may provide for all or any of the matters mentioned in regulation two, and may declare in whom any property shall be vested, and for what estate, and by whom any moneys shall be paid, or other acts and things done (including the payment by either party of the whole or any part of the costs and expenses of such inquiry), and generally may give such directions as may be necessary for giving full effect to these regulations.

Every such award shall be final and conclusive as between the parties.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two.

J. G. WARD.

Regulations under “The Money-lenders Act, 1901.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Money-lenders Act, 1901,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act:—

REGULATIONS.

1. Application for registration as a money-lender shall be in writing in the Form A in the Schedule hereto, and be signed by the applicant.

2. The application shall be lodged with the Clerk of the Magistrate’s Court nearest to the applicant’s principal place of business in the colony.

3. If the applicant carries on business at more than one address, every such address shall be stated, and a certified copy of the certificate of registration shall be kept and exhibited at each address other than the principal office of the applicant.

4. Where the business is carried on by a firm or partnership the names, addresses, and occupations of all the partners shall be stated in the application and entered on the Register.

5. Where the business is carried on by a society or corporate body the application shall be signed by the secretary or other person duly appointed or authorised in writing for the purpose.