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36. Consignees shall be liable for all wharfage and other charges on all inward cargo. Shippers shall be liable for all wharfage and other charges on all outward cargo. All charges to be paid at the time of receiving or shipping.

37. If any person fails, or refuses, or neglects to do anything required by these by-laws to be done, observed, or performed, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined, required, or authorised to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited by these by-laws, every such person in each and every case so offending shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Directing certain Buildings to be an Institution for Inebriates.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Christchurch, this nineteenth day of April, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Inebriates Institutions Act, 1898,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may, so soon after the passing of the said Act as he shall see fit, and may from time to time, by Order in Council, which shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette, direct that any establishment, or any part of any establishment, or any other building the property of the Crown named in such order, shall be an institution for inebriates, and he may from time to time alter or revoke any such order: And whereas it is deemed expedient that the buildings hereinafter mentioned should be an institution for inebriates:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct that the buildings the property of the Crown situated on Sections Eight, Eleven, Fourteen, Sixteen, One of Eighteen, and Two of Eighteen, and part of Section Seven, Block One, North Harbour and Blueskin District, in the Provincial District of Otago, shall be an institution for inebriates within the meaning of the abovementioned Act.

A. M. SMITH,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Inebriates Institutions Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At Christchurch, this nineteenth day of April, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of “The Inebriates Institutions Act, 1898,” it is provided that the Governor in Council may from time to time make, alter, and repeal regulations, which shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette, for the management, supervision, inspection, and regulation of institutions for inebriates, and for the care, treatment, and release of, and for the discipline and conduct to be observed by, patients and residents therein, and for the fees payable by patients and residents therein, and generally for the better carrying out the purposes of the said Act as it affects the said institutions, and the officers, patients, and residents therein:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited powers, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby, for the purposes of the said Act, make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto, and declare that they shall apply to every institution for inebriates under the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—

“Inspector” means the person for the time being holding the office of Inspector of Lunatic Asylums:

“Institution” means an institution for inebriates under “The Inebriates Institutions Act, 1898”:

“Intoxicants” means alcoholic liquors of every kind, and includes drugs:

“Manager” means the lay officer for the time being in charge of an institution under the Superintendent:

“Minister” means the Minister in charge of hospitals:

“Superintendent” means the medical practitioner appointed by the Governor in Council to superintend, for the time being, an institution.

2. All patients, officials, and attendants of the institution shall strictly conform to the regulations, and obey the Superintendent’s directions.

3. No patient shall go outside the boundary of the grounds of the institution without the permission of the Superintendent.

4. Admission.—The manager shall, immediately on the admission of any person as a patient into the institution, make and sign an entry with respect to such patient in a book to be kept for the purpose, to be called the “Register of Admissions,” and within twenty-four hours after such admission shall transmit to the Inspector a notice of such admission, with a copy of the order and certificates on which the patient shall have been received.

5. Fees.—The ordinary scale of fees for the maintenance and treatment of inebriates shall in the case of each inebriate be not less than £1 10s. or more than £3 per week; and the Judge or Magistrate making the order of committal shall fix the rate of payment at such sum not outside the limits of the scale as he thinks reasonable, having regard to the inebriate’s ability to pay, and the general circumstances of the case. Where, however, the Judge or Magistrate is satisfied that the inebriate is unable to pay according to the aforesaid scale, the order may fix a lower rate of payment than that provided for by the scale, or may direct that no payment be made.

6. Letters, Stamps, and Money.—(1.) Every letter written by a patient addressed to any responsible Minister of the Crown, Judge of the Supreme Court, or Inspector shall be duly forwarded unopened.

(2.) Any letter written by a patient to any other person shall be similarly forwarded unless the Superintendent or manager prohibits the forwarding of such letter by indorsement under his hand on the letter to that effect, in which case the letter so indorsed shall be handed unopened to the Inspector when he next visits the institution, or, in case no such visit should be made within a week from the date of the letter being handed in, the manager shall forward such letter by post to the Inspector, who shall deal with it as he thinks fit.

(3.) All letters addressed to the patients shall be opened in the presence of the Superintendent or his deputy in such a manner as to show their contents.

(4.) Money or stamps coming in letters or parcels addressed to patients, or found upon their person or in their apartments, shall be taken charge of by the manager, and a receipt shall be given for the same, and all moneys or stamps so taken charge of shall be returned on discharge, or, in the case of death or insanity, shall be given to the legal representative of such patient.

(5.) No patient shall be allowed to have possession of money or stamps.

7. Parcels.—All parcels intended for the patients shall first be submitted to the manager for his examination.

8. Intoxicants, &c.—Without special written authority from the Superintendent, no patient or employee shall take any intoxicant, either in the form of drink or drugs, or enter any publichouse or other house where intoxicating liquors are sold. Any employee who permits intoxicants to be placed within reach of any patient under any pretext whatever, except when ordered by the Superintendent, shall be immediately suspended by the Superintendent, and, on conviction, dismissed. Tobacco shall only be used by patients as directed by the Superintendent.

9. Visits of Friends.—Patients may be visited by their relatives and friends on such days and hours in each week as the Superintendent appoints and the Minister approves; but it shall be competent for the Superintendent or manager to disallow such visits in any particular case.

10. Officers and other persons employed in or visiting the institution shall not carry any letter or message, or perform any errand, for patients without the sanction of the Superintendent or manager.

11. Recreation.—In order to render the restriction of liberty as little irksome as possible to the patients, recreations suited to their various tastes and needs are to be provided as far as practicable.

12. Leave of Absence.—Patients may be allowed to leave the institution occasionally in the charge of friends or attendants either to visit relatives or friends or to attend amusements, provided such treatment is considered beneficial and is sanctioned by the Superintendent.

13. Occupation and Work.—As it is now generally recognised that one of the most important elements in the treatment of inebriety is to build up in the patient a habit of regular and systematic occupation of his time in a useful way, it is specially enjoined upon the staff of the institution that no effort should be spared to induce patients to take an active part in carrying out the varied work of the institu-