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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 21

vided, or, upon being notified by the Land Board to do so,
shall fail to enter into residence within one month after such
notification, the Land Board may direct that the tenancy,
lease, or certificate of title, as the case may be, shall be can-
celled, and upon such cancellation the dwelling shall there-
upon revert to the Crown.

16. Every tenant or lessee shall keep the dwelling occu-
    pied by him, including all buildings, fences, gates, and erec-
    tions, together with all drains, gutters, and channels, and
    the ground of the allotment upon which such dwelling is situ-
    ated, in good order and condition to the satisfaction of the
    Land Board, and shall so deliver up the same at the expira-
    tion or sooner determination of the term of his tenancy or
    lease, fair wear-and-tear and damage by fire, earthquake, and
    tempest excepted, and shall also from time to time permit
    any reasonable inspection of such dwelling to be made by or
    on behalf of the said Board.

17. The tenant or lessee of any dwelling shall not at any
    time do or permit to be done anything whereby the surface
    or continuity of the plaster or paper on any interior portion
    of such dwelling may be in any manner marked, broken,
    damaged, or destroyed; but this condition shall not prevent
    the tenant or lessee from hanging any pictures or other orna-
    ments or fittings on the walls in a proper and workmanlike
    manner.

18. The tenant, lessee, or owner of any dwelling shall not
    carry on, or permit to be carried on, in or upon any part of
    such dwelling any offensive trade, business, manufacture, or
    occupation, nor do nor permit to be done anything which may
    be or create a nuisance to the lessor or to any other tenant,
    lessee, owner, or occupier in the vicinity.

19. The tenant or lessee of any dwelling shall not remove
    any fittings from nor alter the construction of the dwelling,
    or any erections in or about the same, nor make any addition
    thereto, nor remove any gates, fences, or other fixtures of any
    kind whatever, without the written consent of the Land
    Board first had and obtained.

20. The holder of the lease of any dwelling shall, at least
    once in every year, or as often as may be required, have all
    chimneys that are in use in or about the dwelling properly
    swept and cleaned, and shall not allow the same to become
    choked or fouled.

21. The tenant or lessee of any dwelling shall keep all sinks,
    sumps, drains, closets, gutters, and channels of every kind
    in and about the dwelling properly repaired and cleaned, so
    as to permit of the free passage of water or drainage through
    the same, and shall not allow the same to become damaged,
    choked, or fouled, nor to create an overflow or nuisance in any
    manner whatever.

22. The lessee of any dwelling whereof the whole or any
    external parts are constructed of wood shall, at least once
    in every five years, or oftener, and either in whole or part, as
    may be directed by the Land Board, have the whole of the
    exterior portions of such wooden buildings or erections,
    including picket-fences, painted with at least two coats of
    good paint, and all nail-holes, cracks, and joints stopped with
    putty, in a proper and workmanlike manner, and with good
    materials, to the satisfaction of the Land Board. He shall
    also, when directed by the Land Board, have such interior
    portions of the dwelling, or other erections as may be in need
    thereof, cleaned, papered, distempered, whitewashed, var-
    nished, or otherwise renovated in such manner as may be
    directed, so as to keep the whole of the buildings and erections
    in good and tenantable condition and repair to the satis-
    faction of the Land Board.

23. The tenant or lessee of any dwelling shall keep the
    garden-ground of such dwelling properly tilled and cultivated,
    and shall not allow noxious weeds of any kind to grow or seed
    therein, and shall not cut down, destroy, or remove any
    ornamental or useful trees, shrubs, or plants therefrom, save
    with the written consent of the Land Board first had and
    obtained.

24. The tenant or lessee of any dwelling shall, at least once
    a year throughout the term of his tenancy or lease, and at
    the proper season of the year, properly cut and trim any live
    fences growing on the land at the commencement of the
    tenancy or lease, or subsequently planted thereon.

25. The tenant or lessee shall, whenever necessary, but not
    less than once a year during the term of his tenancy or lease,
    properly clean and clear from weeds, and shall at all times
    during the said term keep open all creeks, drains, ditches,
    and watercourses upon the land; and the Land Board,
    or any Crown Lands Ranger of the land district, or other
    person appointed by the said Board, shall have the power
    at any time to enter upon and make through the land any
    drain that the Board deems necessary, without payment of
    any compensation to the lessee.

26. The right is reserved to the Crown or to its delegated
    authority to take water-races and to lay water-pipes over any
    lands disposed of under the said Act or these regulations

without compensation; the rentals of the sections to be
reduced in proportion to the area taken when any such right
has been exercised.

27. In any case where the channel of any creek or natural
    or artificial water-race or watercourse runs on more sections
    than one, then each lessee on whose land any part of such
    channel runs shall have the right to the reasonable use and
    enjoyment of a reasonable proportion of the water that would
    flow in such channel if it were not stopped or diverted by any
    other lessee; and, for the purpose of securing such right as
    between the respective lessees, it is hereby declared that no
    lessee on whose land any portion of such channel runs shall
    at any time alter such portion, or stop or divert the water
    flowing therein, save to such extent as the Land Board deems
    reasonable, and the decision of the Land Board shall be final
    and conclusive.

28. In the event of the tenant or lessee at any time failing
    to comply with any of the conditions hereinbefore mentioned
    relating to the repairing, painting, or renovation in any
    manner of the exterior or interior of any building or erection,
    the cleaning or repairing of any chimney, drain, sink, sump,
    or other like portion or fitting of any dwelling, the trimming of
    fences, clearing of drains, ditches, and watercourses, or any
    other repairs or works for which such tenant or lessee may be
    liable, it shall be lawful for the Board to have such work
    done, and to recover the cost of the same from the tenant or
    lessee.

29. The Land Board, or other person authorised by such
    Board, shall have a free and unrestricted right, at all reason-
    able times, to enter upon any portion of the dwelling and view
    the condition and state of repair thereof.

30. The lessee of any dwelling, and the tenant under any
    weekly tenancy, shall pay all rates, taxes, and assessments
    levied on or payable in respect of his dwelling during the term
    of the lease.

31. In the event of the forfeiture or surrender of any
    tenancy or lease, the tenant or lessee shall be entitled to com-
    pensation for the then value, to be determined by an appraiser
    appointed by the Land Board, of any permanent improve-
    ments which, with the consent of the Land Board first obtained,
    have been effected or added to the dwelling by him during his
    tenancy or lease, less any moneys that may be due or owing by
    him either in respect of rent, insurance, rates, or on any
    other account whatever.

32. If and so often as the tenant or lessee makes default
    in the due and full payment of any rent under the tenancy or
    lease, or of any sum payable in respect of insurance or rates
    as aforesaid, or of any other moneys payable under the tenancy
    or lease, or in the faithful observance or performance of any
    other of the provisions of these regulations, or of the tenancy
    or lease, then, and in any such case, the Land Board may,
    without any previous or other notice or demand, forfeit the
    tenancy or lease; and in such case all his interest therein
    shall absolutely cease and determine, subject nevertheless to
    the provisions of clause 31 respecting valuation of improve-
    ments; but such forfeiture shall not affect any right or
    remedy on the part of His Majesty to recover from the tenant
    or lessee any money due to His Majesty, or release the tenant
    or lessee from any penalty or liability in respect to anything
    done or omitted to be done by him.

33. If the tenant, lessee, or owner of any dwelling shall
    commit, or suffer to be committed, upon any such part of such
    dwelling any nuisance of any kind, or shall be of bad character,
    or shall permit such dwelling to be frequented by persons of
    bad character, or shall be convicted of a crime, or shall in any
    way do or suffer to be done any act or thing which, in the
    opinion of the Land Board, shall be an annoyance to the
    lessor or to any other tenant, lessee, owner, or occupier in
    the vicinity, the Land Board may, by notice in writing served
    upon such tenant, lessee, or owner, forthwith cancel any such
    tenancy, lease, or title; and such dwelling shall thereupon
    revert to the Crown without any right to compensation on
    account of such cancellation accruing to such tenant, lessee,
    or owner.

34. If any owner of a worker’s dwelling shall fail to reside
    therein the Land Board may direct that the certificate of title
    shall be cancelled, and the District Land Registrar on receipt
    of such direction shall cancel such certificate accordingly,
    and the worker’s dwelling shall thereupon revest in the Crown.

35. Every agreement for a weekly tenancy under the Act
    shall be in the form or to the effect set forth in Form B in the
    Schedule hereto, and may contain such additional provisions
    not inconsistent with “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905,”
    or these regulations, as, with the approval of the Minister of
    Labour, the Land Board thinks fit.

36. There shall be payable in respect of every lease or cer-
    tificate of title under this Act for the preparation and regis-
    tration thereof a fee of £1 1s., and for the consent and regis-
    tration of any transfer or other disposition other than
    mortgage a like fee shall be paid. In respect of every