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If the value of the proposed work is—
Under £50 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 5 0
Not more than £100 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 10 0
Over £100 and not more than £200 ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 15 0
Over £200 and not more than £300 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 0
Over £300 and not more than £400 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 5 0
Over £400 and not more than £500 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 10 0
Over £500 and not more than £600 ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 15 0
Over £600 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 0 0

The value of the proposed work shall in case of difference
of opinion be fixed by the Resident Officer.

Inner Area.

25. Description.—The inner area shall comprise the area
    bounded on the north by the Parade, on the east by Hinemaru
    Street, on the south by Amohau Street, and on the west by
    Ranolf Street, Arawa Street, and Rangiuru Street, and
    shall also include Blocks XLII and XLVII.

26. Walls and Party Walls.—(1.) No person shall hereafter
    construct, erect, or put up any wall in the inner area within
    6 ft. from the boundary of any adjoining land or from any
    other building, or construct, erect, or put up any party wall
    unless such wall or party wall be built wholly of stone or brick
    laid in lime or cement mortar or of concrete or ferro-concrete,
    extending to a height of 18 in. above the gutter or gable of
    the roof.

(2.) The width of footing for the foundation of such wall
or party wall shall be at least one-twelfth the height of the wall
and not less than 18 in.

(3.) The thickness of the wall, if in stone, brick, or con-
crete, shall be not less than one-twentieth part of the height
of the wall, with a minimum thickness of 9 in. or, if in ferro-
concrete, not less less than one twenty-fourth part of the height
of the wall, with a minimum of 7 in.; provided that, whichever
mode of construction is adopted, the upper 12 ft. need not
be more than 9 in. thick.

(4.) Such party walls shall only be pierced for doors, win-
dows, or other purposes with the written approval of the
Resident Officer.

(5.) No timber shall be carried into a brick, stone, or con-
crete wall or party wall more than half-way through the
thickness of such wall.

27. Lining or Piers to Walls.—No person shall line or
    thicken out any external wall or party wall which shall have
    been previously built, or add piers to any part thereof, unless
    the new work be thoroughly bonded into the old work to the
    satisfaction of the Resident Officer.

28. Hollow Walls.—No person shall build any hollow
    external or party wall, having an interior space between the
    inner and outer thickness of the brick, stone, or concrete
    work, unless such thickness shall be thoroughly tied with
    metal or other suitable ties placed at such distances apart
    as shall be approved by the Resident Officer; but the width
    of the cavity in the wall shall not be reckoned as part of the
    thickness hereinbefore required.

29. Definition of “Party Wall.”—For the purposes of the
    by-laws headed “Inner Area,” the expression “party wall”
    means,—

(1.) A wall forming part of a building and used or con-
structed to be used for separation of adjoining
buildings belonging to different owners, or occupied,
or constructed or adapted to be occupied, by dif-
ferent persons ; or

(2.) A wall forming part of a building, and standing to
a greater extent than the projection of the foot-
ings on lands of different owners.

PART XX.—PORTICOES AND VERANDAHS.

1. Model Plans.—(1.) No person shall erect any portico
   or verandah over any footway or public or private street
   except in accordance with the model plans and specifications
   prepared for the purposes of this Part of these by-laws.

(2.) No advertising-signs exceeding the dimensions shown
in this behalf in the model plans and specifications shall be
attached or suspended from any portico or verandah.

(3.) The said model plans and specifications shall be kept
in the office of the Resident Officer and shall be open to in-
spection by the public free of charge during office-hours.

2. Permit.—No person shall commence to erect any such
   portico or verandah without the written permit of the Resi-
   dent Officer first obtained.

3. Existing Structures.—Any verandah or portico now
   erected over any footway or public or private street which
   does not conform to these plans and specifications must be
   altered by the owner so as to conform therewith as required
   by the Resident Officer by written notice to such owner and
   within a time specified in such notice.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

PART XXI.—NATIVE VILLAGES.

1. Definition.—The Native villages shall be defined as
   follows :—
   Ohinemutu shall include that portion of the town lying
   between the Rotorua, Ohinemutu, Tauranga Road, the
   Utuhina Stream, and Lake Rotorua.
   Whakarewarewa shall include that portion of the town
   lying to the north and east of the Puarenga Stream.
   Tawera shall include the Native blocks of Tawera and
   Tawera East.

2. Native Houses.—All buildings erected in the Native
   villages shall be built in accordance with the Building By-laws.
   In the case of a Native house for which no special plan or
   specification is prepared, such house shall be built in accord-
   ance with standard plans and specifications, copies of which
   shall be supplied on application to the office of the Resident
   Officer at a charge of 5s. each.

3. Closets.—(1.) An earth or water closet, in accordance
   with these by-laws, shall be erected within 100 yards of
   every Native house: Provided that, where several houses
   are situated within a radius 100 yards from any such earth
   or water closet, the one closet may serve for several houses.

(2.) In the latter case the occupiers of the houses situated
within the 100-yards radius and not provided with a separate
closet shall be jointly and severally liable to see that the
closet is kept clean.

(3.) On breach of the last preceding paragraph the Depart-
ment may either proceed to recover penalties or may itself
cleanse the closet, and may recover from the said occupiers a
charge of 5s. for each such cleansing.

(4.) The said occupiers shall be jointly and severally liable
to make the said payment.

4. By-laws to apply generally to Native Villages — Save as
   provided in this Part of these by-laws the provisions of these
   by-laws generally shall apply to Native villages in like manner
   as to other premises.

PART XXII.—MISCELLANEOUS.

1. General Inspection Clause.—The Resident Officer, or any
   officer or servant of the Department authorised by him so
   to do, may at all reasonable times enter into and upon any
   land, building, or place for the purpose of inspecting any
   work, matter, or thing affected by any provision of any Part
   of these by-laws, or for any other purpose in connection with
   any of these by-laws.

2. Obstructing Department or Officer.—Every person who
   wilfully does any of the following things,—

(1.) Prevents the Department, or any officer or servant
thereof, or other person duly authorised or em-
ployed for the purpose of carrying out any pro-
vision of “The Rotorua Town Act, 1907,” “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,” or of any Act
whatever relating to local government or of any
regulation made under any such Act as aforesaid,
or any provision of these by-laws, from carrying
out such provision;

(2.) Obstructs or impedes the Department or any such
officer or person in carrying out any such pro-
vision ; or

(3.) Incites any other person so to do.—
is liable to a penalty not exceeding £10 for every such offence.

3. Destroying or Interfering with Notices.—Every person
   who wilfully—

(1.) Destroys, removes, pulls down, injures, or defaces
any board, placard, or notice set up, or made, or
published by the Department, or any officer
thereof, under any such Act, regulation, or by-law
as last aforesaid ; or

(2.) Incites any other person so to do,—
is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such offence.

4. Injuring Department's Property.—No person shall wilfully
   destroy or injure any property, building, structure, appliance,
   or thing belonging to the Department or under its control.

5. Occupiers refusing to disclose Owners.—(1.) If the occu-
   pier of any premises, when requested by any officer of the
   Department to state the name and address of the owner of
   such premises, refuses or wilfully omits to disclose or wilfully
   misstates the same, he shall be liable to a fine not exceed-
   ing £5.

(2.) Obstructing Work by Owner.—If the occupier of any
premises refuses or neglects to allow the owner thereof to
carry into effect with respect to such premises any provisions
of any of these by-laws, he shall be liable to a fine not exceed-
ing £5 for every day during the continuance of such refusal or
neglect; and the owner shall not be liable to any fine to
which he might otherwise have become liable by reason of
his default during the period proved by such owner of such
refusal or neglect by the occupier.