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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and make the following regulation in lieu thereof.

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REGULATION.

PAYMENTS FOR BUSHFELLING AND OTHER WORKS.

12. (1.) THE rates for felling, according to usual specifications, shall be fixed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, according to the nature of the bush, the locality, and ruling prices in the district: Provided that the cost per acre shall in no case exceed in bush land £1 10s. an acre for felling and 14s. an acre for grassing.

(2.) In open and fern land payments shall not exceed £2 an acre for clearing, ploughing, grassing, drainage-works, and fencing.

(3.) The expenditure shall not exceed on any one section more than £75 in any one season, and the total expenditure on any one holding must not in any case exceed £150, exclusive of the advance made for the house.

(4.) The Government does not bind itself to provide for continuous work for any person, nor will more than 100 acres of clearing be paid for in any one case.

(5.) Members must find their own tools, tents, and provisions, or, if provided by the Government, the cost shall be repaid out of the moneys payable for work done.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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By-laws for the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain.—
Notice No. 1495.

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ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of April, 1911.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE J. A. MILLAR PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain is subject to the provisions of the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), and it is expedient to make by-laws in respect to the management and control of that domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act and by section thirty-eight of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby revoke the regulations for the management and administration of the said Domain, dated respectively the fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and the twenty-first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and doth hereby make the following by-laws in lieu thereof:—

BY-LAWS.

1. In these by-laws “Director” means the Director of the Tourist and Health Resorts Division of the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists, and includes any person who may be acting for the Director; “Officer in Charge” means the person having the general charge and control (under the direction of the Director) of the domain; and “the domain” means the land described in the First Schedule hereto.

General.

2. The domain shall be open to the public between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10.30 p.m. daily free of charge, subject to the provisions of these by-laws: Provided that the Director may, if deemed expedient, declare the domain closed, and may direct that, at specified times, a charge be made for admission, such charge not to exceed the sum of 1s.

3. No person shall, without the authority of the Director or officer in charge, pick any flower, or break or destroy, injure, or remove any plant, shrub, or tree, growing in the domain; and if any person commits a breach of this by-law he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5, in addition to paying for the damage done.

4. No person shall place, deposit, or leave any bottle or glassware (whether broken or whole), paper, straw, litter, dirt, rubbish, or any offensive or noxious matter of any kind, within the domain.

5. No person shall wash any clothes in any thermal spring subject to these by-laws, or in any spring, stream, pool, water-race, channel, or reservoir within the domain, or place any soap, substance, article, or other thing therein.

6. (1.) No horse, dog, or other animal will be allowed inside the domain, except as hereinafter provided; and the owner of any horse, dog, or other animal shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for each time such horse, dog, or other animal trespasses or is allowed to trespass within the domain.

(2.) This by-law does not apply to horses drawing any carriage, nor to saddled horses, nor to dogs which are led by a cord or chain, passing through the domain.

7. No person shall ride a bicycle within the domain; and any person so doing shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.

8. No person shall trespass upon any portion of the domain within any enclosure which may be set apart for planting, or where the soil is loose, or upon grass kept cut for lawns or ornamental purposes. Any person infringing this by-law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1.

9. Every person using or passing through the domain, or any part thereof, shall conform to and abide by these by-laws; and if any person, while using or passing through the domain, or any portion thereof, commits any indecency or breach of the peace, or is guilty of any disorderly conduct, he shall be liable as for a breach of these by-laws.

Games.

10. The bowling-greens, croquet lawns, and tennis-courts shall be open to players during such months and for such hours as are fixed by the Director.

11. (1.) Charges shall be made for playing bowls, lawn tennis, croquet, and quoits as set forth in the Second Schedule hereto. No person shall be allowed to play without first obtaining a player’s ticket.

(2.) Any person who is a season-ticket holder shall be liable to have his ticket cancelled if he causes a breach of any of these by-laws.

12. All playing-fees shall be paid in advance, and a ticket obtained.

13. Season tickets shall be obtained at the ticket-office only, and must be submitted to the attendant for inspection on demand.

14. Single-game tickets shall be obtained from the attendant, and must be given up to him on demand.

15. Material for playing shall be obtained from the attendant, and players shall return it to him before leaving the domain: Provided that season-ticket holders shall furnish their own material.

16. Players shall not play more than one game or set when other persons desire to play.

17. Bowl-players shall deliver their bowls with both feet on a mat, and must not drop any bowl on the green.

18. Persons not engaged in the games shall not trespass on the bowling-greens, or croquet-lawns, or tennis-courts.

19. Persons wearing boots or shoes with nails or heels shall not be allowed on the bowling-greens, or croquet-lawns, or tennis-courts.

20. Any person behaving to the annoyance of others may be required by the officer in charge to leave the playing-grounds, and may be prohibited from again entering them.

21. The Government reserves the right to refuse to issue tickets to any person or persons. The officer in charge shall determine to whom tickets shall not be issued.

Reading-room and Library.

22. The reading-room and library shall be open to the public free of charge, during such hours as may be authorized by the Director.

23. The charges for subscribers to the library shall be as set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

24. A ticket shall be issued by the librarian to each subscriber on payment of the charges.

25. A subscriber, on receipt of a ticket, and on compliance with these by-laws, shall be entitled to have the use of a book for a period not exceeding ten days. A subscriber shall not remove a book from the library until an entry has been made in the register with respect thereto.

26. Any person may read in the reading-room, free of charge, any book, paper, or periodical in the reading-room or library.

27. No person other than a subscriber shall remove from the reading-room any book, paper, or periodical.

28. No person shall mark, mutilate, or damage, any book, paper, or magazine, or read any newspaper for longer than fifteen minutes; or talk or make any noise or disturbance, or smoke or expectorate within the reading-room or library.

29. No child under the age of twelve years shall enter or remain in the reading-room or library unless in charge of an adult person.