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for this purpose the aperture of the seat shall be provided with
a cover which must be in place when the privy is not in use.

45. The pit of every pit privy shall be covered in with clean
    earth before the fæcal matter therein rises to within 12in.
    of the surface of the ground, and the privy shall be thereafter
    moved.

(G.) INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

46. Where the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of
    Maori Hygiene notifies that an infectious disease exists in
    a village or district, no hui, gathering, or tangi shall be held
    until such time as the village or district is declared clean of the
    disease.

47. Where an infectious disease has been notified in a village
    or district, the Committee shall render every possible assistance
    to Native-school teachers, Native nurses, sanitary inspectors,
    medical officers, or health officers in the early tracing of cases
    of sickness in the village or district. The Committee shall
    make it as widely known as possible that such an infectious
    disease exists. Any person, after receiving such notice, who
    does not notify cases of sickness existing in a house or camp
    owned or occupied by him shall be deemed guilty of an offence.

48. No person suffering or suspected to be suffering from
    an infectious disease shall travel or be removed to other
    dwellinghouses or camps already occupied, unless to a hospital,
    without the consent of a nurse, sanitary inspector, or medical
    officer.

49. Where so directed by a sanitary inspector, Native nurse,
    or qualified medical practitioner, no person living in a house,
    building, or camp where infectious disease exists shall travel
    about to other occupied houses or districts unless he possesses
    a certificate from a qualified medical practitioner that he is
    free from infection.

50. Any person, not acting under the instructions of a
    qualified medical practitioner or an official of the Department
    of Health, who treats cases of sickness other than in his own
    immediate family, or allows cases of sickness to collect in a
    house or camp owned or occupied by him, shall be deemed
    guilty of an offence.

51. No clothing, blankets, or domestic utensils shall be
    removed for further use from a house in which infectious
    disease exists or has existed until such material has been
    properly disinfected by a Native nurse, sanitary inspector,
    or under the orders of a qualified medical practitioner.

52. Any person infringing any of by-laws 45, 46, 48, and
    50 shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for each
    offence, and of by-law 49 not exceeding £25.

(H.) TANGIS, HUIS, AND GATHERINGS.

53. The Committee of the village or district where a tangi,
    hui, or gathering is held shall be responsible for the proper
    regulation of such tangi, hui, or gathering from a sanitary
    standpoint.

54. The Committee shall take steps to ensure that proper
    precautions are carried out with regard to cleanliness, ventilation, and overcrowding of meeting-houses, cleanliness of
    the marae and cooking-houses, and the proper disposal of
    refuse and rubbish.

55. The Committee shall take steps to ensure that sufficient
    privy accommodation to the satisfaction of the Medical
    Officer of Health or Director of Maori Hygiene is provided
    separate for each sex, and that such privies are kept in a clean
    and sanitary condition.

56. The Committee shall take steps to prevent the fouling
    of water-supplies.

57. The Committee shall take steps to prevent any tangi,
    hui, or gathering being so unduly prolonged as to be a menace
    to public health.

58. The Committee shall prevent any acute cases of sickness remaining in a meeting-house, and shall insist on their
    being removed to a detached dwellinghouse, tent, or to their
    own homes.

59. Any person depositing excreta or urine within a Maori
    kainga at other than places appointed shall be guilty of an
    offence, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 10s. for
    each offence.

60. The Committee may appoint a sanitary squad to carry
    out the provisions of this section. Where any expense is
    incurred, it shall be a charge upon the funds of the tangi,
    hui, or gathering, or may be raised as a levy or contribution,
    as the Committee may deem fit.

61. Where there is no duly constituted Health Committee
    in a village where the tangi, hui, or gathering is held, the
    relatives of the deceased or the promoters of the hui or gathering shall be held responsible for the carrying-out of the
    clauses of this section.

(I.) WATER-SUPPLIES.

62. The Council shall make such by-laws regarding water-
    supplies to suit the particular circumstances of their district
    as the Medical Officer of Health or the Director of Maori
    Hygiene approve.

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(J.) DRUNKENNESS.

63. (1.) No alcoholic liquor shall at any time be supplied,
    drunk, or brought to any Maori kainga.

(2.) Where a public meeting is held by invitation, the
person or persons issuing such invitation shall be jointly and
severally liable, if he or they supply or cause to be supplied
any alcoholic liquor to the visitors, or any of them, or to any
person whatsoever attending such a meeting, to a fine not
exceeding £5.

(3.) Any person found drunk at any kainga or Maori meeting shall be liable to a fine of not less than 5s. and not exceeding £1.

(4.) Any person shall be guilty of an offence who—
(1.) Being drunk or under the influence of liquor, enters a
meeting-house or a church or some other public
building within a Maori kainga;
(2.) Takes any alcoholic liquor into a Maori kainga;
(3.) Drinks or causes anyone else to drink any alcoholic
liquor in any meeting-house, church, or public
building.

And such person shall be liable to a fine of not less than
5s. and not exceeding £1 for a first offence, and not exceeding
£2 for every subsequent offence.

(K.) HAWKERS.

64. The following by-laws shall apply to Indian, Assyrian,
    and other hawkers selling their goods in the Maori kaingas
    within the district, that is to say:-

(1.) Such persons shall have a license from the Council
before he may sell his goods within the kaingas of
the district.

(2.) The license in the Form B in the Schedule hereto shall
have force throughout the whole of the district, and
the fee therefor shall be £2.

(3.) The Chairman or Clerk of the Council, or a member of
the Council duly authorized by the Council in that
behalf, is empowered to issue such licenses.

(4.) All fees paid for licenses shall be forwarded to the
office of the Council.

(5.) Any person hawking goods without a license within
any Maori kainga in the district shall be liable to a
fine not exceeding £5.

A special license may be issued by the Chairman or Clerk
or any member of the Council, or by the Chairman of the
Village Committee of a kainga where any hui or gathering is
held, to any person desirous of hawking and selling goods at
such hui or gathering on payment of 10s., or for any other
kind of sale 5s. Such license shall be in force only while
such hui or gathering lasts, and no longer. Any person
hawking or selling goods at such hui or gathering without a
special license, or without a license as provided in the foregoing by-laws, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

(L.) SMOKING.

65. Every person, whether European or Maori, who sells,
    gives, or supplies any cigarette, tobacco, or torori to any
    Maori youth under the age of fifteen years shall be deemed
    guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding
    £5.

Every Maori youth under the age of fifteen years who smokes
tobacco, torori, or cigarettes, or any part of a cigarette, shall
be deemed to be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable for
the first offence to a fine not exceeding 5s., for the second
offence to a fine not exceeding 10s., and for a third or subsequent offence to a fine of £1.

(M.) GAMBLING.

66. Any person, whether Maori or otherwise, desirous of
    establishing a billiard-room in any kainga, village, or pa, and
    any Maori desirous of establishing a billiard-room at any
    other place within the district, except townships (but not
    Maori lots within a Native township) and European settlements, shall first obtain a license from the Council, which
    may be granted subject to the following terms and conditions:

(1.) Such license shall be in Form C in the Schedule hereto.
(2.) The fee for such license shall be £10.
(3.) Such license shall remain in force for twelve months
from the date thereof, unless sooner revoked by the
Council as hereinafter provided.
(4.) All billiard-rooms shall be properly ventilated, and
shall at all times be kept clean and in good order.
(5.) All billiard-rooms shall remain open on week-days only,
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 10 p.m. Any
person committing a breach of this by-law shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence,
not exceeding £2 for the second offence, and for a
subsequent offence shall be liable to have his license
revoked.
(6.) No Maori youth under the age of fifteen shall be permitted to play billiards on such licensed premises,