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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Tendent or aforesaid officer, who shall pay them to the transferor after deducting therefrom any moneys properly due by the transferor to the Board.

(d.) Should the Board approve any lease, mortgage, or other disposition of part of the purchaser's interest in a dwelling, a certificate of such approval shall be endorsed by the Superintendent on the original memorandum of agreement in such form and on such terms as the Board may think fit.

(e.) Should the Board decline any such application the sum of £2, or such part of it as the Board may think fit, may be refunded to the applicants.

18. On the termination of the tenancy of a dwelling the Board may in its discretion pay to the outgoing tenant by way of compensation for such improvements as he may have effected at his own expense a sum not exceeding in the opinion of the Board the increase in the value of the dwelling for the purposes of the Act caused by such improvements.

19. (a.) Every application for a loan under section 23 of the Act shall be in the form H. 108 in the Schedule hereto.

(b.) Should the Board approve such application the purchaser shall enter into an agreement with the Board in respect of the loan.

(c.) Every such agreement shall be in the form H. 109 in the Schedule hereto, and shall contain such further and other terms and conditions regarding the loan as may be agreed on.

(d.) All moneys so advanced shall, together with interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum, be repaid in instalments extending over such period as the Superintendent may determine, provided that the period of repayment shall not exceed the remaining portion of the original term of the agreement.

(e.) At the end of every period of six months (the first of which shall commence on the date of the first payment of the moneys so advanced) any purchaser who has paid all instalments of principal and interest payable in respect of that period on or before the due date of payment, or within seven days after the due date, and who is not in arrears with any other payment due by him to the Board, shall be entitled to a refund of one-twelfth part of the amount so paid by him as interest.

20. Any member of the Board and any officer of the Labour Department duly authorized by the Superintendent shall at all reasonable times be entitled to inspect any dwelling.

SCHEDULE.

Form H. 101.

(This form when filled in should be handed to the nearest local officer of the Department of Labour, who will give the applicant a receipt for the sum of £1 paid.)

FORM OF APPLICATION TO PURCHASE A DWELLING.*

*If the applicant desires to rent instead of to purchase a dwelling, he should make the necessary alterations in this form.

(Under the Housing Act, 1919.)

To the Housing Superintendent, Wellington.

I. [Name in full], hereby apply to the Housing Board to purchase a dwelling under the terms, conditions, and provisions contained in the above-mentioned Act and the regulations thereunder.

I enclose the sum of one pound (£1), being part-payment of the deposit required under the above-mentioned Act.

I have signed the statutory declaration at the end of this form in accordance with the regulations under the abovementioned Act.

SCHEDULE.

Site:-

(1.) Locality desired:

(2.) Particular section desired (if any):

(3.) Approximate size of section:

Dwelling:-

(4.) Number of rooms:

(5.) Kind of dwelling desired (if a departmental plan is selected, quote its number):

(6.) Any other particulars concerning land or dwelling that applicant wishes to submit:

Applicant:-

(7.) Age of applicant (in years):

(8.) State whether married, single, widow, or widower:

(9.) (a.) Children under sixteen years of age:-

Name. Age.

(b.) Other dependants (if any):-

Name. Relationship. Extent of Dependency.

(10.) Name and address of present employer (if any):

(11.) Income of husband, viz.,-

At Time of Application during (per Week). Past Year. £ s. d. £ s. d.

(a) Ordinary wages (excluding overtime)..

(b.) Overtime..

(c.) Other income [Describe source of income and amount]

Total

(12.) Income (if any) of wife, viz.,-

(a.) Ordinary wages (excluding overtime)..

(b.) Overtime..

(c.) Other income [Describe source of income and amount]

Total

(13.) State whether any provision is made, such as membership of a friendly society, to enable applicant to meet payments in the event of unemployment due to sickness.

[Signature of applicant.] Date: [Address of applicant.]

NOTE.--Each application will, as soon as practicable after receipt, be considered by the Housing Board, which will provisionally approve of the applicant if satisfied that he is qualified under the Act, is of good character, and able to carry out the obligations of a purchaser of a worker's dwelling.

STATUTORY DECLARATION.

I, [Name in full], of [Address in full], [Nature of occupation] by occupation, do solemnly and sincerely declare, for the purposes of the Housing Act, 1919, that the particulars contained in the above application are to the best of my knowledge true and correct in every particular; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

[Signature of Declarant.]

Declared at this day of , 192 , before me--- , Justice of the Peace [or Solicitor of the Supreme Court].

Form H. 102.

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE A DWELLING.

(Under Section 15 of the Housing Act, 1919.)

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT, made the day of , 19 , between the Housing Superintendent (hereinafter called "the Superintendent") on behalf of His Majesty the King, of the one part, and [Name in full], of [Address and occupation] (hereinafter called "the purchaser"), of the other part, whereby it is agreed by and between the parties hereto as follows :-

1. That the Superintendent agrees to sell, and the purchaser agrees to purchase, the land and dwelling described in the Schedule hereto for the price or sum of £

2. That the sum of £ having been paid by way of deposit at or before the execution of this agreement, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the purchaser shall pay to the Superintendent aforesaid the remainder of the said sum, together with interest thereon at the rate of five pounds per centum per annum, by instalments of (consisting partly of principal and partly of interest) extending over a period of years, the first of which instalments shall be payable by the purchaser as from the day of , 192 . Such payments shall be made at such place as the Superintendent may from time to time direct.

3. That the purchaser shall in addition pay to the Superintendent with such instalments the amount of premium required by the Superintendent from time to time to insure the said dwelling against loss by fire, earthquake, flood, tempest, or other cause, and, if required by the Superintendent, the amount of rates levied by the local authority from time to time.

4. That if the purchaser falls into arrear with any payment due by him in respect of his dwelling the Superintendent may give him notice in writing that interest at the rate of 6 per centum per annum will be charged on all such arrears, and such interest shall thereupon be payable in accordance with the notice as from the date payment of the amount in arrear was due.

5. That the purchaser shall be deemed to have entered into possession as from the day of , 192 .