1554
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Regulations for the Conservation and Use of the Rotorua Sanatorium, Baths, Thermal Springs, and Government Gardens and Playing-grounds.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section three hundred and twenty-nine of the Land Act, 1908, the Tourist and Health Resorts Control Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby revoke all regulations for the conservation and use of the Rotorua Sanatorium, baths, thermal springs, and grounds heretofore made or deemed to have been made under the authority of the said section, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the regulations set forth in the Second Schedule hereto in respect of the reserve described in the First Schedule hereto, and grounds pertaining to such reserve, which contain the thermal springs situate at Rotorua. These regulations shall come into force on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Rotorua Thermal-springs Reserve.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. THESE regulations apply to the Crown lands of Rotorua, in the Auckland Land District, which were within the area described in the Second Schedule hereto, including those planted and enclosed, and in which are situated the Rotorua Sanatorium and the thermal springs which supply the bathing-places known as the Rotorua Baths and Whakarewarewa Baths, and to the reserves made for recreation or other purposes in connection therewith.

Government Sanatorium.

2. Application for admission to the Sanatorium shall be made to the Government Balneologist, Rotorua, and each applicant shall be subject to examination by that officer before being admitted to the Sanatorium. The charges for residence at the Sanatorium and medical treatment shall be those set forth in the First Schedule hereto.

3. No person shall be admitted (unless in accordance with regulations 5 and 6) except on the recommendation of the Hospital Board of the district to which he or she belongs, or on the recommendation of the trustees of the benevolent society or hospital (if separate institutions) of the town in which the applicant resides.

4. The Board or trustees in making such recommendations shall guarantee the cost of such applicant patient, shall send him or her at their own charge to Rotorua, be responsible for his or her return passage, and provide a suitable supply of clothing. They shall also furnish a report on the case by a duly qualified medical practitioner, showing the nature of complaint, in order that it may be known whether the case is one that is likely to benefit by treatment at the Sanatorium.

5. Members of any duly registered friendly society may be admitted, on the recommendation of the lodge to which they belong, on the same terms as patients recommended by a Hospital Board, and regulation 4 shall be read as applying to them in all respects; provided that not more than six such members shall be resident in the Sanatorium at any one time, and that all the hospital beds are not required by patients admitted under regulation 3.

6. When all the beds are not occupied by patients admitted under regulations 3 and 5 the Balneologist may, at his discretion, admit such persons as he may consider fit and proper subjects for treatment in the Sanatorium.

7. Patients residing in the Government Sanatorium at Rotorua may, while so residing, and on production of a ticket from the Balneologist, be admitted free to such baths as he may direct.

8. Fees for consultations with the Balneologist or House Surgeon shall be as set forth in the First Schedule hereto.

9. The charge for mineral waters for drinking shall be as provided in the First Schedule hereto.

Government Baths and Treatments.

10. Hours of admission to baths shall be as authorized by the General Manager. Admission shall be obtained by ticket only, and each bather shall present his or her ticket to the bath attendant, who shall clip the ticket in the presence of the bather and retain it. The charges for tickets for admission to baths and for the use of towels and caps shall be those set forth in the First Schedule hereto.

11. Persons suffering from skin-diseases must not bathe in any baths or pools, nor use any towels, except those specially set apart for their use; any such persons must inform the ticket issuer, before taking the baths, of the fact that he or she is so suffering. Any person failing to furnish such information will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10.

12. No garment or clothing of any description shall be worn by any person whilst using any bath.

13. No person shall wash or place in any bath or swimming-pool subject to these regulations any clothes, soap, substance, article, or thing. Any person committing a breach of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

14. Except when otherwise provided, one towel will be supplied free to each bather using a bath.

15. 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 in any bathing-house, bath, or pool subject to these regulations.

16. No dogs shall be allowed on the premises of any bath or swimming-pool. The owner of any dog so found will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £1.

17. Every person using any bath or swimming-pool subject to these regulations shall conform to and abide by such regulations; and in case any such person shall while using any such bath or swimming-pool commit any indecency or breach of the peace, or be guilty of any disorderly conduct, or commit a breach of any of these regulations, the Balneologist, or any person duly authorized in writing by the Balneologist, may (without prejudice to any proceedings for a penalty) require any such person to abstain from doing any of the acts aforesaid and forthwith to leave, or in default thereof may eject or cause to be ejected such person from the premises subject to these regulations.

Government Gardens and Playing-grounds.

18. In the following clauses, where not inconsistent with the context,—

“Local Controlling Officer” means the Government Tourist Agent, Rotorua:

“Government Gardens” is that area of ground, hitherto known as Sanatorium Grounds, comprised in the Second Schedule hereto, bounded on the north and east by Lake Rotorua, and on the west by Hinemaru Street and Blocks 42 and 47, Borough of Rotorua:

“Hinemoa Drive” shall mean the main roadway commencing at the entrance gate at east end of Hinemoa Street, and thence past the front of the main bath building to its intersection with Queen’s Drive.

19. The grounds subject to these regulations shall be open to the public free of charge, subject to the provisions of these regulations; provided that the General Manager may, if deemed expedient, declare such grounds closed, and may direct that at specified times a charge be made for admission, such charge not to exceed the sum of 1s.

20. No person shall pick any flower or break or destroy or injure any plant, shrub, or tree growing on land subject to these regulations; and if any person shall commit a breach of this regulation he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5, in addition to paying for the damage done.

21. 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 said grounds or any part thereof, except in the receptacles provided for such matter.

22. No person shall wash or place in any thermal spring in lands subject to these regulations, or in any spring, geyser, or pool, or in any water-race, channel, or reservoir within the grounds, any clothes, soap, substance, article, or thing.

23. No horse, dog, or other animal will be allowed inside the grounds or any part thereof which are or is subject to these regulations; and the owner of any horse, dog, or other animal will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £1 for each time such horse, dog, or other animal trespasses or is allowed to trespass on the ground.

This regulation does not apply to horses drawing any carriage, nor to saddled horses, nor to dogs which are led by a cord or chain, passing into or through the said grounds.

24. Any person behaving to the annoyance of others shall be required by the head gardener, or any officer having control of the said grounds, to leave such grounds, and may be prohibited from again entering them.

25. No person shall trespass upon any portion of the reserve within any enclosure which may be set apart for planting, or where the soil is loose, or upon grass kept cut for lawns, playing-greens, or ornamental purposes.

26. Motor-cars, motor-cycles, bicycles, and vehicles of any description other than wheeled chairs, perambulators, or go-carts entering the Government Gardens must keep to the Queen’s Drive and Hinemoa Drive. Any such vehicle shall not be driven or propelled in the Government Gardens at a greater speed than eight miles per hour.