APRIL 2.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
977

(2.) Any person responsible for a burial who neglects to complete
the same within twenty-four hours of death, or who uses a grave less
than 4 ft. in depth, is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

LATRINES.

22. Every District Council is hereby empowered to require for
    each village with its district the construction and maintenance of
    latrines to the number which such Council shall decide, or which the
    Chief Medical Officer shall specify.

23. Every matai who being required by a District Council to provide and maintain a latrine fails, without reasonable cause, to do so
    is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

24. (1.) Every pit privy shall be so constructed as to prevent the access of flies to the pit, and the aperture thereof shall be provided with a cover, which shall be kept in place when the privy is not in use.

(2.) No pit privy shall be constructed or allowed to remain within 20 yards of any Samoan house or other building or within 50 yards of any well, stream, or spring of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic purposes or otherwise in such a position as to render any such well, stream, or spring liable to pollution.

(3.) The pit of every pit privy shall be filled with clean earth before the faecal matter therein rises to within 12 in. of the surface of the ground, and the privy shall not thereafter be used, but shall be moved elsewhere.

25. Every person owning or occupying or having control over the persons owning or occupying any Samoan house—
    (a.) For which sufficient privy accommodation is not provided either independently or in common with other houses; or
    (b.) The privy accommodation for which (if consisting of a pit privy) is constructed or maintained otherwise than as required by the last preceding clause—
    is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

26. Any person who deposits faecal matter in any place other than a latrine provided for the purpose is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

WATER-SUPPLIES.

27. (1.) In any case in which the water-supply of a village is derived from a well or tank the Chief Medical Officer, or other officer authorized in that behalf, may require such well or tank to be covered or otherwise protected.

(2.) Any person who being required to carry out any work necessary to afford such cover or protection neglects without reasonable cause so to do is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

28. (1.) The Chief Medical Officer or other officer authorized in that behalf may, if he is of opinion that any well or other water-supply is liable to contamination, prohibit the use of the same.

(2.) Any person who without reasonable causes uses for drinking or domestic purposes or who permits any person under his control so to use any well or water-supply the use of which has been prohibited as aforesaid is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

29. Where any structural work has been carried out for ensuring a wholesome water-supply to a village the matais of such village are hereby required to keep such work in repair, and any such matai neglecting so to do is liable to a fine not exceeding £2.

30. Any person who installs or is concerned in installing or commences to install a water-supply for any village under a scheme which has not been approved by the Administrator, or who, without the consent of the Administrator, alters, or is concerned in altering, or commences to alter, any village water-supply which has been installed with such approval is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.