JULY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2303

APPLICATION OF MONEYS DEPOSITED UNDER CLAUSE 2 HEREOF.

3. (1) The Collector of Customs in his official name shall lodge in the Post Office Savings-bank at Apia the moneys deposited with him under clause 2 hereof.

(2) The said moneys, together with all accretions of interest thereto, shall be repaid to the person depositing the same with the Collector of Customs at the end of five years from the date of the deposit or upon the departure of that person from Samoa, whichever shall be the earlier. But the Collector of Customs shall deduct from the said moneys and shall pay to the Samoan Treasury any cost incurred by the Administration in connection with the maintenance of such person in Samoa or his deportation therefrom.

(3) Should the person who deposited the moneys with the Collector of Customs die before the said moneys have been refunded, the Collector shall pay the same, together with any accretions of interest thereto, to the legal representatives of such person, but less any of the costs aforesaid and the costs (if any) of burial paid by the Administration.

PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS.

4. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person of any of the following classes (hereinafter called “prohibited immigrants”) to land in Samoa, that is to say,—

(a) Any person other than a person of British birth and parentage unless he is in possession of a permit to enter in the form and to the effect set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

(b) Any idiot or insane person.

(c) Any person suffering from a contagious disease which, in the opinion of the Chief Medical Officer, is loathsome or dangerous.

(d) Any person who is notified in writing under the hand of the Administrator (with the previous approval of the Minister) that such person’s presence in Samoa may be injurious to the peace, order, or good government of the Territory.

(e) Any person who at any time within five years of the date of his arrival in Samoa has been convicted of, or has been released from, imprisonment after conviction in any place in respect of any criminal offence there punishable by imprisonment for more than one year.

(2) A person shall not be deemed to be of British birth and parentage by reason that he or his parents, or either of them, is a naturalized British subject, or by reason that he is an aboriginal Native or the descendant of an aboriginal Native of any dominion or of any colony or other possession or of any protectorate of His Majesty, or of any territory subject to mandates conferred on His Majesty by the League of Nations.

(3) An application for a permit under paragraph (a) of subclause (1) hereof shall be in the form set out in the Second Schedule hereto.

(4) The granting of the permit shall be in the discretion of the Administrator, and shall be subject to the condition that the immigrant shall produce a certificate of character from a police or other public officer or responsible person, of whom the Administrator approves, of the country whence he came, and to such other conditions as the Administrator may impose.

(5) A permit may in the Administrator’s discretion include the wife of the immigrant and any one or more members of his family.

(6) No permit under this clause shall be of any force or effect unless and until the immigrant shall have complied with the provisions of paragraph (b) of subclause (1) of clause 2 of this Order.

(7) Nothing in this clause shall apply to a Samoan, to a permanent resident of Samoa, or to a person born in Samoa.