Nov. 15] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1437

I.—WATER-SUPPLIES

63. The Council shall make such by-laws regarding water-supplies to suit the particular circumstances of their district as the Medical Officer of Health approves.

64. Where the water-supply of any dwellinghouse is drawn from a rain-water tank it shall be the duty of the owner or occupier of every such dwellinghouse to cause such rain-water tank to be cleaned out at least once in every year and at any more frequent intervals should circumstances require.

J.—HAWKERS

65. 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 person 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.

REGULATING SHELL-FISH

66. (1) No person shall transport into any place being a Maori village, pa, or assemblage of houses, in respect of which a Komiti Marae has been appointed, for consumption in such place any shell-fish taken from any area declared in respect of such place to be a prohibited area.

(2) If a Medical Officer of Health or Inspector of Health is of opinion that any area is contaminated or liable to contamination from sewage outfall or nightsoil-deposit he may advise the Maori Council to declare such area to be a prohibited area for the purpose of this by-law.

(3) The Maori Council may thereupon by its Chairman instruct the Chairman of any Komiti Marae to publish at the meeting-house of such place or at some other suitable place a notice that the area is a prohibited area for the purposes of this by-law, and such area shall thereupon in respect of such place be a prohibited area accordingly.

(4) Proof that any notice has been published in any place as aforesaid shall be sufficient proof that all necessary steps have been taken under this by-law for constituting the area referred to in such notice a prohibited area in respect of such place for the purposes of this by-law, and shall be prima facie evidence that such area continues to be a prohibited area as aforesaid.

(5) Any such declaration may from time to time by like procedure be revoked.

(6) Any person committing a breach of this by-law is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

The powers under this by-law are in addition to and not in substitution for the powers conferred by any other Act.

K.—DRUNKENNESS

67. (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 invitations 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, European or Maori, shall be guilty of an offence who—

(1) Being 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 any one 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.

L.—SMOKING

68. Every person, whether European or Maori, who sells, gives, or supplies any cigarette, tobacco, or torori to any Maori 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 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., and for the second offence to a fine not exceeding 10s., and for a third or subsequent offence to a fine of £1.

M.—GAMBLING

69. 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.

They shall be provided with privy and urinal accommodation to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health or Inspector of Health.

(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 under the age of fifteen shall be permitted to play billiards on such licensed premises, and if discovered playing therein the licensee or the person for the time in charge of the premises shall be liable to a fine of £5 for the first offence, and for a second offence the Council may revoke the license.

(7) Renewal of license must be applied for before the expiry of the term for which a license has been granted.

(8) Any Maori under the age of fifteen years found playing billiards in any place whatsoever shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence, not exceeding 10s. for the second offence, and not exceeding £1 for the third offence or for every subsequent offence.

(9) Any person keeping a billiard-room or a billiard-table in any Maori kainga, and any Maori keeping such a room or table at any other place within the district, except townships (but not Maori lots within a Native township) and European settlements, without license from the Council, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £25.

(10) Any person found playing for money, whether by cards or any other game (except by billiards on licensed premises), within the precincts of any kainga shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 5s. for the first offence, not exceeding £1 for the second offence, and not exceeding £2 for every subsequent offence.

(11) Any person, the owner, or occupier of any house or premises situate in any Maori kainga, who shall permit or allow gambling or playing for money (except by billiards on licensed premises) in such house or upon such premises shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £1 for the first offence, not exceeding £2 for the second offence, and not exceeding £5 for every subsequent offence.

N.—VILLAGE COMMITTEES

70. The Council may delegate wholly or in part its powers under the prescribed rules or regulations to any village committee, and such committee shall thereupon be enabled to exercise such powers within its own kainga.

The village committee shall have power to impose a penalty or a fine for any breach of regulation, and if such fine be not paid within the prescribed period the chairman of the committee shall forward a report on and evidence of such breach of regulation and of the non-payment of such fine to the Chairman of the Council.

71. The Council shall prescribe fines for by-laws for which no provision has been made.

O.—WELFARE AND MORAL WELL-BEING OF THE MAORI INHABITANTS OF THE DISTRICT

72. (1) Any person who having custody, control, or charge of a child, being a boy under fourteen years, and a girl under the age of sixteen years, wilfully ill-treats, neglects, abandons, or exposes such child in a manner likely to cause such child unnecessary suffering or injury to its health, shall pay to the Council or committee the sum of not more than £20.

(2) It shall be an offence, within any Maori kainga or Maori settlement surrounding a Maori kainga, to practise as a Tohunga, or practise on the superstition and credulity of the Maori people, by pretending to possess supernatural powers of treatment and cure of disease.

Any person infringing this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20 for each offence.

(3) Every person within a Maori village, pa, or assemblage of houses, who ill-treats any animal or leaves any animal for any time without sufficient food or water, is liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

(4) Any person who wilfully trespasses within a Maori village and refuses to leave such village after being warned to do so by a member of the Council or of the village committee, or such person as the Council or village committee may depute for the purpose, is liable to a fine not exceeding 10s.

(5) (a) No person shall conduct a picture-show or other entertainment for profit or gain within a Maori village unless licensed to do so by the village committee.

(b) The fee for any such license shall be £1 per month or part of a month, but the village committee may remit such license fee either wholly or in part.

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