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(2) Action on behalf of Tenants The following table indicates the extent to which tenants have availed themselves of the services of the Department, which is empowered to act on their behalf :

The total number of applications has increased by 18*2 per cent, from last year's total (5,868). The most marked increase was in Auckland, where total applications increased by more than a quarter. (3) Statutes Amendment Act, 1945 The provision which authorizes an Inspector of Factories to approve of a fair-rent agreement where the occupier of a dwellinghouse agrees to let any part thereof to a serviceman, and allows the parties to agree that the Fair Rents Act shall not apply to the premises so let, has resulted in the submitting, this year, of 102 agreements, of which 92 were approved and 10 refused. (4) The Economic Stablization Emergency Regulations 1942

Agreements submitted to Inspectors as " authorized persons " in terms of these regulations are summarized below :

SECTION 13.—ANNUAL HOLIDAYS ACT, 1944 This Act, since its inception on Ist August, 1944, has produced only minor difficulties of administration. No amendment has been made to the Act during the year under review, but two important Court decisions have been recorded. In Moon v. Kent Bakeries, Ltd. (46 Awards 770), it was determined by the Court of Appeal that earnings (in addition to the award minimum rate of payment) under the clause of the New Zealand

Total Number of Applications. Agreements on Fair Rent. Cases where Court Proceedings for Fixation of Fair Rent involved. Cases where Demand for Increased Tenant represented in Eviction Proceedings or Notices to quit. Town, T3 0 1 Ph <i 1 ft ft 03 £ p. d o "sl o a :j § H Rent settled without Reference to Court (other than Agreed Increases). Involving Court Proceedings. Notice to quit withdrawn or abandoned as a Result of Inspector's Intervention. Auckland Wellington .. Christchurch Dunedin Other towns 2,802 2,145 649 259 1,080 1,207 237 199 104 495 31 45 18 22 47 198 75 91 25 66 95 238 25 3 23 971 934 230 71 289 267 232 73 22 87 33 384 13 12 73 Totals .. 6,935 2,242 163 455 384 2,495 681 515

J Agreements submitted. Locality. Approved. | Not approved. Auckland 613 14 Wellington 144 5 Christchurch 280 24 Dunedin 146 7 Other towns 471 99 Totals 1,654 149