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5. No person shall erect any scaffolding, hoard, or other enclosure on any highway, without the permission, in writing, of the City Surveyor, and every such permission shall express the time the said scaffolding, hoard, or enclosure may be continued set up; Any person erecting or setting up such scaffolding, hoard, or enclosure without such permission, or continuing the same longer than specified by the City Surveyor, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for setting up the same, and ten shillings for every day the same shall be continued, and the said Surveyor may cause any such scaffolding, hoard, or enclosure, to be pulled down and removed, and if the materials are not claimed, and the expense of pulling down and removing the same (to be fixed by the City Surveyor) paid within five days, they shall be sold by order of the said City Surveyor, and the proceeds paid to the Treasurer of the City as part of the public funds thereof; the Inspector of Nuisances or any constable may prosecute any person so offending.

6. All areas, cellar doors, and coal-holes, opening in any street, highway, or public place, shall be well and securely guarded with iron gratings having bars not more than one inch apart, or with trap doors, or other sufficient covering, so as to prevent danger to passengers; and the occupier of any premises not so guarding any area, cellar door, or coal hole, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding five pounds.

7. Any person leaving any such grating, trap door, or other covering open, for a longer time than necessary for taking in or delivering goods, or during such time as may be necessary, not having the same properly guarded, and every occupier of the premises where any such grating, trap door, or other covering shall be so left open or unguarded, and every occupier of premises who shall not keep any such grating, trap door, or covering in good repair, shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds; The Inspector of Nuisances or any constable, may prosecute any person so offending.

8. No person shall make any cellar, or any opening door, or window, in or under any footway, without a written permission from the City Surveyor; and any person doing so without such permission, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds, over and above the expense of remedying or removing such cellar, opening door, or window, the Inspector of Nuisances, or any constable, may lodge information against any person so offending.

9. All wells shall be securely covered, and the occupant of the house to which any well may belong, and if there be no occupant then the owner of the well, failing to do so, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two shillings and sixpence, for every day any such well shall remain open and uncovered. The Inspector of Nuisances or any Constable may prosecute any person so offending.

10. All persons digging or suffering to remain open holes for vaults, foundations, cellars, wells, or for any other purpose, shall cause the same to be securely fenced in, and should the said excavation be in any public highway, a light shall be kept burning upon the said enclosure from sunset to sunrise, and any person neglecting or refusing to fence in or have a light burning as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds. The Inspector of Nuisances or any constable may prosecute any person so offending.

11. No person shall erect any scaffolding, hoard, or other enclosure on any highway, without the permission, in writing, of the City Surveyor, and every such permission shall express the time the said scaffolding, hoard, or enclosure may be continued set up; Any person erecting or setting up such scaffolding, hoard, or enclosure without such permission, or continuing the same a longer time than specified, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings for setting up the same, and ten shillings for every day the same shall be continued, and the said Surveyor may cause any such scaffolding, hoard, or enclosure, to be pulled down and removed, and if the materials are not claimed, and the expense of pulling down and removing the same (to be fixed by the City Surveyor) paid within five days, they shall be sold by order of the said City Surveyor, and the proceeds paid to the Treasurer of the City as part of the public funds thereof; the Inspector of Nuisances or any constable may prosecute any person so offending.

12. Any person breaking, injuring, or extinguishing, any lamp set up for public convenience or removing or destroying any survey mark, level, or other mark, set up by the City Surveyor, or by any other public authority, or who shall tear down or deface any notice, or placard, posted by any public authority shall pay the expense of replacing the same or repairing the damage done, and also forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds.

13. Any person who shall wantonly disturb any inhabitant, by ringing any door bell, or by knocking at any door, or who shall wantonly deface, injure, or remove any door plate, bell, knocker, lamp, signboard, or other property, shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five pounds over and above the cost of replacing the same or repairing the damage done.

14. Any person desirous of blasting any rock or stone within the limits of the City, of Auckland, shall give notice in writing to the City Surveyor, who shall, within twenty-four hours appoint in writing the time when the same may take place, and give such other directions in writing as he may think necessary; any person blasting, or causing to be blasted any rock, or stone, at any other time than that appointed by the City Surveyor, or in any manner not in conformity with his directions shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds. The Inspector of Nuisances or any Constable may prosecute any person so offending.

15. Any person digging or opening any drain, or sewer or breaking up any Carriage or footway without permission of the City Surveyor shall forfeit for every such offence a sum not exceeding five pounds. The Inspector of Nuisances or any Constable may lodge information against any person so offending.