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1862,’ section 47, at a meeting of the said
Council, held on the 7th day of December,
1863."

Passed by the said Council this the Sixteenth day of May, 1870.

ANDREW DUNCAN,
Mayor.

[L.S.]

GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above Bye-Law
is in compliance, as regards the City of
Christchurch, with the 184th section of “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867."

GEORGE GORDON,
Town Clerk.

BYE-LAW NO. 11.

Petroleum.

INDEX.

1. Petroleum defined.
2. Licenses.
3. Application for License.
4. Inspection of Premises, &c.
5. Form, and Renewal of License.
6. Licenses to be Numbered.
7. Licensing Fee.
8. Conditions.
9. Distance from Buildings, &c.
10. Prohibition of Sale of Petroleum, unless bottle or
    vessel containing it marked.
11. Repair of Leaky Vessels.
12. Special Licenses.
13. Limits of Bye-Law.
14. Penalty.

A Bye-Law of the Council of the City of
Christchurch, made under “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,”
and “The Dangerous Goods Act,
1869."

In pursuance of the 186th section of “The
Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,”
the Council of the City of Christ-
church ordain as follows:—

1. For the purposes of this Bye-Law
   “Petroleum” shall include all such rock
   oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, any product of
   them, and any oil made from Petroleum,
   coal schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous
   substance, and any such product of them as
   gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than one hundred and ten
   degrees of Fahrenheit’s thermometer;
   but this Bye-Law shall not apply to any
   quantity of Petroleum consisting of not
   more than ten gallons in the whole, kept for
   private use, and not for sale.

Petroleum

2. From and after the first day of August,Licenses.
   1870, Petroleum shall not be kept within
   fifty yards of any dwelling house, or of any
   building in which goods are stored, except
   in pursuance of a License granted under this
   Bye-Law, nor shall any greater quantity
   than four hundred gallons be kept on the
   same premises at one and the same time,
   except in pursuance of a Special License, to
   be granted as hereinafter mentioned.

3. Before any License shall be granted an Application for
   application shall be delivered at the office of License.
   the Town Clerk, stating the name, residence,
   and occupation of the applicant, and parti-
   cularly describing so as to distinguish the
   same from any other place; the premises in
   or upon which it is intended to keep Petroleum thereunder, and such application shall
   be signed by the applicant; and shall be pur-
   suant to the form contained in Schedule A
   to this Bye-Law.

4. So soon as conveniently may be there-Inspection of
   after, the Inspector for the time being, Premises, &c.
   appointed by the Council, shall examine the
   premises described in such application, and
   shall report, in writing, to the Council at
   their next ordinary meeting, his opinion
   whether the License applied for may or may
   not safely be granted, together with all such
   particulars as may be necessary to enable
   the Council to judge of the expediency or
   otherwise of granting the License applied
   for.

5. Licenses shall be in the form or to the Form, and Re-
   newal of Li-
   effect as near as may be contained in Schedule
   B to this Bye-Law, and shall continue in cense.
   force until the 31st day of December next
   ensuing. Licenses may be renewed on ap-
   plication at the Town Clerk’s office, not later
   than the 15th day of December previous to
   their expiry, the applicant leaving the same
   with the Town Clerk, who shall give a receipt
   for the same.

6. Licenses shall be signed by the Town Licenses to be
   Clerk, and numbered in such order as shall Numbered.
   be determined by the Council.

7. For the grant or renewal of an ordi-Licensing Fee.
   nary License there shall be paid a fee of One
   Pound, and for the grant of or renewal of
   any Special License, there shall be paid a
   fee of Two Pounds.

8. Subject to any addition, modification,Conditions.
   or repeal thereof from time to time by the
   Council, Licenses shall be granted sub-
   ject to the following conditions:—

9. The nearest distance of such Petro-Distance from
   leum from any wall of any building, or from Buildings, &c.
   any other goods which may for the time
   being be stored or kept on the same or on
   any other premises, shall be not less than
   two feet; and the nearest distance thereof
   from any heat or flame, or from any inflammable combustible or explosive material,
   shall not be less than twelve feet.

10. The Licensee shall not sell or expose for Prohibition of
    sale for use within the Colony of New Zea- Sale of Petro-
    land any Petroleum as herein defined, unless leum, unless
    the bottle or vessel containing Petroleum bottle or
    have attached thereto a label in legible vessel containing it
    marked.

Petroleum de-
fined.