1894
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

drains or gutters running the whole length thereof
along and immediately behind the stalls.
(c.) Every dairy shall be lighted, ventilated, and
cleansed to the satisfaction of the Inspector, and,
if necessary, limewashed.
(d.) Every cowshed shall be lighted, ventilated, and
cleansed to the satisfaction of the Inspector.
(e.) Every such cowshed and all the internal fittings of
every such cowshed, other than the floor and roof,
shall be coated in a good, proper, and workman-
like manner with a sufficient coating of lime-
whitewash, and shall be recoated in a similar
manner at intervals not exceeding twelve months.
(f.) All droppings, manure, excrement, filth, and other
impurities or offensive matter shall be scraped,
swept, or otherwise collected together and re-
moved, otherwise than by the use of water, from
all cowsheds, in the case of cowsheds used merely
for the daily milking of cattle, daily, and, in the
case of all other cowsheds, at intervals through-
out the day.
(g.) The entire ground-space of every such cowshed and
of every such dairy shall also, whenever so re-
quired by the Inspector, be thoroughly washed
over and cleansed with water.
(h.) Every such cowshed and dairy shall be well and
properly drained, to the satisfaction of the In-
spector.
No such dairy shall drain into any cesspool
into which any offensive matter from any other
building shall be discharged, or directly into any
sewer, unless such sewer be properly trapped to
the satisfaction of the Inspector.
(i.) All dairy premises shall be supplied, to the satisfac-
tion of the Inspector, by means of pipes or other-
wise, with a supply of clear and pure water,
sufficient for all purposes of watering the cattle
stalled or milked there, for cleansing the milk-
vessels as prescribed in these regulations, and for
all other reasonable and necessary purposes.
(j.) If the Inspector shall at any time consider that the
water of any well or coming from any other
source in or upon any dairy premises or used
therein, or that the food supplied to the cattle in
or upon any dairy premises, is unfit for use, he
may, by notice in writing to that effect, signed by
him, call upon the dairyman to fence up or close
such well or other source and all means of access
to the same, or to abstain from using any water
coming therefrom in or upon such dairy pre-
mises for all or any of the purposes connected
therewith, and also to abstain from using such
food. Such notice shall be in the Form E in the
Schedule hereto.
(k.) Immediately on the receipt of such notice, the
dairyman shall proceed to comply with the
requisitions thereof, and during the continuance
of the same it shall be unlawful for him to act in
contravention thereof.
28. (a.) It shall not be lawful for any person following the
trade of milk-vendor to occupy as a milk shop or
store any building except in conformity with the
provisions of this regulation.
(b.) Every such milk shop or store shall be lighted,
ventilated, and cleansed to the satisfaction of
the Inspector.
(c.) The floor and all internal fittings of every such
milk-shop and milk-store shall be thoroughly
swept or dusted and cleaned at least once in
every twenty-four hours, and shall be also
thoroughly scoured and cleansed with hot water
at least once in every week.
(d.) No person shall have, sell, keep, whether for sale
or otherwise, or permit to remain within any
such milk-shop or milk-store any articles or class
of articles of a character likely to endanger the
purity of the milk there, or the sale or keeping
therein of which may have been prohibited by the
Inspector by notice in writing.
29. All vessels whatsoever used in or about any dairy,
cowshed, milk shop, or store, and whether for receiving or
storing or in the distribution of milk, shall be thoroughly
cleansed within four hours of having been used for any pur-
pose whatsoever, by being scalded with hot water, scoured,
and rinsed with cold water, and carefully dried.
30. No dairyman shall take milk from any cow whose milk
is intended to be sold or used for human food, nor permit any
such milk to be so taken, until the udder and teats of such
cow have been thoroughly cleansed with water, and carefully
dried.
31. Every dairyman and milk-vendor shall provide in,
upon, or about his dairy premises, milk shop, or store, and
shall upon demand show to the Inspector, sufficient facilities
for boiling the water required for all the purposes mentioned
in these regulations; and all registered milk-vendors must
affix to and maintain upon their premises and vehicles the
words "Registered milk-vendor."
32. All milk supplied for human food shall, immediately
after milking, be removed from the milking-shed or stock-
yard, and once at least carefully strained through some
apparatus sufficient for that purpose, and then cooled to a
temperature of not more than 65 degrees.

Miscellaneous.

33. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of milk, —
    (a.) To allow any person suffering from a dangerous
    infectious disorder, or having recently been in
    contact with a person so suffering, to milk cows,
    or to handle vessels used for containing milk for
    sale, or in any way to take part or assist in the
    conduct of the trade or business of the dairyman
    or milk-vendor so far as regards the production,
    distribution, or storage of milk; or
    (b.) If himself so suffering, or having recently been in
    contact as aforesaid, to milk cows or handle
    vessels used for containing milk for sale, or in
    any way to take part in the conduct of his trade
    or business so far as regards the production, dis-
    tribution, or storage of milk, until in each case all
    danger therefrom of the communication of infec-
    tion to the milk, or of its contamination, has
    ceased.
34. If in any case any cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor
    of milk, or any member of his family, or any person living
    on or employed about any dairy premises, is attacked by or
    is suffering from any contagious disease, the said cowkeeper,
    dairyman, or purveyor shall forthwith notify to the Clerk the
    fact that he or such member or person is suffering from such
    (specifying what) contagious disease.
35. The Local Board or the Inspector shall, upon receipt
    of such notice, or upon being otherwise informed of the ex-
    istence of any contagious or infectious disease, take such
    steps as may be deemed necessary to be taken for the pre-
    vention of injury to the public health, and in particular the
    Inspector, if he considers it advisable and necessary, shall
    certify that the sale of milk from such dairy premises is
    likely to prove injurious to public health. His certificate
    shall be in the Form F. A copy thereof shall be served
    upon the dairyman or milk-vendor, and thereupon the con-
    sequences mentioned in Regulation 15 hereof shall have full
    effect.
36. If at any time it is made to appear to the Local Board
    or the Inspector that the danger to the public health has
    ceased to exist, such certificate shall be cancelled, and the
    Inspector shall immediately thereupon transmit to the said
    dairyman or milk-vendor a notice in Form D, signed by him.
37. No dairyman or purveyor of milk shall purchase,
    supply for sale to others, sell, or expose in or about any dairy
    premises, milk shop or store, for sale, or mix with milk pro-
    duced for sale on any dairy premises occupied by him, any
    milk from any cow which shall be or be suspected to be diseased
    or in an unhealthy condition, or which shall have calved less
    than two clear days.
38. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or purveyor of milk to use any milk store
    or shop in his occupation, or permit the same to be used, as
    a sleeping apartment, or for any purpose incompatible with
    the proper preservation of the cleanliness of the milk store
    or shop, and of the milk-vessels and milk therein, or in any
    manner likely to cause contamination of the milk therein.
39. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or purveyor of milk to keep or permit to
    remain any swine in any cowshed, dairy, milk shop or store,
    or within a distance of 60ft. from any part thereof.
40. It shall not be lawful for any person following the
    trade of a dairyman or purveyor of milk to erect, construct,
    or permit to remain any fowlhouse, dungstead, dungheap,
    latrine, urinal, water-closet, earth-closet, cesspit or cesspool
    in or about or within a distance of 20ft. from any part of any
    cowshed, dairy, milk shop or store. In the case of a patent
    water-closet this distance shall be not less than 10ft. Nor
    shall it be lawful for such person to construct or permit to
    remain any foul drain, or gully or other drain-trap, in or
    about any such cowshed, dairy, milk shop or store.
41. No milk-cart, milk-van, or other vehicle used for or in
    connection with the transport, carrying, or distribution of
    milk from or about dairy premises shall be used for the
    purpose of carrying any manure, excrement, or filth, pigs'
    wash, pigs' food, or other animal or decaying vegetable
    matter, or for the purpose of carrying brewers' grains; and
    in case any such cart shall be so used contrary to these
    regulations, the owner of such dairy premises and also the
    owner of such cart shall be guilty of an offence for each
    occasion on which such cart shall be so used.
42. No dairyman or purveyor of milk shall purchase,