Feb. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 573

(a.) The ground-space of every such cowshed, including the stalls, shall be floored to the satisfaction of the Inspector, and shall be constructed with open drains or gutters running the whole length thereof along and immediately behind the stalls.

(b.) Every cowshed and dairy shall be lighted, ventilated, and cleansed to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

(c.) Every such cowshed and dairy, and all the internal fittings of every such cowshed and dairy other than the floor, shall be coated in a good, proper, and workmanlike manner with a sufficient coating of lime whitewash, and shall be recoated in a similar manner at intervals not exceeding twelve months.

(d.) All droppings, manure, excrement, filth, and other impurities or offensive matter shall be scraped, swept, or otherwise collected together and removed, otherwise than by the use of water, from all cowsheds, in the case of cowsheds used merely for the daily milking of cattle, directly after every such milking, and, in the case of all other cowsheds, at intervals throughout the day.

(e.) The entire ground-space of every such cowshed (including the stalls), and also of every such dairy, shall also whenever so required by the Inspector be thoroughly washed over and cleansed with water.

(f.) Every such cowshed and dairy shall be well and properly drained, to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

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.

(g.) All dairy premises shall be supplied, to the satisfaction of the Inspector, by means of pipes or otherwise, 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.

(h.) 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 premises 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.

(i.) 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.

19. (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 also be 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.

20. (a.) 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 in manner hereinafter mentioned.

(b.) Every such vessel shall, within four hours after it shall have been used for any purpose whatsoever, be rinsed out with cold water, then thoroughly scalded with hot water and scoured, and then again rinsed out with cold water and carefully dried.

21. (a.) 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.

(b.) Every dairyman shall provide and keep in a convenient place proper cloths and other materials for effecting such cleansing, and shall, upon demand, produce such cloths and materials to any Inspector.

22. 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.

23. All milk supplied for human food shall once at least be carefully strained through some apparatus sufficient for that purpose.

Miscellaneous.

24. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of dairyman or milk-vendor—

(a.) To allow any person suffering from a contagious or 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, distribution, or storage of milk, until in each case all danger therefrom of the communication of infection to the milk or of its contamination has ceased.

25. If in any case any dairyman or milk-vendor, or any member of his family, or any person living on or employed about any dairy premises, shall be attacked by or suffering from any contagious or infectious disease, the said dairyman or milk-vendor shall forthwith notify to the Clerk the fact that such person or persons is or are suffering from such [specifying what] disease. If this regulation shall not be complied with, then an offence shall be deemed to have been committed by such dairyman or milkman, and repeated on each and every day during which his business shall have been carried on knowingly without such notification.

26. The Local Board or the Inspector shall, upon receipt of such notice, or upon being otherwise informed of the existence of any contagious or infectious disease, take such steps as may be deemed necessary to be taken for the prevention of injury to the public health, and in particular the Inspector, if he consider 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 in the Schedule hereto. A copy thereof shall be served upon the dairyman or milk-vendor, and thereupon the consequences mentioned in Regulation 15 hereof shall have full effect.

27. If at any time it shall be made to appear, by medical certificate or otherwise, 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 in the Schedule hereto, signed by him.

28. No dairyman or milk-vendor 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 produced 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 at the date of giving such milk be in season, or which shall have calved less than four clear days prior to such date.

29. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of a dairyman or milk-vendor 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.

30. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of a dairyman or milk-vendor 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.

31. It shall not be lawful for any person following the trade of a dairyman or milk-vendor to erect, construct, or permit to remain any fowl-house, dungstead, dungheap, latrine, urinal, water-closet, earth-closet, cesspit, or cesspool