APRIL 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 925

70. Wastes in outhouses entirely disconnected from living-rooms and kitchens may be of 22-gauge galvanised iron for baths and wash-troughs.

71. No steam-exhaust, blow-off, or drip pipe shall be connected with a drain or sewer, or with any soil or wastepipe connected with any drain or sewer.

72. No waste liquids or refuse products of any manufacturing process shall be admitted into any sewer without the express sanction of the Board having been first obtained in writing under the hand of the Inspector, and such waste liquids or products shall, if necessary, be first passed through strainers of approved construction to prevent the passage of any solid matters other than sewage into the sewers.

Hot liquids shall not be allowed to flow directly into the sewers, but shall be retained in properly constructed and approved cooling-tanks until the temperature is reduced to below 100° Fahrenheit.

The Board may attach any conditions it thinks fit to any such sanction, and breach or non-observance of any such conditions shall be deemed an offence. The Board may at any time, and of its own motion, revoke any such sanction by writing, under the hand of the Inspector, delivered at the premises where the manufacturing process is carried on.

73. The entrance to exit-pipes from all fixtures shall be furnished with suitable fixed strainers. The perforations in strainers must be small, but sufficient in number to enable a good scour of the waste-pipes.

74. Internal basin urinals must be small and of non-absorbent materials; the waste-pipe shall be of pottery-ware, lead, or glass-enamelled cast iron. The urinal must be provided with an approved flushing-apparatus. The floor under urinals must be covered with non-absorbent material.

In hotels and other public places enamelled slate or other approved water-troughs shall be provided, either raised above the floor or sunk in an impervious floor, and kept full of flowing water by some approved apparatus. The walls behind and screens between urinals must be of non-absorbent material. The screens must be free from the floor for a portion of the width of divisions.

75. The waste-pipe from a slops sink must be of lead or glass-enamelled cast iron, and be carried independently out to the open air, with a quick fall, and into a full-bore ventilated 2½ in. downpipe to the ground, where a gully trap or disconnector trap must take the waste to the drain. The trap or waste-pipe must be well opened out to receive the sink-basin, and trap must be fitted with a 1½ in. vent-pipe. The sink must be of approved material. Draw-off taps must not be used directly over slops sinks unless at least 2 ft. above the sink. Approved flushing-arrangements must be used.

76. Every drain shall be so arranged as to be self-cleansing, in order that it may remain at all times free from deposit. Where this cannot be effected without flushing, proper flushing-apparatus shall be provided in the manner directed by the Inspector.

77. Rain-water from roofs shall not communicate directly with any drainpipe, but must discharge over an open gully provided with proper trap and ventilator, or into an open channel leading to such trap and ventilator.

Without special consent of the Board rain-water conductors must not be connected with the sewers. All stables, dairies, paved yards, cabstands, or other places for which the Board may from time to time grant consent to be connected with the sewers or drains must be properly graded, cemented, tar-paved, flagged, or well paved, and properly drained, and must be trapped with an approved gully trap.

78. No pipe leading from the district water-mains, or from any service-pipes connected therewith, shall on any pretext whatever be connected directly with any urinal, trap, drain, or sewer: where water-supply is required, the water-pipe must in all cases deliver with a free outfall into an open cistern above the highest water-level of such cistern.

79. All openings for ventilation made in accordance with these regulations or by order of the Inspector shall at all times be kept open and free from obstruction. Every occupier shall at all times see that all openings to the drains on his premises, whether for ventilation or otherwise, and all traps and other fittings, are at all times in good order, clean, and free from obstruction.

80. No person shall interfere with, break up, or remove any gully, ventilation-shaft, manhole, lamphole, or any part of the sewerage or drainage system without the Board’s permission, or throw or deposit in any drain or sewer, or any drain or sewer accessory, any garbage, offal, dead animals, vegetable-parings, ashes, cinders, rags, or any other matter or thing which may injuriously affect the sewers.

81. It shall be the duty of the owner of any premises in which any water-closet, urinal, drain, trap, sink, gully, waste-pipe, ventilation-shaft, or other sanitary appliances are erected, to keep the same and all appliances connected therewith in good and substantial repair and good and efficient working-order; and it shall be the duty of the occupier of any such premises to keep all such things as aforesaid clean and (save as to ventilation-shafts) properly flushed with water, and, if and when necessary, to effectively disinfect the same; and when any drains are opened up, either on private ground or in public streets, proper disinfectants shall be used, or caused to be used, by the person causing such drains to be so opened up.

82. The ground underlying every building shall be so formed and graded that no water can lodge thereon or under any part of such building.

83. Any footpath, road, channel, kerb, or other property under the control of the Board, cut, or opened up, or removed by a drain-layer must be repaired and put into a thoroughly satisfactory condition without delay, otherwise the work will be done by the Board, and the drain-layer will be charged with the expense, together with an additional 10 per cent. on the cost.

84. All drainage-work must be carried out expeditiously, and with as little inconvenience to traffic as possible.

85. Every privy not being a water-closet shall at all times be provided with a proper seat and with a proper receptacle or pan approved by the Board. In the case of all new receptacles, or of defective receptacles at present in use, the owner or agent shall provide a watertight iron pan of the pattern approved by the Board. The flooring of privies shall be raised at least 3 in. off the ground, and the space below the seat shall be floored in such manner and raised to such height as to enable the pan to fit in below the seat, and to allow of cleansing. Each privy shall be provided by the occupier of the premises on which such privy is erected with a box supplied with dry earth, ashes, or other deodoriser. Where an automatic apparatus to a dry-earth closet is used, the said apparatus shall be kept at all times by such occupier in thorough working-order.

86. The occupier of the premises on which any privy is situated shall keep such privy, building, and appurtenances in a good state of repair, and in thoroughly clean and sanitary condition, to the satisfaction of the Board or the Inspector of Nuisances. Where premises are unoccupied, the owner shall be in all cases liable and responsible for the repair and cleanliness of the closet, building, and appurtenances.

87. No nightsoil shall be buried within the district.

(1.) No person shall permit or suffer any nightsoil, or refuse, or any offensive rubbish or matter of any kind whatever to accumulate or remain or to be in such premises, so as to be injurious or dangerous to health;

(2.) Or permit or suffer the contents of any earth closet or privy, or of any receptacle for refuse or offensive rubbish or matter of any kind whatever, to fall or soak therefrom so as to be injurious or dangerous to health.

(3.) Every privy or closet shall be so placed as not to be an offence or a nuisance to any adjoining premises or public thoroughfare, and the entrance thereto shall be screened. No privy or closet shall be permitted to be erected at a less distance than 15 ft. from any house or building used as a dwelling, or from any road, street, or footpath. The owner or occupier of the premises upon which any privy or closet shall be in contravention of this section shall be liable to a penalty.

88. No person shall throw any nightsoil, carrion, or offensive matter, or any animal (with the intention of drowning it) into any stream, watercourse, or open drain.

89. The occupier of any land on which is erected any stable, cow-yard, cattle-shed, or on which land is erected any building wherein any horse or other beast of draught or burden or any cattle are kept, shall cause such premises to be kept in such a state in respect of cleanliness as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health, and shall cause all soil, dung, or other manure produced or accumulated therein to be removed once at least in every week.

90. No horses, cattle, or sheep shall be buried in the district.

91. No person shall throw or leave any dead animal on any street or public place, or on any private property.

92. No swine or goats shall be kept within the district.

93. No poultry, horse, mule, ox, cow, dog, or other animal shall be kept in any part of the district except in properly constructed houses or in suitably enclosed runs, and no such houses shall be built less than 10 ft. from any dwelling, or from any public or private street or public place. All such houses, and all buildings, outhouses, and yards shall be kept by the owner, occupier, or agent so as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health.

94. It shall be lawful for the Inspector of Nuisances at any time between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., on any day except Sunday, to enter into and inspect any land or building for the purpose of ascertaining whether such premises,