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2. Neither the owner nor the occupier of any land situate within such areas, or other person for the time being in charge of any premises thereon, shall cause, or permit, or suffer any offensive matter or liquid whatever to be discharged from such land or premises into or upon any street, road, or right-of-way or public place within such areas, or into any ditch or drain being within the limits of such street, road, or right-of-way; and any such owner or occupier or other person who, after receiving notice that offensive matter or liquid has been or is being so discharged, fails to remove the same or to prevent and put an end to such discharge shall be deemed to be guilty of a breach of this by-law.

3. No person shall permit any land situated within such areas, or any premises thereon, to become a nuisance by reason of injurious smells arising therefrom or by the accumulation of offensive matter thereon or therein.

4. All drains, water-closets, earth-closets, stables, dog-kennels, fowlhouses, outhouses, yards, and ashpits on any premises on any land situated within such areas shall be maintained and kept by the owner, occupier, or agent of such land and premises so as not to be a nuisance or injurious to health, and so that there shall be no overflow or soakage therefrom.

5. No person shall throw any animal, with the intention of drowning it; or any dead animal or offensive matter or rubbish of any kind, into any river or public watercourse, drain, or water-channel within such areas, or shall throw or leave any dead or offensive matter on any land, street, or road within such areas.

6. Every person who shall construct an ashpit in connection with a building shall construct such ashpit at a distance of six feet at the least from any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

7. He shall construct such ashpit in such a manner and in such a position as to afford ready means of access to such ashpit for the purpose of cleansing the same and of removing the contents thereof, and, so far as may be practicable, in such a manner and in such a position as to admit of the contents of such ashpit being removed therefrom, and from the premises to which such ashpit may belong, without being carried through any dwellinghouse or public building, or any building in which any person may be or may be intended to be employed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

8. He shall construct such ashpit of a capacity not exceeding in any case nine cubic feet, or of such less capacity as may be sufficient to contain all dust, ashes, rubbish, and dry refuse which may accumulate during a period not exceeding one week upon the premises to which such ashpit may belong.

9. Any person committing a breach of or failing to comply with any of the provisions of this by-law shall be liable to, and shall for each offence forfeit and pay, a penalty not exceeding the sum of five pounds.

Schedule.

1. Belfast Area.—All that area in the Avon Road District bounded towards the north-east by Factory Road, towards the south-east by the railway-line, towards the south-west by the Belfast Road, and towards the north-west by the North Road.

2. Papanui Area.—All that area in the Avon Road District bounded towards the north-east by the north-east boundary of R.S. 312 and the south-west boundary of R.S. 1048, and bounded towards the south-east by the north-west boundary of R.S. 1048, the southern boundary of the Avon Road District, and towards the south-west and north-west by the south-west and north-west boundary of the Avon Road District.

This by-law shall come into operation on the 1st day of May, 1905.

The seal of the Inhabitants of the Avon Road District was affixed to this special order this 29th day of March, 1905.

A. B. MORGAN,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that a special order of which the foregoing is a true copy has been duly passed by the Avon Road Board in accordance with law.

J. BOSOMWORTH,
Clerk of the Avon Road Board.

Notice to Mariners No. 30 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 26th April, 1905.

THE following Notices to Mariners, received from the Board of Trade, London, are published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.

ARABIAN SEA.

West Coast of Hindustan.

BOMBAY HARB. APPROACH.—On 3rd Feb. 1905, the outer lt.-v., exh. an occ. white lt. every 15 secs. (18° 49′ N., 72° 47′ E.), had been temp. replaced by a lt.-v., hull red, three masts, with a red ball at the mainmast-head, exh. a rev. white lt. every 20 secs., elev. 36 ft., R. 10 miles. March.

BOMBAY HARB.—Two white mark-boats, exh. a F. red lt. and a red flag, are moored at 200 and 700 yds. respectively E. from Ballard Pier (18° 56′ N., 72° 50½′ E.), Bombay Harb., to mark the srn. limit of the dam under constr. in connection with the new dock-works. These boats will eventually be replaced by black can buoys each exh. a F. red light. Caution.—Vessels are warned not to pass between these boats or buoys. Feb.

INDIAN OCEAN.

Bay of Bengal.

KRISHNA LT.-V.—On 5th Jan. 1905, this lt.-v., exh. a group-fl. white lt. every 30 secs., in 15° 37½′ N., 98° 36½′ E., was to be temp. replaced by the lt.-v. “Martaban,” exh. a fl. white lt. showing one flash of 5 secs. dura. every 45 secs. March.

RANGOON RIVER ENTR.—A small shoal, carrying 19 ft., exists in the entr. 8¼ cables S. 63° W. from the upper ern. buoy, and 2⁹⁄₁₀ miles S. 83° E. from survey beacon No. 3. Lower spit buoy has been moved 3½ cables N. 23° E., and is now moored in approx. 16° 26′ N., 96° 21′ E., with survey beacon No. 3 N. 88° W., 2½ miles, and Elephant Pt. obelisk N. 24° W. March.

CHINA SEA, ETC.

Sunken Wrecks.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—On 26th Dec., 1904, the s.s. “Workfield,” in 18 fms., in approx. 23° 3½′ N., 116° 59¾′ E., with Cape of Good Hope N.W., about 15 miles. March.

CHIFU HARB.—On 19th Nov. the Russian torpedo-boat destroyer “Rastoropniy,” mast and tops of funnels proj., marked by a basket and a red lt. on the mast, in 16 ft., with the temple on Tower Hill S.E. ½ E., and Sentry Rk. N.E. ⅔ N. A guard-boat exh. a white lt. and a red flag was moored outside the wrk. in a N.-e’ly direction. Feb.

PACIFIC OCEAN.

New Hebrides.

ESPIRITU SANTO ISL.—BALDWIN COVE.—A coral knoll, 2 or 3 yds. in extent, steep-to, carrying 5 ft., and 9 to 10 fms. around, exists in approx. 15° 35′ S., 167° 1½′ E., in Baldwin Cove, with the rk. (dries 3 ft.) on Richards Reef S. 10° E., 1⅓ cables, and conspicuous tree in line with an isl. (30 ft.) S. 81° W. March.

AOBA ISL.—A pinnacle rk., carrying 5 ft., and 30 fms. close to, exists in approx. 15° 17′ S., 167° 44½′ E., about 5 miles N.W. from Lorni Bluff, Aoba Isl. March.

Hawaiian (Sandwich) Islands.

HAWAII.—LAUPAHUHU PT. LT.—The colour of this F. lt. (20° 0′ N., 155° 16′ W.) has been altered from white to red. March.*

Notice to Mariners No. 31 of 1905.

PUYSEGUR POINT LIGHT, ENTRANCE TO PRESERVATION INLET, SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 27th April, 1905.

WITH reference to Notice to Mariners No. 23, issued by this Department on the 27th ultimo, notice is hereby given that the flashing-light at Puysegur Point will be discontinued on or about the night of Wednesday, the 3rd May, 1905, and that while repairs are being carried out a fixed white light, visible from a vessel’s deck about twelve miles, will be exhibited for about a fortnight. When the repairs are completed the flashing-light will be resumed.

Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 720, 1212, and 2589; “New Zealand Pilot,” seventh edition, 1901, Chap. x., page 337.

WM. HALL-JONES.

Notice to Mariners No. 32 of 1905.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 28th April, 1905.

THE following Notice to Mariners, received from the Minister of State for Communications, Tokyo, Japan, is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES.