Dec. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3197

nection therewith be done in accordance with the following specifications and conditions :—

(a.) Waste-pipes from Detached Buildings.—Wash-tubs, lavatory-basins, and baths in detached buildings not permanently occupied by human beings shall be provided with waste-pipes. Such pipes, if less than 6 ft. in length, need not be trapped, and may discharge over a gully-trap outside the building or on to a channel of concrete or other impervious material leading to such gully-trap.

(b.) Waste-pipes from other Buildings.—Every sink, wash-tub, lavatory-basin, and bath not in such detached building as aforesaid shall be provided with a waste-pipe. Such pipe shall be trapped immediately adjacent to its intake, and shall not be connected directly with any drain, but shall discharge in the open air, either directly over a gully-trap at a height of not less than 3 in. above the level of the water seal thereof, or over and at a height of not less than 3 in. above a watertight concrete channel led to a gully-trap, and not being more than 6 ft. distant therefrom. The trap to such waste-pipe shall be an approved self-cleansing siphon trap having a seal not less than 2 in. An access plug must be provided for each trap.

(c.) Waste and Ventilating Pipes against External Walls.—All waste and ventilating pipes shall be placed wherever possible against external walls, and shall be carried to the outside of the building by the shortest route practicable and then carried down or up (as the case may be) outside the building.

(d.) Said Pipes not to be connected with Rain-water Pipes.—No waste or ventilating pipe shall be connected with a rain-water pipe.

(e.) Waste Pipes and Traps to be readily Inspected.—All waste pipes and traps shall, wherever practicable, be exposed to view for ready inspection and for convenience in repairing, and whenever placed within walls of buildings or otherwise not exposed to view shall be covered with woodwork fastened with screws so that such woodwork can be readily removed.

Water-closets.

33. Water-closets to be provided.—(1.) Where a building is hereafter erected or renewed and is within 100 ft. from a sewer to which it is or can be drained, and water is supplied to such building from the waterworks, or the premises have otherwise a sufficient water-supply, it shall be the duty of the person on whose behalf such building is being or has been erected to provide a water-closet for such building within one calendar month from the laying-on of the water to the building.

(2.) Where a building has been erected before the coming into operation of these by-laws and is within 100 ft. from a sewer to which it is or can be drained, and water is supplied to such building from the waterworks, or the premises have otherwise a sufficient water-supply, and such building is without a water-closet, the owner for the time being of such building shall, within three calendar months, after notice under the hand of the Resident Officer shall have been given to him requiring him so to do, provide a water-closet for such building. Every such notice may be renewed from time to time.

(3.) Where in any such building as aforesaid already or to be hereafter erected more than twenty persons usually reside, or are employed, the owner of such building shall provide the same with an additional water-closet for every twenty persons so residing or employed over and above the first-mentioned persons.

(4.) Every person liable under this Part of these by-laws to provide any water-closet, or who shall (without being so liable) provide any water-closet, shall cause the same to be erected in accordance with this Part of these by-laws, and shall cause all works, appliances, and things to be executed, provided, and affixed in connection therewith as required by and in accordance with the provisions of this Part of these by-laws, and in particular shall comply with the following specifications and conditions :—

(a.) Condition of Building.—Every detached building used for the purposes of a water-closet shall be either a new building or shall be in a perfectly clean and sound condition, and must, if wood-floored, be raised so as to allow at least 6 in. of air-space between the ground and such floor, and the studs must be at least 6 ft. 6 in. high.

(b.) External Wall.—Every water-closet erected in a building shall be constructed in such a position that at least one of its sides shall be an external wall.

(c.) Window and Ventilation.—Every water-closet shall be provided with a window having an area, exclusive of frame of not less than 2 square feet, and also with an air-brick or an inlet covered with perforated zinc or galvanised-wire netting having an area of not less than 40 square inches, and such window shall be made to open directly on to or to com-

municate directly with the open air throughout at least one-third of its area.

(d.) (i.) Cistern.—No water-closet shall be connected with the town water-supply, or any other water-supply directly, but shall be provided with a separate cistern of a pattern and materials corresponding with a model cistern kept for the purposes of these by-laws at the office of the Resident Officer, which cistern shall contain and deliver at each flush 3 gallons, and shall be fitted with an efficient ball cock, and such closet shall be connected with a drain leading to a sewer.

(ii.) There shall be provided a high-pressure stopcock to regulate the flow of water into every such cistern.

(iii.) The service-pipe from the cistern to the closet shall be not less than 1¼ in. in internal diameter, and shall be made of drawn lead or galvanised screwed iron or brass piping.

(e.) Basin.—(i.) In no case shall the form of basin known as a “wash-out basin” be used, nor shall any closet having its outlet underneath, or in such a position as to prevent the joint with the soilpipe being readily inspected, be used.

(ii.) Closet-basins shall not be enclosed, but shall be left open so that every joint in connection therewith can be readily inspected.

(f.) Basin-trap Ventilating-pipe.—Every closet-basin trap shall be ventilated by a tight pipe of not less than 2 in. in diameter made of 6 lb. lead or galvanised screwed iron piping for such length as is within the building, and external thereto of similar material or of No. 24 gauge galvanised iron. This ventilating-pipe shall be carried either up to a point 2 ft. above the eaves or be connected to the extension of the soil-pipe at a point not less than 3 ft. above the highest closet-connection.

(g.) Soilpipe.—The soilpipe of every water-closet, and every portion of the drain thereof, not bedded on solid ground shall not be less than 3½ in. internal diameter made of 6 lb. lead or cast iron. It shall be fixed on the outside of the building, be properly supported, and have airtight joints. The soilpipe shall in all cases be without traps, and the drains shall be perfectly free from obstructions between the disconnection-trap and the ventilating-outlets. The soilpipe shall be extended from the highest branch closet-connection to a point at least 3 ft. above the eaves, with an internal diameter of not less than 3 in.

Earth-closets.

34. Earth-closets to be discontinued.—(1.) So soon as a water-closet ought under this Part of these by-laws to be provided for any premises or has been actually provided for the same (whichever shall first happen) the following consequences shall ensue :—

(a.) The owner of the premises shall forthwith remove from such premises the pan or other contrivance of any earth-closet or privy on the premises, and shall render clean the site thereof.

(b.) No person shall bring back such pan or contrivance on to the premises or place any other pan or similar contrivance thereon.

(2.) The Resident Officer may, nevertheless, by writing under his hand communicated to such owner, extend the time for the removal of any earth-closet or privy for such period or periods not exceeding one calendar month at a time as he shall think fit.

35. Earth-closets to be properly kept.—The occupier of any premises on which there is any earth-closet or privy shall at all times keep such closet or privy in good repair, and clean and in proper condition, and the pan in a watertight condition, and shall keep all faecal matter therein properly and sufficiently covered with sawdust, ashes, dry earth, or other deodorising substance.

36. Sufficient Number of Earth-closets to be kept.—Where earth-closets or privies may lawfully be kept and used, the owner of the premises shall cause the same to be supplied with a sufficient number thereof having regard to the number of persons usually resident or employed at the premises.

37. Sanitation Fee.—(1.) The Department may charge a uniform annual sanitation fee, recoverable as a separate rate, for the cleansing by it of closets and privies, and such fee may be charged in respect of each pan in such closets or privies: Provided that the total proceeds of such fee shall not exceed a sum equal to the proceeds of the sanitation rate authorised to be levied by section 89 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1908.”

(2.) The amount of such fee and the period for which it is to be payable and the instalments (if any) in which it may be paid shall be fixed from time to time by the order in writing signed by the General Manager. The said order shall be advertised in some newspaper in general circulation in the town.

(3.) The inhabitant occupier of the premises served or intended to be served shall be primarily liable to pay the said fee. If it shall be payable in instalments, the inhabitant