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shall be of No. 20 gauge iron, well stayed with three wires
and delivering at a height of at least 6 ft. above the highest
point of the junction of the flue with the roof.
(h.) Against cutting into Chimneys.—No chimney, or shaft,
jamb, breast, or flue already built or erected, or hereafter
to be built or erected, shall be cut into for any purpose what-
ever without the written consent of the Resident Officer.
(i.) Hearths.—Front hearths composed of brick, tile, slates,
stone, marble, or other proper and sufficient incombustible
substance, at the least 9 in. longer than the opening of every
chimney when finished, and at the least 15 in. in the front
of the arch over the same, must be laid before the opening
of every chimney; hearths must be at least 4 in. thick, and
laid upon brick trimmer arches or upon a solid bed of cement
concrete laid in uniform thickness, and without a joint, to
form a bed for the hearth and front hearth of hobs.
(j.) Coverings of Smithy and other Chimneys.—Any chimney
used for the purpose of or in connection with any smithy,
furnace, foundry, or manufactory shall be properly covered
in on the top thereof with iron gauze or network, capable
of preventing, to the satisfaction of the Resident Officer,
the escape of dangerous sparks.
(k.) Existing Fireplaces and Chimneys.—Any fireplace or
chimney already in existence which does not comply with
this Part of these by-laws (and in particular any chimney
built of corrugated iron and wood) shall be rebuilt or re-
erected or altered (as the case may require) by the owner,
so as to comply therewith, within one calendar month of the
receipt by him of notice in writing to this effect from the
Resident Officer, or (in the alternative and at the option of
the owner) shall be removed by the owner within the like
time.

Various Provisions.

13. Damp-course.—No person shall hereafter construct,
    erect, or put up any wall of brick, stone, or concrete unless
    the same shall have a proper damp-course of either sheet
    lead of not less weight than 4 lb. per superficial foot, asphalt
    ½ in. thick, malthoid, ruberoid, slates laid in cement, or other
    material approved of by the Resident Officer, beneath the
    level of the lowest timbers and above the level of the surface
    of the ground adjoining such wall.
14. Timber and other Materials.—(1.) All timber and other
    materials of every kind (whether or not mentioned in this
    Part of these by-laws) used in the construction, erection,
    repair, alteration, or renewal of any building or work coming
    within this Part of these by-laws shall be of good quality,
    and be sound and fit for the use to which they are proposed
    to be put.
    (2.) The person for the time being in charge of any work
    shall remove from the site thereof all unfit material within
    twenty-four hours after notice in writing so to do under the
    hand of the Resident Officer shall have been served upon him
    or left for him at the said site.
    (3.) White-pine or kahikatea timber shall in no case be
    used as above.
    (4.) Old materials shall not be used as above unless they
    shall be sound and have been well cleaned, and shall have
    been certified by the Resident Officer by writing under his
    hand to be fit for such use.
15. Contractors' Temporary Sheds.—With the consent of
    the Resident Officer any contractor or builder may erect
    on any site on which a building is in the course of erection
    any temporary shed, workshop, or office, constructed of wood
    or galvanised iron, required in connection with the erection
    of such building. Such contractor or builder shall remove
    such shed, workshop, or office from the said site upon the
    completion of the building operations or within seven days
    after receipt of a written notice to do so given to him at
    any time thereafter by the Resident Officer.
16. Scaffolding and Building-materials on Streets.—(1.) The
    Resident Officer may grant to any person upon payment by
    him of a fee of 5s. per calendar month or portion thereof,
    a license under the hand of the Resident Officer, authorising
    such person to construct such stage, scaffolding, hoarding,
    fence, or enclosure as the Resident Officer shall permit, and
    to deposit building and other materials and building-rubbish
    upon or across so much of the footway adjoining or in front
    of the site of the intended work, and so much of the street
    adjoining such footway, as the Resident Officer shall think
    fit, and shall specify in the license.
    (2.) The Resident Officer may renew such license or grant
    a fresh license to such person from time to time upon pay-
    ment of a further sum not exceeding 5s. per calendar month
    or portion thereof in respect of each such further license
    or renewal.
    (3.) The person so licensed may do the said acts according
    to the tenor of such license.
    (4.) The licensee shall keep such hoarding or enclosure
    sufficiently lighted at each corner from sunset to sunrise.

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(5.) The licensee shall make good any damage done to the
footway or street by reason of the operations.
(6.) Under the license no building operations shall be
carried on, or building or other materials or building-rubbish
deposited or stored in any public or private street, except
in enclosures licensed under this by-law.
17. Tents, &c.—No tents, pavilions, portable enclosures,
or temporary structures of any description shall be erected
or maintained without the express sanction, in writing, of
the Resident Officer.
18. Windows.—(1.) Every building erected or used for
residential purposes shall have a sufficient number of suitable
windows to afford effectual means of ventilation by direct
communication with the external air.
(2.) Every habitable room in any building shall have a
window or windows equal in size (clear of sash-frames) to at
least one-tenth of the area of the floor of such a room; half
of each such window shall open, and the opening must extend
to the top of the window.
(3.) In every public building there shall be adequate
means of ventilation.
19. Insanitary Sites.—No building shall be erected upon
a site filled up with any material impregnated with faecal
matter or with any animal or vegetable matter; and the
ground below every building shall be properly drained, and
the same shall, before being covered by any floor, be properly
cleared of all shavings or other combustible materials.
20. Projections.—Projections from buildings, such as base-
course piers, columns, pilasters, door and window dressings,
dressing-strings, fascias, copings, parapets, blocking-courses,
plinths, or other architectural decorations forming part of
an external wall, shall not project beyond the street-line,
except cornices, entablatures, or pediments, which may pro-
ject any distance approved by the Resident Officer, provided
that the crown mould of any such cornice be not less than
8 ft. above the footway.
21. Inspection.—It shall be lawful for the Resident Officer
or any officer or servant of the Department authorised by
him (either generally or in the particular case), and with or
without assistants, at any time or times between the hours
of 8 o'clock in the morning and 6 o'clock in the evening of
any day except Sunday, to enter into and upon any land
on which any recently completed building shall have been
erected, or on which any building is being erected, added to,
altered, repaired, or renewed, and also into and upon any
such building as aforesaid, and to inspect and examine every
such building, and all works executed or being carried on
with respect thereto, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
any such building has been or is being erected, or whether
any work with respect thereto has been or is being executed
contrary to any provision of this or any other Part of these
by-laws, or for any other purpose in connection with these
by-laws; and the person on whose behalf any such building
has been or is being erected, or any such work has been or is
being done, shall afford all reasonable assistance in every
such inspection and examination.
22. Removal of Building from another District or Allotment.
—(1.) It shall not be lawful to remove from the district under
the jurisdiction of any other local authority any building
or part of a building or any materials of which any building
was composed, and re-erect the same, or use the same in the
erecti