May 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1701

II. Permits to build.

1. Every person now conducting an offensive trade within the Mount Wellington Road District shall, within one month of these by-laws coming into force, and every person who hereafter may apply for a permit to establish an offensive trade in accordance with section 85 of the Public Health Act, 1908, within the Mount Wellington Road District shall, deposit with the Clerk of the Board a plan (drawn to a scale of not less than one-eighth of an inch to one foot) showing the whole of the premises to be used in connection with the trade, together with a specification giving—
   (a.) Boundaries, area, and description of premises :
   (b.) Extent of paved area in such buildings, and materials used in paving :
   (c.) Mode of construction of walls, and material to be used in construction :
   (d.) Means and source of water-supply :
   (e.) Means of drainage, and size, materials, and mode of construction of the drains :
   (f.) Means of lighting and ventilation in the building :
   (g.) Measures to be employed for the absorption of dust and noxious emanations produced in connection with the trade.

2. No person shall add to or alter, or cause to be added to or altered, any building or apparatus or appurtenances used in the carrying-on of an offensive trade unless he shall have obtained from the Board a permit so to do, and in applying for such permit he shall have deposited with the Clerk of the Board such plans and specifications of the proposed alterations or additions as may be necessary to enable the Board to estimate if the alterations or additions are in accordance with these by-laws.

3. On receipt of the plans and specifications the Board may issue the permit to conduct or carry on an offensive trade, or to make any alterations or additions to buildings or apparatus or appurtenances, subject to such alterations or modifications in the plans and specifications as may be directed by the Board, together with the District Health Officer.

4. It shall not be lawful for any person to construct or erect, or cause to be constructed or erected, any buildings or machinery for the purpose of carrying on an offensive trade save in accordance with the plans and specifications authorized by the Board, and until a permit has been issued by the Board as aforesaid.

III. Structure of Buildings.

It shall not be lawful to carry on any offensive trade in any building or premises which does not comply with the following conditions :—

1. Floors.—Every floor or part of a floor on which offensive matter may fall or be deposited shall be covered with a layer of cement or other approved impervious material. In the case of ground floors the impervious covering shall be laid on concrete at least 6 in. in thickness. Every floor on which offensive matter may fall or be deposited shall be so sloped and graded as to drain towards a channel which shall discharge in the open air over a trapped gully connected with a drain.

2. All the walls, roofs, and ceilings of every building used in connection with an offensive trade shall be composed of such materials as shall prevent the absorption of offensive matter, and shall be so constructed as to prevent the accumulation of dust, or the harbouring of rats or other vermin.

3. Drainage.—Every drain laid in connection with a building used for the carrying-on of an offensive trade shall be constructed of sound glazed earthenware pipes, with socket and spigot joints, properly finished with cement, or of sound cast-iron pipes with lead-caulked joints. All joints shall be made watertight. The drains shall lead to such tank, sewer, or outfall as the District Health Officer and the Board may direct.

The drains shall be provided with such means of ventilation and terminate in such upcast shafts as may be specified by the Board. The inlet-opening to all drains shall be trapped, and, save in the case of water-closets, such traps shall be in the open air.

Water-closets shall be provided with an adequate flushing-apparatus, and shall be constructed with such basins, traps, soil-pipes, and means of ventilation as the Board may direct. All baths, sinks, and hand-basins shall be of impervious materials, and the waste-pipes shall be of drawn lead trapped immediately below the intake, with an access-cap at the bottom of the trap.

The wastes shall discharge in the open air over gully-traps connected with a drain.

4. Water-supply.—Any premises used for the carrying-on of an offensive trade shall be provided with a water-supply adequate for the carrying-out of the trade, for the flushing and cleansing of floors and drains, and for the cleansing of the apparatus used in the trade.

5. Ventilation, &c.—Any building or premises shall be provided with appliances capable of effectively destroying all noxious or offensive effluvia, vapours, dust, or gases arising in any process of the business, or from any material, residue, or other substance which may be kept or stored upon the premises.

6. Yards.—Every yard, cart-stand, or approach used in connection with the premises shall be covered with asphalt, concrete, macadam, or such other covering as the Board may direct :

Provided, however, that as regards offensive trades established in the district at the coming into force of these by-laws, six months from the date thereof shall be allowed to alter such buildings and premises to the above-mentioned requirements.

IV. Regulations for the conduct of the Business of an Offensive Trade.

Every person who shall conduct an offensive trade shall—

1. Cause every process of his business in which any noxious or offensive effluvia, vapours, dust, or gases are generated to be carried on in such a manner that all noxious or offensive effluvia, vapours, dust, or gases shall be effectively destroyed :

2. Cause all material used, or offensive material or refuse from the boiling-pans, and all refuse, residue, or other matters from which noxious or offensive effluvia, vapours, or gases are evolved, or are liable to be evolved, to be placed in properly closed receptacles, or to be otherwise dealt with in such a manner as to prevent any noxious or offensive effluvia, vapours, or gases therefrom escaping into the external atmosphere :

3. Cause all scraps of litter composed of matters liable to become decomposed to be constantly gathered or swept up and placed in properly covered receptacles :

4. Cause the floor of every place in which any process of the business is carried on to be kept thoroughly cleansed :

5. Cause the internal surface of every wall of any building upon the premises where his trade is carried on to be thoroughly cleansed, and, after being so cleansed, to be thoroughly washed with hot limewash at such periods as the Board may direct :

6. Cause, at the close of every working-day, all fat, tallow, grease, refuse, or filth which has been spilled or splashed, or has fallen or been deposited, upon any floor or pavement upon the premises where his trade is carried on to be removed therefrom by scraping, or some other effectual means of cleansing :

7. Cause every part of the internal surface of the walls of any building, and every floor or pavement upon such premises, to be kept at all times in good order and repair, so as to prevent the absorption therein of any liquid, filth, or refuse, or any noxious or injurious matter, which may be splashed or may fall or be deposited thereon :

8. Cause every drain or means of drainage upon or in connection with such premises to be maintained at all times in good order and efficient action :

9. Cause all receptacles, apparatus, boilers, and implements used upon his premises to be kept clean and maintained in good order and repair :

10. Cause all offensive matter carried along the roads in the district to be carried in properly covered receptacles, so as to effectively prevent any offensive effluvia therefrom or any such matter dropping or spilling upon such roads.

V. Penalties.

1. Every person guilty of a breach of the provisions of any of these by-laws shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5, and where the breach is a continuing one to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every day or part of a day during which such breach continues.

The continued existence in a state contrary to any of the provisions of these by-laws of any work or things shall be deemed a continuing offence within the meaning of this section.

The foregoing by-laws were duly made by the Mount Wellington Road Board, by and with the consent of the District Health Officer, by special order passed by a resolution at a special meeting of the said Board convened for that purpose on the 6th day of March, 1911. Such resolution was duly confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the said Board held on the 10th day of April, 1911, public notice of the time and place of the holding of such subsequent meeting being duly given in the New Zealand Herald on the 17th March, 24th March, 31st March, and 7th April, 1911. The said by-laws were by the said resolution ordered to come into force after the expiration of one week from the same having been gazetted.