JUNE 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1883

every joist, sleeper-plate, stringer, or bearer on which such floor may be laid or supported and the upper surface of the ground. Such space shall be freely ventilated to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

3. The walls and ceilings of every such room shall be lined internally with match-lining (where practicable, to be tongued and grooved), and all external walls shall be so constructed as to effectively exclude wind and water.

4. The roof of every room that is not ceiled shall, if covered with iron, be lined with felt, paper, or sarking to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

5. (1.) Every sleeping-room shall be of such dimensions as will provide not less than 400 cubic feet of air-space and 45 square feet of floor-space for each person to be accommodated therein, and shall be not less than 8 ft. in height in any part. For the purposes of this regulation the Inspector may post up in a conspicuous place in any sleeping-room a notice specifying the maximum number of persons that may be accommodated therein; provided that not more than two persons shall be required to sleep in any one room.

(2.) Each bunk shall be provided with a spring mattress or a mattress of chaff, straw, or kapoc.

6. Separate rooms shall in all cases be provided for sleeping and for meals. No person shall be required or permitted to sleep in any room where food is usually kept, or in any place insufficiently shut off from such room.

7. Suitable heating appliances shall be provided in some convenient room to the satisfaction of the Inspector. Provision shall also be made for the washing and drying of workers' clothes.

8. Every room shall be provided with one or more windows in direct communication with the external air and so constructed as to permit of all sashes being moved and to permit of at least one-half of each window being opened, the opening portion to extend to at least 6 ft. 6 in. from the floor. The total area of the window or windows in each room shall be not less than one-tenth of the area of the floor of that room. Through ventilation shall be provided in each room by placing a window opposite the door or another window.

9. Sufficient and suitable privy and urinal accommodation shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Inspector or District Health Officer. Such accommodation shall, if not connected with a sewerage system, be not less than 50 ft. nor more than one hundred yards from the other accommodation buildings, nor less than fifty yards from the water-supply.

10. All waste-pipes from sinks, wash-basins, or other sanitary fittings shall consist of such materials and be so constructed as to ensure cleanliness and freedom from any smell or leakage.

11. There shall be provided, to the satisfaction of the District Health Officer or Inspector, an ample supply of clean and wholesome water for drinking, culinary, and washing purposes.

12. Where any sleeping-room has ceased to be occupied for any period exceeding twenty-eight days, it shall be thoroughly scrubbed or otherwise cleaned by the employer before it is again occupied. During occupation the sleeping-rooms shall be kept clean by the occupants. The employer shall during the period of occupation cause all other accommodation to be kept in a cleanly state to the satisfaction of the Inspector.

13. Suitable ambulance appliances, to the satisfaction of the District Health Officer, shall be provided at every flaxmill and at every sawmill.

14. (1.) Where the nature of the work necessitates the frequent removal of accommodation from one locality to another, temporary accommodation of a weatherproof type (but not necessarily in conformity in other respects with these regulations) may, with the precedent approval in writing of the Inspector, be provided to his satisfaction. Such approval shall not be granted in respect of a longer period than three months at one time.

(2.) In the case of flaxmill employees the Inspector shall not grant a permit for the use of temporary accommodation for more than two consecutive periods of three months each unless the accommodation is moved at least one hundred yards.

15. (1.) These regulations, so far as they relate to sleeping-accommodation, shall not apply in any case where the workers employed by any employer could, in the opinion of the Inspector, conveniently reside at a boarding-house situated not more than a mile from the place of employment, or in any case where such place of employment is within or within a mile of a borough or town district.

(2.) These regulations shall apply to the accommodation to be provided by contractors in pursuance of section 12 of the Shearers' and Agricultural Labourers' Accommodation Act, 1908, and the Shearers' and Agricultural Labourers' Accommodation Amendment Act, 1912, for the flaxmill workers and sawmill workers employed by them; and all references herein to employers shall be deemed to include references to such contractors accordingly.

Special as to Flaxmills.

16. At any flaxmill where steam is used the employer shall, if so required by the District Health Officer and the Inspector by writing under their hands, provide a shower-bath, with a sufficient hot- and cold-water supply, for the use of the workers employed at such mill.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revolving Order in Council licensing Mr. William Douglas Meiklejohn to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Rangitoto Island as a Site for a Wharf.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirty-first day of May, 1913.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, license Mr. William Douglas Meiklejohn, of Devonport, Auckland (hereinafter called “the licensee”), to use and occupy a part of the foreshore of Rangitoto Island, Auckland, in order to erect and maintain a wharf thereon in accordance with plan marked M.D. 3760, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, and upon and subject to the terms and conditions therein set forth: And whereas the said licensee desires that the said license shall be revoked:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Harbours Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council of the eleventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and the rights and privileges thereby conferred.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Mayor Island to be a Sanctuary for Imported and Native Game.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

PURSUANT to the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare Mayor Island to be a sanctuary for the purposes of the said Animals Protection Act, and that no imported or native game shall be taken or killed on the said island.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Trustee for the Highbank Public Cemetery appointed.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the fourth section, of the Cemeteries Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ELIJAH LAKE

to be a Trustee, in the place of Robert Charles, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Highbank Public Cemetery, in conjunction with Henry Ward, Charles William Smith, Arthur Thomas Lilley, Peter Drummond, jun., and George Leggett, previously appointed.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

A. L. HERDMAN,
For Minister of Lands.