Oct. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2971

Ordinary Supply.

The following rates shall be levied and paid in respect of ordinary supply :—

(a.) Where the annual value does not exceed £12 10s., 10s. per annum.

(b.) Where the annual value exceeds £12 10s. but does not exceed £20, £7 per cent. on the annual value.

(c.) Where the annual value exceeds £20, £7 per cent. on the first £20 of the annual value and £1¼ per cent. on the balance of such annual value.

(d.) Upon all properties in the district to which water can be but is not supplied, situate (wholly or partly) within 100 yards from any part of the waterworks mains, a rate not exceeding one-half of those above mentioned.

Extraordinary Supply.

5. The rates hereinafter mentioned are hereby fixed as the charges which shall be levied by the Board in respect of extraordinary supply of water by the Board to any person requiring the same :—

(a.) Urinals or water-closets in hotels and manufacturing establishments, 30s. per annum for each urinal or W.C. If more than three in one establishment, a deduction of 20 per cent. shall be allowed.

(b.) Urinals or water-closets in private establishments, 20s. per annum for each urinal or water-closet. If more than two in any one establishment, a deduction of 20 per cent. shall be allowed.

(c.) Baths in hotels, £2 10s. per annum for each bath.

(d.) Lodging and boardinghouses having five or more bedrooms, 40s. per annum for each bath.

(e.) Lodging and boardinghouses having less than five bedrooms, 20s. per annum for each bath.

(f.) Manufacturers and other consumers, by meter, 2s. per 1,000 gallons. Minimum charge, 32s. per annum.

(g.) Supplies by meter or otherwise outside the district to private individuals or outside bodies to be charged at such prices as the Board may determine.

(h.) Hose-taps for gardens and other purposes (excepting fire-extinguishing purposes), 20s. per annum each or by meter, at the discretion of the Board. No hose-attachment shall be allowed unless paid for at this rate or by meter. All hose when in use must be held in the hand only, and is not allowed to be otherwise used unless paid for by meter.

(i.) At standpipes, by meter, any quantity not exceeding 400 gallons, 3s.

(j.) Horses, 10s. per horse per annum for the maximum number of horses kept, or by meter, at the discretion of the Board.

(k.) Cow, mule, or ass, 7s. 6d. each per annum.

(l.) Builders shall be supplied by meter at 2s. 6d. per 1,000 gallons. Builders to find their own meters, which must be approved by the Board. The minimum charge under this heading to be 15s. Builders may, at the discretion of the Board, be supplied at 1s. 9d. per 1,000 bricks, or 5s. per chimney for single chimney, or 7s. 6d. per chimney for double chimney.

(m.) Temporary supplies to tents to be charged for at such price and in such manner as the Board may determine, within a minimum price of 4s. per month or part of a month, to be prepaid.

General.

6. Application for water shall be made at the office of the Board, and all necessary forms may be obtained there or from the Waterworks Manager.

7. All water rates and charges made at per annum shall be levied half-yearly, and each consumer of water by extraordinary supply shall pay the same half-yearly in advance at the time when the water rate for the ordinary supply is due.

8. Water rates for ordinary supply shall be payable half-yearly in advance on the first days of April and October in each year, and new applications for service shall be accompanied by a sum equal to the rate for the broken period of the current half-year commencing three days after the date of application, except the application be made within two months prior to the end of the half-year, in which case payment shall be made at the beginning of the next half-year.

9. Every person supplied with water from the waterworks shall provide such proper taps, stop-cocks, and such other apparatus as the Board requires, and shall keep the same in good repair so as to prevent the water running to waste; and in default of providing and keeping in repair such apparatus the Board may stop the supply of water to such person in any manner it may think fit.

10. The rent payable for meters shall be 15 per cent. per annum on cost, payable half-yearly in advance.

11. Should any amount due remain unpaid for seven days after demand has been made for the same, the Board shall have the right to forthwith determine and cut off the supply in such manner as may be deemed advisable. Temporary supplies may be cut off after twenty-four hours’ notice.

12. Whenever the water-supply has been cut off from any premises a fee of 5s. shall be charged and paid for such cutting-off, and a similar fee of 5s. shall be charged and paid for again turning the water-supply on.

13. New services will be charged for as follows: ½ in. service, 30s.; ¾ in. service, 35s. All pipes over ¾ in. to be charged the difference of cost. Maximum length, 60 ft. Exceptional cases for supply of piping outside of streets with mains shall be dealt with in manner to be decided by the Board.

14. Payments for new services fees, meters, and supplies for building purposes must be made when lodging application for supply.

15. Any consumer using the water shall, on delivery of written notice from the Board, have a meter fixed to gauge his supply. Meters shall be fixed in such places as the Board shall direct, and charged for as mentioned in the scale of charges.

16. All meters must be of an approved make and new, and a certificate must accompany each meter as to its correctness, and be lodged with the Board’s officer before the water can be turned on.

17. The Board may, if it thinks fit, hire meters to consumers at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the cost of such meters, payable in advance. Should any meter be out of repair or cease to register or register inaccurately, the officer duly appointed by the Board shall estimate the consumption at the average of the previous half-year charged to the consumer, who shall be liable to pay accordingly, and such decision shall be final.

18. No consumer shall permit any person to take water from his premises. Penalty £10, at the option of the Board.

19. The Board reserves the right to discontinue supplying any consumer through any cause beyond the control of the Board, and the Board will not be responsible for any loss or inconvenience arising from such cause. The Board does not guarantee the uninterrupted supply of water, nor will compensation or allowance be paid or payable by reason of the water at any time being shut off or diminished in pressure.

20. Every consumer must enclose in a wooden box his water-meter. Locks of meter-boxes will be supplied at the expense of the consumer, but the key thereof will be kept by the Board. Keys of both meters and boxes, duly labelled with the name of the owner, must be lodged forthwith at the office of the Board.

21. Should any meter be out of repair, or cease to register or register inaccurately, or be suspected by the Waterworks Turncock so to be, the consumer shall, on receiving written notice from the Waterworks Turncock to that effect, send such meter to the water-workshop to be tested, and shall obtain from the Waterworks Turncock a certificate of its accuracy before refixing same. The fee to be paid for such retesting shall be—for each meter, 1 in. and under, 3s.; above 1 in., 4s.

22. No person other than a bona fide traveller riding a horse or driving horses or stock through or into the district shall permit, suffer, or allow any horse, mule, bull, cow, ox, ass, or other animal to drink from any of the Board’s watering-troughs unless he has previously given written notice to the Clerk of the Board of his intention so to do; and every person (other than such bona fide traveller) permitting, suffering, or allowing any such animal to drink from any such watering-trough shall be liable to pay and shall pay to the Board the respective charges imposed by these by-laws for the supply of water to such animals respectively.

23. Every charge imposed by these by-laws for an extraordinary supply shall be in addition to the charge from time to time made for the ordinary supply.

24. No consumer shall use or permit to be used upon or in connection with his premises for purposes defined as extraordinary supply any water supplied as and for ordinary supply.

25. The Board may by ordinary resolution from time to time vary or alter, increase or reduce, the water rates and charges payable under and by virtue of these by-laws.

26. The provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, in relation to water-supply rates and waterworks shall, where not inconsistent herewith, be read with and be deemed to be embodied and implied in these by-laws.

Plumbers.

27. Master plumbers approved by the Waterworks Turncock shall be licensed by the Board to lay pipes and do any work in connection with the water-supply on payment of an