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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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or immediately adjoining such plate. The space between the
lowest joist and the ground shall in all cases have sufficient
and proper communication with the external air for the pur-
poses of ventilation.

Walls of Living Rooms.

13. No room in any house other than a bathroom, closet,
    or store-room shall have a less average height than 9 ft. 6 in.
    between the floor and the ceiling throughout an area equal
    to at least two-thirds of the floor-space.

Ventilation and Lighting.

14. Every room, other than a bathroom, or closet, or store-
    room, shall be provided with at least one window, other than
    a skylight, opening direct to the external air. At least one-
    half of such window shall be movable or made to open, and
    the opening must extend to the top of the window; and the
    total glazed surface of such window or windows provided
    shall be equal in area to at least one-tenth of the floor-space
    of such room.

Walls of Bathrooms and Closets.

15. At least a portion of one wall of every bathroom or
    water-closet shall be in contact with the external air.

Insanitary Material.

16. No person shall use any materials in the erection,
    re-erection, or repair of any dwellinghouse which are unsound,
    insanitary, or improper to be used for their intended purpose,
    and any such materials shall within twenty-four hours of
    condemnation by the Inspector of Nuisances be removed
    from the site of the proposed house, and shall not again be
    brought thereon until the house has been completed.
17. If any dwellinghouse or part of a dwellinghouse be
    erected, altered, or repaired contrary in any particular to the
    provisions of these by-laws, it shall be lawful for the Board
    to give notice in writing to the owner of such dwellinghouse,
    within a time to be mentioned in such notice, to take down,
    remove, or alter such dwellinghouse, or part of such dwelling-
    house, in such a manner that the provisions of these by-laws
    shall be accurately fulfilled. Non-compliance with any such
    notice shall be deemed an offence.

PART IV
SANITARY.

Burial of Nightsoil.

1. No person shall bury, or cause or suffer or allow to be
   buried, nightsoil within the curtilage of any premises which
   shall be less than 1 acre in extent, but this provision shall
   not apply until the Board shall make provision for the regular
   removal of nightsoil under By-law No. 11 of Part IV hereof,
   or within the curtilage of any premises used as an hotel
   or boardinghouse, and then not within 33 ft. of any road, or
   any house or public building, or any building in which any
   person may be or may be intended to be employed in any
   manufacture, trade, or business within the district.

Nightsoil in Infectious Cases.

2. No person shall bury upon any private property the
   nightsoil produced upon any premises from which a case of
   infectious disease has been duly notified to the Board, and
   during such time as the District Health Officer shall declare
   the premises to be infected, but all such nightsoil shall be
   removed and disposed of by the Board at the expense of the
   occupier; and every pail or pan used for the reception or
   removal of such nightsoil shall be specially marked, and be
   retared after emptying and cleansing before being used again.

Mode of Burial of Nightsoil.

3. No person shall bury nightsoil otherwise than in the
   following manner:—
   A V-shaped furrow or trench shall be formed of not more
   than 18 in. in depth, and the nightsoil shall be placed therein,
   each lot as soon as placed to be covered with at least 6 in. of
   earth flush up to the surface of the ground. No fresh trench
   shall be opened up within 3 ft. of an old trench at any time
   within three months of the final closing of such old trench.

Sewage-tank. (See definition.)

4. No person shall use, or cause or permit to be used, any
   sewage-tank—
   (1.) Unless such tank in its design, position, and method
   of construction has been first approved by the
   District Health Officer and by the Inspector of
   Nuisances; or

(2.) After the District Health Officer or the Inspector of
Nuisances shall, on account of some defect or fault
therein or wrongful use thereof, in writing notify
such person not to use such septic-tank, and until
such notice shall be in writing withdrawn by the
person giving the same.

Water-closets.

5. No person shall use, or cause or allow to be used, any
   privy of the nature of a water-closet in the district
   unless the same be connected with a sewage-tank approved
   as mentioned in section (1) of By-law No. 4, Part IV, and
   not the subject of a notice not to use the same under sec-
   tion (2) of said By-law No. 4, and unless the same be furnished
   with such ventilation and appliances, and such closet and
   appliances be constructed in all particulars and parts in such
   manner, of such materials, and with such separate flushing
   and cleansing apparatus, traps, and pipes, as the Inspector
   of Nuisances shall require.

Privy Pans.

6. The owner of each house in the district shall provide
   or cause to be provided every pan-privy with a watertight
   galvanized-iron pan of a size, pattern, and design approved
   by the Board for the reception of nightsoil, and the speci-
   fication whereof shall be deposited at the office of the Board.

Privy-construction.

7. The floor under the seat of every privy or closet shall
   be raised at least 6 in. above the ground, and shall be con-
   structed of impervious material; and the privy or closet
   shall be constructed so that the pan shall fit in below the
   seat in such a manner as to prevent any matter reaching the
   floor, and shall be in all respects constructed, maintained,
   and kept in repair to the satisfaction of the Inspector of
   Nuisances; and means of access shall be provided so that
   all nightsoil can be removed therefrom without being carried
   through any house or public building, or any building in
   which any person may be or may be intended to be employed
   in any manufacture, trade, or business.

Deodorizers.

8. Every person or occupier of any house within the dis-
   trict shall provide and keep convenient to the privy a box
   containing dry earth, or sawdust, or lime or other suitable
   material to be used in such privy or closet as a deodorizer.

Sanitary Control.

9. All privies, closets, and house-drains within the district
   shall be under the superintendence, government, and control
   of the Board.

Position of Privy.

10. No privy or closet (except a privy of the nature of a
    water-closet constructed and being in accordance with By-
    law No. 5 of Part IV) shall be permitted to be erected or to
    remain at less distance than 15 ft. from any house or building
    used as a dwelling, or from any road, street, or footpath,
    or from the boundary fence of any used or occupied land
    or allotment.

Removal of Nightsoil.

11. The Board shall, as soon as reasonably practicable,
    make such provision as it shall think fit for the regular re-
    moval from any and every house within the district, and at
    the expense of the owner or occupier thereof, of all or any
    rubbish, nightsoil, or any offensive matter of any kind.

Power of Entry.

12. The Inspector of Nuisances, or any other person or
    persons who may be appointed by the Board for the pur-
    poses of these by-laws, shall have power to enter into or upon
    any buildings or land within the district for the purpose
    of effecting any such removal as in section 11 specified, or for
    examining the condition of every privy, drain, closet, pan,
    or earth-box, or for cleansing, constructing, altering, or
    repairing the same.

Nightsoil Carting.

13. No person who shall be engaged in the trades of
    scavenging or the removal of nightsoil within the district
    shall—
    (a.) Remove, cart, carry, or transport any offensive matter,
    pans, boxes, or other receptacles in any cart, wagon,
    float, or other vehicle which has not got the name
    of the owner clearly and legibly painted, in letters
    at least 2 in. in height in white paint on a dark
    ground, on some conspicuous part of such cart,
    wagon, float, or other vehicle.