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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 13

shall be erected at any time on the eastern side of the said
portion of road within a distance of thirty-three feet of the
centre-line of the said portion of road.

SCHEDULE.

THE eastern side of that portion of Bridle-path Road, in the
Canterbury Land District, Heathcote County, adjoining
Lots 1 and 2, portion of Rural Section 254, Block XVI, Christ-
church Survey District. As the said portion of road is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45129,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured red.

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

Declaring Portion of Road in Waitemata County to be a
Government Road.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of January, 1919.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by
the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in
anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the
Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that
the portion of road described in the Schedule hereto shall, on
and after the date of this Order in Council, become a Govern-
ment road.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road declared to be a
Government road: 3 roods 33'1 perches.
Adjoining or passing through Section 305, E.R. (Pukeatua
Parish), Block III, Waitemata Survey District. (S.O.
20008.)

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is more
particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 45181,
deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at
Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon
coloured green.

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

Regulations under the Factories Act, 1908, and Amendments,
relating to Fire-escapes and Sanitation.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of January, 1919.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf
conferred upon him by section seventy of the Factories
Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby make the following additional regulations under that
Act.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE following requirements shall be complied with in
   every factory; provided that in any case where the factory
   has been registered and occupied as a factory prior to the
   coming into force of these additional regulations the Inspector
   may authorize such modification as he thinks fit, if he is
   satisfied that the requirements as modified will be such as
   to ensure the safety and health of the workers accommodated
   therein.

FIRE-ESCAPES.

2. Subject to clause 9 hereof, a fire-escape stairway, not
   being a stairway ordinarily used for ingress and egress, shall
   be provided for every floor of a factory above the ground
   floor, and shall reach from the topmost story to not more

than 7 ft. from the ground-level, and shall be in such a
position that escape can be easily made from the building
and adjoining buildings. A platform shall be provided at
the foot of each escape stairway, such platform to be at
least 2 ft. long and the full width of the stairway. The
escape shall be situate as far as practicable from lift elevators
or other stairs or windows. The exit from every place where
workers are employed shall lead directly to and be near to
the escape.

The said escape stairway shall, where practicable, be con-
structed on the outside of the building. Wherever it is found
impracticable to place the escape outside the building the
stairway may be constructed inside the building, but shall
otherwise be as required by these regulations, and shall be
completely enclosed within and constructed of fire-resisting
materials, and have direct communication with the outer air.

3. There shall also be provided for every floor of the factory
   above the ground floor a satisfactory alternative means of
   escape, which may be either a stairway ordinarily used for
   ingress and egress, or some other means of escape approved
   by the Inspector. The constructive arrangements shall be
   such as to allow of each means of escape being readily and
   safely accessible to and usable by all of the workers who may
   be accommodated on the different parts of every floor, so
   that should exit by one of the means of escape become
   obstructed exit by the other means of escape shall be instantly
   available and safely accessible and usable.

4. Wherever it is practicable the Inspector may require
   the factory occupier to provide, in lieu of or in addition to
   the fire-escapes otherwise required by these regulations, a
   horizontal means of escape from any part of the building
   when such horizontal escape will lead to such other place as
   affords a safe means of exit to the street.

5. The words "Fire Escape" shall be printed legibly in a
   well-lit place over or alongside the doorway leading to the
   fire-escape, in letters not less than 4 in. deep.

6. One or more notices, as required by the Inspector, in
   the form prescribed below, shall be posted in a conspicuous
   place on all floors above the ground floor where they can be
   easily read by the workers employed thereon, showing the
   position of the fire-escapes, the approaches thereto, and ex-
   plaining the necessity for workers to keep themselves from
   time to time acquainted with the mode of exit in case of fire.

Form 11A.
Under the Factories Act, 1908.
FIRE-ESCAPES.
(To be read by all workers employed in the factory.)
The fire-escape is situated [State position of fire-escape and
approaches to same].

7. It shall be the duty of the occupier to arrange for the
   workers employed above the ground floor to select at least
   one representative from among such workers, and such repre-
   sentative shall, together with the occupier, test all fire-escapes
   and approaches thereto within the factory at least once every
   three months. A record of each test shall be kept by the
   occupier, signed by him and by the workers' representative,
   and shall be open at all times to the Inspector.

8. Every stairway, landing, or platform to be used as a
   fire-escape shall be so constructed as to bear three times the
   maximum weight which would be brought to bear upon it in
   case of fire.

9. Notwithstanding the provisions of these regulations, it
   shall not be compulsory to provide a fire-escape stairway as
   provided for in clause 2 hereof if the staircase ordinarily used
   for ingress and egress consists of fire-resisting material through-
   out and enclosed in fire-resisting materials, and if in the opinion
   of the Inspector the head of the staircase on each floor is
   sufficiently near to the place where workers are employed,
   and also leads to or is sufficiently near to an exit from the
   building, affording a readily available and safe means of egress
   from every part of the said building, and if, in addition,-

(I.) In the case of a wooden building, there are not more
than two floors (including the ground floor), and no
females and not more than twenty male workers
are accommodated on the upper floor; or

(2.) In the case of a brick or concrete building, there are
not more than two floors above the ground floor, any
partitions on such floors are constructed of fire-
resisting materials, and the number of workers
accommodated above the ground floor does not
exceed fifty.

STAIRS AND LANDINGS.

10. All stairs and landings provided for fire-escapes shall
    be constructed of fire-resisting materials, with-
    (I.) Straight flights, with half-space or quarter-space
    landings at intervals of not more than twenty nor
    less than two rises.