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(2.) A securely fixed continuous handrail on one side at a vertical height of not less than 2 ft. 9 in. above the nosing of the tread, and not less than 3 ft. above the landing. Where the stairway is over 3 ft. 4 in. in width, two such continuous handrails, one on each side, shall be provided. Balusters or midrails or wire netting securely erected shall be provided to every open side of every unenclosed stairway.

(3.) A clear headway throughout of not less than 6 ft. 6 in.

(4.) Steps of uniform dimensions throughout, with strongly secured treads, not less than 10 in. exclusive of nosing, and rises of not more than 7 in.

(5.) The underside of wooden stairs lined except where rises are fitted.

(6.) A landing at each floor of the same width as the stairway with a fire-resisting self-closing door, not less than 6 ft. 6 in. high, of the same width as the landing, and opening outwards, so as not to obstruct the landing.

(7.) All walls and partitions enclosing any staircase constructed of fire-resisting material.

LIGHTING OF FIRE-ESCAPES.

11. All interior means of egress, passage-ways, and stairways shall be lighted to a degree sufficient for escape purposes.

DOORS AND GATEWAYS.

12. All doors and gates forming exits from the building or from any room, aisle, gangway, passage, or stairway leading to a fire-escape shall open outwards, or shall open both inwards and outwards, and, if so required by the Inspector, shall be hung to open towards the nearest road, street, or right-of-way.

The Inspector may require doors to be hung in pairs and to be fitted with approved panic bolts.

No door or gate shall be hung so as to open immediately on to a flight of steps, or to obstruct any exit when open.

All doors or gates leading from the factory to the exits from the building shall, during the whole time the factory is occupied by workers (other than the caretaker or watchman), be secured with such fastenings as will allow such doors or gates to be readily opened from the inside without a key. All stairways and passages provided for by these regulations shall be kept clear at all times when the workers are accommodated in the factory.

The width of all doors, aisles, or gangways to stairs provided for by these regulations shall be as follows:-

Not less than 2 ft. 8 in. for 1 to 25 workers.

Not less than 3 ft. 4 in. for 26 to 100 workers.

Not less than 20 extra inches for every extra 100 or fraction thereof.

13. Where the amount of egress space required on the ground floor exceeds 5 ft., at least two separate doorways, placed as far apart as practicable, shall be provided. No doorway or gateway shall be less than 2 ft. 8 in. wide and 6 ft. 6 in. high in the clear.

FIRE-PREVENTION APPLIANCES.

14. Where the Inspector deems it necessary for the further protection of the workers, he may require automatic sprinklers or other fire-prevention appliances to be provided.

SANITARY ACCOMMODATION.

15. The factory shall be provided with proper privy accommodation in accordance with the following scale, and where workers of different sexes are employed all such accommodation shall be separate for the sexes, and approaches thereto shall be properly separated. Adequate urinal accommodation shall also be provided for every factory in which ten or more male workers are employed. In factories in which the majority of those employed are of one sex and not more than two are of the other sex, separate and distinct privy accommodation for the workers of such other sex shall not be required if, in the opinion of the Inspector, the same is suitably provided in neighbouring premises.

Scale.

Privies for Male Workers: 1 for first 20 or less; 1 for every additional 30.

Privies for Female Workers: 1 for first 15 or less; 1 for every additional 30.

FIRST-AID APPLIANCES.

16. The Inspector may require the occupier of any factory to provide such first-aid appliances for use in case of accident as he considers necessary, having regard to the number of workers employed and to the nature of the industry.

17. Any person committing a breach of or failing to perform or observe the provisions of the foregoing regulations shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding £5.

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

Regulations under the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, relating to 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 the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, 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 make the following additional regulations under that Act.

REGULATIONS.
SANITARY ACCOMMODATION.

1. The following requirements shall be complied with in every shop; provided that in any case where the shop was in existence and occupied as a shop 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 health of the assistants accommodated therein.

The shop shall be provided with proper privy accommodation in accordance with the following scale, and where assistants of different sexes are employed all such accommodation shall be separate for the sexes, and approaches thereto shall be properly separated. Adequate urinal accommodation shall also be provided for every shop in which ten or more male assistants are employed. In shops in which the majority of those employed are of one sex and not more than two are of the other sex, separate and distinct privy accommodation for the assistants of such other sex shall not be required if in the opinion of the Inspector the same is suitably provided in neighbouring premises.

Scale.

Privies for Male Assistants: 1 for first 20 or less; 1 for every additional 30.

Privies for Female Assistants: 1 for first 15 or less; 1 for every additional 30.

DRY SWEEPING OF FLOORS.

2. In any shop where assistants are employed all dry sweeping shall be completed half an hour before the assistants, other than those who have been performing that work, commence work.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown.

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.
ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienation of the Native land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

TATARA-O-TE-RAUHINA Block: Approximate area, 5,760 acres; Moeangiangi Survey District.

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