Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3011

the reception of nightsoil, and the specification whereof shall
be deposited at the office of the Board.

102. Privy Construction.—The floor under the seat of every
     privy or closet shall be raised at least six inches above the
     ground, and shall be constructed 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 con-
     structed, maintained, and repaired to the satisfaction of the
     Inspector, 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 em-
     ployed in any manufacture, trade, or business.

103. Deodorizers.—Every owner or occupier of any house
     within the district shall provide and keep convenient to the
     privy a box containing dry earth, or sawdust, or lime, to be
     used in such privy or closet as a deodorizer.

104. Sanitary Control.—All privies, closets, and house drains
     within the district shall be under the superintendence, govern-
     ment, and control of the Board.

105. Position of Privy.—No privy or closet (except a privy
     of the nature of a water-closet constructed and being in
     accordance with the by-laws) shall be permitted to be erected
     or to remain at less distance than fifteen feet 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.

106. Removal of Nightsoil.—The Board shall, as soon as
     reasonably practicable, make such provision as it shall think
     fit for the regular removal 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.

107. Power of Entry.—The Inspector, 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, or for examining the condition
     of every privy, drain, closet, pan, or earth-box, or for cleans-
     ing, constructing, altering, or repairing the same.

108. Nightsoil Carting.—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 two inches in height in white paint on a
dark ground, on some conspicuous part of such cart,
wagon, float, or other vehicle.

(b.) Convey or remove or permit the conveyance or removal
of nightsoil in the district between the hours of 7 a.m.
and 10 p.m.

(c.) Convey or remove into, or permit to be conveyed or
removed through or from, the district any nightsoil
or offensive matter, unless the same shall be enclosed
in pans or other receptacles approved by the Board.

109. Carting Offensive Matter.—No person shall drive, take,
     conduct, or convey any cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle
     in, through, or upon the district, or any part thereof, whilst
     any offensive or noxious smell or odour emanates from any
     such cart, wagon, float, or other vehicle or the contents
     thereof.

110. Sufficient Privy necessary.—No owner of any premises
     shall construct or build thereon, or permit to be constructed
     or built thereon, any privy other than one of design, dimen-
     sions, and materials to be approved by the Inspector.

111. Preventing Nuisances.—No person shall permit any
     privy, back yard, or premises of which he shall be the occu-
     pier or owner within the district to become a nuisance or
     injurious to health.

112. Ashpit.—An ashpit shall not be deemed a “sufficient
     ashpit” within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1908,
     unless the same be either—

(a.) A galvanized-iron watertight receptacle of such shape
as to be readily emptied and cleaned, but so that it
shall not be of greater interior capacity than two
cubic feet, and it shall be fitted with a close-fitting
covering or door, to be kept shut except when it is
being filled or emptied, and with handles for moving
and emptying the same; or

(b.) A furrow or trench similar to and to be used in the
same manner as is provided in respect of the burial
of nightsoil.

113. Position of Drainage-pit.—No person shall make or
     construct, or use or permit to be used, any pit or hole for
     the reception of drainage from any premises within the dis-
     trict unless the same is at least twenty-five feet from any
     dwellinghouse or road.

114. Pig-keeping.—No person shall keep, or allow or suffer
     or permit to be kept, swine or pigs within the district on any
     holding of less than two acres in area, or shall in any case so
     keep them as to be a nuisance or injurious to health, or erect
     or permit or allow to remain any pigsty at a less distance
     than one hundred feet from any house or from any road or
     boundary of any occupied neighbouring property. The floor
     of every pigsty shall be of concrete or other impervious ma-
     terial to the satisfaction of the Inspector, and shall be so
     constructed that there shall be no soakage of the soil with
     pig’s food, urine, or drainage from the sty.

115. Fowls.—No person shall keep fowls on any allotment
     of land of a less area than a fifth of an acre. All fowl-houses
     shall have concrete, tar asphalt, or other impervious floors;
     and the owner of a fowl-house shall have the walls lime-
     washed at least once in every three months, and shall have
     the fowl-house cleaned out regularly at least once a week.
     No person shall erect any fowl-house, or cause any fowl-
     house or fowl-run to be built or remain nearer than twenty-
     five feet from any dwelling, or nearer than ten feet from any
     boundary of any adjoining land.

116. House Drainage.—In areas where the Drainage By-
     laws do not apply, the owner of any house shall, when re-
     quired by the Inspector, provide the same with suitable and
     sufficient drainage, to the satisfaction of the Inspector, to
     carry away the whole of the sewage and household waste
     water from the house, and provided with such grease-traps
     or other traps as the Inspector may require; and such drains
     shall be constructed of iron or earthenware glazed pipes at
     least four inches in diameter, with sockets properly jointed
     and cemented, and laid underground at a gradient of not less
     than 1 in 40, and led into a pit constructed as follows:—

Such pit shall be at least eight feet deep, and must go

down to a rock bottom or gravel strata, or such other
strata as shall be approved of by the Inspector, and
any rock bottom if not traversed with crevices shall
be opened by blasting. The pit shall then be filled
up with stones of not less than three inches in diameter
to not less than eighteen inches of the lowest ground-
level of the pit’s mouth. The drain must be led twelve
inches into this pit, so that the pipe-mouth discharges
among the stones. The stones are to be covered flush
up to the ground surface all round with dry earth well
pressed down. Such pit must be situated not less
than twenty-five feet from any dwellinghouse.

117. General Drainage.—In areas where the Drainage By-
     laws do not apply, no person shall construct or allow to
     remain any drain for the carriage of sewage except in accord-
     ance with the following provisions:—

(a.) In no case shall two or more premises be allowed to be

drained by one common pipe, unless a special permit
has first been obtained from the Board.

(b.) No drain shall pass underneath any house except where

any other course is impracticable, and in such case
the drain shall be of earthenware pipes with cemented
joints and embedded in six inches of concrete, or
cast-iron pipes with lead-caulked joints.

(c.) No right-angled junctions shall be permitted in any

drain. All junctions shall be effected by means of
Y-junction pipes. No inlet except such as may be
necessary for a water-closet shall be permitted
within or beneath a building to any drain.

(d.) All sanitary fittings shall be placed with their outlets

against or as near as possible to an external wall,
and shall not be directly connected to any drain,
but shall discharge (through waste-pipes where
necessary) outside the building over a gully-trap, or
over a watertight concrete channel of not more than
six feet in length leading to a gully-trap.

118. Storm-water.—The owner of any land or building shall
     provide the same with suitable and sufficient drains to carry
     away the whole of the rainfall and surface water to a point
     at least twenty-five feet from any house, and so that such
     water cannot flow, spread, or soak beneath any building.

PART V.
WATER-SUPPLY.

119. Water-supply.—Every ratepayer in the One Tree Hill
     Road Board District shall receive water only through the
     water-meter supplied and fixed, and always under the sole
     control of the Board’s officer.

120. Applications for Supply.—Application for water shall
     be made at the office of the Road Board, and all necessary
     forms may be obtained there.

121. Connections to Premises.—All communication pipes for
     ordinary supply between the main and the meter shall be
     made by the Road Board, but at the cost of the owner, and
     the owner shall complete at his own expense all connections
     from the meter to the premises to be supplied.

122. Cost of Connection.—On receipt of formal application
     the Board’s turncock shall estimate the cost of connection to
     be made by the Board, and on receipt of the sum specified
     the Board will proceed with the work.

123. Nature of Fittings, &c.—All applications for water-
     supply shall state the required connections and the nature