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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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86. A close-fitting removable cover on hinges made and fixed to automatically fall on to the seat whenever the same is not in use shall be provided and maintained over the aperture of the seat; and every part of the space containing the receptacle shall be so closed in as to effectively prevent rats, mice, or flies from obtaining access to such receptacle.

87. The occupier of the premises on which any earth-closet is situated shall keep such closet, building, and appurtenances in a good state of repair, and in a thoroughly clean and sanitary condition to the satisfaction of the Board. Where premises are unoccupied the owner shall be in all cases liable and responsible for the repair and cleanliness of the closet, building, and appurtenances.

Cleansing of Privies, &c.

88. The owner or occupier of any premises within the district of the Portobello Road Board in connection with which a pan privy has been erected shall, if required so to do by the Inspector, use or cause to be used a sufficiency of dry earth, sawdust, or other deodorizing substance so that the excrement shall be so covered that no nuisance shall arise therefrom.

89. The owner and occupier of every dwellinghouse, shop, factory, workshop, school, or public building shall cause the pans of all pan privies used in connection with such dwellinghouse, shop, factory, workshop, school, or public building to be emptied and properly cleansed at least once in every week, and in any case so frequently as to prevent overflow of the contents thereof.

90. No person shall empty, or cause to be emptied, any privy or cesspool, or load, carry, or remove, or permit or suffer to be removed, any human faecal matter or offal except between the hours of 8 p.m. and 8 a.m., nor at any time otherwise than in a securely covered receptacle.

91. The Inspector, if he finds that the contents of any earth-closet, privy, ashpit, or cesspit upon or about any land or premises has not been properly cleansed and the contents thereof removed, or that any owner or occupier has allowed any human faecal matter, dung, ashes, slops, or refuse of any kind to accumulate in or upon or about any such premises, may cause such privy, ashpit, or cesspit to be emptied and cleansed at the expense of the owner or occupier of any such land or premises.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly passed at a special meeting of the Portobello Road Board held on the 3rd day of November, 1921, and confirmed at a special meeting held on the 8th day of December, 1921.

C. MACANDREW,
Clerk of the Portobello Road Board.

The common seal of the inhabitants of the Portobello Road Board District was affixed to the above-written special order and by-law at the office of the Portobello Road Board by authority of a resolution to that effect passed at a meeting of the said Board held at the Board’s office on the 2nd day of March, 1922, in the presence of—

HENRY ALLAN, Chairman.
ROBERT LEE,
WILLIAM THOS. ROWLANDS,
C. MACANDREW, Clerk.
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Members.

The above by-laws come into force when gazetted.

List of Persons, Companies, &c., licensed to conduct Fire-insurance Business in New Zealand.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 31st March, 1922.

THE following list of persons, firms, and companies licensed to conduct fire-insurance business in New Zealand is published in accordance with clause 11 of the rules made under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

G. JAS. ANDERSON,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Alliance Assurance Company (Limited), 23–25 Grey Street, Wellington.

Atlas Assurance Company (Limited), 9 Brandon Street, Wellington.

Australian Alliance Assurance Company, Box 95, Auckland.

Australian Provincial Assurance Association (Limited), Ellison Chambers, Queen Street, Auckland.

British and Foreign Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Limited), Wellington.

British General Insurance Company, care of Messrs. Rowley and Gill, 153–155 Featherston Street, Wellington.

British Traders’ Insurance Company (Limited), 29 Hunter Street, Wellington.

Canton Insurance Office (Limited), care of J. W. Wallace and Co., Wellington.

Commercial Union Assurance Company (Limited), 209 Lambton Quay, Wellington.

Commercial Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of South British Insurance Company (Limited), Auckland.

Dalgety and Co. (Limited), Wellington.

Eagle, Star, and British Dominions Insurance Company (Limited), 26 Shortland Street, Auckland.

Excess Insurance Company (Limited), care of Messrs. Sead-Gowing and Craven (N.Z.) (Limited), Cathedral Square, Christchurch.

Farmers’ Co-operative Fire and Marine Insurance Association of New Zealand (Limited), Cashel Street, Christchurch.

Guardian Assurance Company (Limited), 156 Featherston Street, Wellington.

Hawke’s Bay Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Hastings.

Home Insurance Company (Limited), care of Messrs. G. G. and J. H. Aitken and Co., 94 Hereford Street, Christchurch.

Indemnity Mutual Marine Assurance Company (Limited), Dunedin.

Insurance Office of Australia (Limited), Ground Floor, New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland.

Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company (Limited), Cathedral Square, Christchurch.

London Assurance Corporation, care of Messrs Sead-Gowing and Craven (N.Z.) (Limited), Cathedral Square, Christchurch.

London and Lancashire Insurance Company (Limited), corner of Fort and Commerce Streets, Auckland.

Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of Thomas Macky and Co., Auckland.

Motor Union Insurance Company (Limited), care of S. H. Jackson, Esq., Hunter Street, Wellington.

National Benefit Assurance Company (Limited), care of H. L. Tapley and Co., 119 Rattray Street, Dunedin.

National Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin.

New Zealand Insurance Company (Limited), Auckland.

New Zealand Plate Glass Insurance Company (Limited), Royal Exchange Buildings, Wellington.

North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, Routh’s Buildings, corner of Johnston and Featherston Streets, Wellington.

Northern Assurance Company (Limited), Williamson’s Chambers, 41–47 Shortland Street, Auckland.

Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society (Limited), care of Messrs. Rowley and Gill, Featherston Street, Wellington.

Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation (Limited), Wellington.

Oceanic Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of South British Insurance Company (Limited), Auckland.

Otago Farmers’ Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Water Street, Dunedin.

Phoenix Assurance Company (Limited), Wellington.

Queensland Insurance Company (Limited), Wellington.

Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation of London, Custom-house Quay, Wellington.

Royal Insurance Company (Limited), Wellington.

Scales, George H. (Limited), Fletcher’s Buildings, Custom-house Quay, Wellington.

South British Insurance Company (Limited), South British Chambers, corner of Queen and Shortland Streets, Auckland.

Standard Fire and Marine Insurance Company of New Zealand (Limited), Dunedin.

State Fire Insurance Office, Lambton Quay, Wellington.

Sun Insurance Office, Shortland Street, Auckland.

Taranaki Farmers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Association (Limited), Eltham.

Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company (Limited), Worcester Street, Christchurch.

Turnbull, A. H. and Co., Agents for W. Weddel and Co. (Limited), Christchurch.

Union Assurance Society (Limited), care of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency (Limited), Wellington.

Union Insurance Society of Canton (Limited), Hunter Street, Wellington.

United Insurance Company (Limited), 324 Lambton Quay, Wellington.

Victoria Insurance Company (Limited), Dunedin.

Waikato Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Association, Te Awamutu.

Wairarapa Automobile Association Mutual Insurance Company, Featherston.

Wellington Farmers’ Union Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Bryant’s Buildings, 7 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North.

Woodroffe, Gordon, and Co., Hereford Street, Christchurch.

Yorkshire Insurance Company (Limited), Dunedin.

Zealandia Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Limited), care of South British Insurance Company (Limited), Auckland.