Oct. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2701

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF SOUTHLAND.

All that area bounded towards the north generally by Lake County and Vincent County respectively, as described in the First Schedule to the Counties Act, 1876, from the eastern boundary of Wallace County to the north-western corner of Tuapeka County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 111, of the 30th December, 1882; thence towards the east generally by Tuapeka County aforesaid and Clutha County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, of the 6th February, 1913, to the ocean; thence towards the south generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Waimatuku Stream; and thence towards the west generally by Wallace County as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 12, of the 4th February, 1897: excepting the Boroughs of Invercargill, South Invercargill, Winton, Gore, Mataura, Campbelltown, and the town districts of Wyndham and Lumsden.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART.

Minister of Internal Affairs.

Members of Kaiapoi Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 4th October, 1922.

THE undermentioned persons have been appointed or elected to be members of the Kaiapoi Fire Board, constituted under the Fire Brigades Act, 1908:-

Appointed by the Governor-General

L. B. Evans.

Elected by the fire-insurance companies--

James Buchan.

James Hutchins.

Harold Cummins Rogers.

Elected by the Kaiapoi Borough Council--

Hector McIntosh.

Thomas Robert Leithead.

Robert John Dunn.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws made by Foxton Fire Board.

Department of Internal Affairs,

Wellington, 29th September, 1922.

THE following by-laws, made by the Foxton Fire Board, are published in accordance with the Fire Brigades Act, 1908.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,

Minister of Internal Affairs.

FOXTON FIRE BOARD BY-LAWS.

By virtue of the powers and authorities vested in it in that behalf by section 43 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and amendments thereto, the Foxton Fire Board hereby makes the following by-laws.

INTERPRETATION.

In these by-laws, except when inconsistent with the context or when otherwise expressly provided,--

"Board" means the Foxton Fire Board elected and appointed under the provisions of the Fire Brigades Act:

"Brigade" means the Foxton Fire Brigade established and enrolled under the provisions of these by-laws:

"District" means the Foxton Fire District as defined in the New Zealand Gazette:

"Secretary" means the Secretary appointed by the Foxton Fire Board:

"Superintendent" and "Deputy Superintendent" mean respectively the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent appointed by the Foxton Fire Board:

"Street" means any public or private street, and includes public places.

1. MANAGEMENT, DISCIPLINE, AND GOOD CONDUCT.

The Superintendent shall have control and sole command of the brigade, and shall be responsible to the Board for the proper and efficient working and discipline of the brigade. He shall perform the duties set forth in the specification of duties under which he is appointed by the Board.

The Deputy Superintendent shall assist and act under the direction of the Superintendent, in whose absence he shall take command of the brigade, and undertake all the duties and responsibilities of the office of Superintendent while so acting.

Subject to the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, and these by-laws, the brigade may make rules and by-laws regulating the duties and elections of such other officers as are not otherwise pro-

vided for in these by-laws, and the internal management of the affairs of the brigade, and may from time to time amend, revoke, and make new rules. A copy of all such rules shall be forwarded to the Secretary of the Board for approval.

Any member of the brigade who misconducts himself at a fire, meeting, or practice, or at any gathering where the brigade is represented, or appears in a state of intoxication at any fire, meeting, or practice, or gathering as aforesaid, or is insubordinate, or uses foul language, or wilfully neglects to carry out the instructions of the Superintendent or officer in charge, shall be liable to instant dismissal, and shall be guilty of an offence against this by-law.

Intoxicating liquors on or about the fire-station premises are strictly prohibited, and any member bringing intoxicating liquor on the premises for consumption becomes liable to instant dismissal.

Gambling in any shape or form on or about the fire-station premises is forbidden.

2. FIRE BRIGADE.

The Secretary shall enrol the names of all persons between the ages of eighteen years and forty-four years inclusive, subject to a medical certificate of physical fitness, and now on the active roll of the Foxton Fire Brigade, who volunteer their services as a fire brigade under the Foxton Fire Board, such enrolment, inclusive of all officers, not to exceed sixteen members.

Any vacancies in the brigade may, with the approval of the Board, be filled up. The brigade may elect honorary members, subject to the approval of the Board.

The control of such fire brigade shall vest in the Superintendent appointed by the Board.

3. FIRE POLICE AND SALVAGE CORPS.

The members of the force which may be established by the Board under the authority of section 44 of the Fire Brigades Act, 1908, for the purpose of attending at fires and saving properties, shall be enrolled by the Secretary as a fire police and salvage corps. The control of such corps shall vest in and be exercised by the officer elected to be captain by the members and approved by the Board. The duty of such police shall be to attend at any fire, to aid and assist the regular police force, to watch over any properties saved, to preserve order, and to carry out any instructions which may be given by the Superintendent or officer in charge of the fire brigade in command on the spot. Such instructions shall be conveyed as far as possible through the captain or officer in charge of the fire police.

4. GRATUITIES FOR VOLUNTARY OR OTHER SERVICES.

For the performance of any voluntary or special services rendered by any person, whether a member of the brigade or not, in respect of any fire, there may be paid out of the funds of the Board such sum as the Board or any committee authorized by the Board may direct, not exceeding the rate of 3s. per hour for the time occupied in such services.

5. PREVENTION OF FIRE.

(a.) In this part of these by-laws, and for the purposes thereof, the words "inflammable packings" shall mean all materials of an inflammable or combustible nature as may be used in the packing of goods and merchandise, and shall include paper, shavings, sawdust, chips of wood, grass, straw, fibre, kapoc, empty packing-cases, boxes, crates, casks, bags, and bales.

(b.) No person shall, upon or in any land or premises, place, store, or keep, or permit or suffer to be placed, stored, or kept, any inflammable packings or other explosive or combustible materials in such quantities or in such manner as to create or cause a risk of fire upon such or any adjoining land or premises.

(c.) If any inflammable packings or other explosive or combustible materials are placed, stored, or kept, or suffered to remain in or upon any land or buildings in such quantities or in such manner as to create or cause a risk of fire, the Superintendent shall, by notice in writing duly served upon the occupier of such land or premises and (in case there is no occupier) upon the owner thereof, direct the occupier or owner thereof, within a time to be specified in the notice, to remove the whole or any part of such inflammable packings or other explosive or combustible materials therefrom, or may direct the said occupier or owner to place or store the same in a manner to the satisfaction of the Superintendent; and every occupier or owner who fails to perform or comply with the directions contained in any such notice shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding £2 for every day after the expiration of the time specified in such notice.

(d.) It shall not be lawful to make or place, or keep stored, or to suffer to remain on any premises within the Fire Board District any stack of hay, corn, straw, or other agricultural produce belonging to the class of cereals, or cover such stack