July 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1719

(17.) No person while carrying in any vehicle milk for sale or for delivery to a customer shall carry or convey water in the same vehicle or any other fluid capable of being used for diluting milk.

PROVIDING FOR THE CLEANLINESS AND FREEDOM FROM CONTAMINATION OF ICE-CREAM AND ICES.

13. (1.) No person shall erect or use any premises for the sale or the manufacture or storage for sale of ice-cream or ices unless he shall have obtained the permission in writing of the local authority, subject to such conditions as to license as the local authority may by by-law prescribe.

(2.) No person shall manufacture, store, or deposit any ice-cream or ices for sale, nor suffer them to be manufactured, stored, or deposited, in any open shed or unenclosed space.

(3.) No person shall manufacture, store, or deposit any ice-cream or ices for sale, or suffer them to be manufactured, stored, or deposited for sale, in any room or building—

(a.) Unless such room or building is provided with close-jointed walls and floors :

(b.) Unless its internal walls are covered with non-absorbent material having a smooth surface or of wood the boards of which are fixed vertically, smoothly finished, and coated with at least three coats of light-coloured paint :

(c.) Unless its floors are constructed of cement concrete, tiles, or well-smoothed wood :

(d.) Unless it is well lighted and ventilated :

(e.) Unless all interior surfaces of the floors and walls thereof are kept constantly clean :

(f.) Unless there is provided for the purpose of cleaning all appliances used in connection with the storage, manufacture, or sale of ice-cream or ices a suitable and sufficient supply of hot and cold water.

(4.) No person shall manufacture, store, or deposit ice-cream or ices for sale, or suffer them to be manufactured, stored, or deposited for sale, in any dwelling-room, or in any room communicating directly with a privy or water-closet, or stable, or with an apartment used for sleeping, or in any room having an opening into any drain or sewer.

(5.) No person shall sell or engage in the manufacture or storage for sale of ice-cream or ices otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of clause 4 of these regulations.

(6.) No person engaged in the manufacture or sale of ice-cream or ices shall suffer his hands or any part of his person to come in contact with any ice-cream or ices.

(7.) No person shall use for containing, storing, or conveying ice-cream or ices for sale any vessel unless it is so constructed as to permit of every part of the interior of the vessel being seen and adequately cleansed, or unless it is provided with a lid or covering which shall protect the interior from dust or rain or contamination.

(8.) No person shall use any vessel with rough or broken or rusty edges or surfaces for containing, measuring, or carrying any ice-cream or ices for sale.

(9.) No person shall manufacture, store, or deposit any ice-cream or ices for sale, or store or deposit the ingredients thereof, in any vessel which is not clean ; and every person engaged in the manufacture or sale of ice-cream or ices shall at all times maintain all vessels and utensils used for containing or coming into contact with ice-cream or ices, or the ingredients used in the manufacture of ice-cream or ices, in a condition of cleanliness, and shall at all times protect the contents thereof from dust or flies or any contamination.

(10.) No person shall sell any ice-cream or ices which, after having been once frozen, have run down or melted, and which have been again frozen.

(11.) Every vessel used for containing ice-cream, ices, or any milk or cream used in the manufacture of ice-cream or ices for sale, shall be cleansed as soon as possible after it has been emptied, and no person shall sell any ice-cream or ices unless every spoon, glass, or other appliance used by the customer in connection with such sale has been thoroughly cleansed in clean water.

(12.) No person shall refill with ice-cream or ices for sale any once used package which is made wholly or in part of wood, paper, cardboard, or the like absorbent material.