May 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1315

CONSUMERS’ LICENSES.

7. Any person desirous of obtaining or renewing a Consumer’s License under this by-law shall make application in writing to the Secretary specifying the purposes for which the supply is required, the estimated average daily demand to be supplied, and particulars of the land upon which it is proposed to lay or construct pipes, pumps, windmills, or other contrivances to take, draw, or convey the water, and particulars of the applicant’s title to or interest in such land.

8. Upon receiving such application the Secretary may grant to the applicant in the name and on behalf of the Board a license in the Form Number Two in the Schedule hereto or to the like effect, but so that the same shall not take effect until the applicant shall duly execute and deliver to the Board a covenant in the said Form Number Two or to the like effect.

9. Such licensee shall pay to the Board when demanded for all water taken or drawn from the Lake by the licensee during the continuance of the license at the rates from time to time prescribed by the Board by special order, and until otherwise prescribed, at the following rate, that is to say:—

   1s. 6d. for each 1,000 gallons or part of 1,000 gallons taken or drawn from the Lake by or on behalf of the licensee.

10. Each holder of a consumer’s license shall, before commencing to draw or take any water from the Lake, install to the satisfaction of the Secretary and at all times maintain in good and effective working order and condition proper meters, governors, and appliances for measuring the water taken, and permit the Secretary or any Inspector or Engineer appointed by the Board to inspect from time to time all such meters, governors, and appliances. No holder of a license shall, excepting with the consent in writing of the Secretary first obtained, knowingly take or draw any water from the Lake unless through and correctly measured by such meters, governors, and appliances.

11. Each holder of a Consumer’s License shall keep true and correct records of the quantity of water taken or drawn from the Lake each quarter ending on the last days of the months of June, September, December, and March during the continuance of the license, and within fourteen days after the expiry of each such quarterly period shall deliver to the Secretary a return in writing, certified as correct by such holder, specifying the quantity of water taken or drawn from the Lake by or on behalf of such holder during the quarterly period to which the return relates.

12. Each holder of a Consumer’s License shall, within twenty-four hours after any meter, governor, or appliance belonging to him or under his control installed for the measurement of water to be taken or drawn from the Lake shall become defective, give notice in writing of such defect to the Secretary, and shall forthwith make good such defect to the satisfaction of the Secretary, or, if the Secretary shall so require, shall forthwith substitute a new and effective meter, governor, or appliance for measuring such water.

13. No holder of a Consumer’s License shall, after notice in writing given by the Board forbidding during a period to be therein specified the use of water drawn from the Lake for watering gardens or lawns, use or allow to be used any such water for any such purpose during such period without the consent in writing of the Secretary first had and obtained.

PREVENTION OF CONTAMINATION.

14. No person shall—

    (a) Wade, bathe, or wash in the Lake; or

    (b) Wash or put any animal, house linen, clothing, or other offensive thing in the Lake; or

    (c) Pour, cast, or put in the water of the Lake or upon the shore thereof any carcase, dirt, refuse, rubbish, waste matter, foul liquid, or other thing which is or may become noxious or injurious to health or which tends to render offensive or dangerous to health or unfit or less suitable for domestic use the water of the Lake; or

    (d) Do or cause to be done in or upon the Lake or upon the shore thereof any other act tending to render the water of the Lake offensive or dangerous to health or unfit for domestic use.

15. (a) No person shall cause, suffer, or allow any dog, pig, horse, ox, or other animal belonging to him or under his control for the time being to wade, swim, enter, or stray into or be in the water of the Lake or to go or be upon the shore thereof.

    (b) No person shall keep or depasture any horse, ox, or other animal of those species belonging to him or under his control on any part of the gathering-area which lies within 4 chains from the margin of the Lake.

    (c) No person owning or occupying any land comprised within the gathering-area and situated within 4 chains from the margin of the Lake shall allow, suffer, or permit any other person to keep or depasture thereon any horse, ox, or other animal of those species.

16. No person shall upon any land comprised within the gathering-area of the Lake—

    (a) Keep any dog or pig; or

    (b) Erect, establish, or maintain any stable, cowshed, or piggery; or

    (c) Keep in any pen, housing, or enclosure situate within 4 chains from the margin of the Lake any fowls, ducks, or geese; or

    (d) Make or maintain any cesspool, open ditch, or gutter for the reception, disposal, or conveyance of drainage from any house, factory, yard, or premises; or

    (e) Cause, suffer, or allow any sewerage or drainage of any description from any house, factory, yard, or premises of which he is the owner or occupier to flow in any open ditch, drain, or gutter towards the Lake or be upon or in the soil of the land whereon such house, factory, yard, or premises are situate in such a manner or position that such sewerage or drainage is likely by percolation or by mixture with rain water or other means to reach or contaminate the Lake; or

    (f) Allow or suffer any septic tank or any trap or manhole connected therewith to overflow; or

    (g) Knowingly allow or suffer any septic tank, grease-trap, soil pipe, waste pipe, drain, or sewer belonging to him or under his control and in use to be defective; or

    (h) Being the owner or occupier of any house, factory, or other premises, use, suffer, allow, or permit to be used any new privy, urinal, bath, sink, lavatory basin, or wash-tub, or any pipe or drain connected therewith, until the same shall have been completed in a proper and workmanlike manner and in accordance with this by-law to the satisfaction of the Secretary, and the person connecting, effecting, or doing such work shall have obtained a certificate under the hand of the Secretary that such work has been examined and found to have been completed in accordance with this by-law; or

    (i) Construct, establish, or maintain any new privy, urinal, bath, sink, lavatory basin, or wash-tub unless the same be so connected by pipes and closed drains made in accordance with this by-law with a public sewer situated and discharging outside the gathering-area as to enable the drainage from such new privy or other works aforesaid within the gathering-area to fall, flow, or, by existing and effective sanitary works, to be carried off to such outside sewer: Provided that nothing contained in the foregoing part of this subclause shall apply to any such new sanitary works serving houses existing at the date of coming into force of this by-law. No material shall be used for soil pipes, waste pipes, or closed drains within the gathering-area other than drawn lead, screwed galvanized wrought iron, cast iron, or other material approved by the Board. No person shall commence or construct or establish any such new privy, urinal, or bath, or commence to establish or lay any soil pipe, waste pipe, or drain from any such privy, urinal, or bath, or any new sink, lavatory basin or wash-tub within the gathering-area unless he be a plumber or drainer licensed by a local authority, nor until a written permit for the work shall have been obtained from the Secretary upon written application in that behalf. Every person on whose land with his consent or on whose behalf any such new privy, urinal, bath, sink, lavatory basin or wash-tub shall be commenced, erected, established, or maintained shall comply with, and cause all persons commencing, erecting, or constructing the same to comply with all the provisions of this by-law relating thereto; or

    (j) Cast, bury, or deposit any night-soil, refuse, rubbish, or noxious, noisome, or offensive animal or vegetable matter in any position where it is or is likely to become mixed with the water of the Lake or is likely to contaminate the water of the Lake or render the same unfit for domestic use.

17. No person shall except with a written permit from the Secretary, erect or establish any new building of any kind upon or over the Lake or upon or over any part of the shore thereof.

PENALTIES.

18 (a) Every person guilty of a breach of any of the provisions of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds (£5), or where the breach is a continuing one then for a penalty not exceeding two pounds (£2) for every day or part of a day during which such breach continues.