town of Port Chalmers arises from making fires in the open air, and it is necessary that accidents therefrom should be guarded against or prevented: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the said town, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the expiration of twenty-one days next ensuing the date of this bye-law coming into operation, it shall not be lawful for any person to make or keep or cause or permit to be made and kept within the town of Port Chalmers a fire in the open air, unless such fire be made and kept in a fireplace or other enclosure, fitted with a chimney and securely built or formed of stone, brick, or metal, sufficiently screened from the action of the wind, and from time to time kept in full repair, and no such fire shall be so made until the sufficiency of such fitting, building, and screening as aforesaid shall have been certified by the surveyor of the said town in writing under his hand; and every person who shall offend against these present provisions, or any or either of them, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not less than forty shillings.

BYE-LAW NO. 5.

A bye-law to prevent the mischiefs arising from fires in chimney flues in the town of Port Chalmers.

Whereas great danger to life and property within the town of Port Chalmers by reason of fire arises from chimney flues being suffered to become foul, and from other defaults in using the same, and it is necessary that such danger should be guarded against: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the said town, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the day on which this bye-law shall come into operation, if a chimney flue of any dwelling house or other premises within the said town shall take fire by reason of its having been suffered to become foul or from any other neglect or any carelessness or fault of the occupier of such dwelling house or other premises, or of his or her servant or other person using such chimney flue, such occupier shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not less than twenty shillings: Provided that if any defendant shall plead that such chimney flue did not take fire in consequence of its being foul, or of any such neglect, carelessness, or fault as aforesaid, the proof thereon shall be upon such defendant.

BYE-LAW NO. 6.

A bye-law to prohibit rubbish or other matter being deposited within the town of Port Chalmers, excepting at the places determined upon by the Town Council.

Whereas it is expedient to prevent persons placing, laying, or discharging, within the town of Port Chalmers, rubbish, soil or offensive matter in other than places ordered to be set apart for that purpose by the Council of the said town: Be it therefore ordered and directed by the said Council of the town of Port Chalmers, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the day on which this bye-law shall come into operation it shall not be lawful for any person to set, place, lay, deposit, shoot, or discharge any ashes, rubbish, broken glass, offal, dung, soil, dead animals, blood, or other filth or annoying thing, in any place within the bounds of the said town, excepting at the place or places publicly notified by the said Council by advertisement in one or more of the newspapers published in the said town; and any person offending herein shall forfeit for each offence, on conviction, a sum not being less than five shillings, and not exceeding five pounds.

BYE-LAW NO. 7.

A bye-law to regulate the sale by weight or measure of marketable commodities within the town of Port Chalmers, and to define the hours during which certain of such commodities may be exposed for sale.

And whereas, with a view to prevent fraud and unjust dealing, it is necessary to provide regulations in reference to the sale or disposal of marketable commodities within the said town, it is therefore ordered and directed by the Council of the said town, by virtue of the authority in them vested, that from and after the date of this bye-law coming into operation, the following shall be the regulations in force:-

1. The owner, or reputed owner or vendor of any marketable commodities or produce, brought into the said town for sale by weight or measure, or offered or exposed therein for that purpose, and reported on by a duly appointed officer of the said Council as being of unjust or illegal weight or measure, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not being less than ten shillings for each and every load or other quantity so brought for sale, or offered or exposed as aforesaid: Provided that if any defendant shall plead that such marketable commodities or produce, or any parts or part thereof, were not brought into the said town for sale, or offered or exposed for that purpose, the proof thereof shall be upon such defendant.

2. All hay, coals, firewood, and other marketable commodities of any kind whatever, shall be sold within the town of Port Chalmers by avoirdupois weight only, and whether sold by wholesale or retail; and if exposed or offered for sale upon any of the public stands of the town, provided by the said Council for that purpose, or bartered, exchanged, or delivered within the town, shall also be disposed of by avoirdupois weight only; and any person offending herein shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not being less than ten shillings, and not exceeding ten pounds.

3. Any person within the said town selling or delivering, or causing or permitting to be sold or delivered, any goods, wares, or merchandise of any kind whatever, under the weight at or for which such goods, wares, or merchandise shall have been sold, shall forfeit and pay for every such offence a sum not being less than ten shillings, and not exceeding ten pounds.

4. It shall not be lawful for any person to expose for sale upon any of the said public stands, provided by the said Council, any hay or firewood, excepting during the hours following, that is to say—during the months of October, November, December, January, February, and March, between the hours of five o’clock in the morning and seven o’clock in the evening; and during the months of April, May, June, July, August, and September, between the hours of six o’clock in the morning and five o’clock in the afternoon; and any person exposing or offering for sale the said goods, or either of them, at any other time, or not clearing the stands at the hours respectively lastly above named, shall forfeit and pay for each offence a sum not being less than five shillings, and not exceeding five pounds.

BYE-LAW NO. 8.

A bye-law for the licensing and regulating waggons and other vehicles, and the owners, drivers and conductors thereof; and for regulating the sale and exposure for sale of hay, straw, coals, firewood, and water, within the town of Port Chalmers.

Whereas it is expedient to make provisions by bye-laws for licensing and regulating waggons, drays, carts and other vehicles for the carrying of goods and merchandise, plying, kept or let for hire within the town of Port Chalmers, or used in hawking water within the,