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Funnels.

4. It shall not be lawful to erect any smoke-pipe or
   funnel leading into the outer air composed either of
   metal or any combustible material, except that smoke
   funnels may be erected for manufacturing purposes,
   provided that special permission be granted by the City
   Council in each case.

Footings.

5. The footings of all brick or stone walls must be
   built wholly of stone up to the surface of the ground,
   with mortar or cement, in such a manner as to produce
   solid work, and the bottom course of every footing
   must be at least 8 inches wider than the wall standing
   thereon.

External and Party Walls.

6. Every external wall (except as exempted by
   Section 51 of these Regulations) and party wall hereafter
   erected must be built wholly of bricks or stone, or bricks
   and stone together laid in, and with mortar or cement in
   such manner as to produce substantial work; and every
   such wall must be carried up the full thickness specified
   in the Schedule below:—

SCHEDULE for determining the Thickness of External
Walls and Party Walls, which may be hereafter
built within the limits of the City of Dunedin.

With reference to the height.

If the building be not more than 15 feet high the
thickness of the external walls must be at least 8½
inches from the top of the footing to the top of the
wall; the thickness of the party walls must be at the
least 8½ inches from the top of the footing to the top of
the wall.

If the building be more than 15 feet and not more than
25 feet high, the thickness of the external walls must be
at the least 13 inches from the top of the footing to the
underside of the topmost floor, and at the least 8½ inches
from the underside of the topmost floor to the top of the
wall; the thickness of the party walls must be at the
least 13 inches from the top of the footing to the
underside of the topmost floor, and at the least 8½ inches
from the underside of the topmost floor to the top of the
wall.

If the building be more than 25 feet and not more than
38 feet high, the thickness of the external walls must be
at the least 17½ inches from the top of the footing to the
underside of the floor next below the topmost floor, and
at least 13 inches from the underside of the floor next
below the topmost floor to the underside of the topmost
floor, and at the least 8½ inches from the underside of
the floor next below to the underside of the topmost
floor to the top of the wall; the thickness of the
party walls must be at the least 17½ inches from the
footing to the underside of the floor next below the
topmost floor, and at least 13 inches from the underside
of the floor next below the topmost floor to the under-
side of the topmost floor, and at the least 8½ inches from
the underside of the topmost floor to the top of the wall.

If the building be more than 38 feet and not more than
54 feet high, the thickness of the external walls must be
least 17½ inches from the top of the footing to the under-
side of the floor next below the topmost floor, and at
least 13 inches from the underside of the floor next
below the topmost floor to the top of the wall; the thick-
ness of the party walls must be at the least 17½ inches
from the top of the footing to the underside of the floor
next below the topmost floor, and at the least 13 inches
from the underside of the floor next below the topmost
floor to the top of the wall.

If the building be more than 54 feet high, the thickness
of the external walls must be at the least 21½ inches from
the top of the footing to the underside of the floor next
below the topmost floor, and at the least 17½
inches from the underside of the floor next
below the topmost floor to the underside of the topmost
floor, and at the least 13 inches from the underside of the
topmost floor to the top of the wall; the thickness of the
party walls must be at the least 21½ inches from the
underside of the floor next but one below the topmost
floor to the underside of the topmost floor, and at the least
13 inches from the underside of the topmost floor to
the top of the wall.

Piers.

7. Any wall less than 13 inches thick carrying a roof
   with principals, or extending for a greater distance than
   20 feet, without being tied in with a return wall of brick
   or stone, or with a framed stud partition, must be
   strengthened with piers at least 4 inches projection,
   and such width and distance apart as the Building
   Surveyor may direct. Any third story enclosed by
   a wall less than 13 inches thick, must not exceed 10 feet
   in height.

Height.

8. The height of any building or part of any build-
   ing is to be ascertained by measuring from the surface
   of the lowest floor up to the top of the wall-plate for
   receiving the roof.

Openings, &c.

9. In all external walls, besides all requisite openings
   for doors and windows, recesses may be formed so that
   the back thereof be of the thickness of 8½ inches at the
   least, and so that the sufficiency and stability of the wall
   in the opinion of the Building Surveyor be not injuriously
   affected by making such recesses.

Parapet.

10. Every external wall and party wall hereafter built
    of brick or stone, must be carried up, and remain 18
    inches at least above the highest part of the adjacent gut-
    ter; and the thickness of the external wall or a party wall
    so carried above the level of the gutter, and forming a
    parapet, must be at the least 8½ inches; and should any
    external wall or party wall be finished with a gable, the
    same shall be carried up 8½ inches thick, 15 inches above
    the roof at least, measured at right angles to the back of
    the rafter.

Projections.

11. Projections from buildings, such as door and win-
    dow dressings, strings, fascias, copings, parapets, block-
    ing courses, or other architectural decorations, forming
    part of an external wall, shall not project beyond the
    street line more than four inches, except cornices, entab-
    latures, or pediments, which may project any distance ap-
    proved by the Building Surveyor. No base-course,
    whether of the main building or of any projection, shall
    project more than 2½ inches beyond the street line. All
    projections of every character must be built of the same
    materials as are by these Regulations directed to be used
    for building external walls; and it shall not be lawful to
    project any other part of a building beyond the street line
    than those parts above allowed.

Division of Buildings.

12. If any building be hereafter erected with separate
    entrances, or separate staircases, or if such building
    shall be hereafter converted used or occupied as two or
    more separate buildings, each having a separate entrance
    or staircase, then every such building shall be deemed
    to be two or more separate houses, and such separate
    houses must be divided from each other by a party
    wall built of the materials and of the thickness as speci-
    fied in the Schedule attached to Section 6 of these
    Regulations. Where a building is separately divided
    on its several floors, no wall shall be considered a party
    wall which does not divide the building from the ground
    line to the roof.

Brestsummers.

13. Every brestsummer fixed to carry the front wall
    or cornice of a building must be laid upon a template
    or corbel of stone, wood, or iron, which template or
    corbel must be tailed through such wall at least two-
    thirds of the thickness thereof, and every brestsummer
    must have at least 4½ inches of brick or stone work at
    the end thereof.

Columns, &c.

14. In addition to the supporting walls at the end
    of the brestsummer, every brestsummer over 12 feet
    span must rest upon one or more sufficient intermediate
    piers of brick or stone, or on iron columns standing on
    solid stone foundations.

Bearings of Timbers.

15. The ends of all timbers bearing upon a party wall
    exceeding 9 inches in thickness must not be nearer
    than 2 inches to the centre thereof, unless such tim-
    bers are separated longitudinally from the timbers of the