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be covered with slates, tiles, or metal, glass, artificial
stone or cement; and such excepted parts may be made
of such wood as shall be necessary.

Gutters

31. The roofs, flats and gutters of every building, and
    of any projection therefrom, must be so arranged and
    constructed, and so supplied with gutters and pipes, as
    to prevent the water therefrom dropping on to, or
    running over any public way, and all such rain-water
    pipes and eaves gutters are to be made of metal.

Cesspools.

32. No cesspool to a privy must be sunk at a less dis-
    tance than 2 feet from the land of any adjoining owner.

Openings in Footpaths.

33. With regard to the lowermost rooms of houses,
    being rooms of which the surface of the floor is more
    than 3 feet below the surface of the footway, and to
    cellars or buildings hereafter to be built or rebuilt, if
    any such rooms or cellars cannot be otherwise lighted,
    the same may be lighted by means of apertures or areas,
    extending under the footways, provided such areas or
    apertures be enclosed by solid masonry, to the satisfac-
    tion of the Building Surveyor; and be provided with a
    horizontal iron grating, level with the surface of such
    footway, provided also that the grating be not longer than
    4 feet, nor wider than 18 inches beyond the building line
    of the street, with the bars not more than one inch apart,
    and of dimensions approved by the Building Surveyor.
    And with regard to access to cellars from the street, the
    same may be entered from the street, provided that one
    aperture or area only to each building be constructed, as
    above described for lighting apertures, not exceeding 5
    feet in length, nor wider than 4 feet beyond the building
    line of the street: all such entrance openings are to be
    covered level with the surface of the footway with strong
    hard wood close covers, having no projection of rings,
    hinges, or fastenings above the surface of the covers. In
    all cases the footpath is to be made good round any light-
    ing or entrance aperture.

Sheds, &c.

34. Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent any
    shed open on all sides without fireplaces, furnaces, or
    forges, and with supports to roof of wood, iron, brick, or
    stone, not exceeding 18 inches diameter, and roofed with
    iron or slates, from being erected adjacent to any building
    provided that such shed is distant at least 6 feet from
    any fence of wood or iron; but if either of the sides or
    part of any one or more of them be enclosed, the enclosing
    wall must be built of the materials and dimensions re-
    quired for other buildings of the same height and similar
    situation. No wall already erected and made use of as
    an enclosing wall shall be used in any way as a support-
    ing wall without the consent of the owner and Building
    Surveyor.

Contractor's Sheds.

35. Nothing in these Regulations shall prevent any
    contractors' or builders' temporary office, sheds, and
    workshops from being erected of wood or iron on any
    building site during such building operations, provided
    that special application be made to and permission be
    granted by the City Council.

Classification of Buildings.

36. All buildings (except privies) now built, or here-
    after to be built, shall belong to one or other of the five
    following classes, according to their cubical contents,
    whatever be the materials with which they are or may be
    constructed, and shall be rated accordingly:—

First Class.

Every building containing more than 100,000 cubic
feet shall belong to the First Class.

Second Class.

Every building containing more than 45,000 cubic
feet, and not more than 100,000 cubic feet, shall
belong to the Second Class.

Third Class.

Every building containing more than 10,000 cubic
feet and not more than 45,000 cubic feet, shall be-
long to the Third Class.

Fourth Class.

Every building containing more than 5,000 cubic
feet, and not more than 10,000 cubic feet, shall
belong to the Fourth Class.

Fifth Class.

Every building containing 5000 cubic feet, or less
than 5000 cubic feet, shall belong to the Fifth
Class. Every shed open on all or any side
erected on posts or piers shall belong to the Fifth
Class; but if any side or part of any side be en-
closed by a wall or old wall, or by a wall partly
new and partly old, it shall be classified according
to its cubical contents.

Classification of Buildings

37. The cubical contents of every building shall in-
    clude all external walls, party walls, internal walls, and
    floors; but shall not include any cubical contents below
    the level of the celler floor, or other lowest floor, or above
    the top of the wall plate for receiving the roof, nor the
    contents or any verandah or balcony.

38. In order to determine the fees payable for addi-
    tions to any building already erected, or hereafter to be
    erected, the cubical contents of such additions shall be
    added to the cubical contents of the original buildings,
    and the total amount shall determine the class under
    which the fee is to be charged.

39. If in any building, or addition to any building
    there shall be two or more separate houses, then each
    house shall be measured, classified and charged for as
    a separate building; but only half the fee specified in
    the Schedule as due on a building of that class shall in
    such case be demanded and paid on each house.

40. The re-use of any old materials, floors, roofs,
    internal walls, or other parts in any new building shall
    not prevent the said building from being classified as a
    new structure; although such old materials, floors,
    roofs, internal walls, or other parts may even have
    formed parts of a previous building on the same site.

Fees payable.

41. Before proceeding to erect, alter, add too, or re-
    new any building, or to execute any other work placed
    under the control and supervision of the City Council
    in
    these Regulations, the builder, owner, or occupier
    shall pay to the Town Clerk of the City of Dunedin
    the fee due upon the same according to the following
    Schedule:—

SCHEDULE OF FEES.

FEES FOR SPECIAL DUTIES.

EXEMPTIONS FROM FEES.

The following buildings, or parts of a building, shall be
exempt from the payment of Fees, but shall not be