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CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS.
No applications for certificates for exemption
from Inhabited House Duty were received during the
year.
INCREASE OF RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST
(RESTRICTION) ACT, 1920.
Section 2 (2).
During the year three applications for certificates
were received and one certificate was granted.
SUPPLY OF WATER TO NEW HOUSES.
During the year 79 new houses were certified as
having a proper and sufficient water supply.
SMOKE PREVENTION.
During the year, 41 observations of smoke shafts
were made, and in 6 cases black smoke was observed
in such quantity as to be a nuisance. Five Intimamation
Notices and 1 Statutory Notice were served.
The law as it stands at present does not prohibit the
emission of black smoke from private dwelling houses,
manufacturing premises therefore mainly come under
control.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
During the year under review there was no offensive
trade carried on in the Borough.
DRESSING OF FUR SKINS.
By-Laws regulating this class of business came
into force on 22nd March, 1922, but no premises
were found on which such business was carried on.
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1911.
Five samples of rag flock were taken during the
year. In no case was the amount of chlorine present
found to be in excess of the limit fixed by the Regulations.