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SEWER INFESTATION.
Each year one in ten of all manholes within the District are
"test baited" to ascertain the extent of infestation in the sewerage
system. Lengths of sewer adjacent to manholes found to be
affected, together with those known to have been infested in the
previous year, are subjected to treatment. The following table
indicates the results of the 1954 operation :—

PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951.
Supervision of premises from which pets are sold has been
maintained. Licences to carry on the trade have been issued in
respect of six premises, five of these being renewals.
PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS, 1928 AND 1936.
Mr. J. C. Kermode is now the Inspector appointed under the
above Act.
Fifty-nine licences to store petroleum were issued during the
year. There is a tendency for individual premises to extend their
capacity for storage of petroleum spirit consequent upon the
increased use of motor vehicles. Opportunity is being taken to
instal more modern pumping equipment.
The total storage capacity licensed during the year was:—
Petroleum Spirit in tanks 109,114 gallons.
in cans 100 gallons.
Petroleum Mixtures in approved store 5,645 gallons.
Calcium Carbide 112 pounds.
RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1939.
During the year horses and stabling at premises from which
horses are hired out for riding were inspected by a Veterinary
Surgeon appointed by the Council, who reported conditions to be
satisfactory.
At the end of December there were two such stables. One
closed during the year, but was replaced by other premises under
the control of the same owner.
GAME ACT, 1831.
Three Licences were issued to dealers in Game in respect of
the current year.