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Smoke Measuring Station.
The smoke measuring station installed in the Department in 1956
continues to give valuable information concerning smoke density and
sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere. The readings are taken by
members of the staff of the Department, and the Department of
Scientific and Industrial Research receive the results and collate the
information with other results obtained from Authorities all over the
Country. The following graph shows the readings obtained throughout
the year.
Notification of Installation of Furnaces.
Notification is made in accordance with Section 3 of the Act,
provides that the installation of any boiler with a heating capacity
55,000 or more British Thermal Units per hour must be notified
the Local Authority. Two such notifications were made, and both
were in respect of oil-fired furnaces.
Alkali, etc., Works Order, 1958.
This Order came into operation in June, 1958, and extends the
list of works scheduled under the Alkali, etc., Works Regulation Act,
1906. The additions are extensive, and the list of works to be control
by the Order has been notified to the Council by the Minister.