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During the year 1O5 applications for licences to keep
petroleum spirit and 12 for carbide of calcium were received
and reported upon and a licence was granted in each instance.
Two applications for licences were withdrawn upon
the applicants being informed that the Council were not
likely to approve the proposed installations.
The maximum fee for licences was formerly 5s., but the
prescribed fee now varies from 5s. to £
5, according to the
quantity kept. The licence fees paid during 1928 amounted
to £-50 9s. 9d.
Every endeavour is made to assist intending applicants
for licences, both by interviews at the office and at their
respective premises, when alternative methods of storage
are discussed with them and their advisers, who usually
represent one of the large petroleum companies or pump
manufacturers. These discussions serve a useful purpose,
as they tend to avoid the delay occasioned by the submission
of applications for licences in a form which would not be
approved by the Council, and they assist in securing the best
storage conditions.
The construction of all new installations has been carefully
supervised before permission has been given for petroleum
spirit to be placed in them.
The various licensed premises have been inspected from
time to time, and a number of contraventions of the
tions attached to the licences have been dealt with.
Staff.
The following changes in the Sanitary Staff have taken
place:—
In January, Mr. C. W. Newbery, the Senior Assistant
Inspector, terminated his appointment after 13 years' service
with the Council to take up the position of Chief
Sanitary Inspector of the Urban District of Sutton and
Cheam. Mr. T. J. Moore was promoted to the position of
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