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During the year applications for licences to keep
petroleum spirit and carbide of calcium were received as
follows:—
Petroleum Spirit.
No. of applications for licences 89
No. of applications granted 89
Quantity of petroleum spirit which may be
kept in licensed stores 114,813 gallons
Carbide of Calcium.
No. of applications for licences 3
No. of applications granted 3
Quantity of carbide of calcium which may
be kept in licensed stores 504 pounds
Licence fees paid during 1936 £62.12.6
Most of the petroleum spirit is kept in bulk in underground
storage tanks and there are now installed in the district
no less than 169 of these tanks to which are connected
152 petrol supply pumps. A large number of the handoperated
pumps are being replaced bv electrically operated
pumps.
The various licensed premises have been inspected from
time to time, and a number of contraventions of the conditions
attached to the licences have been dealt with.
Legal Proceedings.
Legal proceedings were taken in the following instances.
(1) A retail firm of butchers, etc., were summoned for
exposing for sale meat which was unwholesome and unfit for
human consumption. The case was dismissed but the defendants
were ordered to pay £10 10s. costs.
(2) A shopkeeper was summoned for keeping open a
shop for serving customers after the general closing hour
contrary to the provisions of the Shops Acts. The defendant
was fined £1 and ordered to pay £1 10s. costs and the shop
assistant was fined £1.
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