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particularly offensive odour which is peculiar to peat
manure is avoided.
It has been suggested that the removal of such
manure should be regulated in the same way as is
the removal of offal under Sec. 16 (1) of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891. The County Council
having received many communications on the
subject, have drafted an amendment of Bye-law
1, under that section, to the following effect:—
Every person who shall remove or earry, or cause to bo removed
or carried, by road or water in or through London any
faecal or offensive or noxious matter or liquid, whether such
matter or liquid shall be in course of removal or carriage from
within or without or through London, shall use or cause to
bo used therefore a suitable carriage or vessel properly constructed
and furnished with a sufficient covering so as to prevent
the escape of any matter or liquid therefrom, and so as to prevent
any nuisance arising therefrom.
Such person shall not remove or carry, or cause to be removed
or carried, such matter or liquid by road in or through
London except during the following periods, viz.:—
Between 5 o'clock a.m. and 10 o'clock a.m., or during the
period commencing two hours before sunset and ending
one hour after sunset, in any day during the months of
March, April, May, June, July, August, September,
and October.
Between 6 o'clock a.m. and 11 o'clock a.m., or during the
period commencing two hours before sunset and ending
one hour after sunset, in any day during the months of
November, December, January, and February.
Such person shall not remove or carry, or cause to be removed
or carried, such matter or liquid by water in or through