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No cases of Infectious Disease have been notified as occurring
amongst the canal boat population and therefore it has not been
found necessary to detain any vessel for the purpose of cleansing
and disinfection.
Six canal boats have been registered during the year.
(a) Motor propelled canal boats 2
(b) Other boats 4
One boat (b) which had previously been registered with this
Authority was re-registered upon change of ownership.
The total number of boats on the register believed to be in use
or available is as follows :—
(a) Motor propelled boats 6
(b) Other boats 311 317
(c) Boats that cannot be traced 14
(d) Struck off register 5
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PETROLEUM ACTS 1871-1881, AND ORDERS IN COUNCIL
THEREUNDER.
During the year fourteen applications for the renewal of
Licenses, and three applications to keep petroleum were received
and reported upon. In each instance the Licenses were granted on
the usual conditions.
Seventeen notices were received from owners of motor-cars of
their contention to store a quantity of motor spirit, not exceeding
sixty gallons, in screw-down two gallon cans, under the provisions of
the Secretary of State's Regulation made pursuant to Section 5 of
the Locomotives on Highways Act, 1896.
The licensed premises, stores and motor garages, have been
inspected, and the conditions upon which the licenses were granted
have been, with few exceptions, well carried out. The contraventions
of the Acts and Regulations detected have formed the subject of
special reports to the Council and are as follows:—(1) Storing petrol
otherwise than in the licensed store, and (2) keeping petrol in excess
of the quantity and not in the manner prescribed by the regulations
made by the Secretary of State.