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DAIRIES, COWSHEDS AND MILKSHOP REGULATIONS, 1899.
There were three registered cowkeepers and eight dairymen carrying
on business in the district during the year.
Although very old buildings, the cowsheds have been kept in good
condition, and the cattle were usually turned out to graze during day time
The total number of cows housed in the sheds did not exceed thirty.
The dairies and milk stores were also found to be kept in satisfactory
condition.
No application for registration was received during the year.
PETROLEUM ACTS.
Although a number of premises are concerned with the sale, storage
or use of petroleum and its by-products, these are mostly exempt from
license. Licenses for the storage of petroleum are necessary only when
kept for sale, and with certain exemptions as to small specified quantities
sold in bottles.
Six premises were licensed for the sale of petrol, and in one instance
with the addition of benzoline ; one store is an isolated brick building, the
remainder consist of iron tanks sunk in the ground ; one store was found
unsatisfactory owing to limited accommodation, and the business has
since been given up.
NOTICES etc., SERVED,
The number of Statutory Notices served under the Public Health
Acts during the year was—. 14
The number of informal notices, including specifications of dilapidations
and requirements in reference to the Housing
Regulations 137
The various communications issued from the office during the year
amounted to 350.
DETAILS OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED
DURING THE YEAR.
DRAINAGE.
Drains reconstructed 54
Drains altered or repaired 28
Drain obstructions removed 35