(b) Unless the hands of the person milking such cow also are thoroughly clean, and free from all infection and contamination.

Penalties.

Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing regulations shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the offence from the council.

NOTE.-Any Court may, if they think fit, adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full amount of the penalty imposed by this regulation.

When these regulations come into force, all regulations heretofore made shall, so far as the same are now in force in the district, be revoked.

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CHAPTER VI.

MISCELLANEOUS ACTS AND REGULATIONS.

In this concluding chapter on the law contained in the Statutes, the provisions bearing on the question of sanitation of the following Acts of Parliament and Regulations are given alphabetically :

A.-Alkali Works Regulation Acts, 1881 and 1892.
B.-Burial Acts, 1852-1885.

C.-1. Canal Boats Act, 1877.

2. Canal Boats Regulations by L. G. B., 1878. D.-Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897. E.-1. Cremation Act, 1902.

2. Cremation Regulations, 1903. F.-1. Customs Consolidation Act, 1876.

2. Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1890. G.-Factory and Workshops Act, 1901. H.-Isolation Hospitals Act, 1893.

I.-Midwives Act, 1902.

J.-Prevention of Plague, Cholera and Yellow Fever Regulations, 1896 and 1902.

K.-Vaccination Act, 1898.

A.-Alkali Works Regulation Acts, 1881 and 1892.

The Act of 1881 consolidates the Alkali Acts, 1863 and 1874, and makes further provision for regulating works in which noxious or offensive gases are evolved.

Condensation of Muriatic and other Acid Gases in Alkali Works.

Every alkali work shall be carried on to secure the condensation to the satisfaction of the chief inspector derived from his own examination or from that of some other inspector of

(a) The muriatic acid gas evolved to the extent of 95 per cent., and to such an extent that in each cubic foot of air, smoke or chimney gases, escaping from the works into the atmosphere, there is not contained more than onefifth part of a grain of muriatic acid.

(b) The acid gases of sulphur and nitrogen evolved in the process of manufacturing sulphuric acid or sulphates to such an extent that the total acidity of such gases in each cubic foot of air, smoke or gases, escaping into the chimney or into the atmosphere, does not exceed what is equivalent to four grains of sulphuric anhydride.

NOTE.-An owner acting in contravention of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding in the case of the first offence fifty pounds, and in the case of every subsequent offence one hundred pounds.

Registration.

All alkali works and all sulphuric acid works must be registered, and a certificate of an inspector is a condition precedent to the registration of any such new works.

NOTE.-In calculating the proportion of acid to a cubic foot of air, smoke or gases, such air, smoke or gases shall be calculated at the temperature of 60 degrees F. and at a barometric pressure of 30 inches.

Alkali waste shall not be deposited or discharged with

out the best practical means being used for effectually preventing any nuisance arising therefrom.

Definition.

work for the manufacture

"Alkali Work 99 means every of alkali, sulphate of soda, or sulphate of potash, in which muriatic acid gas is evolved, and the formation of any sulphate in the treatment of copper ores by common salt or other chlorides shall be deemed to be a manufacture of sulphate of soda.

SCHEDULE, 1881.

List of Works.

1. Sulphuric Acid Works.

2. Chemical Manure Works.

3. Gas Liquor Works.

4. Nitric Acid Works.

5. Sulphate of Ammonia Works and Muriate of Ammonia Works.

6. Chlorine Works, or works in which chlorine, bleaching powder or bleaching liquor is made.

The Amending Act of 1892.

Sect. 1. The works specified in the schedule hereto shall be added to those specified in the schedule to the Alkali Works Regulation Act, 1881.

SCHEDULE.
Part 2.

1. Venetian Red Works.

2. Lead Deposit Works. 3. Arsenic Works.

4. Nitrate and Chloride of Iron Works.

5. Muriatic Acid Works-i.e., works, not being alkali works as defined in the Act of 1881, where muriatic acid is made.

6. Fibre Separation Works-i.e., where muriatic acid gas is used for the separation of silk or woollen fibre from vegetable fibre.

7. Tar Works-i.e., where tar is distilled or heated in any manufacturing process.

8. Zinc Works, or works in which zinc is extracted from the ore.

Object.

B.-Burial Acts, 1852-1885.

The main object of these Acts is to arrange for the disuse of overfilled churchyards and burial grounds, as well as to establish burial boards in urban and rural districts on whom the duty shall devolve both for the provision and management of new burial grounds.

Depth of Graves.

Home Office Rules and Directions.-For the effectual decomposition of buried bodies a depth of four to six feet is considered sufficient; but the depth frequently excavated is eight to ten feet, for the purpose of re-opening the grave after a lapse of time. When this course is adopted, the same grave may be used many times before it becomes so full of bones as to be unfit for further use.

The general principle of interment is that one, and only one, body should be in a grave at the same time; but an exception is made in the case of family graves, which may