B. O. O. Work.
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26. Notices and Permits.-The following is a tabulated state- ment of the notices served, and permits issued, during the year, the figures for 1923 being given in a parallel column for purposes of comparison :-
1923.
1924.
Increase. Decrcase.
Dangerous Structure Notices,
219
274
55
Miscellaneous Notices,
175
458
283
Private Street Improvement
Notices, &c. including foot paths under verandahs and balconies,
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}
235
805
70
Notices in regard to Nuisances reported by Officers of the Sanitary Department,
1,051
1,537
486
Notices in regard to Signboards,
31
34
New Permits iss cl,.
1.656
2.113
457
Certificates issued under the Bents
Permits reneweil,
Restriction Ordinance, in regard| to new buildings.
1,985
1,689
:
296
184
270
86
Fees charged for issue of new
permits.
$ 166
190
24
Fees charged for issue of plans for
Theatrical heds,
-
Fees charged for issue of permits for stulls for sale of Joss Sticks, Charges made for permis-ion to obtain sand and stone from Crown Land,
Charges made for damage to trees,.. Fees charged for di-play of ad- vertisement on hoardings, Miscellaneous fees charged for duplicate acknowledgments and certificates, and sales of copies of the P. H. & B. O., &c....
$ 14 $ 52
$
$
13 No25
$
20
20
$
20
:
:
$
*A
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$1,340
$ 1,680
340
$ 501
625
121
$ 700
250
450
38
The following is a tabulated statement of cases in which legal proceedings were taken with regard to failure to obtain permits, the number of convictions obtained, and the amount of fines imposed
Nature of Offence.
No. of Cases.
No. of Convictions.
Amount of Fines.
Removal of stone. &c.. from Crown Land or
foreshore without permission,
16
9
320
Depositing materials on Crown Land with-
out permission,
28
22
855
Erecting or maintaining matsheds without
permission,
33
28
380
27. Private Streets.-Re-surfacing and other repairs, under
the provisions of Section 186, were carried out by this Department at the cost of the frontagers in certain cases.