158.-(6.) No screens or partitions shall be construct- ed or maintained in any room on the ground floor of any domestic building with the exception of such as form one "ping fang," one show case and one accountant's office.
Such structures must comply with the following re
quirements, namely
1. A "ping fung" shall be composed of wire netting, lattice work, railings or carved wood work and shall be arranged in such a man- mer as to leave at least two-thirds open and as far as possible evenly distributed.
2. A show case shall not extend more than two- thirds across the width of the rooms and shall leave a space of not less than four feet measured vertically between the top of such show case and the underside of the floor or joists of the floor above.
3. An accountant's office must either --
(i) Have its partition walls with the excep- tion of the oue formed by a show case composed of wire-netting, lattice work, railings or carved wood work arranged in sneh à maover as to leave at least two- thirds open and as far as possible evenly distributed; or else
(.) Have the whole of its front open with the exception of a counter not exceeding three fect six inches in height, or in the case of a pawnbroker not exceeding seveu feet six inches in height.
154. (1)-No cubicle shall be erected or if already erected be maintained in any room unless such room be provided with a skylight, or window or win- dows opening either directly or across a verandah or balcony into the external air and having a totul aren equal to at least one-tenth of the floor area of snch room and capable of being opened to the extent of one half at least and unless the glazed area of such window or windows is equal to one half at least of the total area of snch window or windows. (2.) Not more than two cubicles sbull be allowed in any room and in the event of any room not having a window at the rear opening either directly or across
a verandah or balcony into the external air only one cubicle shall be allowed in such room. (3.) No cubiclo shall be erected or if erected main- tained on the ground floor of any domestic building, (4.) No cubicle shall be allowed within four feet of any window the area of which is included in calculating the window area for the purpose of this Ordinance, and the cubicle or cubicles in a roora shall be so placed as to leave at least two-fifths of the wilth of the window or windows required by this Ordinance without any cubicle partition in front of such two-fifths.
(5.) No cubicle shall have a less floor area than sixty- four square feet, and a less length or width thau seven feet.
(6.) There shall be a space measured vertically be
tween the top of every portion of the partition walls of every cubiele and the ceiling or undersides of the supports of the floor above or of the roof as the case may be of not less than four feet, which space may be closed only by wire netting, lattice work, railings or carved wood work arranged in such a way as to leave at least two-thirds open aul as far as practicable evenly distributed.
(7.) No cubicle or partitions shall be erected or it already existing shall be allowed to remain in any kitchen.
(8.) No portion of the structure of any cubicle shaft
excoed six feet in height.
(9.) No portion of the structure of any cubicle except the uccessary corner posts shall be nearer than two inches to the floor of such enhicle, and no structure shall be erected or if already existing shall be allowed to remain, within any cubicle which is of a greator beight than the maximum height allowed
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