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WATERWORKS . [ 16 of 1890. ) 1313

agreement with the Colonial Secretary on behalf of the Crown
to pay quarterly to the Colonial Trensurer subject to the deduc
tion in the next paragraph inentionel for the quantity of water
consumed in or upon such tenement at the price per thousand
gallons hereinafter set forth, and to pay quarterly in advance
to the Colonial Treasurer a rent for the use of the meter. Such
meter shall be kept in repair by the Water Authority. If such
owner or occupier declines or neglects to enter into such agree
ment for a period exceeding fourteen days from the date of the
notice, or such extended period as may be conceded by the
Water Authority in writing it shall be lawful for the Water
Authority to disconnect the service of the said tenement from
the waterworks.
15. From the quarterly payment in the last preceding section Reluction of
mentioned there shall be deducted a sum equal to three -quarters water rate
per cent. on the annual rating valuation of the tenement to quarterly
which such non -domestic supply is served , and of any premises payments.
in the same curtilage to which no water is supplied .
16. All money's received under the authority of this ordi- Water
nance or which under the authority of section 28 of Ordinance account.
Application
No. 15 of 1888 may be disposed of to defray the expenses of thereof.
Reserve fund,
the water supply shall be carried to the credit of an account &c .

which shall be kept by the Water Authority and be called the
water account and such moneys shall be disposed of to defray
all or any of the expenses of or in connection with or for the
maintenance and repair of the waterworks or for the future
extension thereof or in or towards the payınent of all or any
sums of money expended and remaining unpaid or to be ex
pended in respect thereofor in the payment of any existing or
future loan or any portion thereof or the interest accruing
thereon or for the formation of a reserve fund for the purpose
of meeting the cost of extensions of the waterworks, or if so
resolved by the Legislative Council to purposes connected with
sanitation .
All sums so disposed of shall be debited to the water account,
and a balance sheet of the water account shall be laid before
the Legislative Council and published annually in the Gazette.
17. It shall be lawful for the Water Authority or any person Power to
duly authorised in writing by such Authority at any time enter tene
between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M. or in case of urgency at inspect ser
any other time, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, to enter vices, &c.
into and upon any tenement into or upon which any service
has been laid or into or upon which water from the waterworks
is supplied or flows,
(1.) To inspect any service and to ascertain whether there
is any waste, leakage, obstruction or damage to