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reference to the good rule of the Borough. They are the 
following : 
Istly. Ordinance No. 10 of 1840, for regulating buildings 
in the town of Port-of-Spain. In April 1806, a short time 
after the great fire which had destroyed the town, the then 
Governor of the Island, Lieutenant-General Hislop, issued, 
in the name of the King, a proclamation to regulate build- 
ings in Port-of-Spain. In July 1830 another proclamation 
was issued by the Governor, Sir Lewis Grant, with respect 
to the same object. In the year 1820, under the govern- 
ment of Sir Palph Woodford, the Cabildo had made an or- 
der to the same effect. Those regulations, however, became 
obsolete, and in the year 1840 an Ordinance was passed for 
regulating buildings and compelling the owners of houses 
built of wood or other inflammable materials, after a cer- 
tain period, either to remove those materials, or to cause the 
houses to be covered with some uninflammable substance. 
2ndly. Ordinance No. 12, 1846, for regulating the sale of 
bread. It provides, among other things, that bread shall 
be sold by the weight and not otherwise ; that the baker3 
as well as the hucksters and sellers of bread shall use avoir- 
dupois weight of sixteen ounces to the pound, and that they 
shall provide beams, scales and weights in order that all 
bread may be weighed, if requested by the purchaser. The 
Ordinance provides also, under penalty, that bread may be 
made of certain articles and no other. Any Magistrate or 
J ustice of the Peace may grant warrant to any peace officer 
to enter into any house, shop, baker’s house, etc. to search 
and examine whether any meal or flour has been adultera- 
ted by any admixture not allowed by law. 
3rdly. Ordinance No. 6, 1849. Several clauses of this 
Ordinance have reference to the good government of the 
