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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.
(viii) The drums or receptacles may be carried in ordinary iron wagons, provided the wagons are well venti- lated. They may, at the option of the Railway Administration, be loaded in vehicles with other goods of a non-explosive or non-dangerous nature. (ix.) The drums or receptacles containing these goods
must not be allowed to stand in the sun.
(x.) Lamps or naked lights must not be allowed in, or brought near, vehicles loaded with drums or recep-
tacles containing the goods.
(2) The chief danger to be apprehended is from leakage, as the vapour of these goods is heavier than air, and is inflammable. The vapour is also explosive when mixed with certain proportions of air in a confined space.
(3) Tanks of motor cars or motor cycles tendered for carriage by railway must be empty, thoroughly clean and free from vapour before the vehicles are accepted.
VI.-GOODS MARKED G IN RULE 14.
10.—(1) These gases must be packed in cylinders.
(2) Cylinders must be made of wrought iron or mild steel of the best quality, containing not more than 0.25 per cent. of carbon thoroughly annealed after manufacture, and 99 per cent. of iron, of sufficient strength and efficiently tested, and must not exceed 8 feet in length and 10 inches in diameter.
(3) Cylinders must be separately and securely packed in a strong wooden case, or in a covering made of closely plaited 8 inch (circumference) hemp or coir, except that several small cylinders not exceeding 18 inches in length and 4 inches in diameter may be packed in one box, provided each cylinder is contained in a separate compartment or is separately encased in closely plaited 1 inch (circumference) hemp or coir. Each box must not contain more than 25 cylinders, and the gross weight of each box and contents must not exceed 3 piculs.
(4) Cylinders containing Atmospheric Air, Coal Gas, Hydrogen or Oxygen must not be charged to a greater pressure than 1,800bs per square inch.
(5) No cylinder may contain, per pound of water capacity, more than 2/3lb. of Carbon Dioxide (Carbonic Acid Gas); lb. of Anhydrous Ammonia; lb. of Nitrous Oxide: or 11lb. of Sulphurous Acid Gas, respectively.
(6) Cylinders must be carefully handled, and inust not be exposed to the rays of the sun, nor to the heat of a fire, stove or other source of heat.
(7) So consignment of goods marked G shall be accepted for carriage by rail unless the consignor has signed a certificate in the following form :-
FORM OF CERTIFICATE.
Certified that the cylinder or cylinders containing tendered by me/us as per Forwarding Order No. date to the
of this
Railway for despatch to
station has/have been packed and tested in accordance, and that the cylinder or cylinders complies/comply in every respect with the rules of Appendix A, part 2 of General Regulations, of the Kowloon-Canton Railway
to regulate the
packing and carriage by railway
I/We also certify that the consignment complies with the conditions that the cylinder or cylinders must be of wrought iron or mild steel of the best quality, containing not more than 0.25 per centum of carbon thoroughly annealed after manufacture and 99 per centum of iron, of sufficient strength and efficiently tested.
Sender
Signature of
Senders
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils,
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
26th July, 1910.
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