THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910. 389
No. 272.
Conditions of Licence to store Naphtha and Benzine made by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council under Section 10 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, (Ordinance No. 1 of 1873), this 29th day of August, 1910.
The conditions of Licence to store Naphtha and Benzine in quantities over 60 gallons published in the Gazette of 30th April, 1909, and on page 57 of the Regulations of Hong- kong, 1910, are amended as follows :~~~
(a.) Condition 4 is hereby revoked and the following is substituted therefor :--
4. Naphtha and Benzine shall be stored in :--
(1.) drums or barrels made of soft iron or mild steel having all joints either riveted or soldered or electrically welded, and strengthened or protected at each end by a strong iron or steel hoop welded or riveted on to the body of the drum, with two runners or rolling hoops welded or securely shrunk on to the body of the drum, such drums or barrels not being of a capacity of more than 65 gallons, each drum or barrel being provided with a well-fitting screw bung the boss of which is electrically welded or riveted and soldered, to the body of the drum; or
(2.) in strong hermetically sealed metal drums commonly known as
Insurance drums each containing not more than 10 gallons; or (3.) in hermetically sealed well-soldered tins furnished with high screw- top outlets each containing not more than four gallons, such barrels, drums or tins being so filled as to leave an air space equal to at least 1/20th the capacity of each barrel, drum or tin, and the tins being protected by being enclosed in wooden cases, not more than two tins in one case, each wooden case having sides, top and bottom of not less than 5/8ths inch board, and ends of not less than 7/8ths inch board, fastened together by nails of a length of not less than 1 inches. Each barrel, drum or tin shall bear the words "NAPH- THA DANGEROUS HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE" legibly and indelibly stamped or marked thereon, or on a metallic or enamelled label attached thereto, and such barrel, 'drum or tin shall bear also a label on which shall be written in English and Chinese "In case of accident smother fire with sand, earth or cloth "."
(b.) By the insertion in Condition 5 of the word “barrel" after the word "drum“.
ik
No. 273.
Order made by the Officer Administering the Government-in- Conncil under the provisions of Section 9 of the Post Office Ordin- ance. 1900, (Ordinance No. 6 of 1900), this 29th day of August,
1910.
The following Scale of Rates of Postage on Parcels to Europe by the Trans-Siberian Railway has been approved by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council.
29th August, 1910.
2