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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 16, 1906.
No. 215.
Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council, on the 15th day of March 1906, in relation to Petroleum in
Bulk, under the provisions of Section 6 of the.
Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873,
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1873).
Interpreta- tion.
Flags and lights.
Position to
BULK OIL.
1. In these Rules the words "Petroleum in bulk" shall mean petroleum and any product of petroleum in any vessel, tank, compartment, or receptacle having a capacity of 300 gallons and upwards, but shall not include-
(i.) Lubricating oils, or
(ii.) Petroleum tar or petroleum fuel, which after being tested by him, has been certified by the Government Analyst or other similar officer of this or other British Colony or Possession to give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of not less than 150° Fahrenheit, when test- ed in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto.
The words "tank ship" shall mean any ship conveying or intended to
convey Petroleum in Bulk.
2. Every tank ship arriving at any port in this Colony having on board Pe- troleum in bulk, and every ship being about to take on board such Petroleum from the licensed premises hereinafter mentioned shall hoist a red flag at her fore-truck, and the flags T. H. E. of the International Code (signifying "Petroleum Oil") at her main truck, and shall keep such flags flying during the hours of daylight whilst any Petroleum is on board and thereafter until the Harbour Master is satisfied that the holds are clean and ventilated, and, during the same period, every such ship shall by night display 2 red lights vertically where best seen and at a height of not less than 20 feet above the deck.
3. Every tank ship, having on board Petroleum in bulk, shall, if bound for be taken up the Tai-kok-tsui Depôt, anchor on the South side of Stonecutter's Island to the by tank ships.
West of a line from which the White Rock bears North, and to the North of a line, having the sheers at the Naval Yard at Kowloon bearing East, and if bound to the North Point Depôt, shall anchor in Kowloon Bay, outside of the Harbour Boundary, and such ship shall not move from such position without the permission of the Harbour Master.
Fires and lights on board.
Tanks and Petroleum compart-
ments to be
kept closed
and ventila- tors protect
ed.
4.—(1.) During the time that any tank ship having on board Petroleum in bulk is within the waters of the Colony no fires or lights except the electric light shall be used on board or in the immediate vicinity of the ship while the tanks or petroleum compartments are discharging or receiving petroleum, and no person on board shall smoke or carry matches. But this regulation shall not be deemed to prohibit engine-room fires properly banked up, or galley fires, nor, when the said tanks or compartments are not discharging or receiving petroleum, engine-room fires, necessary to get up steam to move from the said anchorage to the wharf here- inafter mentioned and back again or from the wharf to go to sea, or in case of stress of weather, nor, when the Master has produced any such certificate and made the declaration mentioned in Rule 6, nor when the Government Analyst has given his certificate as hereinafter mentioned, the use of steam to discharge the Petroleum on board.
(2.) During the time that any tank ship having on board Petroleum in bulk is within the waters of the Colony, all the tanks cr Petroleum compartments shall be kept closed to the air, except so far as is absolutely necessary for the discharge of the Petroleum, or for procuring the samples required by Kule 7 (2.) and the mouth of any ventilator in connection with the tank or Petroleum compartment, shall be always protected by a wire gauze cover.