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oils for the purpose of testing, sampling, blending, mixing, repacking, grading, and reconditioning any dutiable oils in accordance with any regulations in respect thereto.
6. Rates for storing and moving dutiable oils, or for the use of any space under regulation No. 5 of these regulations shall be approved by the Superintendent.
7. Any person in charge shall, immediately after receiving any dutiable oils in storage or removing the same, make due entry of such receipt or removal in a special book in a form to be approved by the Superintendent. Such book shall be available for inspection by the Superintendent and any revenue officer, and shall always be kept on the approved premises.
8. Every person in charge of any such warehouse shall furnish daily returns to the Superintendent, in a form to be approved by him, of any dutiable oils received into or removed from the approved premises, and of all operations mentioned in regulation No. 5 of these regulations.
9. Any loss or contraction of dutiable oils due to natural causes or unavoidable accident, or to leakage, breakage, or deterioration, not due to any negligence or default on the part of the person in charge or his scrvants, shall be deducted from the stock total of such oils and no duty shall be charged thereon if such loss is reported to a revenue officer as soon as it is discovered and is certified by him, after examination, to be a loss as aforesaid.
10. If so required by the Superintendent, the person in charge shall provide office, sanitary and lavatory accommodation, with heating, lighting, cleaning and furniture, and shall maintain the same to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, free of expense to the Crown or Government of the Colony, for the use of the revenue officers in attendance at such warehouse.
11. The person in charge shall set apart a space clear of all encumbrances and adequately lighted as an examination floor, and shall provide suitable receptacles for holding broken cases and other debris resulting from examination.
12. The person in charge shall provide, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, free of charge, a sufficient supply of accurate measures, beams and scales, or weighing machines, and shall maintain the same in a proper state of repair and adjustment. He shall also provide a receptacle of a size capable of holding the contents of the largest container of hydrocarbon oils other than those hydrocarbon oils which are stored in bulk.
13. No alterations or repairs to the approved portion of the premises shall be begun without the sanction of the Superintendent. If the nature of such repairs or alterations necessitate the presence of additional revenue officers for the due protection of the revenue, the person in charge shall pay the usual fees for the extra attendance of sufficient revenue officers.
14. The portion of the premises set apart for the storage of dutiable oils shall be legibly marked on the outside, in English and Chinese, in letters and characters at least 3 inches high with the words "Bonded Warehouse", and with the addition of the words "For Hydrocarbon Oils".
15. Empty containers of all kinds which it is intended to refill shall be kept apart from those already filled, and all empty containers which are not intended to be refilled shall be removed at once from the warehouse. Containers left empty after an operation and intended to be refilled must be refilled at once or secured under revenue-lock in a place set apart for the purpose.
16. A bond to secure the duty with one or more sufficient sureties shall be given by the person in charge to the satisfaction of the Superintendent.
17. Except with the special permission of the Superintendent the portions of the approved premises appropriated for the storage of dutiable oils shall only be opened for eight hours per day, that is to say, between the hours of 8.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m.
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