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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 111.
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The Rules and Regulations relating to Petroleum in bulk heretofore made by the Governor in Council on the 7th December 1892, the 18th January 1895 and the 12th January 1897, are hereby revoked by the Governor in Council, and the following Rules and Regulations which are substituted for those now revoked are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th March, 1897.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
In relation tọ Petroleum in Bulk, made by the Governor in Council on the 25th day of March, 1897, under the Provisions of the
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Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873,” as amended
by Ordinance No. 8 of 1892.
1. In these rules the words "Petroleum in Bulk" shall mean petroleum and any product Definition. of petroleum, other than lubricating oils, in any vessel, tank, compartment, or receptacle having a capacity of 300 gallons and upwards, and the word "Tank Ship" shall mean any ship conveying or intended to convey Petroleum in Bulk.
displayed by
2. Every tank ship arriving at this port having on board Petroleum in bulk and every Flags to be ship being about to take on board such petroleum from the licensed premises hereinafter men- tank ships. tioned shall hoist a red flag at her fore-top-gallant-mast-head and at her main-top-gallant-mast- head shall hoist the flags N. Q. D. of the International Code (signifying “Petroleum Oil") and shall keep such flags flying during the hours of daylight whilst any Petroleum is on board ,and thereafter so long as she shall remain in the waters of the Colony and during the same
period every such ship shall by night display 2 red lights vertically in a position where they Lights at can be best seen and at a height of not less than 20 feet above the deck. Provided that if night, the Harbour Master is satisfied that a ship after discharging the Petroleum on board has been thoroughly emptied, cleaned and ventilated he may dispense with the requirements of this rule.
by tank
3. Every tank ship arriving at this Port, having on board Petroleum in bulk, shall, Position to if bound for the Taikoktsui Depôt, anchor on the South side of Stone Cutter's Island to the be taken up West of a line from which the White Rock bears North, and to the North of a line, having ships. the shears 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.
Lights on
4. (1) During the time that any tank ship having on board Petroleum in Bulk is Fires and within the waters of the Colony no fires or lights except the electric light shall be used on Board. 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 hereinafter 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.
Petroleum
(2) During the time that any tank ship having on board l'etroleum in bulk is within Tanks and the waters of the Colony, all the tanks or petroleum compartments shall be kept closed to the compart- air, except so far as is absolutely necessary for the discharge of the Petroleum, or for procur- ments to be ing the samples required by Rule 7 (2), and the mouth of any ventilator in connection with closed the tank, or petroleum compartment, shall be always protected by a wire gauze cover.
and Venti- lators pro- tected.
5. The Master of every tank ship arriving at this Port and having on board Petroleum Tank in bulk shall, on entering his vessel inwards and before proceeding to the wharf as hereinafter ships on mentioned to discharge any cargo, declare in writing to the Harbour Master :-
entering to
(a) What quantity of petroleum the ship is carrying.
declare cargo.
(b) The number of compartments or tanks in which oil is stored.
(c) The nature and quality of the oil and whether it is covered by any and what certificate from the port of shipment or any intermediate port of call as to the temperature at which the oil gives off an inflammable vapour.