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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH DECEMBER, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 519.
The following Regulations, made by the Governor in Council regarding Petroleum in Bulk are published for general information.
By Command,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th December, 1892.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
In relation to Petroleum in Bulk, made by the Governor in Council on the 7th day of December, 1892, under the Provisions of the
Definition.
Flags to be
tank ships.
"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 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.
2. Every tank ship arriving at this port having on board Petroleum in Bulk and every displayed by ship being about to take on board such petroleum from the licensed premises hereinafter men- 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 can be best seen and at a height of not less than 20 feet above the deck. Provided that if 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.
Lights at night.
Method of
waters of Colony.
3. Every tank ship arriving at this port having on board Petroleum in Bulk shall enter approaching the harbour by the Western entrance and shall take up a position on the South side of Stone Cutters' Island to the West of a line from which the White Rock bears North and to the North of a line having the shears at the Naval Yard at Kowloon bearing East, and she shall not remove from such position without the permission of the Harbour Master.
Position to
be taken up by tank ships.
No fires, &c.
on board tank
ships.
4. During the time that any tank ship having on board Petroleum in Bulk is within the to be lighted 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 open or are discharging or receiving petroleum, or when the hatches are off, 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 open or 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.
Tank
entering to
ships on
declare cargo,
certificate of
on declara- tion oil may
5. The Master of every tank ship arriving at this Port and having on board Petroleum in Bulk shall, on entering his vessel inwards and before proceeding to the wharf hereinafter mentioned to discharge any cargo, declare in writing to the Harbour Master :-
(a) What quantity of petroleum the ship is carrying.
(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.
On produc- 6. If the Master of any tank ship produces to the Harbour Master a certificate or certi- tion of certain ficates under the hand of the Government Analyst or other similar officer of the Government testing and of any British Colony or Possession that the petroleum on board his ship does not give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 73° Faht. when tested in the manner set be dis- forth in Schedule One to "The Petroleum Act, 1879," (42 & 43 Vic. c. 47), and makes a statutory declaration that all the petroleum on board is covered by such certificate or certi- ficates and was part of the petroleum, samples whereof were tested at the port or place named in the certificate, the Harbour Master may give permission for the ship to at once proceed to the wharf hereinafter mentioned and discharge petroleum as hereinafter provided,
charged.