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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1873.
Dangerous Goods.
CONDITIONS.
The petroleum shall be kept in the original tins in which it has been imported, which tins shall be stored in a well sunk in the ground and lined with brick, provided with a close-fitting wooden cover lined with sheet iron for the purpose of making the well air-tight and of extinguishing fire in case of the petroleum igniting.
NB.—By section 12 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1873, it is provided that any dealer who refuses to show to any officer authorised by the Governor every or any place, or all or any of the vessels or packages in which dangerous goods to which this Ordinance applies in his possession are kept, or to give him such assistance as he may require for examining the same, or who wilfully obstructs any officer so authorised in the execution of this Ordinance, shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
Colonial Secretary.
Conditions under which kerosine may be stored, as sanctioned by the Governor in Council under sec. 11, para. 2, of Ordinance No. 8 of 1873, on the 11th April, 1881. (Gazette 16th April, 1881.)
1. No premises will be licensed for the storage of kerosine within the City of Victoria, unless they are built on approved sites.
2. Premises to be licensed must be built of brick or stone, and have a concrete floor. The floor, and the walls to the height of the door-sill, must be plastered with pure Portland cement. The premises must be ventilated by windows running along both sides of the building. The windows must be protected with wire-netting and sunshades. The roof must either have four thicknesses of tiles, or be double-tiled and have a plaster ceiling. The door sill must be at least three feet above the floor.
The premises must be surrounded by a wall ten feet high, and not nearer to the building than ten feet. The gates or doors in the wall must be built up three feet higher than the level of the enclosed space.
3. No kerosine shall be stored above the window-sills.
4. No leaky or damaged case shall be stored in the premises.
5. No lights, fire, or lucifer matches are to be used or allowed within the premises.
6. No articles of a combustible nature are to be stored in the premises along with the articles mentioned in this licence.