1034
No. 10 of 1899.
Attendance of owner or consignee at receipt or discharge of explosives. Restriction on opening of packages. Mode of keeping gun-powder for private use. Protection of waterborne explosives.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
into the Depôt, and if the owner or consignee of such cargo fails in doing so, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to have the same discharged and delivered into the Depôt at the expense of the said owner or consignee.
5. When explosives are being received into or discharged out of the Depôt, the owner or the consignee of the same shall attend at the Depôt, or shall send a responsible representative instead, and any question which may arise as to the number or weight of cases or kegs received at or delivered out of the Depôt shall be decided at the time by such owner or his representative, and the officer in charge of the Depôt, who shall if necessary refer the same to the Harbour Master.
6. No person shall, without the consent in writing of the Harbour Master, open any package in the Depôt.
7. With reference to section 36 (10) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, prohibiting the keeping of more than 20 lbs. of gunpowder on land, it is hereby directed that such gunpowder shall not be kept in any package other than one composed of zinc, copper, or brass, and that the said package shall be placed in a safe and convenient position beyond the reach of fire, or accidents from lights, etc.
8. During the time any explosives are waterborne in the waters of the Colony on board of any vessel, either for the purpose of, or in the course of, carriage, landing, shipment, transhipment, or movement from one place to another, or otherwise, they shall be protected either by being stowed under hatches, or by being covered with serviceable tarpaulins, and no fires or naked lights shall be made or used on board any such vessel unless the said explosives are stowed under hatches, and the said vessel shall display a red flag, and, unless intending to leave the waters of the Colony, shall proceed without delay or interruption or anchoring to the place for which the cargo is destined.
loose and in tins.
Table R.
[ss. 36 (12) & 43 (3).]
SCALE OF CHARGES FOR THE STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER AND SAFETY CARTRIDGES IN THE GOVERNMENT DEPÔTS.
Gunpowder Packages containing 25 lbs. and less of loose gunpowder, 7 cents Packages containing 25 lbs. and less of gunpowder in tins, 10 Packages containing more than 25 lbs. and less than 50 lbs. of loose gunpowder, 14 Packages containing more than 25 lbs. and less than 50 lbs. of gunpowder in tins, 16 Packages containing 50 lbs. and less than 75 lbs. of loose gunpowder, 20 Packages containing 50 lbs. and less than 75 lbs. of gunpowder in tins, 22 Packages containing 75 lbs. and less than 100 lbs. of loose gunpowder, 26 Packages containing 75 lbs. and less than 100 lbs. of gunpowder in tins, 28 a month or fraction of a month.* As amended by G. N. No. 210 of 1913.
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