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10. manner indicated in rules 11 and 12 of these rules and shall within 24 hours after receiving them or as soon thereafter as practicable give a certificate of the temperature at which the samples were found to give off an inflammable vapour and shall forward such certificate to the Harbour Master.

11. The testing of the Oil will be conducted with the apparatus known as the Board of Trade Petroleum Test Apparatus and in accordance with the provisions of Petroleum Act 1899 (42 and 47 V.C.47).

12. The application of the flashing test shall be made as directed in the schedule to the said Act with such modifications as may be called for by the climatic conditions prevailing at the period at which the testing is made and which in the discretion of the Government Analyst may be deemed necessary.

13. The fee for testing each sample shall be two Dollars and fifty cents which shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury.

14. If the certificate of the Government Analyst certifies that the Petroleum in any one compartment on board gives off an inflammable vapour at the temperature of less than 73° Fahr., the ship with the Petroleum on board shall immediately leave the waters of this Colony by the route by which she entered and in all other cases upon payment of the said testing fees the ship may proceed to the Wharf hereinafter mentioned and the petroleum may be discharged as hereinafter provided.

15. The discharge of Petroleum in Bulk from the ship shall be effected by a wrought-iron pipe between sunrise and sunset. Petroleum so imported shall be pumped into storage tanks and when the ship has finished discharging the pipe shall immediately be emptied by means of a supplementary pump on shore. When the ship has not finished discharging by sunset, arrangements shall be made by means of a valve for effectually preventing any of the Oil left in the pipe from escaping.

16. The wharf immediately opposite the tanks licensed for the storage

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