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stions prescribing how the goods shall be disposed of. In general, with
the exception of Category 1 goods, about which there are special regul-
ations, all dangerous goods must be landed at the place "adjoining or
nearost to the premises licensed for the storage of such goods" and must
be moved to those premises by the shortest route "with all reasonable
speed". A legitimate complaint from the Chief Officer of the Fire Bri-
gade was that beforo ho could investigate premises for improper storage
of dangerous goods, or celluloil or cinematograph films, both ordinances
prescribe that he must have " reasonable grounds" for search. As he had
little knowledge of the movement of dangerous goods, it was difficult
to acquire "reasonable rounds". It is clear that if he could be noti-
fiod of the arrival in the Colony of dangerous goods, his inspections (a valuable part of fire prevention) would be much less of a hit-or-mi sc
nature and could be more fruitfully directod. There seems to be no in-
heront difficulty in the Marine Department notifying the Chief Officer
of the arrival of dangerous goods and celluloid, provided that masters
of ships could be made well aware of what the Colony regarded as danger-
Jus goods, and provided that celluloid and film were added to their
number. The Marine Department is not apprised of the names of the con-
signees, nor is it necessary that it should be, but this information
can be supplied by the Imports and Exports Department should the Fire
Brigade wish to trace the destination of the goods. We do not therefore
consider that an amendment of the existing law is necessary, except in
so far as notifying the arrival of celluloid or cinematograph film in
bulk, but we recommend that those three Departments could with advan-
tago work out an administrative procedure which would attain the ends
of the Fire Brigade,
License for Fossession and Storage of Dangerous Goods:
68. The licensing of premises for storage is governed by a whole
sories of rourulations, the most elaborate of which are concerned with
substances falling within Categories 1 and 4. With regard to the latter
there is a special scries of detailed regulations connected with the
transport ly land and son, sturene in godotms, shops, garages, petrol
pumps and refineries of the more unstable petroleum products. The
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