Prohibi-
tion of other
work during
handling.
Discharge of cargo.
Attendance
of owner
OF
consignee upon
receipt or discharge.
Restriction
6. During such time as aforesaid no person shall in or near the Depôt or on board or near such vessel be engaged in or work at any task other than is necessary for the receipt, discharge or Transhipment aforesaid.
7. The cargo of every vessel employed in the transhipment of explosives shall on arrival at the Depôt be immediately dis- charged by the owners or consignees of such cargo and shall be then delivered into the Depot and if the owner or consignee of such cargo fails to cause such discharge and delivery the Director may have the same carried out at the expense of the said owner or consignee.
8.
When explosives are being received into or discharged out of the Depot the owner or the consignee of the same shall attend at the Depot, 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, who shall if necessary refer the same to the Director. No alteration in the particulars of weight will be permitted after receipt into the Depôt.
9. No person shall without the consent in writing of the on opening Director open any package in the Depôt. packages.
Damage.
Method of packing.
Protection
of water- borne explosives.
10. Government will not be responsible for damage by explosion or arising from insufficient or improper packing. Packages must be tin-lined for protection against white ants and the lining must be intact.
11. During the time that any explosives are water-borne in the waters of the Colony on board any vessel, either for the purpose of or in the course of carriage, landing, shipment, tran- shipment 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 vesse! 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 intended.
for
12. The minimum storage charge for a month or fraction of Charges a month at the Depôt for any one lot or quantity shall be one storage. dollar. Subject to such minimum, one dollar shall be payable for each one hundred pounds in weight and fifty cents for each fifty pounds or less for each month or part thercol.
13. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of Penalties. regulation 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 11 shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and imprisonment for six months.
14. The regulations promulgated as Table Q and Table R Rescission,
(Fraser, under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1890, are rescinded.
Vol 1. pp. 858 and 354.)
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
11th August, 1953-
Explanatory Note.
Clerk Commeris."
These regulations replace with considerable amendments, but amend- ments of form only, the provisions of Table Q and Table R under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and will come into force upon the coming into operation of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1953."
(Secretariat 17/3231/53)