Conveyance
und storage of hydro- cyonic acid, anhydrous.
Conveyance
and storage
of lead
tetraethyl and
motor fuel
anti-koock
compounds.
Conveyance
and storage
of methyl bromide.
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absorbent material, and packed in a wooden case containing not more than ten gallons of such poisonous substance,
so closed as to prevent leakage,
121. Hydrocyanic acid, anhydrous shall not be conveyed or stored except when effectively stabilized and when-
(a) contained in a seamless steel cylinder: or
(b) absorbed in a suitable porous material and contained in a stout hermetically scaled tin container packed together with protec- tive material in a wooden case containing not more than thirty- six pounds of such acid; or
(c) contained in a bottle made of glass as free as possible from surface alkali and, so closed as to prevent leakage, wrapped in protective material and packed in a tin case together with | sufficient slaked fime to neutralize the whole of the contents of the bottles contained in the case, each case containing not wore than twenty pounds of such acid;
Provided that hydrocyanic acid in a solution in which such acid constitutes not more than four per cent of the total weight of the solution may be conveyed or stored in a suitable glass bottle so closed as to prevent leakage having a capacity not exceeding five pints, packed together with effective absorbent material in a wooden case containing not more than six gallons of such acid.
122. Lead tetraethyl or motor fuel anti-knock compounds (ethyl fluid) shall not be conveyed or stored except when contained in-
(a) a suitable glass bottle, stoppered and luted, having a capacity
not exceeding five pints; or
(b) a suitable metal container having a capacity not exceeding half a gallon, packed together with effective absorbent material in an outer metal container and the whole contained in a wooden case containing not more than six gallons of such poisonous substance; or
(c) a suitable iron or steel barrel or drum having a capacity not
exceeding fifty gallons,
so closed as to prevent leakage.
123. (1) Methyl bromide shall not be conveyed or stored except when contained in-
(a) a suitable hermetically sealed glass container containing pot more than twenty cubic centimetres of such poisonous sub- stance;
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(b) a suitable hermetically sealed tin or can containing not more than one pound of such poisonous substance, packed together with efficient absorbent material in a wooden case containing not more than six gallons of such poisonous substance; or (c) cylinders in accordance with the provisions of Part III.
(2) No glass container so used shall contain a quantity of methyl bromide exceeding in weight the number of pounds of water which the container is capable of holding multiplied by the following filling ratio, namely, 1.39.
124. Paranitrophenyl thiophosphate and other poisonous organic Conveyance compounds of phosphorus (parathion, etc.) shall not be conveyed or and morge
of poranitro- stored except when contained in-
phenyl thic-
cre.
(a) a glass bottle containing not more than one hundred cubic phosphate,
centimetres of such poisonous substance; or
(b) a suitable tin or can containing not more than one pint of such poisonous substance, packed together with effective absorbent material in a wooden case containing not more than six gallons of such poisonous substance; or
(c) a suitable steel barrel or drum containing not more than one
hundred gallons of such poisonous substance,
so closed as to prevent leakage.
125. (1) Poisonous substances other than the substances specified Conveyance in regulations 119, 120, 121, 122, 123 and 124 shall not be conveyed or stered except when contained in......
(a) a suitable strong metal drum or barrel having a capacity not
exceeding one hundred gallons; or
(b) a suitable glass or earthenware carboy having a capacity not
exceeding fifteen gallons; or
(c) a suitable glass or earthenware bottle having a capacity not
exceeding two and a half gallons; or
(d) a suitable tin or can packed together with protective and
absorbent material in a wooden case; or
(e) a container approved by the Ministry of Transport, London, so
closed as to prevent leakage.
(2) Any glass or carthenware carboy or bottle so used shall be packed singly in-
(0) a wicker hamper fitted with a wicker bonnet; or
(6) a stout slatted crate lined with protective material and providing adequate prolection for the neck of the carboy or bottle; or
and stomac of other poisonous substances,