Places for discharging or taking on board case oil,
:17th November. 1911.
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(2.) Every lighter, cargo boat, or other vessel, when being used for the purpose of conveying benzene, naphtha or naphtha products in the waters of the Colony in quantities of more than 50 gallons shall carry a box or tank containing not less than 100 lb. of dry sand in such a position as to be immediately available at all times.
(3.) The owner, agent or master of a vessel from or into which benzene, naphtha or naphtha products is or are about to he landed, shipped or transhipped shall give notice to the Captain Superintendent of Police of the proposed landing, shipment or transhipment, and the Captain Superintendent of Police shall thereupon place a police guard on board such vessel during such landing, shipment or transhipment, such guard to be maintained at the expense of the owner, agent or master of such vessel.
8. The Standard Oil Company's Wharves at Lai Chi Kok and Lap Sap Wan, and the Asiatic Petroleum Company Limited's Wharves at North Point and Tai Kok Tsui, shall be the places to which the vessels hav- ing or being about to take on board case oil may proceed with the permission of the Harbour Master. Otherwise such case oil must be discharged, or taken in. in one of the Dangerous Goods Anchorages.
9.-1.) No case containing oil which is in a leaky or damaged condition shall be shipped or transhipped in the waters of the Colony, and should such leakage be found to have taken place from cases already shipped on hoard of any vessel it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to cause such vessel to be removed, at the expense of the owner, agent or master thereof, to such place as he may deem necessary.
(2) No case containing oil which is in a leaky or damaged condition shall be landed at any place in this Colony except at one of the places to which vessels having or being about to take on board case oil may proceed with the permission of the Harbour Master, and then only in order that it may be conveyed for the pur- pose of repair into some premises licensed for the storage of petroleum in bulk, petroleum fuel or kerosine oil (in godowns). Such case shall be conveyed into such pre-
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mises with all possible speed and with all possible care, and shall be stored there only in accordance with the conditious of the licence under which the said premises are used.
10. During the landing, shipment or transhipment of case oil, it shall be lawful for the Captain Superin- tendent of Police to place a Police guard over the same, such guard to be maintained at the expense of the owner, agent or master of the vessel.
II. No discharge of case oil, whether mixed with water or not, shall be permitted into the harbour from any ship or boat, lighter or vessel or from any premises or place on shore.
12. While Naphtha or any case oil flashing under 73° Fahrenheit is being landed on any wharf, or being transhipped, there shall be no fires or lights (except the electric light), nor any smoking on any ship, vessel, lighter or boat, carrying more than 50 gallons of such case oil, or in the immediate vicinity of the ship, or at or near the place where such case oil is being landed. No person engaged in such landing or transhipping shall carry matches or any appliances whatever for producing ignition. But this regulation shall not be deemed to prohibit engine-room fires, properly banked up, or galley lires, nor engine-room fires necessary to get up steam in case of stress of weather, nor the use of steam to discharge the cargo.
13. After the discharge of case oil the vessel, unless she at once goes to sea, shall remain at, or pro- ceed without delay to, one of the Dangerous Goods Anchorages, and shall not remove therefrom until all her holds which have contained case oil shall have been thoroughly cleansed and ventilated by the removal of all oil and vapour, unless the special permission of the Harbour Master has been obtained, except for the pur- pose of proceeding to sea, or through stress of weather.
STONECUTTERS' ISLAND.
Notice,
Masters of Vessels and others are hereby warned :-
1. That landing on Stonecutters' Island is prohi- bited, unless the person is provided with a
Placing of Police guard.
Throwing of Petroleum inlo the barbour forbidden.
Fires or lights prohibited" white naphtha is being landed Rule 12, 13th May. 1998. “
Cleansing and ventilation after discharge.
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