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(8) Model Code of Harbour Byelaws in respect of the discharging,

loading, etc., of Petroleum Spirit and Carbide of Calcium, published by H.M.'s Stationery Office.

(9) The Singapore Harbour Board Byelaws for regulating the

conveyance, loading and unloading of Dangerous Goods, 1937.

(10) The Port of Colombo (Dangerous Cargo) Order, 1945.

(11) Rules of Navigation for Ships carrying Dangerous Materials, issued by the Suez Maritime Canal Universal Company.

(12) Report of the Explosives' Storage and Transport Committee of

the Ministry of Supply regarding Safety Distances.

(13) The Report of a Working Tarty appointed by the Home Office and Experimental Investigations into the Safety in Storage and Transport of Anmonium Nitrate,

(14) The Reports of Working Parties appointed by the Minister of Transport: (i) as to the Conveyance of Explosives in Harbours (ii) on Fire Prevention and Fire-fighting on Ships in Port.

(15) List of Authorised Explosives under the Explosives Acts,

1875 and 1923, dated 1st January 1950, issued by the Home Department.

(16) Report of a Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for the Home Department on Celluloid Storage, dated 30th January 1950.

(17) The Storage of Explosives, published by Imperial Chemical

Industries, Ltd.

(18) The Report of the Commission on the Wing On Godown Fire.

(19) Comments on the Handling of Dangerous Goods, etc., being

Annexe III to the Report of the Marine Court which inquired into the "Chaks ang" disaster.

(20) Draft Report of a Departmental Committee appointed by the

Minister of Transport on 30th July 1943 on the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Explosives in Ships, which has not yet been published and was supplied to us confidentially.

Draft Report of the Ministry of Transport

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We have been greatly assisted in our deliberations by information given to us by the Ministry of Transport in London. draft report of the Departmental Committee was supplied to us through the courtesy of the Chairman, Dr. H.E. Watts, G.M., M.B.E., Ph.D., B.Sc., F.R.I.C., and the Secretary, Mr. E.F. Callow, M.B.E., in cyclo- styled copies in the first instance and later in printed proof form. This report deals mainly with the classification, packing, stowage and carriage of Dangerous Goods and Explosives in ships; we have had to consider, in addition, the loading and unloading of the ships in port, the conveyance of the goods in the Harbour and on land, and their subsequent storage on land, sale and use. We have adhered as far as possible to the classification and rules recommended for packing and labelling of Dangerous Goods, as we believe that these rules will form the basis of an international code.

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