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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.

APPENDIX A.

(See RULES 14 and 16.)

THE PACKING OF DANGEROUS GOODS (OTHER

THAN EXPLOSIVES TO WHICH THE

RULES FOR THE TIME BEING IN FORCE

UNDER THE RAILWAYS ORDINANCE, 1909,

No. 21 OF 1909, APPLY).

IL-GOODS MARKED A IN RULE 14.

1.-When not loaded in vans specially constructed for the carriage of dangerous gocas, goods marked A in rule 14 must be securely packed, to prevent leaking, in strong tins or in bottles corked and sealed. and such tins or bottles must be enclosed in wooden cases. When bottles are used, they must be packed in straw or sawdust. Kerosine oil, however, having its flashing point at or above 76deg. Fahr., may be packed in sound iron or steel drums, or in tins without wooden cases, provided that in the latter case a layer of durna matting or other suitable dunnage is placed on the floor of the wagon and between each tier of tins.

14.

The following special rules shall apply in the case of carbide of calcium :-

:

(a) The carbide of calcium must be contained in hermeti- cally closed metal drums or cases sufficiently strong to remain in that condition through wear and tear of transport, so that the carbide of calcium cannot be affected by air or moisture.

(b) There must be no copper in the composition of any

drum or case containing the carbide of calcium. (c) No drum or case must contain a quantity exceeding two hundred and twenty-four pounds of carbide of calcium.

(d) The label on each hermetically closed metal drum or case containing the carbide of calcium must bear in conspicuous characters the words, in English and Chinese, Carbide of Calcium. Dangerous if not kept dry," and with the following caution:------

The contents of this drum (or case) are liable, if brought into contact with moisture, to give off a highly inflammable gas." The name and address of the sender should also be labelled on each drum or case.

IL-GOODS MARKED B IN RULE 14.

2.-Goods marked B in rule 14 must be well secured in stone. ware jars or glass-stoppered hottles standing upright in cases with sloping covers:

Provided that--

(a) fluoric acid must be put into leaden or gutta-percha

bottles,

(b) sclution of ammonia must be put into metal bottles

with caps soldered on, and

(c) sulphuric acid shall not be put into jars with cork or wooden stoppers. Concentrated sulphuric acid (i.e., of a specific gravity not less than 1.84, which must be certified in writing by the consignor) may be packed in strong hermetically sealed iron or steel drums, which must be in good condition and free from rust.

3. -Bottles containing bromine, muriatic acid, nitric acid, aquaforis, or solution of ammonia, must be only three-fourths full, to allow for expansion of vapour.

4. In the case of boxes containing any of the three mineral acids, viz., Hydrochloric, Sulphuric, and Nitric, the inside packing must be of ashes free from cinders or of chalk, sand, or dry earth. In other cases the inside packing must be of straw, chaff or saw- dust, mixed with coal, wood-ashes, chalk or sand.

5.-Only one kind of the goods marked B in rule 14, and no other goods of any kind, may be put into one case.