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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 2, 1910.

6.-The weight of each case shall not exceed one picul.

III-GOODS MARKED C IN RULE 14.

7.-(1) Goods marked C in rule 14 which are not explosives, to which the rules for the time being in force under the Railways Ordinance, 1909 (No. 21 of 1909), apply, must be packed in streng dust-tight wooden cases having a metal lining, the contents being branded, painted or labelled on the outside in legibly printed or written characters in English and Chinese, bearing name of sender and consignee.

(2) No such case shall contain more than five pounds, and no box or package shall contain more than ten such cases.

Note. This restriction will not apply to matches.

(3) The outer wooden cases used for the carriage of matches shall be of the following thickness of wood:-Gross weight of case with contents not exceeding 3 piculs in weight, inch thick throughout; gross weight of case with contents exceeding 3 piculs,

inch thick throughout.

Matches, safety," may, however, be carried in the tins in which they are imported, provided that such tins are strong enough as outer packages, that they do not exceed a limit in size of 2ft. by lft. by Ift., weighing approximately picul, and do not contain more than 120 packets of matches, safety.'

NOTE-Matches which ignite by simple friction and Bengal lights (Pyrotechnic matches) which while not ordinarily igniting by smple friction are capable of doing so under chemical decomposition and are liable to spontaneous combustion, should be considered as coming within the class "matches, non-safe- ty," while those which require to be rubbed on the prepared surface of the box which contains them to be ignited should be considered as coming within the class Matches, safety".

IV. GOODS MARKED D IN RULE 14.

8. Goods marked D in rule 14 must be packed in the mancer herein before prescribed for goods marked B in that rule:

Provided that--

(a) Spirits of wine, methylated or rectified, must be packed either in corked and capsuled bottles or in corked and capped drums securely packed, or in strongly made casks securely closed so as to prevent all possibility of leakage,

(b) turpentine may be carried either in sound iron or steel drums or tins properly soldered, or in corked and capsuled bottles, the bottles or tins being securely packed in wooden cases,

(c) any other goods marked D in rule 14 may be packed either in stoneware jars or glass-stoppered bottles, or in vessels of metal (such as tin or copper), ¡10- vided with screw stoppers or corked, and with caps covering their mouths soldered on, and

(d) different kinds of the goods marked D in rule 14 may be put into one case, but no goods of the k.ds marked, respectively, A, B and C in that :ure may be put into the same case with the.n. V.—GOODS MARKED E IN RULE 14.

9.-(1) Goods marked E in rule 14 will be accepted for carriage by railways under the following conditions :-

I.-By Passenger Train.

(i.) In drums or receptacles of not more than four gallons capacity up to a limit of twelve gallons in спе train.

(i.) The drums or receptacles containing the goods nust be made of tinned or galvanized sheet iron, steel or lead plate, and they must be packed in strong wooden cases, the thickness of the wood to be not less than half an inch; provided that wood cases shall not be necessary when the drums or recep- tacles are made of tinned or galvanized sheet iron or steel, and have the following thickness of metal· Not less than

(1) When the capacity does not exceed 2 gallons

(2) When the capacity exceeds 2 gallons but does not exceed 4 gallons

25 B. W. G.

22 B. W. G.

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