20125-1911-Conditions-of-Licence-to-store-Compressed-Oxygen-and-Compressed-Acctylene — Page 1

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 12, 1911.

No. 132.

193

Order made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 10 (3) of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, (Ordinance No. 1 of 1873), this 4th day of May, 1911.

Conditions of Licence to store Compressed Oxygen.

1. Compressed Oxygen shall be stored only in a fire-proof room or store.

2. Such room or store shall be sufficiently well lighted and shall be thoroughly well ventilated and kept cool.

3. No fire, matches, or artificial light (except the electric light) shall be used or allowed within such room or store.

4. Such room or store shall be kept locked as much as possible.

5. No goods of a highly combustible nature shall be kept in the same room or store with Compressed Oxygen.

6. Compressed Oxygen shall be packed in cylinders.

7. Cylinders shall be made of wrought iron or mild steel of the best quality, containing 99 per cent. of iron, and not more than 25 per cent. of carbon, thoroughly annealed after manufacture. They shall be of sufficient strength and efficiently tested.

8. Each cylinder shall bear a label stating in legible characters, both in English and Chinese, the words "Compressed Oxygen--Dangerous".

9. Cylinders shall not be charged to a greater pressure than 1,800 lbs. per square inch.

Conditions of Licence to store Compressed Acetylene.

1. Compressed Acetylene shall be stored only in a fire-proof room or store.

2. Such room or store shall be sufficiently well lighted and shall be thoroughly well ventilated and kept cool.

3. No part of any

such room or store shall be situated within 50 yards of any building, wharf, anchorage or public highway.

4. No fire, matches, or artificial light (except the electric light) shall be used or allowed

any such room or store.

within

5. Such room or store shall be kept locked as much as possible.

6. No other goods of any description whatever shall be kept in the same room or store with Compressed Acetylene.

7. Compressed Acetylene shall be packed in cylinders.

8. Cylinders shall be made of wrought iron or mild steel of the best quality, containing 99 per cent. of iron, and not more than 0.25 per cent. of carbon, thoroughly annealed after manufacture. They shall be of sufficient strength and efficiently tested.

9. No single cylinder shall contain more than 200 cubic feet of Acetylene dissolved in Acetone, and shall not be charged to a greater pressure than 240 lbs. per square inch.

10. Each cylinder shall bear a label stating in legible characters, both in English and Chinese, the words "Compressed Acetylene-Dangerous ".