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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 17, 1911.
(3.) The owner, agent or master of a vessel from or into which benzene, naphtha or naphtha products is or are about to be landed, shipped or transshipped shall give notice to the Captain Superintendent of Police of the proposed landing, shipment or transshipment, and the Captain Super- intendent of Police shall thereupon place a police guard on board such vessel during such landing, shipment or transshipment, such guard to be maintained at the expense of the owner, agent or master of such vessel.”
4. Rule No. 8 is hereby revoked and the following is substituted therefor :-
Places for discharging
oil.
8. The Standard Oil Company's wharves at Lai Chi Kok and Lap Sa Wall, or taking on
and the Asiatic Petroleum Company Limited's Wharves at North Point board case and Tai Kok Tsui, shall be the places to which vessels having 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."
Leaky and damaged
cases.
5. Rule No. 9 is hereby revoked and the following is substituted therefor: -
"9.-(1.) No case containing oil which is in a leaky or damaged condition ama shall be shipped or transshipped in the waters of the Colony, and should such leakage be found to have taken place from cases already shipped on board 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 maste 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 purpose 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 premises with all possible speed and with all possible care, and shall be stored there only in accordance with the conditions of the licence under which the said premises are used."
No. 344.
Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 6 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1878. (Ordinance No. 1 of 1878), this 10th day of November, 1911.
The Rules and Regulations in relation to Bulk Oil made by the Governor-in-Council and published in the Government Gazette of the 16th March, 1906, and on pages 40 to 50 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910, as amended by the Governor-in-Council on the 4th May, 1911, and published in the Government Gazette of the 12th May, 1911, are hereby further amended as follows:-
1. Rule No. I is hereby revoked and the following is substituted therefor :-
"1. In these Rules--
:-
"Petroleum" means petroleum and any product of petroleum, includ- ing naphtha and naphtha products, and also benzene, but does not include (i) lubricating oils, or (ii) petroleum tar or petroleum fuel, which after being tested by him, has been certified by the Government Analyst or other similar officer of this or any other British Colony or Possession not to give off an inflammable vapour at any temperature less than 150° Fah- renheit when tested in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto. "Petroleum in Bulk' means petroleum as above defined in any vessel, tank, compartment, or receptacle having a capacity of 300 gallons and upwards.
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"Tank Ship" means any ship conveying or intended to convey petroleum in bulk.
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