4311-1906-Rules-and-Regulations-under-the-Dangerous-Goods-Ordinance-1873--Relating-to-Bulk-Oil — Page 3

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Fees for

testing.

Discharge of

certificate

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 16, 1906.

(6.) The fee for testing shall be five dollars for a single sample, and for more than one sample taken at the same time two dollars and fifty cents for each sample. Such fees shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury by the Master of the vessel.

(7.) (a.)-If the certificate of the Government Analyst certifices that the Cetinate of Petroleum in any one compartment on board a tank ship gives off an inflammable Government vapour at a temperature of less than 73° Fahrenheit when tested in the manner set forth in the schedule hereto, the ship with the Petroleum on board shall not be permitted to discharge and shall be ordered by the Harbour Master to leave the waters of this Colony by the route by which she entered.

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Ship with

certain quality of

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In all other cases the ship may, upon payment of the said testing fees and upon obtaining the permission of the Harbour Master, proceed to the wharf as hereinafter mentioned and the Petroleum may be discharged as hereinafter provided.

(b.) Moreover, if the certificate of the Government Analyst certifies that all the samples of Petroleum taken from every compartment on board of a tank ship, give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of not less than 150° Fahrenheit longer treat when tested in the manner set forth in the schedule hereto, then, upon payment of the said testing fees and obtaining the permission of the Harbour Master to proceed to her anchorage, such ship shall no longer be treated as a tank ship under these Rules and Regulations.

ed as a tank ship.

Method of discharge of oil.

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8. The discharge of Petroleum imported in bulk from a tank ship and the shipment of Petroleum from the licensed premises hereinafter mentioned shall be effected by means of a hose and a wrought-iron pipe between sunrise and sunset. Petroleum so imported shall be pumped into storage tanks and when the ship has finished discharging or shipping Petroleum the pipe shall immediately be emptied. When the ship has not finished discharging or shipping by sunset, arrangements shall be made by means of a valve or otherwise for effectually preventing any of the oil left in the pipe from escaping.

9. The wharves immediately opposite the premises licensed for the storage Places for discharging of Petroleum in bulk at Tai-kok-tsui in British Kowloon and at North Point, or taking on board Petro- Hongkong, shall be the places to which tank ships having, or being about to take on board Petroleum in bulk, shall proceed and every ship as aforesaid in proceed- ing to or from the wharf at Tai-kok-tsui shall, unless special permission to the con- trary has been given by the Harbour Master, take the route by way of the passage North of Stonecutter's Island.

Protection

of ships alongside wharf.

Throwing Petroleum

into the harbour.

Use of wharf.

Time for discharge.

10. During the time that any tank ship is moored or made fast alongside either of the said wharves two certificated officers of the ship of whom one shall be a deck officer shall remain on board and the ship shall be protected on her "off" side by booms of such strength (to be approved by the Harbour Master) and so secured as to fend off any other vessel from possible collision with her.

11. No discharge of Petroleum, whether mixed with water or not, shall be permitted into the harbour from any tank ship, or from any licensed premises.

12.-(1.) Except as hereinafter provided, the wharves mentioned in Rule 9 shall not be used for any other purpose than the discharge or shipment of Petroleum.

(2.) No tank ship when alongside either of the said wharves shall discharge Petroleum into any other ship, vessel or junk of any description whatever.

(3.) When no tank ship (having or being about to take Petroleum on board or having recently discharged petroleum) is alongside the wharf, the wharf may be used for the purpose of shipping from the said licensed premises Petroleum in drums, or other vessels of a capacity not exceeding 20 gallons each or for landing empty drums or other vessels of a similar capacity to be taken into the said pre- mises, or, steamers may go alongside to take in Petroleum fuel for bunker pur-

When not being used for any of these

the wharf purposes, poses.

may be used for discharging coal for the purpose of storage or shipping coal into lighters or other vessels not being tank ships.

13. The discharge or shipment of Petroleum from or on any one tank ship shall not occupy more than 24 working hours unless the time has been extended by the Harbour Master owing to stress of weather or accidental cause.