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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 16, 1906.

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14. Not more than one tank ship shall go or be alongside any wharf at one One Petro- time; nor when a tank ship is discharging or shipping Petroleum shall any other ship, vessel or junk of any description whatever be alongside the wharf or the tank only. ship.

ship after

15. After the discharge or shipment of Petroleum in bulk a tank ship, unless Position to she at once proceeds to sea or is prevented by stress of weather, shall proceed with- be taken by out delay to the anchorage specified in the third of these Rules, and she shall not, discharging except through stress of weather or with permission of the Harbour Master, remove Petroleum. therefrom, for any other purpose than that of proceeding to sea, until every tank or compartment which has been emptied of Petroleum has been thoroughly cleansed and ventilated.

recently had

board to pass through the

16. No tank ship having Petroleum in bulk on board shall, except through No tank ship stress of weather or with the permission of the Harbour Master, take up any posi- having tion in the waters of the Colony otherwise than at the anchorage specified in the Petroleum on third of these Rules, and no such tank ship nor any tank ship which has recently discharged Petroleum in bulk shall, without the permission of the Harbour Master, Harbour. pass through the harbour: provided, nevertheless that, if a tank ship has Petroleum on board and all reasonable precautions for the prevention of accident be taken to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master, he may allow her to take up such other position as he may assign, and may allow her, if he think fit, to pass through the harbour for such purpose. An app al shall lie to the Governor from any refusal of the Harbour Master to allow a ship to take up such other position as aforesaid.

Petroleum

17. Except where repugnant to or inconsistent with these Regulations and Movement of unless otherwise expressly provided the Rules and Regulations for the time being from licensed in force under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, in relation to the movement premises. by land or water and the storage of Dangerous Goods and to the anchorage of ships, vessels, lighters or boats having or being about to take on board Dangerous Goods within the Colony shall apply to the movement and storage of Petroleum in drums or other vessels from the premises in which Petroleum in bulk is licensed to be stored and to the anchorage of ships, vessels, lighters and boats having on board or being about to take on board such Petroleum.

18. The Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 28th Repeal of pre- day of March, 1899, in relation to Petroleum in bulk, and all amendments thereof vious Rules. and additions thereto subsequently made are hereby repealed.

. THE SCHEDULE.

NATURE OE THE TEST APPARATUS.

The apparatus is known as the Abel Petroleum Tester and consists of the following parts :-

1. The oil-cup;

2. The cover, with slide test-lamp and clockwork arrangement for opening and closing the holes in the

cover and for dipping the test flame;

3. The water-bath or heating vessel;

4. The tripod stand, with jacket and spirit lamp for heating the water-bath ;

5. The thermometer for indicating the temperature of the oil in the oil-cup;

6. The thermometer for indicating the temperature of the water in the water-bath;

7. The thermometer for indicating the temperature of the oil before it is poured into the oil-cup;

8. The dropping bottle or pipette for replenishing the test-lamp; and

9. A barometer,

The oil-cup is a cylindrical flat-bottomed vessel, made of gun-metal or brass, and tinned or silvered inside. A gauge is fixed to the inside of the cup to regulate the height to which it is to be filled with the sample under examination.

The cup is provided with a close-fitting overlapping cover, which carries the thermometer, the test-lamp and the adjuncts thereto. The test-lamp is suspended upon two supports by means of trunnions, which allow it to be easily inclined to a particular angle and restored to its original position The socket in the cover, which is to hold a round bulb thermometer for indicating the temperature of the oil during the testing operation, is so adjusted that the bulb of the latter is always inserted in a definite position below the surface of the liquid.

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