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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 1, 1940.

PART V.-SHIPS, AND SHIPPING AND MOVEMENT

OF DANGEROUS GOODS.

8. In this Part-

"explosives" means any of the dangerous goods specified in Category 1, and any preparation or adaptation of any substance used or manufactured with a view to produce a practical effect by explosion, and

"Dangerous Goods Anchorage" means one of the portions of the harbour specified in regulation 23 of Table M of the regulations made under the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899.

9.—(1) This Part applies to-

(a) explosives, and

(b) the dangerous goods specified in the Table to regula- tion 12.

(2) This Part shall not apply to inflammable liquids contained in the fuel tanks of motor vehicles carried by ferry vessels plying in the harbour.

10.--(1) Every ship arriving at any port in the Colony carrying any dangerous goods to which this Part applies and every ship in the waters of the Colony carrying or being about to load any such goods, shall-

(a) hoist by day a Red flag and show at night a Red light at the fore-truck or, where there is only one mast, at the mast-head, or, where there is no mast, on a pole at the bow, and shall keep such Red flag flying by day and such Red light showing at night so long as any of such goods are on board, and

(b) anchor at one of the Dangerous Goods Anchorages, or at such place as the Harbour Master shall direct, and not move therefrom without the permission of the Harbour Master.

(2) Paragraph (1) (b) of this regulation shall not apply to any ship carrying dangerous goods of Category 4 which is bound for and proceeds direct to one of the prescribed places mentioned in regulation 110 (e) and which is carrying no other dangerous goods to which this Part applies.

11. It shall not be necessary for a ship carrying explosives to anchor at a Dangerous Goods Anchorage if the master or other officer of the vessel shall have either-

(a) produced to the Harbour Master a certificate signed by a competent authority certifying that the ship has a properly constructed magazine, or

(b) obtained from the Harbour Master a certificate that the ship has a properly constructed magazine (for which certificate a fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid) and, in either case,

(c) produced to the Harbour Master a certificate signed by the master of the ship certifying that all explosives are carried in the magazine, that all detonators have been removed, and that the ship is carrying no other dangerous . goods