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On produc- tion of certain certi- ficate of
testing and
on declara- tion oil
may be dis- charged.
Officer from Harbour Master's
Office to be to take sam
sent on board
ples.
Master to
ples of each
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1897.
6. If the Master of any tank ship produces to the Harbour Master a certificate or certi- ficates under the hand of the Government Analyst or other similar officer of the Government of any British Colony or Possession that the petroleum on board his ship does not give off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than 73° Faht, when tested in the manner set forth in Schedule One to "The Petroleum Act, 1879," (42 & 43 Vic. c. 47), and makes a statutory declaration that all the petroleum on board is covered by such certificate or certi- ficates and was part of the petroleum, samples whereof were tested at the port or place named in the certificate, the Harbour Master may give permission for the ship to at once proceed to the wharf as hereinafter mentioned and discharge petroleum as hereinafter provided.
7. (1) When the Master of a tank ship, having on board Petroleum in Bulk, shall have made the declaration in rule 5 but shall not have produced any such certificate as in the last preceding rule mentioned, the Harbour Master shall cause an officer of his department to go on board the ship to obtain samples of the petroleum from each compartment or tank.
(2) The Master shall forthwith deliver to the officer aforesaid without charge samples deliver sam. from each tank or compartment in which petroleum is carried. Such samples shall be taken consignment. under the personal supervision of the officer aforesaid and in the presence of the Master or
Chief Officer of the ship.
Quantity of samples.
Government Analyst,
(3) Every such sample shall consist of about forty fluid ounces and every sample shall be rapidly transferred from the compartment or tank in which it is stored into a separate bottle to be provided by the said officer.
Transmission (4) When the samples have been delivered to the said officer he shall fasten up, secure of samples to and label the bottles containing them with the name of the ship and the description or number of the compartment or tank from which each sample has been taken and such other distinguishing marks as may be necessary in the presence of the Master or Chief Officer of the ship.
The Harbour Master shall cause the samples to be forwarded to the Government Analyst.
Testing and certificate of
flashing point.
Method of testing.
Application of flashing
test.
Fee for test- ing.
Discharge of
certificate of
Analyst.
(5) The Government Analyst shall test the samples thus received in the manner indic- ated in the two following sub-rules and shall, as soon as practicable, give a certificate of the temperature at which the samples were found to give off an inflammable vapour and shall forward such certificate to the Harbour Master.
(6) The testing of the oil will be conducted with the apparatus known as the Board of Trade Petroleum Test Apparatus and in accordance with the provisions of the Petroleu:n Act 1879 (42 and 43 Vic. cap. 47).
(7) The application of the flashing test shall be made as directed in schedule one to the said Act with such modifications as may be called for by the local climatic conditions prevailing at the period at which the testing is made.
(8) The fee for testing each sample shall be two dollars and fifty cents which shall be paid to the Colonial Treasurer.
(9) If the certificate of the Government Analyst certifies that the petroleum in any one Petroleum on compartment on board a tank ship gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less Government than 73° Faht. 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, and in all other cases upon payment of the said testing fees and upon obtaining the permission of the Harbour Master, the ship may proceed to the wharf as herein- after mentioned and the petroleum may be discharged as hereinafter provided.
Method of discharge of oil.
Places for
or taking on
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 discharg ing 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 of Petroleum discharging in Bulk at Taikoktsui in British Kowloon and at North Point, Hongkong, shall be the places board petro- to which tank ships having, or being about to take, on board Petroleum in Bulk, shall proceed; and every ship as aforesaid in proceeding to or from the wharf at Taikoktsui shall, unless special permission to the contrary has been given by the Harbour Master, take the route by way of the passage North of Stone Cutter's Island.
leum.
Protection
of ships alongside
wharf.
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.
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