654016-1891-G-H-B-Wright-resumes-duties — Page 1

1020 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1891.1

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 455.

-

The following conditions with respect to the grant of licences to keep dynamite are published. By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1891.

ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1873.

W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.

Conditions as to the keeping of Dynamite, as sanctioned by the Governor in Council Under Sec. 11, paru. 2, of the above Ordinance.

1. No premises shall be licensed for the Storage of Dynamite within the City of Victoria. 2. No premises shall be licensed for the Storage of Dynamite unless they shall have been approved by

the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade.

3. The Dynamite shall be packed in a double package so constructed as to prevent any explosive or any portion thereof from escaping. The outer package should be a box or barrel made of wood or other suitable material, and on no account is any metal other than soft metal to be used in the construction of either the inner or outer package.

4. No inner package shall contain more than 5 lbs., and no outer package more than 100 lbs. of

Dynamite.

5. Each onter package shall have the words "DYNAMITE-DANGEROUS" written, printed or

marked on the lid or cover thereof in two-inch red letters both in English and Chinese.

6. The room in which Dynamite is kept shall be so constructed as to be at all times inaccessible to any

persons other than those authorized to enter the room. The locks used shall be made of brass.

7. The words DANGER-BUILDING" should be affixed in legible characters both in English and

Chinese to the outer side of the door of any room in which Dynainite is stored.

8. The interior of any room in which Dynamite is stored shall be kept in such condition as to prevent

any grit, iron, steel or similar substance from coming in contact with the explosive.

9. Any tools used in the Store shall be made only of wood, copper, brass or some soft metal or material

or shall be covered with some safe or suitable material.

10. No detonating caps or fuzes nor articles of any other description except the receptacles for, or tools and implements for work in connection with the storage of Dynamite shall be kept in the same room as Dynamite.

11. The room in which Dynamite is stored shall not be open between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M. from October to March inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M. from April to September inclusive.

12. The Licensees of licensed premises shall notify to the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade, on the first of each month during the currency of their licence, the quantity of Dynamite stored therein. 13. Applications for the renewal of a licence must be sent in one month before the expiration of the licence, to enable the Inspector of Dangerous Goods to make his report on the state of the premises.

A. M. THOMSON,

COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.

Acting Clerk of Councils.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 456.

GEORGE HENRY BATESON WRIGHT, Esquire, Head Master, Victoria College, having returned to the Colony, resumed the duties of his office on the 31st ultimo.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th November, 1891.

W. M. GOODMAN, Acting Colonial Secretary.