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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH JULY, 1873.

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Preamble.

Short Title.

Interpretation Clause.

HONGKONG.

ANNO TRICESIMO SEPTIMO

VICTORIE REGINE.

SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, K.C.M.G., C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief.

No. 8 or 1873.

An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the Amendment of the Law with respect to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods.

[9th July, 1873.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Law with respect to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

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I. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873."

II. In the Construction of this Ordinance, if not inconsistent with the Context, the Expression "Dangerous Goods" shall mean [29 & 30 Vic., any of the Goods or Substances specified in Sections V and VI, or c. 69, s. 7.]

which for the Time being may be declared to be "Dangerous Goods" by an Order of the Governor in Council under Section VII; the Expression "Warehouse Owner" shall include all Persons or Bodies of Persons owning or managing any Warehouse, Store, Quay, Pier, or other Premises in which Goods are deposited; and the Termi "Carrier" shall include all Persons or Bodies of Persons carrying Goods or Passengers for Hire by Land or Water.

Repealing Clause.

Saving Clause.

Certain Goods

and Articles to

be deemed dangerous. [29 & 30 Vic., c. 69, s. 1.] Definition of Petroleum.

[34 & 35 Vic, c. 105, s. 3.]

Application of Ordinance to other

Substances.

III. Ordinance No. 12 of 1872 is hereby repealed.

IV. The Provisions of this Ordinance shall not apply to Her Majesty's Ships of War, or to the Ships of War of any Foreign Nation, nor to any Stores or Depôts or other Premises belonging to Her Majesty's Government, or to Her Majesty's Military or Naval Authorities within the Colony.

V. The Goods commonly known as Petroleum, Nitro-Glycerine or Clonoine Oil, Gun Cotton, Fulminating Mercury, Dynamite, Lithofracteur and Horsley's Patent Blasting Powder shall be deemed to be Dangerous Goods within the Meaning of this Ord-

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VI. For the Purposes of this Ordinance, the Term "Petroleum" includes Kerosene Oil, Rock Oil, Rangoon Oil, Burmah Oil, Oil made from Petroleum, Coal, Schist, Shale, Peat, or other Bitumi- nous Substance, and any Products of Petroleum, or any of the above mentioned Oils.

VII. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to make, revoke, and vary Orders declaring that any Substances, other than those enumerated in Section V, shall be [34 & 35 Vic., deemed to be Dangerous Goods within the Meaning of this Ord- e. 105, s. 14.1inance, and during the Continuance of the Order, this Ordinance shall apply to the Substances specified therein, and shall be construed and have Effect as if throughout it such Substances had been included in the Enumeration of Dangerous Goods contained in Section V, subject to the following Qualifications:-

Dangerous

Goods.

(1.) The Quantity of any Substance to which this Ordinance is directed by Order of the Governor in Council to apply, which may be kept without a License, shall be such Quantity only as is specified in that Behalf in such Order, or if no such Quantity is specified, no Quantity may be kept without a License;

(2.) The Label on the Vessel or Package containing such Substance shall be such as may be specified in that Behalf in the Order:

Provided always that no such Order of the Governor in Council, nor any Revocation or Variation thereof, shall come into Force until the same shall have been published in the Gazette.

Bye-Laws as to VIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor to make, revoke and Ship carrying vary Bye-Laws for regulating the Place or Places at which Ships carrying Dangerous Goods are to be moored in any of the Harbors [34 & 35 Vic., of the Colony, and are to laud their Cargo, and for regulating the c. 105, s. 4.] Time and Mode of, and the Precautions to be taken on such Landing: Provided always that no such Bye-Law or any Revocation or Variation thereof shall come into Force until the same shall have been published in the Gazette.

Where any Ship or Cargo is moored, landed, or otherwise dealt with in Contravention of any Bye-Law for the Time being in Force,