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1872.

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A.D. 1873.] FOREIGN OFFENDERS DETENTION. [No. 1.

Given under my hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, at Victoria, Hongkong, this

day of

By Order,

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(Signed.)

(Signed.)

Colonial Secretary.

Governor.

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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1873.

AN ORDINANCE for the Amendment of the Law with respect A.D. 1873.

to the Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods.

BE

[9th July, 1873.]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the

Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

Amandmoret

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dangerous Goods Ordinance,

1873.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,--

"Dangerous goods" mean any of the goods or substances specified in sections 3 and 4 or which for the time being may be declared to be "dangerous goods" by an Order of the Governor-in-Council under section 5:

"Warehouse owner includes all persons or bodies of persons owning or managing any warehouse, store, quay, pier, or other premises in which goods are deposited :

Carrier" includes all persons or bodies of persons carrying goods or passengers for hire by land or water.

Ordinance

No. 8 of 1873, pp 1 d. 2. with Ordi-

nauces No. 7

of 1884, No. 8 39 of 1899, and No. 34 of 1901,

of 1892, No.

incorporated,

Short title.

Interpreta-

tion of terms. c. 69 s. 7.

29 & 30 Fict.

goods.

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3. The following goods, namely, petroleum, nitro-glycerine or glo- Enumeration noine oil, gun cotton, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, dynamite, of dangerous blasting powders, gunpowder, fuzes (other than safety fuzes), rockets, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all descriptions (other than percus- sion caps or priming caps or empty sporting cases), phosphorus, naphtha, and benzine shall be deemed to be dangerous goods within the meaning of this Ordinance.

“Petroleum" in- Definition of

34 & 35 Fict.

4. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the term cludes kerosine oil, rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burmah oil, oil made from petroleum. petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous substance, and e. 105 s. 3. any products of petroleum, or any of the above-mentioned oils.

5. It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to time Application to make, revoke, and vary Orders declaring that any substances, other of the Ordi-