982

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 45

10. The importer shall not convey any explosive, or cause any explosive to be conveyed, from the ship in which such explosive reaches New Zealand to any place other than the place named in the importation notice.

11. The importer shall not convey in any ship, or cause to be conveyed in any ship, for the purpose of importation into New Zealand, or import or attempt to import into New Zealand, any explosives other than those specified in the importation notice, or any quantity of explosives greater than the quantity specified in the importation notice.

12. No master, owner, or agent of any ship shall convey any explosive, or cause or suffer the same to be conveyed, from the ship in which it reaches New Zealand to any other ship or boat until permission in writing from an inspector has been granted for such conveyance.

13. Every importer of explosives shall, for the purpose of examination or testing, open or cause to be opened at the request of an inspector, or any officer of Customs, any case or package containing explosives, and shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any such inspector or officer, without payment, samples of such explosives, in such quantity as such inspector or officer may deem necessary, and shall at once and without delay fasten or cause to be fastened safely and securely any case or package which may be so opened.

14. Any explosive which is imported or attempted to be imported into New Zealand in breach of these regulations, or which has been condemned by an inspector, may, at the cost in all things of the importer, be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as the Minister directs.

15. Any person who has brought or caused to be brought any explosive by ship into any port or place in New Zealand, whether such explosive has been landed or not from such ship, or is transshipped or intended for transhipment, shall be deemed to have imported such explosive into New Zealand.

16. Explosives brought into New Zealand and intended for transhipment may be temporarily stored in any hulk or magazine approved by an inspector, and under such conditions as he may deem necessary for public safety.

17. No explosive shall be cleared at the Customhouse without an order from an inspector.

18. Any person committing a breach of any of the foregoing regulations is liable to a penalty not exceeding Fifty Pounds.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

CLASSIFICATION AND DEFINITION OF EXPLOSIVES.

NOTE.—By “explosive containing its own means of ignition” is meant an explosive having an arrangement, whether attached thereto or forming part thereof, which is adapted to explode or fire the explosive by friction or percussion.

CLASS 1.—GUNPOWDER.

GUNPOWDER.—Consisting of a mixture of potassium nitrate, carbon, and sulphur.

CLASS 2.—NITRATE MIXTURE.

CHILWORTH SPECIAL POWDER.—Consisting of a mechanical mixture of nitrate of potassium, nitrate of ammonia, and charcoal, with or without the addition of sulphur.

ELECTRONITE NO. 2.—Consisting of a mixture of nitrate of ammonium and nitrate of potassium, mixed with or impregnated with wood-meal for the bleaching or purifying of which no chemical agents have been used, or, if used, have been absolutely removed.

EXCELSIOR.—Consisting of a mixture of potassium nitrate and xanthorrhœa balsam.

FORTIS EXPLOSIVE—Consisting of a mixture of two or more of the following substances, viz.: Tan, lampblack, and sulphur, such mixture being thoroughly impregnated with a mixture of nitrate of potassium and proto-sulphate of iron, and with or without the addition to such impregnated mixture of glycerine: Provided that all such explosives shall be imported and stored only in the form of compressed cartridges, such cartridges being rendered thoroughly waterproof (a) by waterproofing the naked compressed cartridges, and (b) by enclosing such waterproofed compressed cartridges in thoroughly waterproof cartridge-cases.

SAFETY BLASTING-POWDER.—Consisting of a mechanical mixture of nitrate of potassium, sulphur, lampblack, sawdust, and sulphate of iron.

CLASS 3—NITRO-COMPOUND.

Division 1.

AMBERITE NO. 1.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cotton, mixed or combined with the following substances: Thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine, paraffin free from mineral acid, shellac. The whole to be of such character and consistency as not to be liable to liquefaction or exudation.

BALLISTITE.—Consisting of nitro-cotton carefully washed and purified, combined with thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine, with or without the addition of camphor, aniline, graphite, paraffin, mineral jelly, carbonate of calcium, carbonate of magnesium, and such other substance and solvent, if any, as may from time to time be approved by the Governor in Council. The whole to be of such character and consistency as not to be liable to liquefaction or exudation: Provided that such paraffin and mineral jelly are free from mineral acid, and that the amount of carbonate of calcium or carbonate of magnesium shall not exceed 1 part by weight in every 100 parts by weight of the finished explosive.

BLASTING-GELATINE NO. 1.—Consisting of nitro-cotton carefully washed and purified, combined with thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine in such proportions that the whole shall be of such character and consistency as not to be liable to liquefaction or exudation, and with or without carbonate of calcium or carbonate of magnesium not exceeding 2 parts by weight in every 100 parts by weight of the finished explosive.

BLASTING-GELATINE NO. 2.—Consisting of blasting-gelatine No. 1, as above defined, mixed or incorporated with nitrate of potash (with or without charcoal), or such other nitrate as may for the time being be sanctioned by the Governor in Council.

CAMPHORATED GELATINE.—Consisting of blasting-gelatine No. 1, as above defined, mixed or incorporated with camphor.

CARBO-DYNAMITE.—Consisting of not more than 90 parts by weight of thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine, uniformly mixed with 10 parts by weight of charcoal sufficiently absorbent in quality when mixed in the above proportions to prevent exudation of nitro-glycerine, whether with or without the addition of one or more of the following substances, viz.: Nitrate of potassium, nitrate of barium, carbonate of sodium, and carbonate of ammonium, provided that the proportion of carbonate present shall not exceed 1½ parts by weight in every 100 parts by weight of the finished explosive.

CARBONITE.—Consisting of not more than 27 parts by weight of thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine (with or without the addition of not more than half a part of sulphuretted benzole), uniformly mixed with not less than 73 parts by weight of a pulverised preparation, consisting of wood-meal, not less than 40 parts; nitrate of potassium, nitrate of sodium, and nitrate of barium (or one of them), not more than 36 parts; and carbonates of sodium and lime, not more than half a part. Such preparation to be sufficiently absorbent when mixed in the above proportions to prevent exudation of nitro-glycerine.

CORDITE.—Consisting of thoroughly purified gun-cotton (as hereinafter defined), mixed and incorporated with thoroughly purified nitro-glycerine and mineral jelly (free from acid) by means of acetone, or such other solvent as may from time to time be approved by the Governor in