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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

• CANNONITE No. 2.—Consisting of gun-cotton (consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose), mixed or impregnated with resin, and with or without the addition of graphite.

COLLODION COTTON.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose (a) of which not less than 15 per cent. is soluble in ether alcohol, and (b) which contains not more than 12·3 per cent. of nitrogen.

COOPPAL’S POWDER.—Consisting of nitro-cellulose, carefully purified, with or without admixture of a nitrate or nitrates (other than nitrate of lead or nitrate of ammonium), hydro-carbon, resin, or such other substances as may from time to time be sanctioned by the Governor in Council.

DI-FLAMYR.—Consisting of nitro-cellulose, thoroughly purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates other than nitrate of lead or nitrate of ammonium.

E. B. POWDER.—Consisting of nitro-lignin, carefully purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates (other than nitrates of lead or ammonium), and with or without starch or collodion or turmeric or similar vegetable colouring-matter, provided that such collodion shall consist of carefully purified nitro-lignin, dissolved in a safe and suitable solvent, and with or without such other substances as may from time to time be approved by the Governor in Council.

E. C. SPORTING-POWDER.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates (other than nitrate of lead), with the addition of colouring-matter, consisting of aurine ultramarine both free from mineral acid, and with or without the addition of any one or more of the following substances, viz.: Camphor, pure beeswax, paraffin, shellac, gums or resin, or such other substance as may from time to time be approved by the Governor in Council, dissolved in benzoline or other volatile solvent, such substances to be free from mineral acid.

E. C. POWDER COMPANY’S RIFLE-POWDER, J. B. PATENT.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates (other than nitrate of lead), with the addition of lamp-black free from mineral acid or charcoal, and with or without the addition of camphor, dissolved in benzoline or other volatile solvent.

ELECTRONITE No. 1.—Consisting of blasting amberite, as above defined, mixed or impregnated with carbonate of calcium.

GUN-COTTON.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cotton (a) of which not more than 15 per cent. is soluble in ether alcohol, and (b) which contains more than 12·3 per cent. of nitrogen, and with or without carbonate of calcium.

IXL BLASTING-POWDER.—Consisting of a mixture of potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, sulphur, picric acid, charcoal, and coal-dust: Provided that (1) the amount of picric acid shall not exceed 2 per cent. of the finished explosive, and (2) that all the ingredients shall be thoroughly purified.

NITRATED GUN-COTTON.—Consisting of thoroughly purified gun-cotton mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates other than nitrate of lead.

LIFE SAFE.—Consisting of a mixture of potassium nitrate, sulphur, picric acid, and wood-meal: Provided that (1) the amount of picric acid shall not exceed 1 per cent. of the finished explosive; (2) all the ingredients shall be thoroughly purified.

PICRIC ACID.—Consisting of tri-nitro-phenol, containing not more than 0·5 per cent. of mineral matter or ash.

POTENTITE.—Consisting of gun-cotton, thoroughly purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates.

RENDITE.—Consisting of a mixture of potassium nitrate, sulphur, picric acid, and wood-meal, provided that—
(1.) The amount of picric acid shall not exceed 2 per cent. of the finished explosive;
(2.) All the ingredients shall be thoroughly purified.

RIFLEITE.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-lignin, dissolved in a safe and suitable solvent with or without di-nitro-toluene and di-nitro-benzole, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates (other than nitrate of lead and ammonium nitrate), or not so mixed or impregnated, and with or without the addition of graphite.

RIFLE GUN-COTTON.—Consisting of thoroughly purified gun-cotton, whether or not mixed with a nitrate or nitrates other than nitrate of lead, mixed with any one or more of the following substances, viz.: Pure beeswax, paraffin, shellac, gum, or resin, dissolved in a solvent composed of ether, alcohol, and benzolene, such substances to be free from free mineral acid.

ROBURITE No. 1.—Consisting of (a) nitrate of ammonium, with or without an admixture of nitrate of sodium and neutral sulphate of ammonium, or either of them, provided that the amount of nitrate of sodium shall in no case exceed 50 per cent. of the total amount of nitrates present; and (b) thoroughly purified chlorinated di-nitro-benzole, with or without the addition of thoroughly purified chloro-nitro-naphthalene and chloro-nitro-benzole, provided (1) that such chlorinated di-nitro-benzole shall not contain more than 4 parts by weight of chlorine to every 100 parts by weight of chlorinated di-nitro-benzole, and (2) that the proportions of chloro-nitro-naphthalene and chloro-nitro-benzole shall not amount to more than 2 per cent. and 5 per cent. respectively of the finished explosive.

ROBURITE No. 2.—Consisting of roburite No. 1, as above defined, with the addition of chloride of ammonium and sulphate of magnesium, or either of them.

ROBURITE No. 3.—Consisting of nitrate of ammonium mixed or incorporated with thoroughly purified di-nitro-benzole and chloro-naphthalene, provided that the latter does not contain more than 50 per cent. of chlorine and that the chlorine does not exceed 1 per cent. by weight of the finished explosive.

SAWDUST AND GUN-COTTON POWDER.—Consisting of a mixture of two or more of the following explosives, viz.: Sawdust, gunpowder, gun-cotton, and cotton gunpowder.

SCHULTZE GUNPOWDER.—Consisting of nitro-lignin, carefully purified, and mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates other than nitrate of lead or nitrate of ammonium, and with or without starch or collodion (such collodion to consist of carefully purified nitro-lignin dissolved in a safe and suitable solvent), or pure solid paraffin or vaseline, provided that such paraffin or vaseline shall be free from mineral acid.

SCHULTZE BLASTING-POWDER.—Consisting of Schultze gunpowder, as above defined, mixed with charcoal or sugar.

“S.S.” SMOKELESS POWDER.—Consisting of nitro-lignin, carefully purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates (other than nitrate of lead or nitrate of ammonia), and with or without starch, or collodion, or turmeric, or similar vegetable colouring-matter, or coloured with Martin’s yellow (calcium salt of di-nitro-naphthol) or spirit blue (hydro-chloride of triphenyl-rosaniline): Provided that such collodion shall consist of carefully purified nitro-lignin, dissolved in a safe and suitable solvent, and with or without such other substance as may from time to time be approved by the Governor in Council.

TONITE OR COTTON POWDER No. 1.—Consisting of gun-cotton, thoroughly purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates.

TONITE OR COTTON POWDER No. 2.—Consisting of gun-cotton, thoroughly purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates and charcoal.

TONITE OR COTTON POWDER No. 3.—Consisting of a mixture of thoroughly purified meta-di-nitro-benzole and thoroughly purified gun-cotton, mixed or incorporated with one or more of the following ingredients, viz.: Nitrate of potassium, nitrate of sodium, nitrate of barium, and chalk.

WALSRODE POWDER.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose mixed with carbonate of calcium, and gelatinised by a suitable process.