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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

INCENDIARY STARS.—Consisting of cases of paper or other suitable material, containing a mixture of gunpowder, india-rubber, cement, coal-tar, saltpetre, naphthalene, and paraffin-wax, and having attached thereto a strand of quickmatch.

INCENDIARY SHELLS.—Consisting of shells adapted for use in cannon, containing incendiary stars as above defined, with or without a bursting-charge of gunpowder.

LIGHTNING-PAPER.—Consisting of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose, with or without the admixture of a safe and suitable colouring-material.

MAGIC CANDLE PIN CRACKERS.—Consisting of thoroughly purified fulminate of silver gummed or otherwise attached to a pin, and protected by a coating of paper, in a proportion not exceeding 15 grains of such fulminate of silver to every 1,000 magic candle pin crackers.

MANUFACTURED FIREWORKS.—Consisting of any explosive of the foregoing classes, and any firework composition, when such explosive or composition is enclosed in any case or contrivance, or is otherwise manufactured so as to form a squib, cracker, serpent, rocket (other than a war-rocket), maroon star, lance, wheel, Chinese fire, Roman candle, or other article adapted for the production of pyrotechnic effects or pyrotechnic signals or sound signals: Provided that a substantially constructed and hermetically closed metal case containing not more than 1 lb. of coloured-fire composition of such a nature as not to be liable to spontaneous ignition shall be deemed to be a manufactured firework.

SOCKET SOUND SIGNALS.—Consisting of a case of tinned iron, containing one or more charges of tonite or cotton-powder as hereinbefore described, such charges not exceeding together 8 oz., and having inside the base of the said case, or attached to the exterior thereof in a case or bag of india-rubber, canvas, or other suitable material, a charge of gunpowder not exceeding 2½ oz.; the charges of tonite and gunpowder being connected by means of a suitable time fuse of wood, copper, or tinned iron in communication or connection with a detonator as hereinbefore defined, such detonator to contain above the fulminate a substantial layer of strongly compressed mealed gunpowder, and being itself imbedded in tonite, the said tonite to consist of gun-cotton, thoroughly purified, mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates.

SOCKET DISTRESS-SIGNALS.—Consisting of a socket sound signal as above described, in the upper part thereof a star or stars composed of two or more of the following ingredients: viz., saltpetre, sulphur (carefully washed), realgar, antimony, gunpowder, or one or more stars of the following composition — viz.: Red stars, consisting of nitrate of strontia, chlorate of potash, charcoal, and shellac, incorporated with shellac-solution, and with or without the addition of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the finished stars. Green stars, consisting of nitrate of baryta, chlorate of potash, charcoal, and shellac, incorporated with shellac-solution, and with or without the addition of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the finished stars. White stars, consisting of nitrate of potash, sulphur (carefully washed), sulphide of antimony, realgar, gunpowder, and magnesium, incorporated with shellac-solution, and with or without the addition of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the finished stars: Provided that each star may have a strand not exceeding 5 grains in weight of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose attached to and passing through it.

SOUND-SIGNAL ROCKETS.—Consisting of a signal-rocket having fitted in the head thereof one or more charges of tonite or cotton-powder, as hereinbefore described, and with or without a layer of compressed gunpowder, made of sulphur (free from acid), saltpetre, and charcoal, between the said charges, and having imbedded in the said charges one or more detonators, such detonators to contain above the fulminate a substantial layer either of strongly compressed mealed gunpowder or of a composition made of two or more of the following ingredients: viz., saltpetre, sulphur (carefully washed), realgar, antimony, gunpowder. The said tonite to consist of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) mixed or impregnated with a nitrate or nitrates.

SOCKET LIGHT SIGNALS.—Consisting of a case of tin or other suitable material, containing one or more white or coloured stars of the compositions hereinafter specified, and having attached to the base of the said case, in a case or bag of indiarubber, canvas, or other suitable material, a charge of gunpowder not exceeding 2½ oz., the said stars and gunpowder being connected by means of a suitable time fuse of wood, copper, tinned iron, or other suitable material: Provided that the total weight of the star or stars contained in any one signal shall not exceed 8 oz. Red stars, consisting of nitrate of strontia, chlorate of potash, charcoal, and shellac, incorporated with shellac-solution, with or without the addition of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the finished stars. Green stars, consisting of nitrate of baryta, chlorate of potash, charcoal, and shellac, incorporated with shellac-solution, with or without the addition of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the finished stars. White stars, consisting of nitrate of potash, sulphur (carefully washed), sulphide of antimony, realgar, gunpowder, and magnesium, incorporated with shellac-solution, with or without the addition of gun-cotton (thoroughly purified) not exceeding 10 per cent. by weight of the finished stars: Provided that each star may have a strand not exceeding 5 grains in weight of thoroughly purified nitro-cellulose attached to or passing through it.

THROWDOWNS.

SNAPS FOR BONBON CRACKERS.} Such snaps and throwdowns to contain an amount of explosives not exceeding the proportion of 10 grains per 1,000.

VERY SIGNAL CARTRIDGES.—Consisting of a cartridge-case, either rolled or solid, containing its own means of ignition, and loaded with gunpowder and a coloured signal-star, a felt wad intervening between the gunpowder and the star; another wad is placed on top of the star, and the whole is closed by means of a disc of cardboard over the mouth of the case.

[Form A.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
"The Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897."
IMPORTATION NOTICE.

Signature of Importer:
Address of Importer:
Date:

PART II.—General Regulations governing the Issue of Licenses, and the Scale of Fees to be charged for the same; also the Scale of Fees to be charged for the Analysis of Explosives.

1. Licenses shall be issued in such form as may from time to time be approved by the Minister, and shall be required for the following purposes:—

(a.) To carry explosives;
(b.) For lighters engaged in carrying explosives;*
(c.) To sell restricted explosives, as defined under the First Schedule of Part I, Classes 2, 3, 4, and 5, and Divisions 2 and 3 of Class 6 of the Regulations for the Importation of Explosives;
(d.) To manufacture explosives;
(e.) To manufacture fireworks only;
(f.) To keep a magazine for the storage of explosives.

NOTE.—Licenses for (a), (b), and (c) shall not be required until the 1st day of January, 1908.

2. A license for any one of the aforementioned purposes—numbered (a) to (f)—shall be available for that purpose only, and shall not cover any other purpose for which a license is required.

3. Licenses for any purpose under the Explosives Act shall be valid for the persons only to whom they are issued, and shall not be transferable to any other person.

4. Licenses shall remain in force only up to and including the 31st day of December in the year of issue, unless revoked or cancelled before that date by the Minister: Provided that a Collector of Customs may extend any license from year to year upon payment of the annual fee.

5. The Minister may at any time cancel or revoke any license issued under the Explosives Acts.

*The person in charge of a licensed lighter must hold a carrier's license.