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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 95

Notice fixing Closing-hours of Shops in the Borough of Eltham
under the Shops and Offices Act.

WHEREAS a requisition in writing, signed by a
majority of the occupiers of all the shops, and also
of all the hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops and of the
chemists’ and druggists’ shops, in the Borough of Eltham, has
been forwarded to me, desiring that all shops shall be closed
as follows:—Hairdressers’ and tobacconists’ shops: 8 p.m.
on four days, 1 p.m. on the weekly half-holiday, and 10.30 p.m.
on Saturdays. Chemists’ and druggists’ shops: 8 p.m. on
four days, 1 p.m. on the weekly half-holiday, and 9.30 p.m.
on Saturdays between 1st October and 31st May (inclusive), and 9 p.m. on Saturdays between 1st June and
30th September (inclusive). All other shops, with the exception of fruiterers’, refreshment-room keepers’, and fishmongers’, which shall be exempt, 5.30 p.m. on four days
in each week, 1 p.m. on the weekly half-holiday, and at
9.30 p.m. on Saturdays between 1st October and 31st May
(inclusive), and 9 p.m. on Saturdays between 1st June and
30th September (inclusive). On Christmas Eve and New
Year’s Eve all the above shops to remain open till 11 p.m.:
And whereas the Eltham Borough Council has certified that
the signatures to such requisition represent a majority of the
occupiers of all the shops, and also of all the hairdressers’
and tobacconists’ shops and of the chemists’ and druggists’
shops, within the borough :

Now, therefore, I, John Andrew Millar, Minister of
Labour, in pursuance of section 25 of “The Shops and
Offices Act, 1908,” do hereby direct that, from and after the
22nd day of November, 1909, all shops in the Borough of
Eltham shall be closed in accordance with such requisition.
The weekly half-holiday is at present Thursday, from
1 p.m., on which day chemists’ shops may open from 7 to
9 p.m. for the supply of medicines and surgical appliances.
Dated at Wellington, this 16th day of November, 1909.

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Labour.

NOTE.—The notices gazetted on 15th February, 1906, applying to all shops (with exemptions), and on 13th December,
1906, applying to chemists’ shops, are superseded by this
notice.

Regulations for the Manufacture of Methylated Spirits prescribed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 16th November, 1909.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in me by
subsection (10) of section 35 of “The Customs Law Act,
1908,” I, George Fowlds, the Minister of Customs for the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the regulations
under “The Methylated Spirit Act, 1907,” dated the 11th
day of January, 1908, and published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the 16th day of January, 1908, and in lieu thereof
do hereby prescribe the following regulations for the manufacture, use, and sale of methylated spirits; provided that,
notwithstanding the revocation of the regulations hereinbefore recited, mineral naphtha which has been approved under
those regulations, and mineral naphtha of a specific gravity
not less than 0·800 ordered before the publication of these
regulations in the New Zealand Gazette, or at such time
thereafter as may be specified by the Minister, may be used
on the basis heretofore obtaining under the said regulations
of the 11th day of January, 1908:—

REGULATIONS.

1. No spirits shall be methylated which are of a lower
   strength than 50 per cent. overproof.

2. No wood naphtha or pyridine shall be used for the purposes of methylation which have not been reported on by the
   Chemical Expert to the Customs Department, and approved
   by the Secretary of Customs.

3. (1.) Samples of wood naphtha or pyridine to be submitted for approval must be drawn and sealed in the
   presence of an officer of Customs; the vessels containing the
   naphtha or pyridine must also be sealed prior to delivery
   from Customs control.

(2.) Samples must not be less in quantity than a halfpint, and must bear on the label the marks and numbers of
the packages of importation, the name of the country of
origin, and the initials of the officer in whose presence they
were drawn.

4. No wood naphtha shall be approved which is of a less
   strength than 60 o.p. by Sikes hydrometer, and which is not
   sufficiently impure to impart to rectified spirit when mixed
   therewith in conjunction with pyridine, in the proportions
   specified in these regulations, such nauseousness as will, in
   the opinion of the Chemical Expert, render the mixture incapable of being used as a beverage or of being mixed with
   potable spirits of any kind without rendering them unfit for
   human consumption.

5. Pyridine must comply with the following tests:—

(a.) Colour: The colour of the pyridine should not be
darker than that of a solution of 2 cc. decinormal
iodine solution per litre of distilled water.

(b.) Behaviour towards cadmium-chloride: 10 cc. of a
solution of 1 cc. pyridine-bases in 100 cc. water are
treated with 5 cc. of a 5-per-cent. aqueous solution of water-free fused cadmium-chloride and
vigorously shaken, and distinct crystalline separation must soon appear. 10 cc. of the same
pyridine-base solution should give a white precipitate with 5 cc. of Nessler’s reagent.

(c.) Boiling-point: If 100 cc. of pyridine-bases are distilled in the following manner at least 90 cc.
should have passed over at 140 deg. C. 100 cc.
of pyridine are placed in a copper flask, with
short neck, of 180–200 cc. capacity, and the flask
placed on an asbestos plate with a circular opening of 30 mm. diameter. The flask bears a fractionating tube, 12 mm. wide and 170 mm. long,
provided with a bulb. It is joined to a Liebig
condenser by a side tube set in 1 centimetre
above the bulb; the water envelope of the condenser should be at least 400 mm. long. In the
upper opening of the fractionating tube an officially verified thermometer, showing the temperature range of 200 deg. C., is fixed so that its
mercury reservoir occupies the centre of the bulb.
The distillation is so carried on that about 5 cc.
of the distillate passes over per minute; the
distillate is caught in a glass cylinder divided
into cubic centimetres. At 75 deg. C. and normal barometer pressure of 760 mm. at least 90 cc.
of distillate should have passed over. If the
barometric pressure during the distillation is not
760 mm., a correction of 1 deg. C. must be applied
for every 30 mm. difference: for example, at
770 mm. barometric pressure 90 cc. must have
passed over at 75·3 deg. C., and at 750 mm. barometric pressure 90 cc. at 74·7 deg. C.

(d.) Miscibility with water: 20 cc. of pyridine must
give with 40 cc. water a clear or only so slightly
opalescent a mixture that printed matter after
five minutes is still distinctly recognisable
through a column of 15 cm. in depth.

(e.) Water contents: On shaking together 20 cc. pyridinebases with 20 cc. soda-lye of sp. gr. 1·4 at least
18·5 cc. of the bases should separate out after
standing for some time.

(f.) Titration: 1 cc. of pyridine-bases dissolved in
10 cc. water is treated with normal sulphuric
acid until a drop of the mixture produces a distinct blue border on Congo paper, which soon
disappears. Not less than 10 cc. solution should
have been used for the appearance of this reaction.
For the preparation of Congo paper, filter-paper
is immersed in a solution of 1 g. Congo red per
1 litre of water and dried.

6. The following are the kinds of methylated spirit
   which may be manufactured:—

(a.) Completely denatured spirit, for sale without restriction, made by the admixture of ingredients
in the following proportions:—

Rectified spirit .. .. 100 gallons.
Approved wood naphtha .. 11 gallons.
Approved pyridine .. 4 pints.

(b.) Methylated “finish” without pyridine, for sale
without restriction, consisting of rectified spirit
mixed with 11 per cent. of wood naphtha, and at
least 10 per cent. by weight of shellac, copal, or
other resins, such resins having been dissolved to
the satisfaction of the supervising officer before
delivery.

Packages containing “finish” shall, prior to
delivery, be distinctly marked “Methylated
finish W.P.” (without pyridine).

(c.) Methylated spirit without pyridine made under
conditions hereafter specified in paragraphs 1 to
7, for the manufacture of lacquers, varnishes,
polishes, veterinary medicines, and such other
articles as may from time to time be approved
by the Minister.

(1.) Methylated spirit without pyridine shall
be methylated with 11 per cent. of approved
wood naphtha, and shall, upon methylation, be
distinctly marked “Methylated spirit W.P.”
(without pyridine), and such spirit shall only be
made by or delivered to a manufacturer of approved articles for use in making such articles
upon his own premises.