July 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2927

33. There shall not be any iron, steel, or grit in the interior of the portion of the carriage, ship, or boat where the explosive is deposited, unless the same is covered either permanently or temporarily with leather, wood, cloth, wadmill-tilts, or other suitable material.

34. In any carriage or boat containing such explosive no matches other than safety matches shall be carried, and such safety matches shall be kept in a safe place apart from the explosive.

35. No person in charge of any carriage, ship, or boat containing such explosive shall drive or conduct the same in a dangerous or reckless manner; and no person who is intoxicated shall be permitted to have or continue in charge of any such carriage or boat, nor shall any last-mentioned person be permitted to be in, on, or attending the same.

36. While the loading, unloading, or conveyance of such explosive is going on all persons engaged in such loading, unloading, or conveyance shall observe all due precautions for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion, and for preventing unauthorized persons having access to the explosives so being loaded, unloaded, or conveyed; and shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire or explosion, and is not reasonably necessary for the purpose of the loading, unloading, or conveyance of such explosive, or of any other article carried therewith; and shall take due precautions to prevent any other person from committing any such act.

37. After the loading or unloading of explosives on or out of any carriage, ship, or boat is begun no longer time shall be suffered to pass than with the use of all due diligence is reasonably necessary for the purpose of such loading or unloading.

38. No such explosive shall be loaded or unloaded from any carriage, ship, or boat in or upon any public highway, street, road, thoroughfare, or public place, or at any public wharf or landing-place, except with the consent of and under conditions approved by an Inspector of Explosives.

39. Every carriage or boat conveying such explosives shall proceed with all convenient speed and without any avoidable delay to its destination.

40. There shall not be conveyed, except in such place and in such manner as shall be approved by an Inspector of Explosives, in the same carriage, ship, or boat with any such explosives anything in the nature of lucifer matches, acids or other chemicals, petroleum or other inflammable liquids, calcium carbide, oily goods, lampblack, charcoal, or any other article of an inflammable nature or liable to cause or communicate fire or explosion; nor shall any such explosive be conveyed in any carriage or boat driven or propelled by a petrol, benzene, or other light oil-engine.

41. In the case of any carriage, ship, or boat conveying such explosive due precaution shall be taken to exclude water from coming into contact with the packages.

42. Every person in charge of a carriage, ship, or boat conveying such explosives shall, by careful stowage and otherwise, take all due precautions to guard against accidental ignition or explosion.

43. No person shall forward to a warehouseman or carrier a consignment of explosives unless he has given notice to such warehouseman or carrier beforehand, stating the name and quantity of the explosive proposed to be conveyed, and the name and address of the proposed consignee, and has had an intimation, either general or special, of the time at which the warehouseman or carrier is prepared to receive the consignment; and no warehouseman or carrier shall give such an intimation or receive such consignment unless he is prepared either forthwith to despatch the same or to deposit it in a magazine or store duly licensed for the keeping of such explosive. The expression “warehouseman” includes all persons owning or managing any warehouse, shop, store, wharf, or other premises in which goods are deposited.

44. The owner of every carriage, ship, or boat on, from, or in which such explosive exceeding 100 lb. is loaded, unloaded, or conveyed who employs others in such loading, unloading, or conveyance shall, by furnishing copies of the conditions relating to conveyance, or by affixing copies of the same in some place where they can be conveniently read, or otherwise take such measures as may be necessary in order that the persons so employed may be acquainted with the conditions relating to conveyance.

45. Each carriage, ship, or boat conveying such explosives exceeding 100 lb. shall be in the exclusive charge of and constantly attended by some competent person, and such person shall not have charge of more than one such carriage or boat. This clause shall not apply in the case of a carriage forming part of a continuous train on any railway or tramway if such train is in the charge of and constantly attended by some competent person.

46. The quantity of such explosives to be conveyed in any one carriage or boat exclusively used for the purpose shall not exceed—

    In any one carriage on a railway or tramway … … … 10,000 lb.
    In any other carriage … … … 4,000 lb.
    In any one boat … … … 50,000 lb.

unless the consent in writing of an Inspector of Explosives to the increased quantity is obtained.

47. When two or more carriages, ships, or boats conveying such explosives exceeding in the aggregate 4,000 lb. are travelling together, a space of at least 50 yards shall be kept between each such carriage or boat and every other such carriage or boat unless circumstances render it impracticable, or unless in the case of a train on a railway or tramway three or more vans not containing inflammable or explosive goods intervene between each such carriage and every other such carriage.

48. Nothing in these regulations shall apply to any explosive of the 1st Division of the 6th (Ammunition) Class, provided all due precautions are taken for the prevention of accidents.

49. No person shall smoke when in, on, or in dangerous proximity to any carriage or boat containing any such explosive.

50. Nothing in these regulations shall prohibit the conveyance for private use only, and not for hire or purposes of sale, of explosives in quantities not exceeding 100 lb., provided that the person conveying such explosives shall take all due precautions in the conveyance thereof and for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion.