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PETROLEUM INSPECTOR'S REPORT.
The following is a Report of the Petroleum Inspector for
the year 1937: —
PETROLEUM (REGULATIONS) ACTS, 1928 & 1938.
AND REGULATIONS AND ORDERS RELATING THERETO.
Petroleum is defined as " Petroleum, which when tested in
a prescribed manner gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature
of less than 73 deg. Fahrenheit."
The quantity of petroleum stored under licence, apart from
quantities stored under proper conditions which do not necessitate
a licence, totals 101,552 gallons. 98,550 gallons are stored
in underground steel tanks and 3,002 gallons kept in properly
sealed two-gallon cans. The total number of licences issued
is 82.
The Superintendent of the Fire Brigade was appointed an
additional Petroleum Inspector in October of this year.
All plans relating to new petrol installations are submitted
to the Committee for their approval. The construction of new
installations has been carefully supervised and tanks and pipe
lines for bulk storage installations tested.
The change-over from hand-operated to electrically-operated
pumps continues. The Borough Electrical Engineer is notified
in every case so that the wiring can be inspected.
There is a greater tendency to the spilling of petrol from
electrically-operated pumps, owing to the operator's attention
being more intent on the dial than on the tank and nozzle,
and I have found it necessary to insist on adequate supplies of
sand near these pumps in addition to foam fire extinguishers
required by regulations, and also to advise a pre-set type of
electric pump which only delivers the quantity it is set for and
does not necessitate the operator's attention to the dial when
once set.
Hydro-Carbon.
There is one licence issued for the storage of 100 gallons of
hydro-carbon.