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Game Licences.
Twelve applications were received under Section 27 of
the Local G-overnment Act, 1894, from tradesmen in the
district for licences to deal in game. A licence was granted
in each instance.
Petroleum Acts, 1871 to 1881.
These Acts provide for the safe keeping of petroleum,
which, when tested in a prescribed manner, gives off an
inflammable vapour at a temperature below 73° Fahrenheit.
Ordinary petroleum oil, commonly used in lamps, flashes
above the temperature of 73° Fahrenheit, and is therefore,
exempt from the operations of the Acts.
Petroleum spirit can only be kept in pursuance of a
licence granted by the Local Authority, with the following
exceptions, viz., (1) when kept in separate vessels, each containing
not more than one pint, and the maximum amount
does not exceed 3 gallons; (2) when kept for use on light
locomotives in accordance with the regulations made by the
Secretary of State, and the quantity kept in one store does
not exceed 60 gallons.
Carbide of Calcium, to which the Petroleum Acts apply,
may also be kept without a licence, provided the amount
does not exceed 281bs. and the conditions contained in
an Order in Council made on August 8th, 1911, are complied
with.
During the year twenty-nine applications for licences to
keep petroleum spirit and five for Carbide of Calcium were
received and reported upon and a licence was granted in
each instance.
At six premises not previously licensed, new buildings
were erected for the storage of petroleum.