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THE PETROLEUM ACTS AND ORDERS.
As Inspector for the purposes of the Petroleum Acts and
Regulations of the Secretary of State for the Keeping of Petroleum
Spirit, I beg to report that there are twenty-eight licenses in force in
the district, the quantities ranging from eight gallons up to 15,000
gallons, viz.:-
Licenses for under 20 gallons ... 6
,, 20 to 100 „ 14
„ 100 „ 300 „ 4
„ 300 „ 600 „ 2
„ 14000 ,,15000 ,, 2
Total 28 licenses
Carbide of Calcium licenses issued, 5 (for quantities from 144 to
336 lbs.)
There are also 10 registered keepers of petroleum who have given
notice under Home Office Regulations as to keeping the spirit for use
in their own cars.
Legal proceedings were taken in one instance, where some 70
gallons of petrol were found kept within a building, in part of which
employees assembled for meals, and no licence had been applied for
or notice given that the substance was kept on the premises. The
Magistrate inflicted a penalty of five pounds.
The storage receptacles for the keeping of the petrol are not
approved unless they are in the open air and detached from other
buildings. They are constructed of brick or iron, and usually partly
let into the ground and suitably ventilated.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS.
The following approximately shew the number and description
of the various premises on the register under the above Acts, viz:—
Workshops. Factories.
Dressmaking, etc. 46 -
Tailoring 17 -
Laundries 22 17
Bootmaking 137