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leakage, whether of liquid or vapour, can take place therefrom, and so substantially constructed as not to be liable, except under circumstances of gross negligence or extraordinary accident, to be broken or become defective or insecure in course of conveyance or use; and every air-inlet in any such tank or case shall be at all times, except when the valve, if any, is required to be removed for immediate use or repair, protected by securely affixed wire gauze, the openings in which shall not be less in number than 400 to the square inch.

2. Every such tank or case shall be clearly stamped or securely labelled with a legible metallic or enamelled label with the words "mineral spirit, highly inflammable, for use with light locomotives."

3. The amount of petroleum to be in any one such tank or case at one time shall not exceed 20 gallons.

4. There shall not be at the same time on or in any one light locomotive, more than two of such tanks as aforesaid.

5. Before repairs are done to any such tank or case, that tank or case shall, as far as practicable, be cleaned by the removal of all petroleum and of all dangerous vapours derived from the same.

6. When petroleum for use in, or in connection with any light locomotive is not being so used, it shall be kept either in accordance with the provisions of the Petroleum Acts, or in such tanks or cases as aforesaid; provided that the amount of petroleum which may be so kept in tanks or cases as aforesaid shall not exceed the amount of petroleum which may be kept on or in any one light locomotive at the same time, and that the tanks or cases shall be kept in the open air, or in some suitably ventilated place.

7. The filling or replenishing of a tank with petroleum shall not be carried on, nor shall the contents of any such tank be exposed by artificial light, except a light of such construction, position, or character as not to be liable to

cause danger, and no artificial light shall be brought within dangerous proximity of the place where any tank containing petroleum is being kept.

8. In the case of all petroleum kept or conveyed for the purpose of or in connection with any light locomotive (a) all due precautions shall be taken for the prevention of accidents by fire or explosion, and for the prevention of unauthorised persons having access to any petroleum kept or conveyed, and to the vessels containing or intended to contain, or having actually contained the same; and (b) every person managing or employed on or in connection with any light locomotive shall abstain from every act whatever which tends to cause fire or explosion, and which is not reasonably necessary, and shall prevent any other person from committing such act.

9. These regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of November 1896, and be in force until further notice.

APPENDIX D.

TAXES ON MOTOR CARRIAGES.

RULES COMING INTO FORCE ON IST JANUARY 1897.

ALL motor cars or power-propelled vehicles weighing less than I ton, LI IS. or 15s. a year, in accordance to whether they are used for private purposes or as public conveyances. Motor cars above 3 tons in weight will be subject to the same tax. With four or more wheels, weighing between I and 2 tons, £4 4s. a year if used for private purposes; it for hackney carriages or omnibuses, £2 175. Over 2 and ur der 3 tons, £5 5s. and £3 18s. respectively. Cars of this class, with less than four wheels, between 1 and 2 tons, £2 175., whether used as private or public conveyances; and if weighing over 2 and under 3 tons, £3 18s.

In case of a car not being used for the first time until 1st October in any year, a reduction of £1 Is. if for private, and of 7s. 6d. if for public, use will be made.

INDEX.

A

CCOUNT of motor cars, desira-

bility of descriptive, 2
Accumulators or storage batteries,
159, 161, 163, 164, 168, 169, 170
or storage batteries, life of, 12,
157

or storage batteries, objections
to use of, 156, 157
Acid, carbonic, engines, 171, 172
Agricultural road locomotives, 26,

27

Air, compression of, upon car itself,
174, 175

condenser, 44, 65, 72, 154
engines, compressed, 172-176
heater, 118

American Electric Vehicle Com-
pany's electric road carriage, 158-
160

American Machinist on Pennington

motor, 110-115

Appendix A, 178-180

B, 181-186

C, 187-189

D, 190

Apperson. See Haynes' Oil Engine

Road Carriage

Arnold's oil engine road carriage,
90-92

Auto-car Bill, 178-180

Auto-cars, maximum pull exerted
by, 9-12

tables of results of power and

duty tests of, 14, 15

Ayres. See Catley & Ayres' Steam
Road Carriage

BELT

on motor

ELT gear, objections to use of,
cars, 89
Benz oil motor, 91-92

oil motor, testing of, II
Benzoline motors. See Internal
Combustion Engine Carriages
Bersey's electric road carriage, 164-
166

Bicycles, motor, 113, 114, 153
Bill, The Auto-car, 178-180
Blackburn's steam road carriage, 27,
44

steam generator, 44

Blocks of wood, wheel treads formed
of, 19

Bogard's electric road carriage, 169,

170

Bogie, steam, 57-62

Boilers. See Steam Boilers or
Generators

[blocks in formation]

air, 175

Carbonic acid engines, 171, 172

dioxide. See Carbonic Acid
Carburators, 77, 82, 84-88, 97, 99,
106, 109, 117, 125, 126, 143-145,
148, 149, 150, 151

Car, motor, regulations, 181-186
Carriage of petroleum, regulations,
187-189

Carriages, motor, taxes on, 190

See Steam Road Carriages;
Internal Combustion or Ex-
plosive Engine Carriages;
Electric Motor Carriages;
Miscellaneous Motor Cars or
Power-Carriages

Catley & Ayres' steam road carriage,

27, 34-36

Church's steam road carriage, 26
Close steam road carriage, 42-44
Clutch transmission, 78, 79, 89, 105
112, 119, 120.
Coach, steam, 37-41

Compagnie Générale des Auto-
mobiles. See Triouleyre's Oil
Engine Road Carriage

Company promotion and horseless
carriages, 3-5

Compressed air engines, 172-176
leather tyres for wheels, 19
Compression ignition device, 150
of air upon car itself, 174, 175
Condenser, air, 44, 65, 72, 154
Cost per hour for horse-power, to
ascertain, 9

Consumption of fuel tests, 9

Conti. See Popp-Conti System of
Compressed Air Street Cars

[blocks in formation]

steam road carriage, 45, 57-62

De La Vergne's oil engine road

carriage, 71, 72
Dicycle. See Bicycle
Dioxide carbonic, 171, 172
Disc wheels, 42

Disengaging mechanism. See Clutch
Transmission

Dogcart, steam, 44

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