Section 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,

ENACTMENTS REPEALED. (See section 25.) THE SECOND SCHEDULE. ENACTMENTS REPEALED. (See section 25.) | Year. | Number. | Short title. | Extent of repeal. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1886 | XII | The Petroleum Act, 1886. | The whole. | | 1890 | XIV | The Petroleum Act (1886) Amendment Act, 1890. | Ditto. | | 1891 | XII | The Repealing and Amending Act, 1891. | So much as relates to Act XII of 1886. | | 1897 | XIV | The Indian Short Titles Act, 1897. | So much as relates to Act XIV of 1890. | | 1898 | VII | The Petroleum Act, 1898. | The whole. | 2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) "petroleum" includes also— (i) the liquids commonly known by the names of rock oil, Rangoon oil, Burma oil, paraffin oil, mineral oil, kerosine, petroline, gasoline, benzoline, benzine and benzol; (ii) any 1899.] Petroleum. 97 (Preliminary.—Section 3.) (ii) any inflammable liquid which is made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat or any other bituminous substance, or from any product of petroleum; and (iii) any liquid, or viscous mixture having in its composition any of the liquids aforesaid; but it does not include any oil ordinarily used for lubricating purposes and having its flashing point at or above two hundred degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer: (b) "dangerous petroleum" means petroleum having its flashing point below seventy-six degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer: Provided that, when all or any of the petroleum on board a ship, or in the possession of a dealer, is declared by the master of the ship or the consignee of the cargo, or by the dealer, as the case may be, to be of one uniform quality, the petroleum shall not be deemed to be dangerous, if the samples selected from the petroleum have their flashing points, on an average, at or above seventy-three degrees of Fahrenheit's thermometer, and if no one of these samples has its flashing point below seventy degrees of that thermometer: (c) to "import" means to bring into British India by sea or land: (d) to "transport" means to remove within British India from one place to another: (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act: and (f) "ship" includes anything made for the conveyance by water of human beings or property. 2. When the whole or any portion of this Act has been applied as aforesaid to any substance other than petroleum, the provisions so applied shall be construed with all necessary modifications and shall have effect as if such other substance had been included in the definition of petroleum. 2. Preparing the sample for testing.—About ten fluid ounces of the oil, sufficient for three tests, are transferred from the bottle into which the sample has been drawn to a pint flask or bottle, which is to be immersed in water artificially cooled until a thermometer, introduced into the oil, indicates a temperature not exceeding 50° Fahrenheit. III.—Directions for preparing and using the Test-apparatus. 2. Preparing the test-lamp.—The test-lamp is fitted with a piece of cylindrical wick of such thickness that it fills the wick-holder, but may readily be moved to and fro for the purpose of adjusting the size of the flame. In the body of the lamp, upon the wick, which is coiled within it, is placed a small tuft of cotton wool, moistened with petroleum, any oil not absorbed by the wool being removed. When the lamp has been lighted the wick is adjusted by means of a pair of forceps until the flame is of the size of the bead fixed on the cover of the oil-cup; should a particular test occupy so long a time that the flame begins to get smaller, through the supply of oil in the lamp becoming exhausted, three or four drops of petroleum are allowed to fall upon the tuft of wool in the lamp from the dropping bottle or pipette provided for that purpose. This can be safely done without interrupting the test. 2. Directions for preparing the sample for testing.—About ten fluid ounces of the oil are placed in a pint-flask, the mouth of which is then closed with an india-rubber stopper and the sample is liquefied by placing the flask in a water-bath, the temperature of which is only raised sufficiently high to liquefy the oil.