METHYLATED SPIRITS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 9

METHYLATED SPIRITS.

REGULATION'S UNDER THE NEW ACT. : Their full, regulations.., of the' manufacture, use,:and: salo<;of-methylated spirits; in ao- •••. .! cordaneo'; with< the ;Aot'of last session, aregazetted this; "week;. They'-'iiicltide the fol- a lowingprovision^:—• . . . • ' No spirits ih'all ,be .methylated which nra < of'a lower. streiigtji f tlian. 50 per cent, -'over* ' j proof. . : No mineral naphtha or. wood naphtha shall bemused/for the purposes of niethylatioH which havo not been reported on; by. the Chemical' Expert to tho Customs 'Depart* v i ment,'aud; approved by the Secretary ol Customs.. j • Samples 'of. wood naphtha or mineral .1 ; naphtha lo bo: submitted for approval musl j bc:drawn and sealed in the presenco of an j officer ;of Customs ; the vessels containing -. . i the naphtha must- also bo sealed prior ta 'j delivery, from Customs control. ■ ' . ..Samples'must not be less in quantity than one-half 1 pint, and must bear on the labol i tho marks: and numbers of the packages of ..! importation',.' the _ nam'o of the country of' ■ '' origin,, and tho initials of the officer in whose \i presenco they wore drawn. . • J No wood naphtha shall be approved whiclr : is of a less strength than 60 o.p. by Siko« < hydrometer, and which is not suflicientlv immiro to impart to rectified spirit, to which ' it lias boon added in the proportion of ono- : ninth of. tho' bulk of sucli rectified spirit, - such nauseousness as will, in tho opinion of ' the Chemical; Expert, render it incapablo oi being used- as a beverage, or of being mixed ivith potable spirits of any kind without ! rendering them unfit for human consump j tion. j Wood naphtha must also conform to th< ! :osts required by the. Inland Rovenuo Board ' | )f Great Britain. (Copies of these tests may •