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414 Provided that whatever may be the weight of the light locomotive, if it is used on any highway to draw any vehicle, he shall not under any circumstances drive it at a greater speed than six miles an hour.

Provided also that this regulation shall only have effect during six months from the date of this Order, and thereafter until we otherwise direct.

Travelling Backwards.—(3.) He shall not cause the light locomotive to travel backwards for a greater distance or time than may be requisite for purposes of safety.

(4.) He shall not negligently or wilfully cause any hurt or damage to any person, carriage, horse, or cattle, or to any goods conveyed in any carriage, on any highway, or, when on the light locomotive, be in such a position that he cannot have control over the same, or quit the light locomotive without having taken due precautions against it being started in his absence, or allow the light locomotive or a vehicle drawn thereby to stand on such highway so as to cause any unnecessary obstruction thereof.

(5.) He shall when meeting any carriage, horse, or cattle keep the light locomotive on the left or near side of the road, and when passing any carriage, horse, or cattle proceeding in the same direction keep the light locomotive on the right or off side of the same.

(6.) He shall not negligently or wilfully prevent, hinder, or interrupt the free passage of any person, carriage, horse, or cattle on the highway, and shall keep the light locomotive and any vehicle drawn thereby on the left or near side of the road for the purpose of allowing such passage.

(7.) He shall, whenever necessary, by sounding the bell or other instrument required by Section 3 of the Act, give audible and sufficient warning of the approach or position of the light locomotive.

(8.) He shall on the request of any police constable, or of any person having charge of a restive horse, or on any such constable or person putting up his hand as a signal for that purpose, cause the light locomotive to stop and to remain stationary so long as may be reasonably necessary.

—If the light locomotive is one to which Regulation (6) of Article II. applies, and the particulars required by that regulation are not duly painted thereon, or if the light locomotive is one to which that regulation does not apply, the person driving or in charge thereof shall, on the request of any constable, or on the reasonable request of any other person, truly state his name and place of abode, and the name of the owner, and the place of his abode or business.

This Order may be cited as 'The Light Locomotives on Highways Order, 1896.'


 * Given under the seal of office of the Local Government Board, this ninth day of November, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.


 * (L.S.)




 * Secretary.

It may be useful to note that the spirit ·680 specific gravity distilled from petroleum is called by Messrs. Carless, Capel and Leonard 'Petrol'; by the Anglo-American Oil Company, 'Pratt's Motor Spirit'; and by the Bowring Petroleum Co. Ltd., 'Motor Spirit.'

On account of its highly inflammable nature the railway companies have classed petroleum spirit under the third class in the general classification of railway rates. If less than one ton gross (equal 240 gallons) is sent in one consignment, in order to secure its being charged at the third-class rate, it