Indian Explosives Act (IV of 1884) Petroleum Act (XXX of 1934) Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Explosives in India

2. Personnel.—In order to cope with the increased work caused by the introduction of the Petroleum Rules 1937 the Government of India santioned the creation of four posts of Assistant Inspector of Explosives with effect from the 1st April 1937 two of which were on a temporary basis. [...] A statement showing the number and location of the magazines and also the number of licenses granted in British India during the year 1937 is given in Appendix A and a statement showing the number of magazines and licenses granted during the past ten years is shown in Appendix B.3 4. Inspection of explosives magazines during the year.—During the year 139 inspections of magazines were made a numb [...] The separation of Aden and Burma has meant a loss of some 450 licenses out of a total of nearly 10 000 but the introduction of the new rules in spite of a real very substantial increase in the actual number of storage premises has resulted in nearly halving the number of licenses issued. [...] In the case of fireworks the reasons for the large number of explosions is most often the use of unsafe and unduly sensitive compositions but in too many cases the greater number of the casualties is due to a complete absence of any of the usual precautions necessary in handling explosive materials. [...] Very few ordinary fireworks require the use of Chlorates in their preparation and if the authorities issuing licenses for the possession and use of Chlorates under the now regulations do not issue such licenses for the manufacture of fireworks without in the first instance consulting this Department as to the suitability of the mixture proposed by far the largest number of the accidents at pres