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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 17, 1909.
Presumption of employ- ment.
Contents and
(2.) Every person employed in or about any licensed premises or King's or licensed warehouse shall be deemed to have been so employed by the person mentioned in the licence or by the keeper of the King's or licensed ware- house as the case may be unless and until the contrary be proved.
54. Every requisition required by this Ordinance signature of shall contain the particulars required by the forms in the requisitions.
Schedule to this Ordinance and shall be signed by the person applying for such requisition or by some person duly authorised by him provided that in the case of any Chinese firm such requisition may in lien of such signature he stamped with the chop of such firm.
Power to make regulations.
Exemption of Naval
and Military
Stopes, CTC.
55. The Governor-in-Commeil shall have power from time to time to make regulations for any of the following purposes-
(4.) to determine the quality of native wines and spirits to be manufactured and sold by duly licensed persons, the materials to be used therein and the branding or labelling of such wines and spirits:
(b) to regulate the import and export of intoxicu- ting liquors by land or by junk, and the licensing of persons and junks for those pur-
poses;
(e.) to regulate the management of King's ware- houses, and to prescribe fees for storage in such warehouses and to authorize the forfeiture to the Crown of any intoxicating liquors or dena- tured spirits not cleared from such warehouse within periods to be fixed by such rules ; (7.) to regulate the licensing and management of
licensed warehouses ;
(e.) to regulate the mangement of distilleries and and places for distilling making and preparing intoxicating liquors and the safeguarding of the revenne to be derived from the duty upon liquors distilled made or prepared therein; (f) to regulate the examination of the baggage and
goods of persons lauling at any port; (9.) to alter add to or rescind any of the forms contained in the Selfedule of this Ordinance and to substitute others therefor;
(4.) for granting exemption from payment of duty on dutiable goods or from any of the provisions of this Ordinance;
(.) to regulate the substances to be used and the
quantities thereof for denaturing spirits :
(j) for the supervision of the breaking down blending mixing and bottling of dutiable liquors :
(k) generally to give effect to the provisions of
this Ordinance.
All such regulations shall be published in the Gazette.
56. This Ordinance shall not apply to Naval or Military stores the property of His Majesty or to any intoxicating liquors imported on account of His Majesty's Government or of the Government of the Colony,
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 17th day of September, 1909.
C. CLEMENTI,
Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 17th day of September, 1909.
A. M. THOMSON,
Celmial Secretary.