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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 4, 1910.
LICENCE
TO SELL PREPARED OPIUM AND DROSS OPIUM.
(Under Section 25 (i) of the Opium Ordinance, 1909.)
and dross opium for one year from the
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This licence is issued subject to the observance by the licensee of all the conditions. endorsed on this licence, and to his compliance with all laws and regulations relating to opium from time to time in force during the currency of this licence.
This licence may be revoked by the Opium Farmer or by the Governor-in-Council at his discretion without assigning cause.
Dated the ............day of
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Opium Farmer.
Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council on the 1st day of March, 1910, under Section 41 (a), (b) and (c), Section 51 (1) and Section 53 (4) of the Opium Ordinance, 1909.
Regulations unler Section 41 (a) and (b) of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, for determining the quality of, and the packages and receptacles containing prepared and dross opium, and the quantities of such prepared and dross opium to be contained in such packages and receptacles.
QUALITY.
A-1. The Opium Farmer, Dross Farmer and their respective licensees shall not sell prepared or dross opium except in one of the following qualities:-
Prepared Opium.
(1.) Made from Bengal opium without any admixture.
(2.) Made from 10 taels of opium dross to one ball of Bengal opium.
(3.) Made from a mixture composed of 1,000 taels of Malwa, Persian, or Chi-
nese opium, 500 taels of opium dross, and 300 taels of t'au-tseng-ko.
Dross Opium.
Dross opium shall be prepared from a mixture containing not less than 40 per cent. of opium dross, not more than 30 per cent. of halan, and not more than 30 per cent. of t'au-tseng-ko.
2. No prepared opium which loses more than 33 per cent. of its weight when dried at 100° C. for 12 hours, and no dross opium which loses more than 10 per cent. of its weight when dried at 100° C. for 12 hours, shall be deemed to be of the quality required by these Regulations.
3. In these Regulations the expression t'au-tseng-ko means the substance obtained from the residues left after preparing opium and used for diluting the inferior kinds of prepared opium and dross opium.
PACKAGES AND QUANTITIES.
B-1. Prepared and dross opium shall be sold only in the following packages with weight of contents as stated:-
(1.) Earthenware pots, 1st size containing 040 taels.
(2.)
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(3.)
2nd 3rd
·046
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17
·050
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(4.
4th
*060
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(5.)
5th
·080
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(6.)
6th
·094
27
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(7.)
(8.)
(9.)
7th 8th 9th
*150
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*300
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1·000
27
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(10.) Metal boxes,
(11.)
1st 2nd
2:000
1)
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5.000 >>
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2. The quality of the prepared or dross opium contained in each package must be indicated therçon either by indentation, mark, or label.