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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 4, 1910.
3. All medicines containing morphine or opium supplied on the prescription of a regis- tered medical practitioner are also exempted from payment of royalty as aforesaid.
Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council on the 1st day of March, 1910, under Section 58 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, (Ordinance No. 23 of 1909), with regard to the storage and removal of Morphine and Compounds of Opium imported for exportation in and from the Bonded Warehouse established by the Governor under Notification No. 69 of the 1st March, 1910, and to the payment of charges for storage therein.
1. The bonded warehouse shall be open for the storage and removal of morphine and compounds of opium between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Sundays excepted.
2. The storage charges shall be such as shall be fixed by the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company but shall in no case exceed the charges ordinarily demanded by the said Company.
3. No morphine or compound of opium shall be removed from the bonded warehouses until all storage charges shall have been paid unless with the consent of the Godown Com- pany.
4. No morphine or compound of opium shall be stored in any bonded warehouse without a permit from the Superintendent to store such morphine or compound of opium.
Such permit may be in the Form No. 1 attached to these Regulations and shall be in duplicate and shall be countersigned by or on behalf of the Opium Farmer. The duplicate shall be left with the Opium Farmer.
5. No morphine or compound of opium stored in a bonded warehouse shall be removed without a written permit for that purpose from the Superintendent.
Such permit may be in the Form No. 2 attached to these Regulations and shall be in duplicate and shall be signed by or on behalf of the Opium Farmer, and before any morphine or compound of opium referred to therein is moved from a bonded warehouse the duplicate permit shall be left with the Opium Farmer.
6. No permit for storage or for removal shall be issued unless a requisition in writing, signed by a licensee under Section 53 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, and containing a declaration as to the description of, and the marks, quantity and weight of, and the place or port of destination of the morphine or compound of opium to be stored or removed, has been received by the Superintendent.
7. Every licensee removing any morphine or compound of opium under a removal permit shall within 24 hours from the shipment thereof produce the bill of lading covering such shipment to the Superintendent.
8. All original storage and removal permits shall be delivered to the said Company by the licensee and shall be forthwith returned by the Company to the Superintendent; and the said Company shall keep a true record of all morphine and compounds of opium stored or removed from storage.
9. The Superintendent, his staff and the Police and any other officer appointed by the Governor, shall at all times have access to all morphine and compounds of opium stored in a bonded warehouse, and may inspect the record kept by the said Company under the last preceding rule.
10. No package or receptacle containing any morphine or compound of opium shall be opened in a bonded warehouse without the express permission of the Superintendent.