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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 5, 1935.
6. The Colonial Treasurer moved the following resolution :--- ̈
LIQUOR ORDINANCE RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED pursuant to section 39 of the Liquors Ordi- nance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, that the Liquor Duties Resolutions of the 30th June, 1932, the 18th August, 1932, the 20th October, 1932, and the 14th June, 1934 (published respectively in the Gazette by Notifications No. 417 of the 30th June, 1932, No. 536 of the 19th August, 1932, No. 655 of the 21st October, 1932, and No. 468 of the 15th June, 1934) be rescinded and that on and after the coming into operation of this Resolution the duties to be paid upon intoxicating or spirituous liquors imported into, or distilled, made or prepared in, the Colony shall be assessed as in the following Table: Provided that the dollars and decimals thereof stated in the Table shall be conventional dollars reckoned as the equivalent of one shilling and eight pence sterling; and that consequently to arrive at the actual amount payable in Hong Kong currency the Conventional dollar stated in the Table shall be multiplied by 20 and divided by a figure settled by the Colonial Treasurer from time to time representing the average opening selling rates for the previous month of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for demand drafts on London and until so settled the figure shall be 23.70.
Table.
Part I.
EUROPEAN TYPE LIQUOR.
Per gallon.
On all liqueurs, and on all champagnes and other
sparkling wines
$10.00
On all brandy consigned from and grown or pro-
duced in the British Empire
· 3.00
On all other brandy and on gin, whisky and other
spirituous liquors
6.00
On all port, sherry and madeira
4.00
3.00
0.60
On all other still wines
On cider and perry
On beer (as defined in the Ordinance but exclusive of cider and perry) not exceeding 1055 de- grees original gravity, that is to say, the specific gravity of the worts before fermenta-
tion
with the addition of $0.01 per gallon for every degree by which the original gravity of the worts for such beer, if brewed or made in the Colony, exceeds 1055 degrees as measured by the "Bates" standard saccharometer.
0.60