THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19, 1937.
said and the date of the application, together with the dis- tinguishing marks of the vessels;
and containing the following declarations, that is to say:
(d) that the beer was not during the period aforesaid removed from the vessels in which it was contained at the date of its removal from the said premises otherwise than for the purpise of bottling;
(e) that the beer accidentally became spoilt or otherwise unfit for use;
that no substance other than finings for the puspose of clarification was added to the beer during the period afore- said;
(g) that no part of the beer consists of waste beer or bottoms other than bottoms forming naturally in the beer in the casks or other vessels in which it has been contained.
(5) No application shall be made in respect of any less quantity of beer than 36 bulk gallons, but there may be included in the same application an application with respect to beer which has been delivered to one or more other persons, and an application with respect to beer which has not been so delivered.
(6) Every person by whom an application has been made shall on demand allow the Superintendent or his representative to inspect and to take extracts from any of the books kept by him for the purpose of his business which the Superinten- dent or his representative requires to inspect for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the correctness of any statement made in connection with the application.
(7) Every statement required to be delivered by the person making the application shall be signed in the presence of a Revenue Officer and every statement required to be delivered by the purchaser shall be signed in the presence either of a Revenue Officer or of a householder.
(8) Every application for the remission or repayment of duty made under this regulation shall in the case of beer in cask be made within six months, and in the case of beer in bottle within twelve months, of the date when the beer in respect of which the application is made was delivered from the brewery where it was manufactured, unless the Superin- tendent shall in any special circumstances allow a claim to be made at a later date.
(9) The Superintendent may in any special circumstances waive any one or more of the requirements of this regulation as to production of the beer in respect of which any claim is made or as to the declarations or statements to be made or delivered by a person applying for repayment or remission of duty.
(10) Where spoilt beer is produced and destroyed at a place other than the licensed premises where the beer was manufactured, the person making the application must provide for the use of the Superintendent or his representative a vessel
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