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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 16, 1912.
Licensed Warehouses.
1. Applications for licences shall be made to the Superintendent. Licences shall
be in the Form A in the Schedule hereto.
2. Fees for licences in respect of a portion of a year only may be received at the rate of one-twelfth of the full fee for each month in respect of any part of which the licence may be issued.
3. No structural alteration to any licensed premises shall be made without the
permission in writing of the Superintendent.
4. No article may be stored in a licensed warehouse other than dutiable liquors or
denatured spirits.
5. All dutiable liquors or denatured spirits stored in a licensed warehouse shall be
stowed in such a way that easy access may be had to any portion thereof.
6. No licensed warehouse shall be open for the receipt or delivery of dutiable liquors or denatured spirits between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. or on Sundays or l'ublic Holidays except with the permission in writing of the Superintendent, who shall be entitled to charge a fee not exceeding three dollars ($3) for every hour or portion of an hour in which such licensed warehouse shall be open before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m. or on Sundays or Public Holidays.
7. Every licensee shall immediately after any liquors are received into or removed from his licensed premises make due entry of such receipt or removal in a stock-book in the Form B in the Schedule hereto, the entries to be made in English except such as relate to native wines and spirits in a licensed ware- house of which the license is of Chinese race which entries may be made in Chinese.
8. Every licensee shall not later than noon on every Monday morning (or on the following day if Monday is a Public Holiday) furnish to the Superintend- ent a return in the Form C in the Schedule hereto concerning all dutiable liquors and denatured spirits stored, received and removed during the previous week.
9. Every licensee shall not later than noon on the Monday following the last Saturday of the months of March, June, September and December (or on the following day if Monday is a Public Holiday) furnish to the Superin- tendent a return in the Form D to the Schedule hereto showing the stock of intoxicating liquors on different shipments in his licensed warehouse on the last Saturday of the month in question.
10. No licence shall be hereafter issued or renewed until the licensee has entered into a recognizance in the Form E in the Schedule hereto in such penal sumi as the Superintendent of imports and Exports shall direct secured to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
11. No licence shall be hereafter issued or renewed unless the premises to be licensed are fitte with such locks or other fastenings as the Superintendent of Imports and Exports inay require, and such locks and fastenings shall be so arranged that no entry into the premises can be effected without the attendance of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or an excise officer.
12. Any loss or contraction on or in dutiable liquors in casks occasioned by leakage, breakage, deterioration or other causes in a licensed warehouse shall be deducted from the stock total of such dutiable liquor and no duty shall be charged thereon provided that such loss is examined and certified by a revenue officer before removal from the warehouse and that such loss does not exceed 4 gallons per hogshead in the case of beer and 3 gallons per hogshead in the case of wines and spirits.
13. Under special circumstances the Superintendent may remit duty on losses due to unavoidable accident exceeding 4 gallons per hogshead in the case of beer and 3 gallons per hogshead in the case of wines and spirits.
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