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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE MARCH 2, 1914.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 74.-It is hereby notified for general information and in pursuance of the Resolution made by the Legislative Council on the 2nd day of March, 1914, that the importa- tion of any kind of raw Indian opium except opium covered by Export Permits from the Government of India to the effect that it has been declared for shipment to or consumption in China is illegal.
No. 75.-It is hereby notified for general information and in pursuance of the Re- solution made by the Legislative Council on the 2nd day of March, 1914, that the exporta- tion of Persian opium to any port other than the port of London or a port in the Island of Formosa is illegal.
No. 76.-It is hereby notified for general information and in pursuance of the Re- solution made by the Legislative Council on the 2nd day of March, 1914, that:-
(1) raw Indian opium brought into the Colony on any ship under a bill of lading for the Island of Formosa may be lawfully imported into the Island of Formosa whether or not such importation is accompanied by direct or In- direct transhipment in the Colony;
(2) raw Indian opium brought into the Colony on any ship under a bill of lading for Macao for the use of the Macao Opium Farmer within the limits and conditions indicated in the Agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the Portuguese Republic dated at Loudon, 14th June, 1913, may be lawfully imported into Macao whether or not such importation is accompanied by direct or indirect transhipment in the Colony; (3) raw Indian opium brought into the Colony on any ship from China by the Chinese Maritime Customs under a bill of lading for transhipment to any port to which it is lawful to export the same may be lawfully imported to such port whether or not such importation is accompanied by direct or in- direct transhipment in the Colony.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
6th March, 1914.
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