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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 1, 1916.
SOCIETIES AMENDMENT BILL.--The Attorney General moved that the Council resolve itself into a Committee of the whole Council to consider the Bill intituled An Ordinance to amend the Societies Ordinance, 1911.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question--put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill,
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
JURORS LIST FOR 1916.-The Council went into Committee to consider the Jurors List in camera.
ADJOURNMENT. The Council then adjourned until Thursday, the 2nd day of March,
1916..
Read and confirmed this 1st day of March, 1916.
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Clerk of Councils.
F. H. MAY,
Governor.
No. 90.
Resolution made by the Legislative Council this 1st day of March, 1916, under the provisions of Section 3 (1) of the Liquors Ordinance, 1909, (Ordinance No. 27 of 1909).
LIQUOR DUTIES.
Resolved that there shall be paid upon intoxicating liquors stored in a general bonded or licensed warehouse at the date of the passing of this resolution, imported into, distilled, made, or prepared in the Colony the duties following; namely:-
On all brandy and liqueurs,
$6.00 per gallon.
On all whisky, gin, rum, and other spirituous liquors,
.$4.00 per gallon.
On all champagnes and other sparkling wines,
On all port, sherry, and madeira,
On all other still wines in bottle,
On all other still wines in wood,
and native wines and spirits,
$4.00 per gallon.
$3.00 per gallon.
$2.00 per gallon.
$1.50 per gallon.
On all other intoxicating liquors excepting spirits of wine
$0.30 per gallon.
On all spirits of wine and arrack,
$4.00 per gallon.
On all native wines and spirits :--
(a.) $0.40 cents a gallon on the native liquors known as Liu Pun and Sheung Ching and on the following sweetened, prepared, and medicated wines :-
No Mai Tsau, Hak No Mai, Mau Kan, Yuk Lan, Ning Mun Tsau, Tsing Mui, Muk Kwa, Sun Fung, Wu Tau, Shüt Li Tsau, Shan Kat, Lung San Tsau, Tei Kuk, Sam Pin, Tit Ta, Fung Shap, and Wai Shang.
All such liquor shall contain not more than 25% of alcohol by weight.
(b.) $0.50 cents a gallon on the native liquor known as Sam Ching, contain-
ing not more than 35% of alcohol by weight.