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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 14, 1916.
First Schedule.
REGULATIONS.
General Bonded Warehouses.
1. The licensee on receiving a request from the master, owner or agent of any ship lying within the Harbour limits as defined by the Interpretation Ordinance, 1911, shall forthwith remove from such ship into a general bonded warehouse all such dutiable tobacco as such master, owner or agent may require to be removed, and store such dutiable tobacco in a general bonded warehouse to the order of such master, owner or agent.
2. The licensee on receiving a request from any person holding a permit under the Ordinance which entitles the holder to store any dutiable tobacco in a general bonded warehouse shall forthwith store the same in a general bonded warehouse.
3. The rates for moving and storing dutiable tobacco must be approved by the Superintendent.
4. The licensee shall immediately after any dutiable tobacco is received into or removed from a general bonded warehouse make duc entry of such receipt or removal in a special book in a form to be approved by the Superintendent.
5. The licensee shall make daily returns to the Superintendent in a form to be approved by him of all dutiable tobacco received into or removed from the general bonded warehouse.
6. Any loss in dutiable tobacco occasioned by deterioration or other cause in a general bonded warehouse shall be deductel from the stock total of such dutiable tobacco and no duty shall be charged thereon provided that such loss is examined and certified by a revenue officer before removal from the warehouse.
Licensed Warehouses.
1. No structural alteration to any licensed premises shall be male without the permission in writing of the Superintendent..
2. No article may be stored in a licensel warehouse other than dutiable tobacco.
3. All dutiable tobacco stored in a licensed warehouse shall be stowed in such a way that easy access may be had to any portion thereof.
4. No licensed warehouse shall be open for the receipt or delivery of dutiable tobacco between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 n.m. or on Sundays or Public 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.
5. The licensee shall immediately after any tobacco is received into or removed from his licensed premises make due entry of such receipt or removal in a stock book in the form in the Second Schedule to the Ordinance.
6. The licensee shall not later than noon 011 every Monday morning (or on the following day if Monday is a Public Holiday) furnish to the Superintendent a return in the form in the Secon I Schedule to the Ordinance concerning all dutiable tobacco storel, received and removed during the previous week.
7. The 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 such Monday is a Public Holiday) furnish to the Superintendent a return in the form in the Second Schedule to the Ordinance showing the stock of dutiable tobacco on different shipments in his licensed warehouse on the last Saturday of the month in questiou,
8. No licence shall be issued or renewed unless the premises to be licensed are fitted with such locks or other fastenings as the Superintendent of Imports and Exports may require, and such
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