THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 25, 1917.
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All previous Proclamations regarding the maximum retail prices of food are hereby revoked and the following substituted therefor :-
No. 6.
[L.S.]
FRANCIS HENRY MAY, Governor.
By His Excellency Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same:
Whereas by sub-clause 10 of Clause III of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria-in-Council made on the 26th day of October 1896 which was proclaimed in this Colony on the 5th day of August 1914 it is enacted that the Governor may by proclamation prescribe the maximum price for which any article of food may be sold by retail and that any person who after such proclamation and until it shall have been revoked shall sell any article of food at a higher price than the prices so prescribed shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the said Order and shall on conviction thereof be liable to a fine not exceed- ing 50 dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months :
Now therefore I Sir FRANCIS HENRY MAY Knight Commander of the Most Distin- guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same do hereby pre- scribe that the maximum prices for which the following articles of food may be sold by retail shall be as follows:-
1. Flour :--
Schedule of Maximum Retail Prices.
(a.) First Grade.
per bag of 50 lbs., per lb.,
(b.) Second Grade.
per bag of 50 lbs., per lb.,
(c.) Third Grade.
per bag of 50 lbs., per lb.,
2. Tinned Milk :—
(a.) Sweetened Condensed Milk, per
1 lb. tin,
(6.) Unsweetened Condensed Milk,
per 1 lb. tin,
""
per
(c.) Sterilized Milk, per tin, (18 oz.), (d.)
1 litre tin. (e.) Eagle Brand, per 1 lb. tin,......... (f.) Skimmed Milk, per 1 lb. tin,................
3. Sugar:---
Cube, (in 6 lb. tins), per tin, Refined Crystallized, per lb., Granulated, per lb.,
Soft, No. 1 quality, per lb.,
No. 2
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麵粉
$ c. 頭等
4.50 五十磅庄每包 四元五毫
.10 每磅 一毫
二等
4.00 五十磅庄每包 四元
208 每磅 八仙
三等
3.50 五十磅每包 三元五毫
207 每磅 七仙
罐奶
.37 有糖罐奶一磅庄每罐 三毫七仙
25 無糖罐奶一庄每罐 二毫
.25 生奶(煲滾之奶)十八兩庄每罐 二毫半 .35 生奶(, ,一列打庄每罐 三毫半 .38 鷹嘠罐奶一磅庄每罐 三毫八仙
.20奶水(即無滋養料之奶)一磅庄每罐 二毫
糖
1.20 方糖六磅庄每罐 一元一毫竿
-14 幼潔晶糖每磅 一毫四仙
.14 冰花糖每磅 一毫四仙
13 一號沙糖 一毫三仙 12 二號沙糖一毫二仙