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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 26, 1940.
REGULATIONS,—contd.
‚1.—CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY
FOR LIQUORS,-contd,
(d) from a general bonded or licensed warehouse, after the liquor has, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, been manufactured; or
(e) from a general bonded or licensed warehouse, after the liquor, not being brandy or whisky, has, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, been repacked or relabelled.
Part VIII-
contd.
74. The quality of any liquor shall be determined by Method of the Monopoly Analyst as follows-
(1) in the case of Chinese type liquor, upon analysis; (2) in the case of other liquor, in his discretion-----
(a) upon analysis; or
(b) upon a certificate of origin; or
(c) upen both such analysis and such certificate. The method employed for determining the higher alcohols in spirit shall be that known as the Allen-Marquardt.
75. The following standards of quality are prescribed (1) for all intoxicating liquors: every such liquor shall possess the aroma and flavour natural to liquor of its type;
(2) for spirits-
(a) all spirits shall contain such proportions, if any, of volatile acidity, aldehydes, furfural, ethers and higher alcohols as are natural to spirits of their type;
(b) brandy: the spirituons liquid distilled from the wine of grapes;
cognac brandy made in the Cognac regions from grapes grown therein.
Brandy continuing less than 60 grammes of ethers, calcu- lated as ethyl acetate, in 100 litres of the absolute alcohol contained in such brandy may be deemed below standard;
(e) whisky: the spirit obtained by distillation from at mash of cereal grains saccharified by the diastase of malt.
Whisky containing less than a total of 150 grammes of the products mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) in 100 litres of the absolute alcohol contained in such whisky may be deemed below standard;
(d) rum : the spirit distilled direct from sugar-cane products in sugar-cane-growing countries;
Jamaica rum :
therein;
rum made in Jamaica from cane grown
imitation rum : all other rum.
Rum containing less than 100 grammes of ethers, calcu- lated as ethyl acetate, in 100 litres of the absolute alcohol contained in such rum may be deemed below standard;
(e) Chinese type liquor: spirit obtained by the distil- lation of rice or molasses in the Chinese manner and classified according to alcoholic strength as-
determining quality of liquors.
Standards of quality for certain
liquors.
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