THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 20, 1940.
Supplementary Schedule,—could.
SHORT TITLE.
AMENDMENT OR REPEAL..
113. The Liquors Ordinance, 1981. (No. 36 of 1981). -contil.
fifteen per cent, from 15th April to 31st October, both inclusive. Duty shall be chargeable on each picul of fermentable material used according to the rates pay- able on the amount of twenty-five per cent, spirit which such material has been so found capable of producing.
(3) For the purpose of sub-section (2) the percentage of alcohol by weight in the spirit distilled shall be determined by means of a glass alcobolometer of Tralles type graduated to read percentage of alcohol by weight, and all such deter- minations of percentage of alcohol by weight shall be calculated as being determined at the standard temperature of sixty degrees Fahrenheit.
(4) In respect of low wines the duty is to be charged on the quantity of absolute alcohol contained therein as measured by the instruments described in sub-section (), less five per cent.
(3) In respect of feints and spirits the duty is to be charged on the quantity of absolute alcohol contained therein after making due allowance for the feints, if any, remaining from a previous distillation and included in the account of feints and spirits last produced.
67.-(1) The duty on beer, except cider and perry, shall be assessed according to its quantity and original gravity as determined by the Monopoly Analyst.
(2) The duty on beer brewed in this Colony shall be assessed on the worts according to the quantity and original gravity thereof either as entered by the brewer in the prescribed book or as ascer- tained by al revenue officer, whichever is the greater. A deduction of five per cent. shall be made from the quantity of worts produced to cover such accidental loss and waste as arise in the brewing of beer:
Provided that if in the opinion of the Monopoly Analyst the quantity and the original gravity of the worts produced from any brewing fall short of the quantity and gravity which should have been produced having regard to the materials used, the charge for duty may be assessed in the Superintendent's discretion on such pro- duction as determined by the analyst.
Duty on beer except cider and perry.
access.
68. Any European officer of police shall have Police
power to enter at any hour of the day or powers of night every part of any premises or place where by the terms of a licence intoxicat- ing liquor may be both sold and consumed.
69. Whenever any police officer finds any person Power to
drinking in any place in which
any apprehend intoxicating liquor is sold retail, and the persons licence for such sale is not, on demand, unlicensed
drinking in produced to such police officer, it shall be place.
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