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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 27, 1940.
No. 1089
Order.
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by regulation 50 of the Defence Regulations, 1940, I, the Stores Controller, with the consent of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, hereby make the following order
1. Every person who, on or after the date of this order, has possession, custody or control of any firewood for the purpose of sale shall deliver to the Stores Controller-
(a) forthwith, a return in Form 1 in the Schedule of the particulars there specified;
(b) weekly before noon on Monday, or if Monday is a public or general holiday, before noon on the first succeeding day which is not a holiday, a return in Form 2 in the Schedule of the particulars there specified for the week ending at noon on the Saturday before the return is due.
2. Returns shall be signed by the person required to make them and shall bear his chop".
3. Returns may be delivered by post to the Stores Controller at the Government Stores Department, No. 249 Electric Road, North Point.
4. The Stores Controller may dispense with any return or allow delivery of any return to be postponed.
5. No person who, on or after the 7th day of October, 1940, has possession, custody or control of any firewood for the purpose of sale shall sell or remove from his possession, custody or control any such firewood except by written permission of the Stores Controller or in accordance with paragraph 8 of this order.
6. Every person carrying on or employed in connexion with the business of buying and selling firewood shall, on demand by an inspector of firewood, produce to him any books, accounts or other documents relating to that business.
7. For the purposes of this order an inspector of firewood may enter and inspect any premises in which the business of buying and selling firewood is carried on, or any premises. used in connexion with any such business, or any premises which he may have reasonable grounds for suspecting to be used for the purposes of any such business or for storing firewood in contravention of this order.
8. No person, unless authorized in writing in that behalf by the Stores Controller, shall, after the 7th day of October, 1940, carry on the business of buying and selling firewood,
9.-(1) In this order-
firewood" means any wood, whether cut in suitable lengths and sizes or not, adapted to be used for the purpose of fuel;
inspector of firewood" means any officer of the Stores Department appointed by the Stores Controller for the pur- poses of this order: