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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 22, 1940.
Order made by the Coutroller of Food under the Defence Regulations, 1940, with the consent of the Officer Administering the Government, fixing the maximum prices for certain articles of food, dated 27th September, 1940. Amendment made by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports under section. 20 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, to the scale for payment of drawback on non-Empire tobacco, dated 26th September, 1940.
The Trading with the Enemy Ordinance, 1914, Third Amendment Regulations, 1940, made by the Officer Administering the Government under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Acts, 1939 and 1940, as applied to the Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Orders in Council, 1939 and 1940, dated 2nd October, 1940.
Amendment made by the Officer Administering the Government under the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Orders in Council, 1939 and 1940, to the Defence Regulations, 1910, dated 4th October, 1940.
Amendment made by the Officer Administering the Government under section 1 (2) (d) of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, as applied to the Colony by the Emergency Powers (Colonial Defence) Order in Council, 1939, to section 17 (1) of the Volunteer Ordinance, 1933, Ordinance No. 10 of 1933, dated 30th September, 1940.
Order made by the Controller of Food under the Defence Regulations, 1940, with the consent of the Officer Administering the Government, fixing the standard price for Lighthouse sweetened condensed milk, dated 4th October 1940.
Proclamation No. 10.-Calling out certain members of the Hong Kong Corps
of Air Raid Wardens.
MOTIONS.
6. The Financial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
resolution:
RESOLVED pursuant to section 4 of the Dutiable Com- modities Ordinance, 1931, as follows:-
That the DUTIES ON TOBACCO set forth in the Resolu- tion of the Legislative Council published as Government Notification No. 841 in the Gazette of the 26th July, 1940, be revoked with effect from 9 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 11th day of September, 1940, and that thereafter duty shall be payable on tobacco at the following rates per lb.:-
DUTIES ON TOBACCO.
Duty shall be payable on tobacco at the following rates
per lb.-
A. ---on unmanufactured tobacco-
(1) unstripped tobacco containing
(a) 10 per cent. or more of moisture by weight:
(i) tobacco of Empire origin
1.30
(ii) other tobacco
1.50
(b) less than 10 per cent. of moisture by weight:
(i) tobacco of Empire origin
1.35
(ii) other tobacco
1.55