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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19, 1931.
Hong Kong.
No. 99.
Order made by His Excellency the Governor under section 2 of the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance, 1927, Ordinance No. 9 of 1927, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon on Thursday, the 19th day of February, 1931.
Whereas I, Sir WILLIAM PEEL, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hong Kong and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, have approved of the introduction into the Legislative Council of the resolutions hereto annexed and signed by me :
And Whereas duties on intoxicating liquors and tobacco would be altered and would become the duties appearing in such resolution if the same were to become law:
Now I, the Governor, under the powers conferred upon me by the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance, 1927, do hereby make this Order giving the full force and effect of law to all the provisions of such resolutions as long as this order remains in force.
W. PEEL,
Gorernor.
Liquor Duties.
Resolved that pursuant to section 41 of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, on and after the coming into operation of this resolution the duties to be paid upon intoxicating liquors heretofore or hereafter imported into, dis- tilled, made or prepared in the Colony shall be assessed as in the following Table provided that, in the case of dutiable liquors heretofore or hereafter imported into the Colony the dollars and decimals thereof stated in the Table shall be conventional dollars reckoned as the equivalent of one shilling and eight pence sterling; and that conse- quently to arrive at the actual amount payable in Hong Kong currency the conventional dollar stated in the Table shall be multiplied by 20 and divided by a figure settled by the Colonial Treasurer from time to time representing the average opening selling rates for the previous mouth of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for de- mand drafts ou London and until so settled the figure shall be 11.37.
TABLE.
PART I.
EUROPEAN TYPE LIQUOR.
per gallon.
On all liqueurs, and on all champagnes and other sparkling wines ...$10.00 On all brandy, gin, rum, whisky and other spirituous liquors On all port, sherry and madeira ...
$ 6.00
$ 4.00
On all other still wines
$ 3.00
On beer, porter, cider, perry and stout.
$ 0.60
On all intoxicating liquors above the strength of 18 degrees under proof, for every degree above such strength, in addition to the appropriate duty as above
.$ 0.07