THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 19, 1931. 93
PART II.
CHINESE TYPE LIQUOR.
per gallon.
..$ 1.20
On all Chinese type spirits containing not more than 25 per cent of
alcohol by weight For every one per cent of additional alcohol strength by weight...$ 0.05
PART III.
JAPANESE TYPE LIQUOR,
per gallon.
$ 1.20
On all sake containing not more than 25 per cent of alcohol by
weight For every one per cent of additional alcoholic strength by weight ..$ 0.05
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PART IV.
OTHER LIQUORS.
per gallon.
.$10.00
On any intoxicating liquor which is not specifically mentioned or re-
ferred to in the foregoing Parts I. II. III.
Provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, iu his discretion to assess the duty on any such intoxicating liquor at such lower rate as is provided in Parts I, II and III above for the liquor which the Superintendent shall deem to approximate most nearly to such intoxicating liquor.
And further resolved that the resolution of this Council of the 15th day of October, 1926, published in the Government Gazette Extraordinary of the 15th day of October, 1926, by Government Notification No. 558 shall cease to have effect.
W. PEEL,
Governor.
Tobacco Duties.
Resolved that the duties set out in the Resolution passed by this Council on the 19th June and published in the Government Gazette of the 20th June, 1930, by Govern- ment Notification No. 380 be varied and that subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 6 of the Tobacco Ordinance 1916 (Ordinance No. 10 of 1916) as enacted by section 7 of the Tobacco Amendment Ordinance 1929 (Ordinance No. 3 of 1929), the duty payable
(i) upon all tobacco imported into the Colony after the coming into operation of
this resolution, and
(ii) upon all dutiable tobacco already in the Colony at the coming into operation. of this resolution shall be as stated in the following table per pound weight: Provided that 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 consequently 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