THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 27, 1931. 117
PART IV.
OTHER LIQUORS.
per gallon.
On any intoxicating liquor which is not specifically mentioned or re-
ferred to in the foregoing Parts I. II. III.
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..$10.00
Provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, in 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.
N. L. SMITH,
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
26th February, 1231.
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Deputy Clerk of Councils.
No. 123
Hong Kong.
Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 26th day of February, 1931, under the provisions of section 7 of the Tobacco Ordinance, 1916, Ordinance No. 10 of 1916.
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 from time to time representing the average opening selling rates for the previous month of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for demand drafts on London and until so settled the figure shall be 11.37.