OIT
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
EXTRAORDINARY.
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報特
Published by Authority.
No. 10.
VICTORIA, TUESDAY, 1ST MARCH, 1898.
VOL. XLIV.
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日九初月二年戌戊
日一初月三年八十九百八千一 薄四十四第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 89.
The following Regulations. made by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government
in Conncil this day, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st March, 1898.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
REGULATIONS
Made by the Officer Administering the Government in Council on the 1st March, 1898, under Section 7 of Ordinance 15 of 1897.
1. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall provide at his own expense two photographs of himself, of which one shall always remain affixed to his licence and the other shall be affixed to the counterfoil of the licence.
2. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall show his licence at all times to the Opium Farmer, Dross Opium Farmer, any Excise Officer, any Officer of the Police not being under the rank of Sergeant and any Officer of the Sanitary Board who may demand to inspect such licence.
3. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall, before opening his divan to the public, enter into a bond with the Colonial Secretary in the sum of $50 with two sureties for the due performance of all conditions endorsed on the Opium Divan Licence, of all Sanitary Bye-laws, and of these Regulations.
4. Every licensed keeper of an Opium Divan shall pay an annual fee of $10 payable half-yearly in advance on the 1st March and 1st October; if such fee be not paid within one calendar month from the date when it falls due, the Opium Divan Licence in respect of which the fee is in arrear shall be deemed to have been cancelled unless the Governor shall otherwise direct.
5. Opium Divans shall be divided into two classes, viz., First Class Divans in which Prepared Opium may be smoked, and Second Class Divans in which Dross Opium alone may be smoked.
6. The penalty for the breach of any of Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of these Regulations shall be a sum not exceeding $25.
J. G. T. BUCKLE, Clerk of Councils.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 1st March, 1898.