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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH JULY, 1891.
26. The Governor in Council may from time to time farm out the privilege of collecting opium dross, and of preparing and dealing in dross opium. The dross farmer so created may grant licences to persons approved by him to collect opium dross, or to prepare or deal in dross opium.
27. The Governor in Council may in like manner farm out the privilege of keeping divans for the smoking of opium to one or more than one person, and the grantee or grantees of such privilege may issue licences to separate keepers of such divans. The Governor in Council may make such regulations as to the division of opium smoking divane into classes as to him may seem expedient.
28. The Governor in Council may from time to time make, revoke, add to, or alter a scale of fines to be levied for breaches of the regulations under which any farm is created under this Ordinance. Every fine provided by such scale shall be levied in the same manner as the fines imposed by this Ordinance.
29. If the consideration money for any farm created under this or any Ordinance hereby repealed, or any instal- ment thereof, be not paid within one month next after the day appointed for the payment thereof, the said farm shall become null and void, and, over and above all other liabilities created by this Ordinance, the farmer shall be liable to make good to the Government all losses or expenses incurred by reason of such default in payment, or by reason of any resale or regrant of such privilege which the Governor in Council may thereupon make, and to make which he is hereby authorised.
Transfer of Farm. Arbitration.
30. Every opium farmer shall, one month before his farm expires, give public notice, in the form of schedule M, that such farm is to expire on the day named in such notice, which shall be the last day of his exclusive privilege, and that no prepared opium purchased from such farmer, or from any licensee of such farmer, can be used without the consent of the new farmer after noon of the third day next after such date. Such notice shall be printed in English and Chinese, and the farmer shall supply copies thereof to all persons licensed by him under this Ordinance, and every such licensed person shall exhibit such notice in the place where he sells prepared opium, in a conspicuous position, so as to be plainly visible to every person entering such place.
31. All licensees of the Governor in Council under sec- tion 25, when there is no opium farmer, shall, during the last three months of the period of their licencos be subject to such restrictions as to the quantities of opium they shall prepare and sell as the Governor in Council may from time to time determine.
32. Neither the opium farmer nor his licensees shall, during the three months preceding the end of his term, prepare more than the usual quantity of opium, or during such three months sell any prepared opium at less than the average current prices of the day, or in greater quantities than is usual at the time of year, and at the end of his term such farmer or his licensees shall not sell, export or other- wise make away with or dispose of any of his or their stock of prepared opium, but shall make over to the new farmer the full and complete stock of raw or prepared opium then in their possession, at the marketable value thereof.
33. In the event of any difference arising between the incoming and out-going opium farmers as to the quantities of prepared opium produced or sold during the last three months of the term, and the price of the same, or as to the nature and quantity of the raw or prepared opium so to be purchased or made over, or the prices thereof, such differ- ence may be determined by three arbitrators, one to be appointed by the new farmer, one by the out-going farmer, and one by the Governor. The award of such arbitrators, or of a majority of them, shall be final, and the arbitration or such other settlement shall be held at such time after the end of the term of the out-going farmer as may seem reasonable to the Governor. Any award made may be filed in Court pursuant to the Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure.
34. The majority of the arbitrators may determine, and are hereby empowered to decide in each particular case, what are usual quantities of prepared opium within the meaning of this Ordinance.
Dross farm.
(1 of 84, 11.)
Divan farm. (1 of 84. 10.)
Fines under farm regula- tions.
(1 of 84, 12.)
Farmer's default.
(1 of 84, 14.)
Notice of expiry of farm. (1 of 84, 18.)
Government licensees.
(1 of 84, 19.)
Market not
to be over- stocked.
(1 of 84, 20.)
Arbitration. (1 of 34, 20.)
Usual quantities. (1 of 84, 21)
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