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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette
No. 25.
EXTRAORDINARY.
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Published by Authority,
VICTORIA, TUESDAY, 31ST MAY, 1887.
VOL. XXXIII.
號五十二第 日九初月四閏年亥丁 日一十三月五年七十八百八千一 簿三十三第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 231.
The following Terms and Conditions of Licenses for the sale of Opium are published under the
provisions of The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st May, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Under the provisions of The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887, of Licenses for the sale of Opium intended for export in quantities less than one chest.
1. The Licensee shall on obtaining this License pay to the Treasurer the sum of one dollar.
2. All Opium to be sold by the Licensee under the provisions of this License shall be obtained by him from the importer in chests registered under the provisions of The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887, and no Opium (other than samples not exceeding two taels covered by a certificate of the importer) shall be received by the Licensee, nor be under his custody or control, except what shall have been so obtained by him in registered chests as aforesaid.
3. The Licensee shall not part with any Opium sold under the provisions of this License until he shall have received a Removal Permit for the same from the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, and a receipt for the same from the Master of the junk or other vessel by which the same is to be exported. The receipt shall be endorsed on the Removal Permit, and shall be retained by the Licensee until required by the Superintendent.
4. The Licensee shall endorse on every parcel of Opium sold by him as aforesaid the quantity and kind, of Opium so sold, and his own name and the name of the purchaser, and he shall also attach to every such parcel a certificate of sale in the form provided by section 5 of the said Ordinance (1887), stating that the said certificate shall only be valid for three days from the date of issue thereof, including the day of issue.
5. The Licensee shall produce all removal permits which he shall receive for Opium sold under the provisions of this License to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or to an Excise Officer, whenever required.
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6. No Opium sold under the provisions of this License shall be exported by a foreign vessel to any Treaty Port except Canton, and then only by the regular river steamers,