856 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH SEPTEMBER, 1886.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 366.
The following Conditions of Sub-licences to be granted by the Opium Farmers, which have be approved by the Governor in Council, are published for general information, as required by Section of the Opium Ordinance, No. 1 of 1884.
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By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th September, 1886.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretar
Regulations approved by the Governor in Council under Section 15 of Ordinance 1 of 1884, this 17th day of September, 1886.
CONDITIONS OF SUB-LICENCES TO BE GRANTED BY THE OPIUM FARMERS.
1. The Sub-licensee is hereby licensed to sell and retail at No.
Opium boiled or prepared at the establishments of the Opium Farmers for the term of six calendar months commencing from the
Street
One thousand eight hundred and eighty-
day of One thousand eight hundred and eighty- and ending the agrees to accept such license for the said term.
day of
and the Sub-licensee
2. The fees paid by the Sub-licensee to the Opium Farmers shall be Dollars (weighed at 7.2) per month payable in advance upon the first day of each and every month the first of such monthly instalments to be made on the One thousand eight hundred and eighty-
day of
3. Upon signature of these presents the Sub-licensee shall pay to the Opium Farmers in addition to the first month's licence fee a further sum equal to one month's licence fee which shall be held by the Opium Farmers, and shall go in payment of the last month's licence fee of the said term unless forfeited as hereinafter provided.
4. The Opium Farmers shall always have on hand a stock of prepared Opium for sale, and the Sub-licensee shall purchase from the Opium Farmers all prepared Opium which he may require for
sale or retail.
5. The Sub-licensee shall make a daily report to the Opium Farmers of the quantity of prepared Opium sold by him, and shall enter in a book to be kept by him the name and address of purchaser of prepared Opium, and the quantity of Opium sold to each purchaser; such book to be posted daily, and to be open at all reasonable times to inspection by the Opium Farmers, their agents, every or authorised officers.
6. The Sub-licensee shall not sell or have in his possession or under his control any Opium other than Opium prepared by the Opium Farmers, and shall not construct furnaces for the preparation of Opium, nor prepare or permit to be prepared Opium upon the said premises or in any other place in the, said Colony, and shall not buy, sell, or deal in contraband Opium, that is to say, Opium not prepared by the Opium Farmers, and shall not mix or cause to be mixed with Opium purchased from the Opium Farmers any such contraband Opium, or any liquid or other substance whatsoever, nor sell Opium purchased from the Opium Farmers adulterated or mixed with such contraband Opium or liquid or other substance.
any
7. The Sub-licensee shall have the privilege of carrying on upon the said premises the business of an Opium Smoking Divan if such business be upon his own account, but shall not permit such business to be carried on by or on account of any other person or persons.
8. The Licence hereby granted is confined to the premises above specified, and shall not extend to any other premises unless with the sanction of the Opium Farmers duly noted by endorsement
these presents.
upon
the
9. The Sub-licensee hereby expressly undertakes to be responsible within the meaning of the following section for any infringements of the provisions of the said Opium Ordinance if committed by any person whomsoever in the premises occupied by the Sub-licensee, whether such premises be the premises hereby licensed or the private residence or other premises occupied by the Sub-licensee. 10. In case any one monthly Licence fee payable under these presents shall be in arrest fr five days, or in the event of the breach or infraction of any of the provisions of this agreement, said Opium Ordinance on the part of the Sub-licensee or any person for whom he is he responsible, it shall be competent for the Opium Farmers forthwith to cancel this agreemant to that effect, and thereupon all Opium found on the premises of the Sub-licensee shab and handed over to the Opium Farmers, who shall be entitled at once to recover from the or the said surety the monthly fees for the remainder of the said term, and all sums held by Farmers on account of the Sub-licensee shall be forfeited.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 17th September, 1886.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.