THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH OCTOBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 388.
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The following form of grant of the exclusive privilege of boiling and preparing Opium is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th October, 1885.
FORM OF GRANT OF OPIUM PRIVILEGE,
as regulated and determined in pursuance of Ordinance No.1
of 1884, Section 9.
TO ALL TO WHOм these presents shall come, I, Sir GEORGE FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G., Governor. and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, in Executive Council assembled, Send Greeting :---
WHEREAS (here insert Recitals according to the facts of each case). KNOW YE THEREFORE, that in consideration of the premises, and of the payment by the said
of the sum of
payable in
instalments of
each
on the first day of each month, in advance during the term hereby granted, and in pursuance of the said Ordinance, and such conditions as are regulated and determined, or may be regulated and determined as provided by the said Ordinance, I, the said Governor, by and with the advice of the said Executive Council, have given and granted, and by these presents under the Seal of the said Colony for myself, and my Successors in the Government of the same, Do give and Grant unto the his executors, administrators, and assigns, the sole privilege
said
of boiling and preparing Opium (inclusive or exclusive of dross Opium, as the case may be) and of selling and retailing within the said Colony, and the waters thereof, Opium so boiled or prepared for and during the term hereinafter expressed, in conformity with and subject to the said Ordinance in that behalf provided, and to the said conditions, and to these presents, and so as that he the said
his executors, administrators, and assigns, shall and lawfully
may have and enjoy the whole profit, benefit, commodity and advantage, from time to time, during the said term coming, growing, accruing, and arising, by reason of the said Privilege. To have, hold, use, exercise and enjoy the premises hereby granted, with the power to grant licences, and all other powers incident to the said Privilege, and all benefit and advantage of the said Ordinance and condi- tions, or any of them unto the said
for and during and unto the full end and terin of
day of and ending with
the
whole year commencing with the One thousand Eight hundred and
day of
One thousand Eight hundred and PROVIDED ALWAYS, and these presents are upon this express condition, that if at any time during the said term hereby granted the said`
his executors, administrators or assigns, shall not upon his or their part or behalf, pay the said monthly instalments, or any of them, or observe, perform, and keep any of the provisions of these presents, or of the said Ordinance, or the said conditions, or any of them, or shall of his or their own proper authority, add to, or alter the said provisions and conditions respectively, or any of the same respectively, or attempt to make any such addition or alteration in that behalf, or if these presents are now, or at any time during the said term shall become or be contrary to Law, then and in any or either of the said cases, these presents shall forthwith cease, determine, and be utterly void, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. IN WITNESS whereof, I, the said Governor, have set my hand and the Seal of the said Colony to these presents, on the
One thousand, Eight hundred and
day of
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 389.
Tenders will be received at this Office until Noon of Friday, the 16th October, 1885, for the construction of a granite sewer in Bonham Road, at the junction of New East Street.
For form of tender, specification, and further particulars, apply at the Surveyor General's Office. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary;
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