THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH NOVEMBER, 1885. 979
Spirit shop shall mean any shop licensed to retail Chinese
spirits not to be consumed on the premises. Wholesale licence shall mean a licence to sell intoxi- cating liquors by the unopened cask or case, in quantities not less than two gallons of one liquor at one time, such liquors not to be consumed on the premises.
Duties on Spirits. General Provisions.
3. On all spirits used or consumed in the Colony thero shall be paid duties as follows;-
On all Chinese spirits,
I cent per catty.
On spirit distilled in the Colony,...10 cents per gallon. On all other spirits,
.75 cents per gallon.
4. No person shall import or bring any spirits into the Colony, or attempt to do so, except at the city of Victoria, or at such other places as the Governor in Council shall have approved and notified in the Gazette.
5. No person shall knowingly purchase or have in his possession, custody, or control any spirits with regard to which a breach of this Ordinance has been committed, and the burden of proof that this Ordinance has been complied with shall rest upon the seller or purchaser or owner of such spirits.
6. All spirits imported into, landed, or exported from any part of the Colony on account of any branch of Her Majesty's Government shall be exempt from duty under this Ordinance, provided that proof that such spirits are entitled to exemption shall be furnished under such regula- tions as the Governor may from time to time make for the purpose.
7. Any person who shall distil, make, import, sell, or dispose of by retail or otherwise, or deal in any intoxicating liquor which is adulternted, or noxious, so as to be injurious to health, shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordi- nance, and if licensed under this Ordinance his licence shall be forfeited.
8. Every person who shall, under the provisions of this Ordinance, make any application, or supply any particulars, return, or account, or other written statement required by this Ordinance to be made or supplied, shall sign the same himself, unless he be absent from the Colony, or unable from illness to attend to business, in which case the same may be signed by an agent for him, and if any such docu- ment shall be false or incorrect in whole or in part, to the knowledge of the person making or supplying the same, whether the said document be signed by himself or his agent, such person shall be liable to the penalties for offences against this Ordinance; and such agent shall also in like manner, if knowingly so giving a document false or incorrect in whole or in part, be liable to the same penalties.
Chinese Spirits.
9. The exclusive right of collecting duty on Chinese spirits shall be vested from time to time in such person as the Governor may license for that purpose as farmer, either by public or private sale of such exclusive right, and on such conditions as the Governor may think fit for securing the objects of this Ordinance, and the person so licensed shall be called the Spirit Farmer.
10. In the event of there being no purchaser of the spirit farm to the satisfaction of the Governor, it shall be lawful for such officer as the Governor may appoint to exercise all the powers and privileges conferred on the Spirit Farmer by this Ordinance, and to perform all such duties and do all such acts as this Ordinance requires or enables the Spirit Farmer to perform or do, and such officer shall account to the Treasurer for all fecs and duties collected by him.
11. No private person in whom the exclusive privilege of the spirit farm may be vested shall use such privilege until he shall have entered into a contract in writing with the Governor in the form set forth in Schedule A, and the farmer shall give such security as may seem to the Governor to be sufficient for the due fulfilment of his contract, by deposit of money or of valuable securities, or by bond, or by mortgage of movable or immovable property or otherwise, and such mortgage may be in the form set forth in Schedule B, and it shall be lawful for the Guverner to take,
The muite sorlomme bacia Organade i di 18.0
Duty on Spirits.
Place of landing or shipment.
(85. 0.4*)
Possewton of contraband
pirits.
(SS. 0.33.)
Certain spirita exempt.
(SS. O. 45.)
Nexinus liquors.
(9 of 67. 11.)
False returns and state- ments.
(SS. 0. 73.)
Spirit Farm.
(SS. O. 1.)
Governor may
appoint an Oflicer to carry on Farm.
(See 1 of 84.)
Farmer'e Becurity.
(SS. 0.3.)