No. 9 of 1911.

Es. 2 contd.] LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION.

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(15) "Hotel keeper's adjunct licence" means a licence to hotel or boarding-house keepers for the retail sale of intoxicating liquors for consumption on the premises----

(a) to persons residing at the time of sale on the licensed premises;

(b) to persons other than such residents, only in the dining room and in conjunction with the regular meals of the establishment;

but does not authorise the keeping of a public bar.

(16) "Import" means to bring or cause to be brought into the Colony or the waters thereof.

(17) "Intoxicating liquors" includes spirits, liqueurs, wines, beer, stout, porter, cider, and perry, and all other liquors fit or intended for use as a beverage, containing more than two per cent. of proof spirit, but shall not include denatured spirits.

(18) "Licensed warehouse" means a place licensed by the Superintendent with the approval of the Governor for the warehousing of dutiable liquors.

(19) "Native revenue officer" means any revenue officer not of European race.

(20) "Native wines and spirits" means intoxicating liquors such as are commonly distilled, made or prepared in any part of Asia for consumption by other than Europeans.

(21) "Pint bottle" and "quart bottle" mean respectively the reputed pint and quart bottles ordinarily used in commerce.

(22) "Proof spirit" means a mixture of alcohol and water having a specific gravity of .91984 at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, distilled water at the same temperature being taken as unity, and containing 49.24 per cent. of alcohol by weight or 57.06 per cent. by volume. Spirits are described as so many degrees "over proof" or "under proof" according to the quantity of distilled water which must be added or deducted from 100 volumes in order to produce spirit of proof strength.

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