annually paid.
In 1878,
a hen
458
44%
condition,
mana—
85. having been added to the license, which limited the sale of spirits, manufactured under it, to quantities of not less than thirty-six (36) gallons at a time, the license form, containing such new condition,
reprinted in the Government Gazette of the 25th May of
It is to be found at page
that
year.
was
260 and it is to be noticed that the words "One hundred Dollars",
still allowed to remain among
printed matter.
its
We believe that the new condition had its origin in certain complaints, which had been addressed to the Government, by the military authorities, about the retailing of spirits to soldiers and others, by our predecessors in the Hongkong Distillery
In February last, the purchase. Distillery premises being then under consideration, the vendor, at
our
the
our
request, applied to the Government for permission to carry on distilling operations there temporarily, for the purpose of testing the capabilities of the establishment, and his application
was...
Vec.