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A copy of this permit has been served on
Inc.
Dale,
A copy of this permit has been served on me.
Opium Farmer.
Date,
in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance (such ship not being a ship of war or vessel having such status) to proceed without warrant on board such ship, and search for such Opium, and seize any so found, and it shall be lawful for such Inspector to take the Opium so found, together with the person in whose custody, possession or control it is found, before a Magistrate, to be dealt with according to law.
SCHEDULES.
(A.)
Bill of Particulars, (Section 7.)
To the Harbour Master,
Please issue a permit to land from the arrived on
Sir,
marked as below.
To be landed on
Hongkong.
which
chests of Opium, numbered and
31
wharf
Importer.
and stored at (godown or shop or house).
Date,
18
(B.)
is authorised
to land from the
Permit to Land, (Section 7.)
chests of Opium with numbers and marks as noted below, and is authorised to store the same in the (godown, shop or house) of
at
Date,
18
(C.)
Harbour Master.
Application to Export, (Section 8.)
To the Harbour Master.
Sir,
Please issue a permit to export by
chests of
below, on
the
to destination
purchased by me from
Opium, numbered and marked as
day of
18
the said Opium having been in whose (godown, house or shop) it is now stored (or the same being now stored in my godown, shop or house) at
or sold by me to
Date,
to
18
who is desirous of exporting it.
(D.)
is authorized to export by
chests of
Permit to Export, (Section 8.)
Opium, marked and numbered as below, on the having been purchased by the Exporter from and now stored in
situated at
and sold to
who is required to export in terms of this permit.
(
Sub-enclosure 2 to Enclosure 4.
LS
W. G. CAMERON.
No. 22 of 1887.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong-kong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, for the better regulating of the trade in Opium.
W
[27th May, 1887.]
THEREAS it is expedient to regulate and control the movement of Raw Opium within the Colony and the waters thereof: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-
1. This Ordinance and the Opium Ordinance of 1884, hereinafter called the principal Ordinance, shall be construed together as one Ordinance to be called The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887,
2. Opium in this Ordinance means raw, crude, or unprepared Opium,
Chest of Opium means the package, with the opium therein, such as is usually imported by merchants in the Colony.
Ship in this Ordinance and in the principal Ordinance shall be construed so as to include any steam-vessel, junk, boat, sampan, or any kind of craft used for conveyance of persons or things by water.
3. No person shall bring into the Colony or the waters thereof, or receive therein Opium in quantities less than one chest so brought into the Colony or its waters.
4. It shall be lawful for the Colonial Treasurer on such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Governor in Council, to grant licences for the sale of Opium intended for export in quantities less than one chest, and no person except the holders of such licences shall be permitted to sell or barter within the Colony or its waters Opium in quantities less than one chest. The purchase, sale, or barter of quantities less than one ball of Bengal Opium or three catties of Malwa, Persian, or Turkish Opium is hereby forbidden.
5. It shall be the duty of holders of licences to attach to all parcels of Opium sold by them in quantities less than one chest, a certificate in the following form ----
No.
Sold this day to
balls Bengal,
Date,
catties Malwa or
ISN.
Interpretar
Import of Opium less than one chest prohibited.
Sale of Opium
In quantities less than one chest,
Bala certi-
cates granted
by Licensees
C. O.
13146
RECR
40
REGC 4 JU 87)
A copy of this permit has been served on me.
Opium Farmer,
Hongkong.
Date,
Enclosure in End thussell's waves.
of Ize1557.
18
Date,
Sir,
18
(E.)
Harbour Master,
Application to remove, (Section 9.)
To the Harbour Master.
Please issue a permit for the removal of
Opium, numbered and marked as below, from
chests of (Malwa)
and
from the custody and in the possession of G.H. to the custody or possession of J.K.
Time of removal,
Date,
13
(F.)
Owner or Shipper,
Removal Permit, (Section 9.)
A.B. is authorised to move
marked and numbered as below, from
chests of (Benares) Opium,
and from the custody or possession of G.H. to the custody or possession of J.K.
Harbour Master
to be exported by him to
per ship
This certificate shall not be valid after noon of the
Chap.
6. No person except the Opium Farmer or the licensed retail dealers shall have in his possession or under his custody or control Opium in quantities less than one chest without a certificate of purchase from a Licensee except he
can show to the satisfaction of a Magistrate-
(a.) That the said Opium is covered by a certificate
of one of the Licensees.
(b.) That he has received it under an official export permit. Provided always that it shall be in the absolute discretion of the officer charged with issuing export permits to grant or withhold the same, and that this section shall not apply to samples not exceeding two taels covered by a certificate of the importer.
What persons may have Opium in quantities
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