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Enclosure 2.
REA DEC17
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong.1.9.th..October........191 7,
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No...24.....
1.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
An Ordinance to amend the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911,
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one
which is not contrary to the
Governor's Instructions.
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2. The main object of this Ordinance is to prohibit the sale,
sept for cash, of intoxicating liquors to be consumed on any licensed
premises, unless such sale is to a resident at an hotel, or is of
liquor to be consumed at a bona fide meal at an hotel or restaurant.
3. The opportunity is taken to make two slight changes in the pro-
visions of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, relating to
import and export statements. One is to provide that import and
export statements relating to intoxicating liquor must be on a separate
form from all other returns so that it will not be possible to require