1762 ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1884.
Opium.
No. 1 of 1884.
[See Ord. No. An Ordinance entitled The Opium Ordinance, 1884.
17 of 1886,
No. 22 of
1887. ] [ 26th March, 1884. ]
E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the
BE -:
Legislative Council thereof, as follows :
Interpreta 1. In the construction of this Ordinance the following terms and ex
tion.
pressions shall have the meanings hereinafter assigned to them , that is to
say :
Excise The term Excise Officer shall mean any person appointed by the
Officer
Governor under section 5 of this Ordinance .
Farm.
The term Farm shall mean any exclusive privilege granted
Farmer.
under this Ordinance, and the term Farmer any holder for
the time being of such exclusive privilege.
Dross Opium. Dross Opium shall mean opium prepared wholly or chiefly from
opium dross
Prepared Prepared Opium shall include dross opium wherever such a
Opium.
construction is not contrary to the context of this Ordi
nance.
Opium Opium Farmer shall mean the holder for the time being of the
Farmer.
exclusive privilege of boiling and selling prepared opium
either inclusive or exclusive of dross opium.
DrossFarmer.
Dross Farmer shall mean the holder for the time being of the
exclusive privilege of collecting and purchasing opium
dross and dealing in , and preparing dross opium .
Diran
Farmer. Divan Farmer shall mean the holder for the time being of the
exclusive privilege of opening or licensing any class of
opium smoking divans.
When there is no opium farmer, or no dross farmer , or no divan
farmer, this Ordinance shall be read as if the Governor in
Council , or any licensee of the Governor in Council ; or the
Colonial Secretary, or any licensee of the Colonial Secretary ;
as the case may be, were expressly named instead of such
farmer. And payment or delivery to the Colonial Trea
surer for the use of the revenue of the Colony, or to an
excise officer for the same purpose shall in all such cases
be taken to be payment or delivery to such farmer under
this Ordinance.