1776 ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1884.
Opium.
6. The sub-licensee shall not sell or have in his possession or under his control
any opium other than opium prepared by the Opium Farmers, and shall not construct
furnaces for the preparation of opium, nor prepare or permit to be prepared opium
upon the said premises or in any other place in the said Colony, and shall not buy , sell,
or deal in contraband opium , that is to say, opium not prepared by the Opium Farmers,
and shall not mix or cause to be mixed with opium purchased from the Opium Farmers
any such contraband opium, or any liquid or other substance whatsoever, nor sell any
opium purchased from the Opium Farmers adulterated or mixed with such contraband
opium or liquid or other substance.
7. The sub- licensee shall have the privilege of carrying on upon the said premises
the business of an opium smoking divan if such business be upon his own account, but
shall not permit such business to be carried on by or on account of any other person
or persons.
8. The licence hereby granted is confined to the premises above specified, and
shall not extend to any other premises unless with the sanction of the Opium Farmers
duly noted by endorsement upon these presents.
9. The sub-licensee hereby expressly undertakes to be responsible within the
meaning of the following section for any infringements of the provisions of the said
Opium Ordinance if committed by any person whomsoever in the premises occupied by
the sub-licensee, whether such premises be the premises hereby licensed or the private
sidence or other premises occupied by the sub-licensee.
10. In case any one monthly licence fee payable under these presents shall be in
arrear for five days, or in the event of the breach or infraction of any of the provisions
of this agreement, or of the said Opium Ordinance on the part of the sub - licensee or
any person for whom he is hereby made responsible, it shall be competent for the
Opium Farmers forthwith to cancel this agreement by notice to that effect, and there
upon all opium found on the premises of the sub- licensee shall be forfeited and handed
over to the Opium Farmers, who shall be entitled at once to recover from the sub
licensee or the said surety the monthly fees for the remainder of the said term , and all
sums held by the Opium Farmers on account of the sub-licensee shall be forfeited.
Terms and conditions under the provisions ofthe Opium Ordinances 1884 and
1887, of licences for the sale of opium intended for export in
quantities less than one chest made on the 31st May,
and gazetted 4th June, 1887.
1. The licensee shall on obtaining this licence pay to the Treasurer the sum of
one dollar.