2170 ORDINANCES Nos . 21 AND 22 OF 1887 .
Licensing Consolidation . Opium (Raw.)
Every licence shall be taken out half-yearly or for the residue of the current half
year, and shall expire on the thirty-first day of May or on the thirtieth day of Novem
ber ; a fee of six dollars shall be paid for each licence and the holder thereof shall be
subject to the rules Nos. 3 to 28 both inclusive of the rules made by the Governor in
Council on the 30th day of November, 1887, and published in the Government Gazette
of the 10th December, 1887 , provided that all property left in any vehicle shall be
forthwith taken to the Police Station at Yaumati instead of the Central Police Station
as required by No. 23 of the above mentioned rules .
Fees forjinrickshas with single driver licensed under these rules, fixed by the Captain
Superintendent of Police and approved by the Governor in Council.
Quarter of an hour, 5 cents .
Half hour, .10 39
Hour, .15 99
Every subsequent hour, .10 ""
No. 22 of 1887.
An Ordinance for the better regulating of the trade in Opium.
[ 27th May, 1887. ]
WHEREAS 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 :
Construction. 1. This Ordinance and the Opium Ordinance of 1884, * hereinafter
[*No. 1 of called the principal Ordinance, shall be construed together as one Ordi
1884.
nance to be called The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887.
Interpreta 2. Opium in this Ordinance means raw, crude, or unprepared opium.
tion.
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 ofpersons
or things by water .