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議政局案照一千八百五十八年至一千八百七十九年鴉片餉項各條款所定各章程

十各領牌人所賣之鴉片必須精美十凈

十二各領牌之人必須有具結保其輸納所有餉項之人及保其遵守所准發牌各章程 十一各領牌之人如未奉有督憲會議政局之命不得擅將現所准賣鴉片之店遷徙

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Conditions made by the Governor in Council, under the provisions of the

Excise Ordinances (Opium), 1858-1879.

1. Licences will run from the date of granting, but all licences will expire on the last day of February in each year. The payment for each licence will be at the rate of $25 per month.

2. Each licence shall state the name of the Licensee and the shop or house where the business is to be carried on, and specify the name of the street, and the street number of the house.

3. The consideration money shall be paid monthly in advance; and there shall be paid in addition to the first monthly payment by every Licensee upon his licence being granted, a further sum equal to one monthly payment as a deposit on account of the consideration money, and the deposit shall in payment of the last monthly payment of the said term.

4. Every monthly payment must be paid on the first lawful day of each month, and in default of any such payment the Governor in Council shall be entitled to withdraw the licence, and to retain all moneys paid thereunder, and the Licensee shall make good all losses and expenses incurred by reason

of such default.

5. No licence shall be transferable without the permission of the Governor in Council.

6. All Opium sold by the Licensee shall be prepared at the Factory at Sai On Lane, or at other places specially licensed by the Governor in Council. Every ball, or any quantity less than one ball, so to be prepared, shall be calculated at the rate of 48 taels per ball, and every such Licensee shall

pay to the Government in addition to the monthly payments of $25 for his licence, a fee of $2.25 for every ball so

prepared, besides all expenses of preparation. Each ball shall produce between 20 and 30 tacls' weight of prepared Opium.

7. The Licensee shall report daily to an Officer appointed by the Governor for the purpose the quantity of opium sold per day. If the Licensee should make default in sending in such repor or should send in an incorrect report, all the opium found in the shop of the Licensee shall be liabk to be seized by a Police or Excise Officer, and to be forfeited, and shall be by a Magistrate directed to be sold, and the proceeds paid into the Treasury for the public use.

8. Opium intended for export shall be packed in boxes, and each box shall be submitted for examination to the Officer appointed for that purpose by the Governor and if such examination be satisfactory, a certificate shall be attached to or a mark placed on the outside of each box. Should any box be discovered without having such certificate or mark, the same shall be forfeited to the Gover

ment, and the Governor in Council shall be at liberty to withdraw the licence held by the Licensee, in retain all moneys paid thereunder, and to claim the monthly fees due for the remainder of the terni.

9. No Licensee shall construct furnaces, nor prepare Opium in his own shop, nor in any other place, unless by permission of the Governor in Council, neither shall he buy prepared Opium unless from other licensed persons or shops; and in the event of any Licensee making default in observance

of this condition, the Opium so prepared and purchased shall be forfeited to the Government.

10. Every Licensee must sell Opium of good and pure quality.

11. No Licensee shall remove his business from the shop or house licensed to another house of

shop without the permission of the Governor in Council.

12. The Licensee shall in every case find security for the payment of all fees and for the perform

ance of all conditions subject to which the licence is granted.

13. In case any Licensee shall commit a breach of any of the conditions subject to which the

licence is granted, or commit any offence against the Provisions of the Excise Ordinances (Opium)

1858-1879,the Governor in Council may withdraw the licence, and retain all moneys paid there. under, and claim the monthly fees due for the remainder of the term.

14. Every Licensee must paint, or cause to be painted, in characters of at least 6 inches, on sone conspicuous part of his house or shop, and keep there exhibited, his name with the words “Licensed to sell prepared Opian."

15. For every breach of any of the above conditions, the penalty shall be a sum not exceeding $500, in addition to any other forfeiture or liability specially provided for under the said conditions.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 21st February, 1883.

ARATHOON SETHI,

Clerk of Councils.