Sub. Enclosure I to Enclosure 4.
This Bill laid outer table
C. O.
38
the 18th March is the Sap 464
Appendix D. of M. Russell's Opium Convention and Conditions
holders of sister
bookers of incenses
A BILL
ENTITLED
1st Reading, 18th March, 1887.
2nd Reading,
Committee,
3rd Reading.
An Ordinance for the better regulating of the trade in Opium.
and
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:-
1. This Ordinance and the Opium Ordinance of 1884, hereinafter called the principal Ordinance, shall be construed together as one Ordinance to be called The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887.
2. Opium in this Ordinance means raw, crude, or unprepared Opium.
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 of persons or things by water.
3. No person shall bring into the Colony or the waters thereof or receive therein Opium in quantities less than one chest so brought into the Colony or its waters.
4. It shall be lawful for the Raw Opium-Farmer, on such terms as may be approved by the Governor in Council, to grant licences for the sale of Opium intended for export in quantities less than one chest, and no person except the Raw Opium Farmer or his licensee shall be permitted to sell, or barter, within the Colony or its waters Opium in quantities less than one chest. The purchase, sale, or barter of quantities less than one ball or oke is hereby forbidden.
5. It shall be the duty of the Raw Opium Farmer and his licensee to grant to persons purchasing Opium in quantities less than one chest a certificate in the following form :-
No,
Date
(Bengal or Malwa)
Sold this day to
Ball or Catties (Malwa) or
to be exported by him to
188
This Certificate shall not be valid after noon of the day of the above date without the consent of the Raw Opium Farmer.
[Chop.]
6. No person except the Raw Opium Farmer or his licensee shall have in his possession or under his custody or control Opium in quantities less than one chest unless he can shew to the satisfaction of a Magistrate
(a.) that he purchased the said Opium from the Raw Opium Farmer or one of his licensees, and
(b) that the said Opium is intended for export:
provided however that the production of a certificate of sale from the Raw Opium Farmer or licensee and a valid duty receipt from the Chinese Customs Authorities will be good and sufficient evidence that the Opium was sold by them and that it is covered by a contract for export. Provided always that it shall be in the discretion of the officer charged with enforcing this Ordinance to grant or withhold the permit.
7. It shall be the duty of the Raw Opium Farmer and the licensees to keep a Register of the Particulars of purchase and sale in such form as the Governor may from time to time order.
these sections 3,4,5,6,7.
are taken in appendix A - draft bill in W. Kuval's report on Opium Convention
Register of Particulars
of the officer Charged with enforcing Export permits to grant or withhold the same and that the Section
Mall nitaphalg Samples treating two card cover & the certificate of the)
suporter.
Sub. Enclosure I to Enaloewer 4.
This Bill laid outer table
«、
(
C. O.
38
the 18th March is the Sap 464
Appendin D. of M. Russell's Oppiam Cocopion
and Conditions
olders of suster
bookers of incenses
A BILL
ENTITLED
1st Reading, 18th March, 1887.
2nd Reading,
Committee,
Srd Reading.
An Ordinance for the better regulating of the trade in Opium.
and
movement of Raw Opium within the Colony d the waters thereof: Bo it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance and the Opium Ordinnace of 1884, hereinafter called the principal Ordinance, shall be construed together as one Ordinance to be called The Opium Ordi- nances 1884 and 1880.
2. Opium in this Ordinance means raw, crude, or un- prepared Opium.
Chest of Opium means the package, with the optim therein, such as is usually imported by merchants in the Colony.
Ship in this Ordinance and in the principal Ordinanco shall be construed so as to include any steam vessel, junk, boat, sampan, or any kind of eraft used for conveyance of persons or things by water. 3. No person shall bring into the Colony or the waters thereof or receive therein Opium in quantities less than one chest so brought into the Colony or its waters.
4. It shall be lawful for the Row Opium-Farmer, ou such terms as may be approved by the Governor in Council, to grant licences for the sale of Opium intended for export in quantities less than one chest, and no person except the Rew Opium Farmer er bis license shall be permitted to sell, or barter, within the Colony for its waters Opium in quantities less than one chest. The purchase, sale, or barter of quantities less than one ball or oke is hereby forbidden.
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5. It shall be the duty of the Row Opium Farmer-and bie-licenseer to grant to persons purchasing. Opium in- quantities less than one chest a certificate in the following form :-
No,
Date
(Barna) Bengal)
Sold this day to
Ball
Callie (Malwa) or -
to be exported by him to
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This Certificate shall not be valid after noon of the day-oftbeabere-date-without the sonsent of the Haw Opium Farmer.
[Chop.]
Constructioz,
Interpreta-
tico.
Import of
Opt
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chest probi- bited.
Sale of Optum in
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chest.
Report
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Malwa, Arsen. or Turkish
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then one
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export only
6. No person except the Raw Opiuma Farmer or his a
ptul de aless brourol Opi have in his possession or under his custody
the
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or control Opium in quantities loss than one chest unless he
can shew to the satisfaction of a Magistrate
(a.) that he purchased the said Opium from the Raw
Opium Farmer or one of his licensees, and
(b) that the said Opium, is intended for export:
provided however that the productot
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certificate of sale from the Raw Opium Farmer or licensee and a valid duty receipt from the Chinese Customs Authorities will be good and sufficient
mis
Sold by then
attoch ball
parcels of
of.
is covered by a contifically
That bebes she? It under an official Apert perimit. Provided
evidence of such purchase and intention to export alway that it shall be in
7. It shall be the duty of the Row Opium Farmer and the licensees to keep a Register of the Particulars of pur- chase and sale in such form as the Governor may from time to time order.
these sections 3.4.5.67.
are taken
in appendix A - draft bill in W. Kuvalls rrbott ons
oppinen Cote mapin
Bagister of Particular.
ther abostate descretion
Of the officer Charges with warming Expril permits to grant
with twold the fame and that the Sectio
Mall nitaphalg Lamples treating two carl cover & the b certificate of the)
suporter.
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