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No. 399.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 95 of the Liquors Conso- lidation Ordinance, 1911, rdinance No. 9 of 1911, on the 10th day of August, 1929.

Immature Spirits Regulations.

1. The definitions of brandy and whisky set forth on pages 459 and 460 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, shall apply to these regulations.

2. In these regulations the terms "uncertificated brandy" and "uncertificated whisky "shall include respectively all brandy and whisky hereafter imported into the Colony except such brandy and whisky as shall have been proved, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, to have been matured in wood for not less than three years.

3. No uncertificated brandy or whisky shall be removed from any ship except into a general bonded warehouse, or to another ship for the purpose of exportation.

4. No uncertificated brandy or whisky shall be removed from any general bonded warehouse except into another general bonded warehouse, or to a ship for the purpose of exportation.

5. Notwithstanding anything in these regulations it shall be lawful for the Super- intendent in his discretion to allow removal for any purpose of such small quantities of uncertificated brandy or whisky as he may think fit, if he is satisfied that such brandy or whisky has been imported by a person for his private consumption.

6. These regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1930.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

10th August, 1929.

D. W. TRATMAN,

Clerk of Councils.

(Extract from the Hong Kong Government Gazette No. 38 of the 16th August, 1929).