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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 27, 1909.
Grant, etc., of opium farm.
Service of
process on the Opium Farmer.
PART II.
PREPARED OPIUM AND DROSS OPIUM.
Farms.
23.-(1.) The Governor-in-Council may grant to any person, for such considerations, and on such conditions, and for such periods, and in such form as may from time to time be determined by the Governor-in-Conncil, the sole privilege of preparing opium and of selling prepared opium within the Colony and either inclusive or exclusive of the privi leges mentioned in this Ordinance in relation to dross opium.
(2.) Such privilege may from time to time be offered for sale either by sealed tender or at public auction, and the time for sending in such tenders or of holding such anction shall be previously notified in The Gazette, in English and Chinese, and by advertisement in one or more daily news papers.
(3.) The Governor-in-Council may also grant to any person the like privilege as aforesaid by private con- tract, if it appears desirable in the interests of the Colony to do so.
(4.) The accepted bidder for or the grantee of such privilege, before he shall become entitled to the benefit thereof, shall give such security as the Governor-in- Council may require for the due performance of the conditions of such privilege and of his stipulations or agreement in respect thereof.
(5.) The Farmer shall not without the permission in writing of the Governor assign or sublet to any person any of the rights and privileges vested in him by the contract and such assignment or sub-lease if allowed shall not in the absence of any express statement to that effect operate to relieve the Farmer or his sureties from any liability under the contract or from liability for the acts of the person or persons to whom such assignment or sub-lease may be made.
(6.) The Farmer or Dross Farmer shall not manufacture or prepare or sell or offer for sale or anthorize any person to sell or offer for sale any prepared opium or dross opium of a quality other than such as may be prescribed from time to time by rule under this Ordinance.
(7.) The Farmer shall permit the Superintendent and the Government Analyst and such other European officers as may be from time to time appointed generally on that behalf by the Governor to enter and inspect the Farm Office and any place used by the Farmer for the business of manufacturing, preparing, storing, distributing, or selling opium, and every part of any such place and shall further permit any such officer from time to time to take for analysis samples of any raw opium, prepared opium, dross opium, opium dross or halan or any materials used or capable of being used in the preparation thereof and found therein.
(8.) The Farmer shall from time to time upon demand by the Superintendent or other European officer as aforesaid produce for his inspection and permit him on behalf of the Government to inspect, examine, and take extracts from all books of account kept by the Farmer in connection with the business of the Farm or in connection with the Farm part- nership and all Bank pass books, agreements, contracts and other documents whatsoever examination of which may be necessary or desirable to permit of a thorough investiga- tion by the Government of the manner in which the Farm business is conducted and of the profits or losses arising therefrom.
24. All applications, notices and process required to be made, given or served to, or upon the Farmer under this Ordinance or under any rule or regulation made under this Ordinance or under the terms of any Farm may be directed to “the Opium Farmer" without giving the name of any person and may be made, given or served at the Farm Office between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on any day in the year Sundays and public holidays included and such service shall be deemed to be good and effectual service for all purposes.
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