12353-1909-Ordinances-passed-and-assented-to--Opium-No-23 — Page 2

✩

634

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.

The subjecting of opium of any kind to any degree of artificial heat, for any purpose whatever, shall be taken to be the preparing of such opium :

“Opium Dross" means the residuum produced by smoking prepared opium :

"Dross Opium" means a preparation of opium in which opium dross is an ingredient;

"Halan" means the residuam produced by smoking dross opium:

"

"

Compound of Opium means any substance, except opium prepared for smoking purposes, which. contains any constituent or alkaloid or salt of an alkaloid of opium :

The presence of meconic acid and of one other con- stituent of opium shall be considered to be proof of the presence of opium :

Morphine" includes morphia and all salts of mor- phine and any solation or preparation containing mor- pline or its salts :

“Opium" includes raw opium, prepared opium, opium dross, dross opium, balan, compounds of opium and morphine:

"Chest of Opium means a package with the raw opium contained in it of the size and character gener- ally used by merchants for the importation of raw opium:

**

“Loose Opium means all raw opinm found or discovered otherwise than in a chest full of one quality of raw opium:

"The Colony " includes the waters thereof and the additional territories acquired under the Convention dated the 9th day of June, 1898, between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Majesty the Emperor of China for the enlargement of the limits of the Colony including the City of Kowloon :

"Excise Officer" means any person appointed by the Governor under this Ordinance as an Excise Officer: "Farm" means any exclusive privilege granted un- der this Ordinance :

"Farmer

means any holder for the time being of any such exclusive privilege :

Opium Farmer" means the holder for the time be-

·ing of the exclusive privilege of preparing and selling prepared opium in the Colony, either inclusive or ex- clusive of dross opium :

46

Dross Farmer" means the holder, if any, for the time being of the excinsive privilege of collecting and purchasing opium dross and preparing and dealing in dross opium in the Colony:

Where there is no Opium Farmer, or no Dross Farmer, this Ordinance shall be read as if the Governor-in- Council, or any person licensed for the purpose by the Governer-in-Council, were expressly named instead of the Opium Farmer, or as if the Colonial Secretary, or any person licensed for the purpose by the Colonial Secretary, wore expressly named instead of the Dross Farmer. And payment or delivery to the Colonial Treasurer, for the use of the public revenue, or to an Excise Officer for the same purpose, shall in all such cases be taken to be payment or delivery to such Farmer under this Ordnance:

"Ship" includes any steam-vessel, sailing-vessel, junk, boat, or sumpan, and any kind of craft used or adapted to be used either for the conveyance of persous or things by water or for occupation by persons or storage of things, whether afleat or not :

:

Steamship" includes any vessel propolled by steam and any motor boat :

·Opium Divau "

other place--

includes any house, ship, room, or

(1.) used for the sale of prepared opium or dross opium to be smoked on the premises;

or

(2.) used for the smoking of prepared opium or dross opium where a fee or its equivalent is charged: