THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.
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(8.) The Farmer shall from time to time upon demand by the Superintendent or other Europeau 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 ali 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 there from.
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24. All applications, notices and process required to be Service of made, given or served to, or upon the Farmer under this process on Ordinance or under any rule or regulation made under this the Opinn
Farmer. 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 Farın Office between the hours of 6 am, 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..
25.—(1.) The Opium Farmer may, in his discretion, Licensees of grant licences to suitable persons authorizing them to sell Opium Far- prepared opium or dross opinn, but subject to such mer, etc. conditions as may from time to time be approved by the Governor-in-Council.
(2.) When there is no Opium Farmer the Governor-in- Council may, in his discretion, grant licences to suitable persous authorizing them to prepare and sell prepared opium and dross opium on such conditions as may from time to time be approved by the Governor-in-Council :
26.-(1.) The Governor-in-Council may from time to Grant, etc., time, on such terms as he may think expedient, grant the of dross privilege of collecting opium dross and of preparing and dealing in dross opium.
(2.) The grantee thereof may grant licences to persons approved by him to collect opium dross or to prepare or deal in dross opium.
(3.) Every such liceusee, when collecting, shall carry such badge as the Governor may direct.
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27. If the consideration money for any privilege granted Default by under this or any Ordinance hereby repealed, or any instal- farmer in ment thereof, is not paid within one month next after the payment of day appointed for the payment thereof, the said privilege tion money. shall become mull and void upon the Governor-in-Council publishing a notification in The Gazette to that effect and, over and above all other liabilities under this Ordinance or any Ordinance hereby repealed or any conditions of such privilege, the farmer shall be liable to make good to the Governor all losses or expenses incurred by reason of such default in payment, or by reason of any re-sale or re- grant of such privilege which the Governor-in-Comucil may thereupon make, and to make which he is hereby authorized.
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farm. Schedule B: Form No. 3.
28. (1.) The Opium Farmer shall, one month before Notice of his privilege expires, give public notice, in the Form No. 3 in Schedule B to this Ordinance, that such privilege is to expire on the day named in such notice, which shall be the last day of his exclusive privilege, and that no prepared opium or dross opium, purchased from such farmer, or from any licensee of such farmer, can be used without the consent of the new farmer after noon of the third day next after such date.
(2.) Such notice shall be printed in English and Chinese, and the farmer shall supply copies thereof to all persons licensed by him under this Ordinance, and every such licensed person shall exhibit such notice in the place where he sells prepared opium or dross opium, in a conspicuous position, so as to be plainly visible to every person entering such place.
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