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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 1, 1910.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 199.

Regulation made by the Officer Administering the Government- in-Council under Section 55 (d) of the Liquors Ordinance, 1909, (Ordinance No. 27 of 1909), this 29th day of June, 1910.

Regulation No. 5 of the Regulations relating to Licensed Warehouses published in the Gazette on the 17th day of September, 1909, and on page 601 of the Regulations of Hong- kong, 1910, is hereby amended by the insertion at the end thereof of the following words:-

Except with the permission in writing of the Superintendent who shall be entitled to charge a fee not exceeding three dollars ($3) for every hour or portion of an hour in which such licensed warehouse shall be open before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m."

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No. 200.

Additional Regulations made by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council on the 29th day of June, 1910, under Sec- tion 55 (j) of the Liquors Ordinance, 1909, (No. 27 of 1909), in addition to the Regulations published in the Gazette on the 17th September, 1909, and on pages 609 and 610 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910.

7. All spirits imported into Bond for breaking down purposes shall be stored in a separate locked space of the warehouse. At the time of removal into Bond the Requisition in the Form No. 10 in the aforesaid Ordinance shall contain a notification that the spirits will be ultimately broken down.

S. The operation of breaking down shall take place in the locked space of the Licensed Warchouse set apart for the special purpose of breaking down.

9. The result of the breaking down of each cask shall be carefully entered as one lot against each entry in the stock book and the result of breaking down shall be entered against each cask.

10. As export takes place the quantity so released from Bond for export shall be writ- ten off against each lot in bonded stock.

11. The duty leviable on all broken down spirits required for local consumption shall be paid before being released from Bond such importation shall be written off against each lot in bonded stock.

12. Spirit casks left empty after an operation and which are intended to be re-filled, shall be re-filled at, or be secured under revenue lock in a place set apart for the any empty casks which it is not intended to re-fill shall be removed at once from the ware- purpose; house, and, as far as possible, be subjected to an examination at the time of passing out of bond when they must be rolled out with their bungs out.

13. The rinsings of casks shall be added at once to the bulk of the spirits emptied from the cask. The water shall not be allowed to remain in the cask longer than the few minutes required to complete the rinsing process.