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render the mixture in the opinion of a Government Medical Officer or the Government Analyst or of any Analyst in the employment of the Government unft for use as a beverage.

(9) "Dutiable liquors". means intoxicating liquors on which the duty has not been paid.

(10) "Duty" means the duty payable by law upon any intoxicating liquors.

(11) “Export" means to take or cause to be taken out of the Colony or the waters thereof.

` (12) “Gallon” means the imperiai gallon or six reputed quart bottles or twelve reputed pint bottles.

(13) "General bonded warehouse" means a ware- house or place of security appointed by the Governor in Council for the warehousing of dutiable liquors.

(14) "Hotel keeper's adjunct licence" means a licence to hotel or hoarding-house keepers for the retail sale of intoxicating liquors for consumption on the premises-

(a) to persons residing at the time of sale on

the licensed premises;

(b) to persons other than such residents, only in the dining room and in conjunction with the regular meals of the establishment;

but does not authorise the keeping of a public bar.

(15) "Import" means to bring or cause brought into the Colony or the waters thereof.

to

be

(16) "Intoxicating liquors" includes spirits, liqueurs, wines, beer, stout, porter, cider, perry, and native wines and spirits, and all other liquors fit or intended for use as a beverage, containing .more than two per cent. of proof spirit, but shall not include denatured spirits.

(17) "Native revenue officer" means any revenue officer not of European race.

(18) "Native wines and spirits" means intoxicat- ng liquors such as are commonly distilled, made or prepared in any part of Asia for consumption by other than Europeans.

(19) "Person" except so far as relates to the imposition of the penalty of imprisonment, includes a body corporate and a firm.

(20) "Pint bottle" and "quart bottle" mean respectively the reputed pint and quart bottles ordinarily used in commerce.

(21) "Proof spirit" means a mixture of alcohol and water having a specific gravity of .91984 at sixty degrees Fahrenheit, distilled water at the same temperature being taken as unity, and containing 49.24 per cent. of alcohol by weight or 57.06 per cent. by volume. Spirits are described as so many degrees "over proof" or "under proof" according to the quantity of distilled water which must be added to or deducted from 100 volumes in order to produce spirit of proof strength.

(22) "Public house" means any house or place of entertainment where intoxicating liquors are sold by retail and may be consumed on the premises, but does not include any place of entertainment kept under an adiunct licence or 照 Chinese restaurant