188437-1932-Regulations-under-section-88-of-the-Liquors-Ordinance-1931-Bonded-Warehouses — Page 3

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 22, 1932.

(c) Any deficiencies discovered on examination shall be reported within twenty four hours to the Superintendent.

(d) No empty package shall be stored in the same part of the premises as dutiable liquors.

(e) Where the contents of a number of packages of one kind of dutiable liquors in the same consignment are found on examination to be deficient, full packages shall, so far as possible, be made up from the partially empty packages, and the completely empty packages shall be removed at once from the premises.

(f) All empty or broken packages, and all packing paper and other debris shall be removed daily.

(g) Should the nature of the business render it necessary to keep a stock of empty packages and packing material ready for immediate use, the same shall be stored in a separate locked compartment of the premises apart from the space used for the storage of dutiable liquors.

(h) The minimum amount of dutiable liquor which shall be removed in one consignment from the premises for export shall be as hereunder :-

Liquor of the same kind

2 gallons.

17.(a) Any loss or contraction of dutiable goods due to natural causes or unavoidable accident, or to leakage, breakage, deterioration, or loss of moisture or dust, not due to any negligence or default on the part of the person in charge or his servants, shall be deducted from the stock total of such goods and no duty shall be charged thereon if such loss is reported to a revenue officer as soon as it is discovered and is certified by him, after examination, to be a loss as aforesaid.

(b) All goods received into the premises shall be deemed to be of not less than the weight and measure reported unless the shortage, if any, on entry into such premises has been certified by a revenue officer.

(c) In the case of liquor stored in casks, the maximum amounts which shall be allowed for loss by evaporation shall be as under:

1.-Beer. 4 gallons per hogshead.

II.--Wine.

$

For each year or part of a year.

In casks of :-

less than 20 gallons content

gallon.

20 gallons and less than 65 gallons.... 1 gallon. 65 gallons content and upwards....... 2 gallons.

III.-Spirits in casks under 80 gallons.

Time in warehouse

not exceeding.

2 months

6 months

1

year

and 3 per cent for

each succeeding year.

Ordinary Allowance.

Special Allowance.

3 per cent.

3

per cent.

5 per cent.

4

per cent.

6

per cent.

5 per cent.

and 2 per cent for

each succeeding year

up to the 5th.

547

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