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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 16, 1933.

BREAKING DOWN, BLENDING, MIXING AND BOTTLING.

[s. 88 (10) ]

1. No barrels, casks, cases, boxes, tins, bottles or other vessels containing dutiable liquors shall be opened and no dutiable liquor shall be diminished, increased, mixed or altered in any way in quantity or quality except in a general bonded warehouse.

2.----(1) Whenever any person desires to open any barrel, cask, box, tin, bottle or other vessel containing dutiable liquors or to diminish, increase, mix, or alter any dutiable liquor in quantity or quality, he shall give notice of such desire during office hours on the working day previous to the day on which he wishes to commence operations, and shall not commence operations, except in the presence of a revenue officer, unless special permission has been previously granted by the Superintendent.

(2) Such notice shall state:-

(a) the nature of the proposed operation, and the

quality of the liquors to be affected.

(b) the place where such liquors are stored; and

(c) the time at which operations will commence.

3. All barrels, casks, cases, boxes, tins, bottles, or other vessels intended to be dealt with shall be placed in such a man- ner as to allow convenient access to the Superintendent or any revenue officer to examine and gauge the same and to examine and watch the operations.

4. The work shall not without the consent of the Super- intendent and Warehouse keeper in writing commence before 8.30 a.m. or continue after 4.30 p.m. Provided that when bottling of the contents of any casks has commenced it may be continued until the whole is bottled.

5. The person in charge of a general bonded warehouse shall keep an accurate account of all operations carried out under these regulations.

6. The person giving a notice under regulation No. 2 of these regulations shall pay to the person in charge of a general bonded warehouse a reasonable fee (to be fixed by the Super- intendent) for the use of any space in such warehouse used for such operations.

DISTILLERIES.

1. Every applicant for a licence shall give the names of two reputable merchants or land owners, resident in the Colony, as references to his character. This regulation shall not apply to applicants who at the time of application already hold a licence which is about to expire.

2. The grant or renewal of any such licence shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent.

3. Every licensed premises shall be enclosed by walls or fences to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. No licensed premises shall have any entrance or exit except on to a public thoroughfare.