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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1933.

No. 574.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 36 of 1931. (LIQUORS).

In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 34 and 88 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, the Governor in Council hereby amends the Brewery Regulations set forth in Govern- ment Notification No. 509, published in the Gazette of the 5th August, 1932, as follows:-

Amendments.

(1) Regulation 33 is rescinded and the following regula- tion is substituted therefor :-

33. The duty chargeable shall be paid

(a) In respect of any such deficiency as mentioned in paragraph 1 of the preceding regulation or in the case of any deficiency found on taking stock of the contents of any separate warehouse, set apart for the storage of beer intended to be consumed in the Colony, within seven days after notice shall have been given by the Super- intendent to the licensee as to the amount of duty payable, and

(b) In respect of beer removed to such a warehouse set apart for the storage of beer intended to be consumed in the Colony, before the removal of any of such beer from that warehouse; or, at the option of the licensee, which option once declared shall be irrevocable, in respect of all worts collected in the fermenting vessels : Provided always that the Superintendent may, on such terms and on the giving of such security for the payment of duty as he may think fit, permit the payment of duty to be deferred until such time as in his opinion the beer produced from such worts shall be fit to be placed on sale : Provided also that the Superintendent may, on such terms and on the giving of such security for the payment of duty as he may think fit, permit the licensee to remove any beer from any such warehouse before payment of duty thereon and postpone until such time as he may think fit the time for the payment of the duty on such beer.

(2) The following heading and regulation are added:-

DRAWBACK ON LOCALLY BREWED BEER.

34. On every gallon of locally brewed beer made or prepared by any manufacturer approved by the Super- intendent, there shall be paid after export a drawback in proportion to the amount of duty paid on the original

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