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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 31, 1911.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. 74. His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of His Majesty the King, to the following Ordinances passed by the Legislative Council :--

Ordinance No. 9 of 1911.—An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relat-

ing to Intoxicating Liquors.

Ordinance No. 10 of 1911.An Ordinance for the incorporation and regulation of

of the University of Hongkong.

HONGKONG.

No. 9 or 1911.

An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law

relating to Intoxicating Liquors.

F. D. LUGARD,

LS

Governor.

[30th March, 1911.j

Short title.

Interpreta- tion of

terms.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquors Con- solidation Ordinance, 1911.

2. In this Ordinance :-

Proof spirit" means a mixture of alcohol and water having a specific gravity of 91984 at 60 degrees Fahrenheit, distilled water at the same temperature being taken as unity, and containing 4924 per coutim of alcohol by weight or 5706 per centum 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 or deducted from 100 volumes in order to produce spirit of proof strength.

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

· Beor” includes ale, porter, stout, cider, perry, spruce beer, black beer, and any other description of beer and shall be construed to extend to any liquor which is made or sold as a description of beer or as a substitute for beer, and which on analysis of a sample thereof at any time shall be found to contain more than two per centum of proof spirit. Denatured spirits" mean wines and spirits mixed with some substance in such manner as to reuder the misture in the opinion of a Government Modical Officer or the fiovernment Analyst mufit for use as a beverage,

“Spiritacus liquors " mean intoxicating liquors con- taining more than twenty per centum of pure alcohol by weight.

'hinese wines and spirits mean intoxicating liquors of Chinese production or commonly con- sumed by Chinese, including Samshu.

Native wines and spirits" mean intoxicating liquors such as are commonly distilled made or prepared in any part of Asia for consumption by other than Europeans.

Adulterated liquor i means any liquor mixed or coloured to the prejudice of the purchaser with any ingredient whatever or with water, either so as to increase its bulk and measure or so as injuriously to affect the quality of such liquor or to conceal its inferior quality, or any liquor which is not virtually of the nature and quality demanded by the purchaser or of the liquor which it is labelled as being or purporting to be, whether such adulterated liquor is injurious to health or not. Spirits shall not be considered adulterated if mixed with water only so as not to reduce the strength below twenty-five degrees under proof in the case of brandy, whisky, or rum, or below thirty degrees under proof in the case of gin.