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(2.) Such licensed warehouse shall not be used for the storage of any dutiable liquors whatsoever other than that distilled, made or prepared therein as aforesaid.

(3.) There shall be no fee payable in respect of such licensed warehouse.

to distill-

64. Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall apply Ordinance to any distillation by a duly qualified medical practitioner not to apply or person registered as a chemist and druggist under the ation for Pharmacy Ordinance, 1908, which may be proved to be medical for genuine medicinal or scientific purposes or to any purposes. distillation of essential oils.

Keeping of Intoxicating Liquors by Licensees.

65. Every person who holds a licence under this Or- Licensed dinance or under any Ordinance repealed by this person to Ordinance or under the New Territories Regulation give amount Ordinance, 1910, shall

(a.) on demand by the Superintendent render an account in writing of the quantity and descrip- tion of the intoxicating liquors in his posses-

sion custody or control ;

of stocks;

(6.) permit the Superintendent or any revenue permit entry

officer to enter the premises in which such liquors are stored at any time between the hours of six in the morning and six in the evening and inspect the same.

66. No person who holds a licence as above shall store or keep on his licensed premises any dutiable liquors and in the absence of proof to the contrary any dutiable liquors found on such premises shall be presumed to be stored or kept by such licensee.

Revenue Officers.

Licensed person not to keep dutis

ble liquors on the pre- mises.

67.-(1.) The Superintendent may graut to any person Revenue approved by him a warrant in the Form No. 12 in the Officers. Third Schedule to this Ordinance to act as a revenue officer under this Ordinance.

(2.) The Superintendent shall have power to withdraw at any time any warrant so granted by him.

(3.) Every revenue officer shall be supplied with a suitable badge of office which shall be returned to the Superintendent when the warrant is withdrawn.

(4.) Every such revenue officer shall be deemed to be a public officer.

(5.) Every native revenue officer shall, before appoint- ment, he examined and approved by the Superintendent and Principal Civil Medical Officer, and having been so examined and approved according to the Forms in the Fifth Schedule to this Ordinance shall go before‘a Magistrate and answer the questions, and subscribe and take the outh or make the declaration in the Sixth Schedule to this Ordinance

(C.) Every native revenue officer shall engage and bind himself to serve in that office for the term of three years, during which term he shall not be at liberty to resign his office or to withdraw himself from the duties thereof, except as is hereinafter provided.

(7.) In case any native revenue officer who has com- pleted his period of three years' service is desirous of continuing to serve in the same capacity, he shall be at liberty to engage and bind himself for a further term of three years on similar terms and conditions and shall take the oath or make the declaration prescribed by sub- section (3) of this section: Provided always that his re- enlistment is approved by the Superintendent.

(8.) The Governor is hereby empowered to grant to any native revenue officer who is re-enlisted under sub- section (5) a sum by way of bons not exceeding one hundred dollars.

(9.) Any native revenue officer shall be entitled to claim his discharge at any time on his giving to the Superintendent three months' notice of his wish to with- draw and paying a sum equivalent to two months' pay for each unexpired year of his term of appointment: "Pro-