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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 16, 1941.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 36 of 1931. (DUTIABLE COMMODITIES).
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of the Dutiable Commodities Ordinance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, as follows-
[s. 3.] APPLICATION OF ORDINANCE TO TABLE WATERS,
All the provisions of the Dutiable Commodities Ordin- ance, 1931, except Parts II, III and IV thereof, shall apply to table waters.
For the purposes of this resolution,
table waters
includes any aerated waters and any beverages sold or kept for sale in bottles, other than syrups or other liquids intended to be consumed only in a diluted form.
[s. 4.]
DUTY ON TABLE WATERS.
Duty shall be payable on table waters at twenty-four cents per gallon.
For the purposes of this resolution, twelve reputed pints or six reputed quarts shall be deemed to be one gallon.
No. 56.
Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 9 of 1927. (PUBLIC REVENUE PROTECTION).
WHEREAS it is provided by section 2 of the Public Revenue Protection Ordinance, 1927, that if the Governor approves of the introduction into the Legislative Council of a bill or resolution whereby any duty, tax, fee, rate or other item of revenue would be imposed or altered if such bill or resolution were to become law, it shall be lawful for the Governor to make an order giving the full force and effect of the law to all the provisions of such bill or resolution as long as such order remains in force:
AND WHEREAS I, Lieutenant-General EDWARD FELIX NORTON, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, upon whom has been conferred the Decoration of the Military Cross, Officer Administering the Government of the Colony of Hong Kong and its dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, have approved the introduction into the Legislative Council of the resolution hereto annexed:
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