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658 THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 20, 1929.

Repeal of Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, s. 50.

Amendment

of Ordinance

No. 9 of 1911, s. 54.

Insertion of

(3) The later hour and day mentioned in the body of such permit shall not be more than twenty-four hours before the hour and day mentioned in the ship's clearance to leave the port.

(4) Before issuing any permit under this section the Superintendent may demand the production of any shipping orders or other documents relating to the liquors in respect of which the application for such permit has been received, and the person making the application shall on such demand produce the same.

10. Section 50 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

11. Section 54 of the principal Ordinance is amended by repealing the words from and including “within twenty-four hours down to the end of the section and by substituting therefor the words : –

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"within two hours of the time when it first be- came known to such person that the permit could not be used within the time granted, or as soon thereafter as the Superintendent's office is open for business, return such permit to such office and, if so required, give to the Superintendent a full explanation of the reason for not using such permit. If such liquor was intended to be exported it shall be kept separate from other stock and intact in the original cases bearing the export marks until the expiration of twenty-four hours from the hour of the expiration of the permit or until inspected by a revenue officer”.

12. The following sections are inserted in the principal new sections Ordinance immediately after section 62 :— 62A and 62B in Ordinance No. 9 of 1911,

Duty on spirit dis- tilled in the Colony.

62A.--(1) The duty on spirits made in a distillery is to be charged in respect of the wort or wash, the low wines, and the feints and spirits made in the distillery, and shall be pay- able according to such of those modes of charge as produces the greatest amount of duty,

(2) In respect of the wort or wash the duty is to be charged in respect of the quantity of fermentable material used in the preparation thereof, the method of ascertaining the duty so chargeable being as follows. A bulk sample of not less than one catty shall be drawn by a revenue officer from each consignment of fer- mentable material received by the liceusec on his liccused premises, and shall be fermented by the Government Analyst or any analyst in the employment of the Government, with fer- ment obtained from the same distillery, for the maximum period allowed for the material and ferment in question by the Distillery Regula- tious in force for the time being, and shall on the completion of the fermentation be distilled by such analyst who shall determine the amount of absolute alcohol produced. From the amount of absolute alcohol so determined the analyst shall calculate the number of gallons of spirit containing twenty-five per cent. of alcohol by weight which one picul of such fermentable material is found capable of pro- ducing. From the amount so determined a deduction shall be made of ten per cent, from the 1st of November to the 14th April, both inclusive, and fifteen per cent. from the 15th April to the 31st October, both inclusive. Duty shall be chargeable on each picul of fermentable material used according to the rates payable on the amount of twenty-five per cent. spirit which such material shall have been so found capable of producing.