572736-1930-Regulations-under-section-95-of-the-Liquors-Consolldation-Ordinance-1911 — Page 2

THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 5, 1930. 451

Import of water-borne dutiable liquors or denatured spirits.

2. No dutiable liquor or denatured spirit shall be imported by any vessel under 300 tons register tonnage as ascertained in the manner prescribed by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. Provided that the Superintendent, in his sole discretion, shall have the power to grant a licence subject to the conditions set forth in Part I of the Schedule to these regulations for the import of such dutiable liquors by approved ships of over 60 tons register tonnage in the case of steam and motor vessels, and over 1,000 piculs capacity in the case of junks, when such ships are employed on a regular route, and after security to his satisfaction shall have been furnished by the intended licensee.

3. All licensed junks which have no special wharf at which to discharge their cargo, shall, if their cargo includes dutiable liquor or denatured spirit, on entering the waters of the Colony, proceed by the most direct course possible to the Victoria junk anchorage as defined in Table S in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and shall remain there until the cargo of dutiable liquor or denatured spirit shall have been completely discharged. As long as any such liquor remains ou board no cargo shall be discharged elsewhere.

4. All dutiable liquor imported from the Kwong Tung province and known as Liu l'un (*), Sheung Ching (E), Sam Ching (ZE), To Liu Pun ([*4), To Sheung Ching (1), and To Sam Ching (1), and all liquor of a like nature under whatever name imported, shall, except with the special permission of the Superintendent, be imported in jars containing four gallons, or a unit of four gallons exactly, or in bottles, packed in cases, containing in the aggregate two gallons or units of two gallons exactly.

5. Every package containing intoxicating liquor shall be marked on the outside thereof in plainly legible letters or Chinese characters with the nature of the contents. Furthermore, in the case of Chinese manufactured liquor every package shall be clearly marked on at least two sides with the character (Tsau), meaning intoxicating liquor, at least four inches high.

6. No intoxicating liquor shall be imported into the Colony on any ship unless such liquor has already been entered in the manifest or in a register of ship's stores, and duly appears therein.

7. No intoxicating liquor of Chinese manufacture shall be imported into the Colony for the purpose of sale, either within or without the Colony, unless the importer is in possession of an importer's licence, which licence shall be subject to the conditions set forth in Part II of the Schedule to these regulations.

8. The fees set forth in Part III of the said Schedule shall be paid for importer's licences as aforesaid.

Import of dutiable liquors or denatured spirits.

9. The import of dutiable liquors or denatured spirits from China into the Northern District of the New Territories is hereby prohibited unless notice in writing has been given to the nearest Police Station and written authority obtained therefrom to import a named amount on a certain day. Such liquor shall be conveyed direct from the frontier to such Police Station accompanied by the aforesaid authority, and shall there remain until duly examined and passed by a revenue officer, who will collect the duty due thereon, and issue the prescribed removal permit.

This regulation shall not apply to dutiable liquors or denatured spirits carried through such district on and by the Kowloon-Canton Railway, provided that such liquors are not removed from or taken off any train anywhere except at Kowloon Station.

10. No dutiable liquor or denatured spirit shall be imported as above except in closed packages containing not less than four gallons.

11. No person shall remove from Kowloou Station any dutiable liquor without a permit in Form No. 1 in the Third Schedule to the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, in the case of liquor on which duty is to be paid before such removal, and except