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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 26, 1940.

REGULATIONS,-contd.

B. RETAILERS,---contd.

(a) different kinds and brands of goods shall be entered under separate heads;

(b) the entries shall show quantities in pounds and gallons, and the number of containers and their content:

(c) receipts shall be entered forthwith;

(d) sales shall be entered daily at the close of business:

(e) sales for which a voucher is required by regulations shall be entered separately, with the serial numbers of the vouchers, but only the daily totals of other sales shall be entered under their respective heads;

()the book shall be balanced daily at the close of business;

and if the nature of his business so requires, or the Super- intendent directs-

Part VIII.— contil.

(2) a blend book, in which the retailer shall duly enter blend book, the quantity of all goods blended, mixed or otherwise treated in the premises, showing in particular―

(a) the dates on which the treatment begins and ends;

(b) the quantity, kind and brand of goods used in the treatment;

(c) the quantity, kind and brand of goods produced in the treatment.

Immediately before and immediately after the treatment as aforesaid of any goods, appropriate entries shall be made both in the stock book and the blend book, showing the transfer of stock for treatment or of the product of any treat- ment to stock.

80. Retailers of Chinese type liquor shall mark all jars Marking of or containers of spirit undergoing treatment with the Chinese containers. name of the spirit being produced and the serial number of the blend, mixture or treatment, which shall correspond with that entered in the blend book.

grocers.

81. Licences to sell Chinese type liquor retail and not Liquor wholesale shall only be granted to established grocers who licences for do a genuine trade in Chinese groceries and whose trade in Chinese liquor is only a subsidiary part of the business conducted on the licensed premises. The holder of such a licence shall--

(1) keep no Chinese type liquor except liu pun (*14) and sheung ching () on his licensed premises;

(2) not sell to any person more than two catties of liquor at a time;

(3) use on the licensed premises no kongs or barrels for storing liquor, which shall be kept only in the containers in which it was received on the premises.

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