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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 8, 1939.
8. The Financial Secretary addressed the Council and moved the following
resolution:
LIQUORS DUTIES RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED pursuant to section 39 of the Liquors Ordin- ance, 1931, Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, that the Liquors Duties Resolution of the 9th September, 1936, published in the Gazette by Notification No. 745 of the 11th September, 1936, be rescinded with effect from 2 o'clock P.M. on Thursday, the 12th day of October, 1939, and that thereafter the duties to be paid upon intoxicating or spirituous liquors imported into, or distilled, made or prepared in the Colony shall be assessed in Hong Kong currency as in the following Table :--
Part I.
European Type Liquor.
Liquors brewed or distilled in the Colony.
Liquors consigned from and grown or produced in the British Empire.
Liquors of other origin.
On all liqueurs, champagne
per
per
per
gallon.
gallon.
gallon.
and
other sparkling
wines
16.25
26.00
On all brandy
6.25
20.00
On all gin, whisky and other
spirituous liquors
12.50
20.00
On all port, sherry and
madeira
7.50
12.00
On all other still wines
6.25
10.00
On cider and perry
0.80
0.80
On beer (as defined in the Ordinance, but exclu- sive of cider and perry) not exceeding 1055 degrees original gravity, that is to say, the specific gravity of the worts before fermenta- tion
with the addition of $0.02 per gallon for every degree by which the original gravity of the worts for such beer exceeds 1055 degrees as measured by the "Bates" standard sac- charometer.
0.70
0.80
0.80
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