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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 12, 1931,

Hong Kong.

No. 367.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 95 of the Liquors Conso-

lidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, on the 11th day of June, 1931.

The Distilleries Regulations set forth in Government Notification No 161 published in the Gazette of the 18th March, 1927, amended as appears in Government Notifications No. 411 of 1928 and No. 549 of 1930, are hereby rescinded and the following regulations are substituted therefor :-

DISTILLERIES.

1. Every applicant for a licence shall give the names of two reputable merchants or land owners, resident in the Colony, as references to his character. This regulation shall not apply to applicants who at the time of application already hold a licence which is about to expire.

2. The grant or renewal of any such licence shall be at the discretion of the Super- intendent.

3. Every licensed premises shall be enclosed by walls or fences to the satisfaction of the Superintendent. No licensed premises shall have any entrance or exit except on to a public thoroughfare.

4. Except with the special permission of the Superintendent no other business shall be carried on within the licensed premises.

5. Every distillery shall be provided, within the licensed premises, with oue or more buildings or enclosures, designed and constructed to the satisfaction of the Super. intendent, in which all material used for distillation shall be fermented and distilled and in which all intoxicating liquor produced shall be stored until the proper duties have been paid or security therefor, to the satisfaction of the Superintendent, has been given.

6. Every distillery and every part thereof shall be lighted in an efficient way so as to facilitate inspection.

7. Every receptacle on the licensed premises which is capable of being used for the conveyance of liquor shall have the Chinese word for spirit and the name of the dis- tillery, in Chinese characters, legibly painted thereon.

8. Every receptacle used for fermenting mash shall be of a standard size, approved by the Superintendent, and shall have the normal charge plainly marked thereon in Arabic or Chinese numbers. Each receptacle shall be plainly marked to the satisfaction of the Superintendent with serial numbers in Arabic or Chinese numerals.

The same weight of fermentable material shall always be filled into each and such weight shall be the normal charge.

9. (1) Except with the special permission of the Superintendent on valid reason being shown to his satisfaction on each occasion, all material put on to ferment on the licensed premises shall be distilled as soon as fermentation is complete, but in any event within the period of time set out in the following schedule,-