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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 23-1931.

Hong Kong.

No. 667.

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 22nd day of October, 1931, under the provisions of section of the Motor Spirit Ordinance, 1930, Ordinance No. 4 of 1930.

Light Oil Duties.

Resolved under section 7 of the Motor Spirit Ordinance, 1930, Ordinance No. 4 of 1930, that the duties on light oils as set forth in section 6 of the Motor Spirit Ordinance, 1930, be increased to twenty-five cents per gallon.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

22nd October, 1931.

Hong Kong.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

No. 668.

Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on the 22nd day of October, 1931, under the provisions of section 41 (1) of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911.

Spirituous Liquors Duties.

Resolved under section 41 (1) of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordi- nance No. 9 of 1911, as amended by the Liquors Amendment Ordinance, 1931, that, in addition to the duties upon intoxicating liquors set out in the Resolution of the 26th February, 1931, published by Government Notification No. 122 of 1931, as amended by Government Notification No. 414 of 1931, the following duty shall be paid on spirituous liquors other than intoxicating liquors, namely:-

per gallon.

On perfumed spirits, medicated spirits and toilet preparations, con-

taining more than ten per cent. of pure alcohol by weight ... $10.00

Provided that the said duty of $10.00 shall be conventional dollars reckoned as the equivalent of one shilling and eight pence sterling; and consequently to arrive at the actual amount payable in Hong Kong Currency, the conventional dollar shall be multi- plied by 20 and divided by a figure settled by the Colonial Treasurer from time to time representing the average opening selling rates for the previous month of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation for demand drafts on London and until so settled the figure shall be 12.25.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

22nd October, 1931.

R. A. C. NORTH, Deputy Clerk of Councils.