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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 1931.

B. On manufactured tobacco:--

(1) Cigars ...

(2) Cigarettes

...$2.00 ...$0.90

...$0.90

(3) Other manufactured tobacco including snuff

and cigar cuttings...

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

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9. The Colonial Treasurer moved the following resolution :---

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.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

10. The Colonial Treasurer moved the following resolution :-

Resolved under section 41 (1) of the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance 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:—

On perfumed spirits, medicated spirits and toilet pre- parations, containing more than ten per cent. of pure alcohol by weight

per gallon.

...$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 conse- quently to arrive at the actual amount payable in Hong Kong Currency, the conventional dollar shall be multiplied 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.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

11. Code of Civil Procedure Amendment Bill.-The Attorney General moved the Second reading of the Bill intituled 'An Ordinance to amend the Code of Civil Procedure."

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a second time.

Council in Committee on the Bill.

On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.

The Colonial Secretary seconded.

Question-put and agreed to.

Bill read a third time and passed.