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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26ти AUGUST, 1899.

4. No person shall counterfeit or make use of, or attempt Penalty for to counterfeit or to make use of, the official mark or stamp counterfeit- which is used to mark beef and mutton before the carcases ing official

mark on beef leave the Slaughter House, and which is intended to show or mutton. that such carcases are fit for human food. Any person committing an offence against this section shall be liable, upon summary conviction before a Magistrate, to imprison- ment for a period not exceeding six months with or with- out hard labour, or, upon conviction in the Supreme Court, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years with or without hard labour.

case not

5. Should any Inspector of Markets at any time discover Power to in any of the markets of the Colony any carcase or part of destroy car- any carcase of beef or mutton, not bearing the official mark bearing or stamp, he is hereby authorized to seize such carcase official mark. or part of a carcase, and the Colonial Veterinary Surgeon may order the same to be destroyed, and no compensation shall be payable to any person in respect of such destrue- tion.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 8th day of August, 1899.

R. F. JOHNSTON,` Acting Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 18th day of August, 1899.

J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.

No. 23 OF 1899.

An Ordinance to amend the Liquor Licenses

Ordinance, 1898.

LS HENRY A. BLAKE,

Governor.

[26th August, 1899.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as the Short title. Liquor Licenses Amendment Ordinance, 1899.

2. Schedule S. to Ordinance No. 24 of 1898 is hereby Amendment amended by substituting "$250" in place of "$150,' after of Schedule the words and figures following, "Chinese Wine and Spirit S. to No. 24 Shop License, (sec. 30).”

3. Sub-section 4 of section 31 of Ordinance 24 of 1898 is hereby amended by substituting a comma for a full stop after the word "licence," and by adding to such sub-section the following words, namely, "and no liquor shall be sold or drunk on the premises by other persons than those of Chinese race between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.'

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of 1898.

4. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 1st day Application of September, 1899, and the increased fee, which is payable of Ordinance.

by virtue of section 2 of this Ordinance, shall be payable

on all licenses which are issued on or after that date,

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 24th day of August, 1899.

R. F. JOHNSTON, Acting Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 26th day of August, 1899.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.

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