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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH NOVEMBER, 1899. 1825

The period for which this permit is desired is

days,

and it will be returned together with the master's or mate's receipt for all the arms and ammunition named below to (person)

at (place) noon of the

on or before day of

o'clock in the

1

[ Particulars of Arms and Ammunition.]

I am,

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

[Signature.]

Licensed Dealer in Arms.

SCHEDULE

(B)

The Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1899, (seo. 6).

PERMIT.

The bearer is hereby authorised to export by the named the

at present anchored at undermentioned Arms and Ammunition:-

[Particulars of Arms and Ammunition.]

the

This permit together with a master's or mate's receipt for the whole of the arms and ammunition herein referred to must be returned to (person)

on or before

noon of the

at (place)

day of

o'clock in the

1

+

day of

1

Dated at Victoria, Hongkong, this

[Signature.]

Captain Superintendent of Police.

SCHEDULE

(C)

The Arms and Ammunition Ordinance, 1899, (sec. 8a.).

REMOVAL PERMIT.

The bearer is hereby authorised to remove from

to

Arms and Ammunition, between the hours of

on the

instant.

the undermentioned

and

This permit must be returned to

o'clock

at

on the

before instant.

[Signature.]

Captain Superintendent of Police.

Objects and Reasons.

The trade in arms and ammunition in this Colony has increased so much of late that it is thought desirable that it should be subjected to strict supervision, and the recent increase of armed robberies and piracies in the adjacent provinces of the Chinese Empire, to the detriment of our trade, has demonstrated the necessity for such strict supervision.

The present Bill, therefore, while it practically re-enacts many of the provisions of Ordinances 8 and 14 of 1895, which it repeals, includes certain entirely new provisions (marked new in the margin) which will now be briefly discussed.

This Bill amends the existing law by rendering the pos- session of ammunition, as well as of arms, without a proper authority, illegal. (Sce clause 5.)

By clause 4 of this Bill the issue of, and conditions to be attached to, licences to carry arms are vested in the Captain Superintendent of Police instead of as heretofore in the Governor. See too clause 11 of the Bill which substitutes the Captain Superintendent of Police for the Registrar General in the case of licences to deal in arms and which gives power to the Captain Superintendent of Police (sub- ject to an appeal to the Governor-in-Council) to refuse to grant or to cancel a licence.