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908 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1898.

Meapures,

Suspected petaises.

Drinking in nnlicensed place.

Payment of worknien.

Wholesale

and Grocers" Licenses.

24. Every person licensed under this Ordinance shall sell and dispose of his liquors by the measures or weights legalised in this Colony and not otherwise, except when the quantity is less than half a pint, or except when the liquor is sold in bottles, and shall also measure or weigh such liquors in the presence of any customer who may require him to do so.

25. If any person be convicted of unlawfully retailing any intoxicating liquor, the house and premises of such person, and the house, lodging, shop, or warehouse where such offence shall have been committed, and any court or yard connected therewith, shall be liable to be searched at any time of the day or night, by any police officer, with or without warrant, for six months next after such conviction, provided that the same or any part thereof shall be then occupied by the person so convicted.

26. Whenever any police officer shall find any person drinking in any place in which any intoxicating liquor shall be sold or disposed of by retail, and the license for such sale shall not on demand be produced to such police officer, it shall be lawful for such police officer to apprehend all such persons so found drinking there; and every such person so found drinking shall, if such place is in fact un- licensed, forfeit and pay upon summary conviction for every such offence a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, unless such person shall inform against such unlicensed persou or voluntarily become a witness against him, in respect of such act of selling and retailing.

27. No master or other person employing journeymen, workmen, servants, or labourers, and not being the licensed keeper of the house hereinafter mentioned, shall pay or cause any payment to be made to any such journeyman, workman, or labourer in or at any house in which any intoxicating liquor is sold by retail.

Wholesale and Grover's Licenses.

28. Every person desirous of obtaining a Wholesale License or a Grocer's License to sell intoxicating liquors How obtain shall apply to the Colonial Secretary, who may, in his discretion, grant to the applicant a license in the form of schedule L or M according to the nature of his application, on production of a receipt from the Treasurer for the appro- priate fee specified in schedule S. Such license may be renewed annually on like conditions.

Power to unale rules.

Chiness H add spirit shop Licenses.

Hesitanudd

29. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council fron time to time to make, alter, amend and repeal regulations and conditions for the granting of Wholesale and Grocer's licenses. Such regulations or conditions may require the providing by applicants of one or more sureties, may alter the scale of fees, may regulate the times of commencement and expiry of such licenses, the hours and conditions of sale, and all other matters connected with such licenses. All such regulations when published in the Government Gazette

ball have the force of law.

Chines: Wine and Spirit Shop Licenses.

30. The Colonial Secretary may grant a license in the form of schedule N to any person to sell Chinese wines and spirits, by retail and wholesale, such Chinese wines and spirits not to be consumed on the premises where they are sold, and the holder of such license shall exhibit con- spicuously and permanently in front of his licensed place of business his unanie and number and the nature of such license. ou a sign, the size und design of which shall be approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police, The fee for such lange shall be that specified in schedulo & and shall be paid to the Treasurer. The Colonial Secretary may permit the transfer of any such license in form of schedule 6.

Clonese Restaurant Lieruses.

21.---(1.) Where the keeper of any Chinese hotel, or restan- mut, or eating-house or other place where meals or food are supplied to persons not resident on the premises, is desirous of supplying intoxicating liquor to customers with their meals, such keeper may apply to the Colonial Secretary for a Chinese Restaurant license. Such application shall be referred to the Registrar General and Captain Superintend- ent of Police for report, and upon receipt of such report the Colonial Serretary may, in his discretion, grant a license it the form in schedule P, or refuse the same.