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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD OCTOBER, 1891.

Lapse of certificate.

(1 of 84, 17.)

Upium farm. +1 1 84, 9.)

Opiza

farmer licensors.

(1 of 84, 13.1

Dross farm. (1 of 84, 11)

Divan farm. (1 of 84, 10.)

Fines under farm regula- tions.

(1 of $4. 12.)

Farmer's default. (1 H)

(5.) Where there is no opium farmer the certificate

shall be in the form D. in the schedule hereto.

13. No certificate so granted by the opium farmer or by any licensee under him shall be valid after noon of the third day from the date of the expiration of such opium farmer's privilege.

Farms.

14. (1.) The Governor in Council may grant to any person, for such considerations and upon such conditions, and for such periods, and in such form as from time to time may be determined by the, Governor in Council, the sole privilege of preparing opium, and of selling within the Colony opium so prepared, and either inclusive or exclusive of the privileges mentioned in sections 16 and 17. Such privilege may from time to time be offered for sale either by sealed tender or at public auction, and the time for sending in such tenders or of holding such auction shall be. previously notified in the Gazette in English and Chinese and by advertisement in one or more daily newspapers.

(2.) The Governor in Council may also grant to uny person the like privilege as aforesaid by private contract if it shall appear desirable in the interests of the Colony.

(3.) The accepted bidder for or the grantee of such pri- vilege before he shall become entitled to the benefit thereof shall give such security as the Governor in Council may require for the due performance of the conditions of such privilege and of his stipulations or agreement in respect thereof.

(4.) The Opium Farmer shall in all cases keep a proper register or record of all opium supplied to him, and shall give such details as to its disposal as the Governor may require.

15. (1.) The opium farmer may in his discretion grant licences to suitable persons authorising them to sell prepared opium, but subject to such conditious as shall from time to time be ap- proved by the Governor in Council.

(2.) Where there is no opium farmer the Governor in Council may in his discretion grant licences to suitable persous authorising then to prepare and sell opium upon such conditions as shall from time to time be approved by the Governor in Council.

Provided that the provisions of section 18 as to fines for breaches of regulations shall apply equally to all breaches of regulations as to the sale or preparation of opium imposed upon the licensees under this section.

16. The Governor in Council may from time to time upon such terms as he may think expedient grant the privilege of collecting dross, and of preparing and dealing in dross opium; and the grantee thereof may grant licences to persons approved by him to collect dross, or to prepare or deal in dross opium and such licensees shall carry such badge as the Governor may direct.

17. The Governor in Council may in like manner grant out the privilege of keeping divans for the smoking of opium to any person, and the grantee or grantees of such privilege may issue licences to separate keepers of such divans. The Governor in Council may make such regulations as to the division of opium smoking divans into classes as to him may seem expedient.

18. The Governor in Council may from time to time make, revoke, add to, or alter a scale of fines to be levied for breaches of the regulations under which any privilege is granted under this Ordinance. Every fine provided by such scale shall be levied in the same manner as the fines imposed by this Ordinance.

10. If the consideration money for any privilege granted under this or any Ordinance hereby repealed, or any instal- ment thereof, be not paid within one month next after the day appointed for the payment thereof, the said privilege. shall become null and void, and, over and above all other liabilities under this Ordinance or any Ordinance hereby repealed, or any conditions of such privilege, the farmer shall be liable to make good to the Governor all losses or expenses incurred by reason of such default in payment, or by reason of any resale or regrant of such privilege which the Governor in Commeil may thereupon make, and to make which he is hereby authorised.