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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH MARCH, 1887.
Removal for export.
Removal and transhipment of Opium.
Steamers arriving out of Office hours,
Permit to be obtained afterwards.
Penalty,
Forfeiture.
Register to be kept by importer.
Chinese craft only to leave Colonial
waters between certain hours.
Holders to give account of stocks.
Farmer may require account of stocks.
Penalty,
Harbour Master shall furnish a permit in the form of Schedule B authorising the Opium to be landed and stored, and such permit shall be exhibited at the Opium Farmer's Office, and shall be sigued by the Farmer or his Agent, and shall not be used or acted upon until it is so signed.
8. Every person moving Opium for exportation shall, before doing so, send to the Harbour Master a requisition in form of Schedule furnishing the particulars therein required, whereupon the Harbour Master shall grant an export permit in the form of Schedule D authorising the said Opium to be exported, and such permit shall be ex- hibited at the Opium Farmer's Office, and shall not be used or acted upon until it is so sigued.
9. Every person moving Opiura from one place to another within the Colony or transhipping Opium within the waters thereof shall, before doing so, furnish to the Harbour Master a requisition properly filled up in the form of Schedule E, whereupon the Harbour Master shall furnish a permit in the form of Schedule F authorising the transhipment or removal of the said Opium, which permit shall be exhibited at the Opium Farmer's office and shall be signed by the Farmer or his agent, and shall not be used or acted upon until it has been so signed.
10. In the event of the arrival at or departure from the Colony of any steamer carrying Opium when the Harbour Office is closed or may be closed before application for a permit may be made, it shall be lawful for the Agent or the Agents of the said steamer to land or ship any Opium without a permit, and to deliver any Opium so landed to the owner or consignees thereof, or to keep the same in his or their own custody, but so soon thereafter as the Harbour Master's Office is opened the said Agent shall apply for the necessary permit, and furnish the particulars requisite.
11. Any person offending against or not complying with any of the provisions of sections 7, 8, 9, 10, shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding $500, and any Opium so imported or exported or stored or moved or at- tempted to be imported or exported or stored or moved contrary to the provisions of the foregoing sections shall be seized and forfeited.
12. Every importer of Opium shall keep a Register shewing the number of chests imported by him and how and to whom it was disposed of. Marks and Government numbers in the case of the Bengal drug shall be given, and such other marks or numbers in the case of other sorts of Opium as the Harbour Master may require to be placed upon it.
Every offence for nou compliance with the requirements of this section shall be punishable with a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
13. No junk or other Chinese craft, whether licensed or not, shall leave the waters of the Colony, unless the safety of the vessel (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary, between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M. fróm October to Marel inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M. from April to September inclusive, under a pe- nalty, on conviction before two Stipendiary Magistrates, not exceeding $500, or the forfeiture of junk and cargo.
Special Permits or Night Clearances hitherto grantable under Ordinance 8 of 1879, section 38, sub-sections 8 and 9 shall be no longer allowed.
14. Ch the coming into operation of this Ordinance, every person having in his possession, custody, or control any Opium within the Colony or its waters shall furnish to the Harbour Master an account of the number of chests with marks and numbers so held, and the Opium Farmer shall be at liberty at any time during the term of his exclusivo privilege, and as often as he shall think fit, but not exceeding five times in each calendar month, to demand in writing from every person having any Opium, in his possessio u, custody, or control, an account in writing of the Opium so held at the time of such demand, and of the marks and numbers upon the chests containing the same, and the Opium Farmer or his agent shall be at liberty at any time between the hours of six in the morning and six at night, and not of tener than five times in each calendar month, to cuter the premises where such Opium is stored, and to inspect the same, and any person refusing to give such account, or without reasonable cause shewn to permit such entry, or giving a false or incorrect account shall be liable, on conviction, to a penalty-not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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