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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH JUNE, 1887.
sale as aforesaid after paying and retaining thereout the costs and expenses attending such sale shall be held by the said FERDINAND WILHELM DIETRICH and EMMANUEL GENÄHR, or other the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the said Rhenish Missionary Society, in trust for the said Rhenish Missionary Society.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 13th day of May, 1887.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils,
Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the 31st day of May, 1887.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 231.
The following Terms and Conditions of Licenses for the sale of Opium are published under the provisions of The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 31st May, 1887.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Under the provisions of The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887, of Licenses for the sale of Opium intended for export
in quantities less than one chest.
1. The Licensee shall on obtaining this License pay to the Treasurer the sum of one dollar. 2. All Opium to be sold by the Licensee under the provisions of this License shall be obtained by him from the importer in chests registered under the provisions of The Opium Ordinances 1884 and 1887, and no Opium (other than samples not exceeding two taels covered by a certificate of the importer) shall be received by the Licensee, nor be under his custody or control, except what shall have been so obtained by him in registered chests as aforesaid.
3. The Licensee shall not part with any Opium sold under the provisions of this License until he shall have received a Removal Permit for the same from the Superintendent of Imports and Exports, and a receipt for the same from the Master of the junk or other vessel by which the same is to be exported. The receipt shall be endorsed on the Removal Permit, and shall be retained by the Licensee until required by the Superintendent.
4. The Licensee shall endorse on every parcel of Opium sold by him as aforesaid the quantity and kind of Opium so sold, and his own name and the name of the purchaser, and he shall also attach to every such parcel a certificate of sale in the form provided by section 5 of the said Ordinance (1887), stating that the said certificate shall only be valid for three days from the date of issue thereof, including the day of issue.
5. The Licensee shall produce all removal permits which he shall receive för Opium sold under the provisions of this License to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or to an Excise Officer, whenever required.
6. No Opium sold under the provisions of this License shall be exported by a foreign vessel to any Treaty Port except Canton, and then only by the regular river steamers.
7. The Licensee shall allow the Superintendent or his deputy at any time during the continuance of this License, whether by day or night, to enter and search for deficiencies any dwelling house, shop, or other building or place used by him.
8. In the event of any deficiency being found upon search as aforesaid, or of the breach of any of these conditions, the Governor shall be at liberty to cancel this License without any previous notice to the Licensee.
9. The Licensee shall enter into a Bond with two valid sureties, conditioned in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, for the due performance of each of these conditions.
10. This License shall not be transferable except with the permission of the Treasurer first obtained.
11. The Licensee shall not remove his business from one shop or house to another shop or house without the permission of the Treasurer.
Approved by the Governor in Council, this 31st day of May, 1887.
Council Chamber, Hongkong..
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
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