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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH MARCH, 1883.

4. From and after the passing of this Ordinance no person shall be permitted to open smoking divans or keep open those already existing without a license under à penalty on summary conviction thereof before a Police Magistrate of Five hundred dollars or a term of imprison- ment with or without hard labour not exceeding six months -and all smoking divans shall be divided into classes. The 1st class shall consist of those where boiled or prepared opium is smoked--and the 2nd class shall consist of those where only dross opium or opium prepared from opium dross alone is smoked.

It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to farm out the privilege of keeping one or other or both classes of smoking divans on such terms and conditions as may seem to the Governor in Council expedient, and the grantee or grantees shall be empowered to grant licenses to separate keepers. In the event of there being no holder of the grant the Colonial Secretary is hereby empowered to grant licenses and to revoke the same on such terms and condi- tions as he may think fit.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 7th day of March, 1883.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

Assented to by His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government the Tenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Unlicensed smoking divans.

Oplum Dross Farmer or Co- lonial Secrc- tary may grant Licences for smoking divans.

Acting Colonial Secretary.

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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 88.

LEGISLATION.

The following Bills, which were read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council, held this day, are published for general information.

Council Chamber, Hongkong, 7th March, 1883.

ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.

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A BILL

ENTITLED

The Opium Revenue Ordinance, (No. 2), 1883.

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the

Bitvice of the Legislative Council thereof, as, fol-

lows:-

1. No person shall sell or barter raw opium in the Colony or in the waters thereof in any quantity less than one chest without a licence and the payment of fees to be fixed by the Governor in Council; and the Governor in Council is hereby empowered to determine and regulate the amount and nature of the said fees and the form of the said licences.

2. No person shall bring into the Colony or receive therein raw opium in less quantities than one chest, unless he has obtained a licence and paid the fees so fixed by the Governor in Council.

3. It shall be the duty of the Licensee to fix a chop or stamp, or append a certificate, to every ball of opium sold by him, such chop, stamp, or certificate having been pre- viously recognised as a proper one by the Governor in Council.

4. For all acts contravening the provisions of this Ordi- nance, the offender shall be liable to be fined in a sum not exceeding Five hundred dollars, and all opium found to be unduly chopped, stamped, or certificated, shall be forfeited to the Crown.

5. This Crdinance shall not come into operation until Her Majesty's confirmation thereof is proclaimed by the Governor.

Trennible.

Sale of Raw Opiumi less quantity than one chiest.

Bringing into the Colony less quantities than one chest of Raw Opium.

Opium Balls to have chop, &c., affired.

Penalties.

Suspending clause.