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人卽期已滿或期將滿者立一名由本港總 熟洋煙現時發沽倘過該期 該承-

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現將 個月內不得煮熟洋烟多過平時亦不得在該三個月內賤

某某謹啟

706

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1879.

III. Section VII of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, is hereby

amended by inserting after the word "transferable," the

words "and which certificate shall contain a notice printed in

English and Chinese, in the following form":–

Notice is hereby given that the monopoly of the

Hongkong opium farm, at present held by the un- dersigned, expires on the

•

and that

the boiled or prepared opium now purchased and

sold cannot be legally used or retained in your possession after noon of the 3rd day from the above date, without the consent of the new holder

of the monopoly or of the Governor.

IV. No certificate granted under the provisions of the

said section, as amended, by any person holding such exclu-

sive privilege as aforesaid, or by any licensee under him

shall be valid after noon of the third day from the date of the expiration of his privilege.

港須客後熟權啟

總預商第洋於

人留則過

啟報 或存爾該 知香必等期

除三-

批該 是日期者

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該於八第

例千

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或

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人

由

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before 1h preparer

"1" boiled

V. Section VIII of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, is hereby

amended by striking out the words "except in cases to which section VII "applies," and adding after the words prepared opium," the words " without having a valid cer- tificate under section VII of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858, as amended."

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定由

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照見行公期

酌於

定决同或

在按察使司衙門遵照香港國家審判錢債則例陳明 後必由本港總督意見裁酌定奪而該公正人所决定者可

VI. Section XIII of Ordinance No. 2 of 1858 is hereby

amended by substituting in subsection (1) for the words

"

a fine not exceeding Two hundred and fifty current dollars " the words "a fine not exceeding Five hundred current dollars," and by substituting in subsection (2) for the words

a fine not exceeding Five hundred current dollars" the words “a fine not exceeding one thousand current dollars," and by inserting after the word imprisonment in both sub- sections the words "with or without hard labour."

VII. Section V of Ordinance No. 1 of 1879 is hereby re- pealed, and in substitution thereof, be it enacted as follows:- Neither the holder of the exclusive privilege nor his licensees shall, during the three months preceding the end of his term, manufacture more than the usual quantity of boiled or pre- pared opium, or during the said three months sell any boiled or prepared opium at less than the average current prices of the day, or in greater quantities than usual at the time of the year, and at the end of his term shall not sell, ex- port, or otherwise make away with, or dispose of any of his stock of boiled or prepared opium, but shall make over to the new holder of the said exclusive privilege the full and complete stock of raw or boiled and prepared opium then in his possession at the marketable value thereof and in the event of any difference arising as to quantities of boiled and prepared opium manufactured or sold during the last three months of the term and the price of the same and of the nature and quantity of the raw or boiled or pre- pared opium so to be purchased or made over and the prices thereof such difference shall be determined by three arbi- trators, one to be appointed by the new holder of the exclusive privilege, one by the person whose exclusive privilege has expired or is about to expire, and one by the Governor, and the award of such arbitrators or a majority of them shall be final, and the arbitration or such other settlement shall

be held at such time after the end of the term of the out- going holder of the exclusive privilege as to the Governor

may seem reasonable, and any award made may be filed in Court pursuant to the provisions of "The Hongkong Code of Civil Procedure."

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