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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH MAY, 1878.

TO ALL TO WHOM these Presents shall come, I,

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, in and over the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, SEND GREETING.

WHEREAS by Ordinance No. 3 of 1869 it is enacted that, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to grant Licences for the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits within the Colony to such Persons, for such Considerations and upon such Conditions and for such Periods as he shall think fit; AND WHEREAS by the said Ordinance it is further enacted that, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from Time to Time to frame Regulations to be published in the Gazette respecting the Distillation, Rectifying and Compounding of Spirits under such Licences as aforesaid: NOW THESE PRESENTS WITNESS that Ỉ, the said

by virtue of the Powers and Authorities in me vested in that behalf, and in Consideration of the sum of One hundred Dollars paid by

into the Colonial Treasury for the use of Her Majesty the QUEEN and Her Successors, DO HEREBY GRANT unto

full POWER, LICENCE and AUTHORITY to Distil, Rectify and Compound Spirits within this Colony for the Period of Twelve Calendar Months from the Date of these Presents, subiect nevertheless to the Observance of all Regulations which may from Time to Time be made by the Go! vernor in Council and published in the Gazette in pursuance of the Provision on that behalf in the said Ordinance contained and subject also to the Conditions hereinafter mentioned, that is to say:

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Firstly-The Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof under this

Licence shall be carried on by

own Premises situate upon

elsewhere, unless with the permission of the Governor in Council.

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Secondly. A copy of this Licence certified by the Colonial Secretary shall, so shall remain in force, be affixed and exhibited in some conspicuous Place in the

Thirdly.-The Premises whereon the Distillation, Rectifying or Compounding of Spi

shall be carried on under this Licence shall be open at all reasonable Times to the Inspection of such Officers as the Governor shall from Time.

to Time appoint in that behalf.

Fourthly.-The said

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shall at the expiration of every

consecutive Period of Three Months from the date hereof furnish to the Cc of the Total Amount of Spirits Distilled, Rectified or Compounded under

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or on

Secretary a Return ence during such

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Fifthly.-No Spirits shall be sold or disposed of by the said or by any one acting for

behalf nor from the Distillation of Spirits and the Rectifying and Compounding thereof is carried on under this Licence to any Person or Firm in less quantity than Thirty-six Gallons at a Time.

Sixthly.-In case of the Breach on the Part of

of any Condition herein contained or of any Regulation which may be published in the Gazette under and by virtue of the said Ordinance, or in Case the Distillation, Rectifying or Compounding of Spirits under this Licence shall be shown to the Satisfaction of the Governor in Council to be deleterious to the Public Health, or in any other respect to be a Nuisance, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to cancel this Licence and the same shall thereupon become absolutely void.

IN WITNESS whereof, I have hereunder set my Hand and the Public Seal of the Colony. this

Day of

in the Year of our Lord, 18 By Command,

Colonial Secretary.

No. 115.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

It is hereby notified, that Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve of the appointment of Mr. LEATHERBARROW to be Officer in Charge of the Gunpowder Depôt.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd May, 1878.

J. M. PRICE, Acting Colonial Secretary,