ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1884.
Opium.
2. All opium to be sold by the licensee under the provisions of this licence 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 licence 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 for opium sold under the provisions of this licence to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or to an excise officer, whenever required.
6. No opium sold under the provisions of this licence 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 licence, 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 licence 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 licence 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.
NOTE.-For superseded regulations under section 15 of the 20th March, 1886, see Gazette of same date.
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ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1884.
Opium.
2. All opium to be sold by the licensee under the provisions of this licence 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 regis- tered chests as aforesaid.
3. The licensee shall not part with any opium sold under the provisions of this licence until he shall have received a removal permit for the same from the Superin- tendent 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 Superin- tendent.
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 pur- chaser, and he shall also attach to every such parcel a certificate of sale in the form provided by section 5 of the said Ordinance (1837), 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 for opium sold under the provisions of this licence to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or to an excise officer, whenever required.
6. No opium sold under the provisions of this licence 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 licence, whether by day or night, to enter and search for defi- ciencies 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 licence without any previous notice to the licensee.
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9. The licensee shall enter into a bond with two valid sureties, conditioned in the peual sum of five thousand dollars, for the due performance of each of these conditions.
10. This licence shall not be transferable except with the permission of the Treas- urer 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.
NOTE.-For superseded regulations under section 15 of the 20th March, 1886, see Gazette
of same date.
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