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ORDINANCE No. 4 OF 1883.

Excise (Opium).

from the

"Notice is hereby given that the Governor in Council has granted the exclusive "privilege of boiling, preparing, and selling prepared opium within the "Colony to "and that the 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

Licensee.

Ordinance 1 of 1879 amended.

Ordinance 7 of 1870 amended.

2. Ordinance 1 of 1879 is amended as follows:

(1.) In section 7 after the words "the time being" insert "or to the Colonial "Treasurer for the use of the revenue in case of there being no holder "of the exclusive privilege."

(2.) In section 11 after the words "approved of by him to act as excise "officers" insert "and in case there is no holder of the exclusive privilege "then the Governor may in a similar form appoint such persons as he "may think fit.”

(8.) In section 13 strike out the words “ at the expense of the holder of the

"exclusive privilege for the time being.”

(4.) In sections 15 and 16 add to each the words" or to the Colonial Treasurer "for the use of the revenue in case of there being no holder of the "exclusive privilege."

3. Ordinance 7 of 1879 is amended as follows:-

(1.) In section 4 after the words "licensee under him

ernor in Council."

" insert

or the Gov-

(2) In section 7 sub-section 1 after the words “ over to the new holder of G the said exclusive privilege" insert "or to the Colonial Treasurer if there "is no new holder of the exclusive privilege" and in sub-section 3 after the words "Governor so to do" insert "or in case there shall be no new "holder of the exclusive privilege" and after the words "the other two arbitrators" insert “ or two arbitrators so appointed by the Governor and the person whose exclusive privilege has expired or is about to expire."

(3.) In section 9 after the words "holder of the exclusive privilege” insert

or to the licensee of the Governor in Council.”

(4.) In section 10 after the words "paid to the holder of the exclusive pri- "vilege" insert “ or to the Colonial Treasurer for the use of the revenue "in case there is no holder of the exclusive privilege" and add like words to the end of the section.