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DIEN DROIT




HONGKONG ,


ANNO SEPTIMO



VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.



No. 8 of 1844.



Y His Excellency SIR HENRY POTTINGER, Baronet, Knight
Most
Major-General in the Service of the East India Company, Governor
and Commander-in -Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Depen-
dencies, and Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's Subjects
trading to and from the Dominions of the Emperor of China, with
the Advice of the Legislative Council of Hongkong.


An Ordinance for prohibiting the Distillation of Spirits within Title.
the Colony of Hongkong.
[20th March, 1844. ]


WHEREAS it is expedient to Prohibit the Distillation of Spirits Preamble.
within the Colony of Hongkong :

I. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Distillation of Spirits
Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That prohibited.
from and after the passing of this Ordinance, all Distillation of Spirits
from Grain, Sugar, Molasses, Fruit, or any other Materials whatsoever,
and all Rectifying and Compounding thereof, within the Colony of
Hongkong and its Dependencies, shall be, and the same is hereby
prohibited.

II. And be it further enacted and ordained, That from and after No Person to keep
or use a Still, under a
the passing of this Ordinance, it shall not be lawful for any Person, Penalty of Two Thou
except as hereinafter is excepted, to have, keep, or make use of any Dollars.
sand Five Hundred
Still, or other Utensil or Vessel for Distilling Spirits, in any Place or
Part of the said Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies, under a
Penalty of a Sum not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars, to be recovered as herein directed .


III. And be it further enacted and ordained, That it shall and Apothecaries, Che-
mists, and Druggists
may be lawful for the Chief Magistrate of Police for the Time being, may have Stills of
D or Eight Gallons contents.