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42 COLON ORDIN .
IAL ANCES

(C.)
Form of Recognizance.
Hongkong
to wit
Be it remembered, that on the Day of 184 .
A. B. of C. D. of and E. F. of came
personally before me
Chief Magistrate of Police in the Colony of Hongkong, and acknowledged themselves
to owe to Our Lady the Queen, to wit the said A. B. the Sum of
the said C. D. the Sum of and the said
E. F. the Sum of of lawful current Dollars of Hongkong, to be
respectively levied of their several Goods and Chattels, Lands and Tenements, to the Use
of our said Lady the Queen, Her Heirs, and Successors, in case Default shall be made in
the performance of any of the Conditions hereunder written :-
The Conditions of this Recognizance are such, that whereas the said A. B. is to be
licensed to keep a Common Inn, Ale-house, or Victualling-house, and to sell Ale, Beer,
and other Malt Liquors, and Wine, Cider, Ginger-beer, Spruce-beer, Brandy, Rum, and
other Fermented and Spirituous Liquors, in the House wherein he (or she) now dwells (or
is about to dwell, ) being the Sign of
situate at in for Twelve Months ,
commencing on the Day of One Thousand Eight
hundred and forty- if the said A. B. do keep the Law in selling Ale,
Beer, and other such Liquors as aforesaid, in his (or her ) said House, or Appurtenances
thereunto belonging, and do not permit any Person to become Drunk, or supply, or
permit such Liquor as aforesaid to be supplied or given to any Person in a state of Intoxi-
cation, or permit such Person ( not being an Inmate thereof ) to remain in his (or her)
House or Premises ; and do not permit any Person to play at Cards, Dice, or any other
Game of Chance in his ( or her) House or Premises ; or to commit any Disorder therein,
or to remain in or upon the same Tippling or Drinking after the hour of at Night,
or on Sunday at any Hour, always excepting moderate Refreshment to Persons who
may be bona fide travelling, or who may be Inmates of the House ; nor suffer any
Disorder to be committed in his ( or her) House or Premises ; nor refuse to admit a
Magistrate or Constable into any part of the said House or Premises at any Hour ; and
do maintain Good Order and Rule therein, then the said Recognizance to be void, otherwise
to remain in full Force.
Taken and acknowledged the Day and Year above written before me.
L. S.



(D.)
Form of License.
Hongkong
to wit
Whereas A. B. of hath deposited in this Office a Certificate
from the Chief Magistrate of Police dated the
Day of in the Year
of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty- authorising a
License to be issued to the said A. B. to keep an Inn or Public-house at the
Sign of situated at and stating that the said
Chief Magistrate of Police has taken from the said A. B. and two Sureties a Recognizance
in the Sum of each, as required by Law ; and whereas
the said A. B. hath paid into my Office the Sum of
as the Duty on such License ; now I, the Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of Hongkong,
in virtue of the Powers vested in me by Ordinance No. 11 of 1844 of the Governor
and Council do hereby license, authorize, and empower the said A. B.
to keep a common Inn, Ale-house, or Victualling-house, and to sell and retail in the House
in which he ( or she) now dwelleth ( or is about to dwell, ) being the Sign of
situate at and in the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, but not elsewhere,
all Beer and other Malt Liquors, or Wine, Cider, Ginger-beer, Spruce-beer, Brandy,
Rum, or other Fermented or Spirituous Liquors, and this License shall continue in force
from the said Day of until the Day of
next ensuing, both Days inclusive, and no longer ; and also provided it be not
forfeited in the meantime, according to the Provisions of the aforesaid ´Ordinance of the
Governor and Council.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Victoria, this Day of
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-
N. O. L. S.
Colonial Treasurer.
Registered, P. Q.