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DIE E DROIT




HONGKONG ,


ANNO NONO



VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.



No. 3 of 1845 .


Y His Excellency JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS , Esquire, Governor
and Commander-in -Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its
Dependencies, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superinten-
dent of the Trade of British Subjects in China, with the Advice of
the Legislative Council of Hongkong.


An Ordinance for Licensing the Retail of Tobacco and Snuff Title.
within the Colony of Hongkong and the Waters thereof.
[ 7th July, 1845. ]

WHEREAS it is expedient to make further Provision towards Preamble.
defraying the Civil Expenses of the Colony of Hongkong :

I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained by the Governor of No Person to retail
Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That Cigars , Cheroots, Snuff,a
or Tobacco,
from and after the First Day of October next, no Person or Persons License for that pur-
pose.
shall Sell, or Barter, or Retail Cigars, Cheroots, Snuff, or Tobacco,
manufactured or unmanufactured, in less Quantities or Weights than
those hereinafter specified, without first duly having had and obtained
such License as is hereinafter directed for that Purpose ; that is to
say, no Person shall vend, sell, or barter Cigars and Cheroots in less
Number than One Thousand thereof at a time, or Snuff in a smaller
Quantity than One Pound weight, or Tobacco, manufactured or
unmanufactured , (except prepared in the state of Snuff,) in a smaller
or less Quantity than Two Pounds weight thereof at a time, without
such License for that purpose.


II. And it is hereby provided, That every such License shall be License how to be
obtained from, and granted by, the Colonial Secretary, on Payment of granted and Parti-
culars thereof.
a Fee of Twenty Dollars, who shall duly register the issuing thereof ;
and that the said License shall continue and be in Force from the
Day of the issuing thereof for a period of Twelve Months from the
Date of its being issued, which shall be duly specified in the said
License.
III.