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OFOIT




HONGKONG ,



ANNO NONO




VICTORIE REGINÆ.



No. 5 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 to Repeal Ordinance No. 21 of 1844, and to make Title.
better Provision for Licensing the Weighing and Brokerage of Salt,
and the Sale of Opium, Bhaang, Ganja, Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf,
within the Colony of Hongkong, andfor the Licensing of Pawnbrokers
and Auctioneers, with a Table of Fees on Official Licenses and Signa-
tures.
[12th July, 1845. ]


WHEREAS it is expedient to raise such Funds as may be Preamble.
necessary to Defray the Civil Expenses of the Colony, and to Amend
the said Ordinance No. 21 of the year 1844.


I. Be it therefore enacted and ordained, with a view to the part No Person to act as
Performance of such Objects, by His Excellency the Governor of Salt,a Broker or Weigher
or retail of
Opium,
Hongkong, with the Advice of the Legislative Council thereof, That Bhaang, Ganja, Paun,
Betel, or Betel Leaf,
said Ordinance be and is hereby repealed, and that no Person shall, without a License.
within the said Colony of Hongkong, or its Dependencies, or the
Waters thereof, carry on the Trade or Occupation of a Broker or
Weigher of Salt, or barter, sell, or retail any Opium in a smaller
Quantity than One Chest, or barter, sell, or retail Bhaang, Ganja,
Paun, Betel, and Betel Leaf in any less Quantity than may hereafter
be determined in Manner hereinafter mentioned, without having pre-
viously obtained a License for that Purpose from the Governor for
the Time being in the Executive Council.
II.