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SPIRIT LICENCES . [ 21 of 1886. ] 853



No , 21 OF 1886 .
An Ordinance entitled The Spirit Licences Ordinance,
1886 .
[ 11th June, 1886. ]
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1. This ordinance may be cited as The Spirit Licences Ordi- Title.
nance, 1886 .
2. In this ordinance, unless the context indicates the con- tion
Interpreta
of terms.
trary :
Adjunct licence shall mean the licence granted uniler this
ordinance to hotel-keepers, restaurateurs, or confec
tioners, for the retail sale of intoxicating liquors as an
adjunct to their respective businesses without keeping
a public bar.
Adulterated liquor shall mean any liquor mixed or coloured
to the prejudice of the purchaser with any ingredient
whatever , or with water, either so as to increase its
bulk and measure, or so as injuriously to affect the
quality of such liquor, or to conceal its inferior quality,
or any liquor which is not virtually of the nature and
quality demanded by the purchaser, or of the liquor
which it is labelled as being or purporting to be,
whether such adulterated liquor be injurious to health
or not. Spirits shall not be considered adulterated
if mised with water only so as not to reduce the
strength more than twenty -five degrees below proof
in the case of brandy, whisky or rum , or more than
thirty degrees below proof in the case of gin .
Chinese spirits shall mean the intoxicating liquors commonly
known as samshu.

Gallon shall mean an imperial gallon , or , if the liquor be
in bottles, six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed
pint bottles .
Grocer's licence shall mean a licence to sell intoxicating
liquors by the bottle, such liquor's not to be consumed
on the premises.
Intoxicating liquor shall include spirits, malt liquor, and
any wine or other fermented liquor whatever.
Pint bottle and quirt bottle shall mean the reputed pint and
quart bottles or linarily used in commerce.