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THE

HONGKONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONGKONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL: PEAK HOTEL

and

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE: PALACE HOTEL:

HOTELS

LIMITED.

In association with the Grand Hotel Des Wagons Lits, Poking.

KOWLOON HOTEL

KOWLOON.

UNDER THE PERSONAL SUPERVISION

AND ATTENTION OF

W. J. WHITE.

Phone No. HOOK,

Cable KowLOTEL." longkong.

PALACE HOTEL

Tel, Kowloon No. 3,

Tel. Address "Palace."

A First Class Residential, nad Tourist Hotel with all the Con- veniences of a Home. Under Entirely European Management Cosy Lounge and Billiard Saloon. Three minutes from Ferry, Familles specially catered for. Moderate term.

Music

Daily,

MRS. J. M. OXBERRY,

Proprietress.

PENANG

Dinner

Dance

Twice weekly

RUNNYMEDE HOTEL.

The Premier that

;;

With beautiful private lawns to the Sea.

TWENTY ADDITIONAL ROOMS--COMPLETELY MODERNISED AND RE-FURNISHED ARE NOW READY,

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RUNNYMEDE HOTEL, LTD. George Goldsack, Manager.

EUROPE HOTEL

SINGAPORE.

"RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION

DANCING:

MUSIC:

GRILL:

After Dinner øvery Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Da the VERANDAH every Saturday, from 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. and every Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday, from 7.30 to 8.30 p.m.

Telephone, 5341 (8 lines) - Cables "EUROPE” Singapore.

THE EUROPE HOTEL, Ltd.

Arthur E. Odell Managing Director.

E. HING

CO.

SHIPBUILDING MATERÍALS, SHIP CHANDLERS

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25, Wing Woo Street.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1931.

LIQUOR DUTIES

REVISED.

HONGKONG GOES GOLD ON

LIQUOR AND TOBACCO.

TEXT OF NEW ORDER.

Yesterday Hongkong "went | gold" in the matter of duties on intoxicating liquora and tobacco, an Order being made by His Excellency the Governor giving full force and effect to a resolu- tion which will be submitted at the next meeting of the Legisla Live Council.

The

effect of the Order is that the duties on liquors which have hitherto been paid in local dollars irrespective of the rate of exchange shall now be taken as the rate of 1/8d. and shall be converted at the prevailing Trea- Hury Rate before payment.

at

evory degroo above such strength, in addition to the appropriate duty as above

0.07

per gallon.

PART II. Chinese Type Liquor.

On all Chinese type spirits containing not more than 25 por cent. of alcohol by weight For every one per cent. of additional alcohol strength by weight

PART III.

Japanese Type Liquor.

$1.20

0.05

per gallon.

On all sake containing not

more than 25 per cent. of alcohol by weight.. For every one per cent.

$1.20

of additional alcoholic strength by weight .. 0,05 PART IV.

Other Liquors.

per gallon.

In the case of tobacco, the in-On any intoxtealing liquor creases imposed in June laat have been removed, but the old venie of duties will be payable on the sya-; tem outlined above.

which is not specifically mentioned or referred to in the foregoing Parts 1. 1. HIE

$10.00

A Gazette Extraordinary wna Provided that it shall be law- issued yesterday afternoni, pro-ful for the Superintendent of In- Maiming the clunge. The Orderports and Exports, in his discre- made by H.. the Gavernor, un- Lion to assess the duty on any der section 2 of the Public Resch intoxicating liquor at

such venne Protection Ordinance, 1927 lower rate as is provided in Parts road as follows:

I, II and III above for the liquor which the Superintendent shall deem to approximate most nearly to auch intoxicating liquor,

"Whereas 1, Sir William Peel, Knight Commander of the Must Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Kaight Commander of the Most Excellent

Order

of

der of the British Empire, Go- vernor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Hongkong and its Dependencies and Vie -Ad- miral of the same, have approved

the introduction

into the Legislative Council of the resolu ting horeto annexed and signed by me:

"And Whereas dulles on

in- toxicating liquors and Lobbacco would be altered and would be rome the duties appearing in such resolution if the same were to be

come law:

the

And further resolved that resolution of this Council of the 15th day of October, 1926, pub- Tished in the Governnient inzette Extraordinary of the 15th day of October, 1926, by Government Notification No. 558 shall cease to have effect.

TOBACCO DUTIES.

Resolved that the duties get out

WHY?

Lure per 100 pounds

weight thereof...

(1) Cigars

(2) Cigarettes

in the Resolution passed by this Council on the 19th June and pub fished in the Government Gazette of the 20th June, 1980, by Gay. On manufactured tobacco: ernment Notification No. 380 be to the "Now I, the Governor, under the varied and that subject powers conferred upon me by the provisions of sub-section (3) of Public Revenue Protection Or-section 6 of the Tobacco Ordin- dinance, 1927. do hereby make ance 1916 (Ordinance No. 10 of this Order giving the full force 1916) as enacted by section 7 of Ordine and effect of law to all the provi- the Tobacco Amendment sions of such resolutions as long ance 1929 (Ordinance No. 3

1929), the duty payable as this order remains in force."

The resolutions to be moved are as follows:

LIQUOR DUTIES,

Resolved that pursuant to sec- tion 41 of the Ligaurs Consolida- tion Ordinance, 1911, Ordinance No. 9 of 1911, on and after the coming into operation of this re- solution the duties to be paid upon intoxicating liquors heretofore ur hereafter imported into, distilled, made or prepared in the Colony shall be assessed as in the follow- ing Table provided that, in the case of dutiable liquors heretofore or hereafter imported into the Colony the dollars and decimals thereof stated in the Table shall be conventional dollars reckoned as the equivalent of one shilling and eight pence sterling; and that consequently to arrive at the ac- tual amount payable in Hongkong currency the conventional dollar stated in the Table shall be mul- tiplied by 20 and divided by

the Colonial settled by

er from time to time re Presenting the

average opening selling rates for the previous month of the Hongkong R Shanghai Banking Corporation

for demand drafts on London and until so settled the Spare shall be 11.37.

PART 1

European Type Liquor.

per gallon. On all liqueurs, and on all champagnes and other sparkling wines

$19.00

On all brandy, gin, rum,

whisky and other spiri tuous liquors ....

6.00

On all port, sherry and

madeira

4.08

On all other still wines On

3,00

beer. porter, elder, perry and stout

0,60

On all intoxicating liquors

above the strength of 18

degrees under proof, for

SALESMAN SAM

2

of

(3) Other manufactured including tobacco, snuff and cigar cut- tings

1927.

0.66

$1.60

0.76

0.76

day

The rates of drawback as set pon all tobacco imported forth in Government Notification into the Colony after the No. 352 of 1930, as amended by coming into operation ef Government Notification No. 492 this resolution, and

of 1930, shall be proportionately in respect of Tobacco (ii) upon all antiable Lobacen reduced

already in the Colony at hereafter manufactured from raw the consing into speration leaf on which duty shall have of this resolution shall be been paid according the amended as stated in the following scule as set forth in the order of

made this table por poynd weight: the Governar Provided that the dollars and under the provisions of the Pab- decimals thereof stated in it Revenue Protection Ordinance. the table shall be conven- tional dollars reckoned as

Such drawbacks shall be paid the equivalent of one shill at the sterling rate for conven- ing and eight penee stert- tional dollars fixed for the month in: and that consequently in which the application for draw- to arrive at the netual back is made. gmount payable in Hong- kong currency the conven- tional dollar stated in the In an interview yesterday, Mr. Table shall be multiplied,

Jblied J. D. Lloyd. Superintendent of the by 20 and divided by Imports and Exports Department, new rates figure settled by the explained how the

would take effect, expressing the Colonia) Treasurer from

opinion that, although there time to time representing | WAL

would be an incrense In the the average opening selling duties, that increase

would pro rates for

the previous bably not be so big as some anti- month of

the Hongkong cipated. It largely depended on and Shanghai Banking the conversion value of the dol- Corporation for demund

lar. If the dollar went up, the and vice- duties would be less, versa. In any case, he Bald, the (Continued on Page 11.)

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drafts on London and un- til an settled the figure shall be 11.37.

Table.

A. On unmuiafactured tobacco:

1) If unstripped:

(a) containing 19 pounds or more of innisture per 100 weight

pounds

therent

30.50

(b) containing less than 10 pounds of mois- tura per 100 pounds weight thereof,... 0.56

(2) If stripped:

(a) containing 10 pounds or more of moisture por 106 pounds weight there- of

(b) containing less than 10 pounds of mois-

0.60

Official Opinion,

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