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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.. THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932.

REVENUE FROM EXCISE

NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION

FRAUDS DETECTED

spirit imported from the North of Colony, supplying 61 per cent. out China. A comparison of the re-fut the total seized. With oue ex-| sults obtained immediately after coption this was all of the Red brand. The exceptional the discovery in respect of spirit Lion

was a seizure of Lam Kel which was already in warehouse case

or on the way to the Colony, with Hop brand in brass five tael tins. tho previous results, showed that The die with which the tins were

evidently the fraud had caused a difference embossed was

uhan,

new

of about 5 to 7 per cent. In one, and had been little strength in favour of the import- whilst the lettering was different er. The licences of those prin- from that hitherto encountered. Macno cipally concerned

re-Enquiries made by the were not

Government were unsuccessful, European Liquors.

ax the joss-stick dealer, who had

The annual report of the Su-newed. perintendent of Imports and Ex-

| material incrense in the revenue venue

scheme

ports for the year 1931 shows a An unexpected Increase in re been shipping this opfum to his was shown under most gent in Hongkong packed in from excise duties on wines, apirts henda especially in the more ex-care of joss-sticks, at once clos

here. Another seizure and tobnece. It tells also of im-pensive and highly taxed classes. ed down on being warned of the portant frauds

that were dis-due wholly to the discoveries of

for importing Red Lion brand in covered and of the determined bogus exports.

consignments o{ The increase in price due to the soy barrels in fall in exchange, the general de-oy was discovered: but not be. fore several shipnients had got Revenue amounting to $2.416.pression, and the Increase of duty through. A large number of in- 838.94 was collected in the Colony as a result of the collection being voices from the Macua firm was in 1931 as compared with $1,689.put on a sterling basis, would

efforts on the part of oplum smug- glers to defeat the revenue.

Macao Authorities were unable to

948.62. for 1930. This increase naturally have led to a consider seized giving an address, but the was due, to a great extent, to duty able decrease in the amount of discover the firm concerned. It on imported liquor being collect duty collected. This happened in ed on a sterling basis, the dollar the case of the cheaper liguorais certain that few steamera leav- beinur taken as equivalent to one such as beer, claret and vermouth: Ling Macao for Hongkong did not shilling and eight pene, and the icer losing 133 per cent, and clare ring prepared oplum. Retual amount of duty payable inoning 23 per cent.

This was mostly dumped into loral currency varying with a

Against this the more heavily the sea near Cheung Chow Island, factor which was altered from taxed spirits showed a gain of 1 recovered by small fishing

boats specially time to time as the sterling mar per cent, and even the highest pium when retrieved was ket rate of the dollar fell of roar. duty class champagne and

The number of gallons of Chi-liqueurs showed a slight incrense,erally taken to sampats moored nese spirit paying duty increased better result still would have inside the typhoon shelter at Yau- mati whence it was brought ashore by 124,000. Part of the incrense been shown had not Christmas OB European

type of liquor sales been exceptionally dull and in small quantities, as required by was due to the prevention of auts-paid sterks been kept excep long continued fraud referred totionally low, owing to an impend ing reduction in duty due to the rise in exchange.

below,

Bagus Experts,

New Duties.

engaged. The Ken-

women and children. ·

The name of Kwong Chow Wan' men. Was once again frequently tioned as the source from which the American market was being A serious fraud was discovered

supplied. It is significant that in January, 1981, which consisted

while only prepared opium from in drawing out of band, without In September perfuméd

winest of duty. payment

and medicated spirits and toilet pre-the Saigon Regic factory was on Wan Kwong Chow sale there, more than spirits which were ostensibly to heparations containing

were ceased to be of importance in the exported, but which actually ten per cent, of alcohol never left the Colony, Suspicion added to the schedule of dutiable prepared opium market, and was

rarely heard of. has attached to certain trans-liquors. There were large stocks| actions of this kind for a long in the Colony at the time, henes! time but all efforts to detect the the amount collected offenders failed until this year.

was com

Outfit Seized. An interesting discovery was paratively small. Although nude in a house outside the Eas It is believed that these frauds stocks were not taxed some re-tern entrance of the Harbour. A have been going on for many tailers at once added the new duty complete boiling and pueking outfit years and may have rost the re-which they had not paid, to the was seized, and numbers of new: whee nearly $200,000 year.price charged to their customers. empty five-taels tins stamped "555,"* Steps have been taken to prevent

as well as the dies for stamping the similar frauds in future.

during the year amounted to $3-marks and material and tools for

making the tins. {ངས Against $2,620,-

A large number of documents

Faking Samples.

Tobacco and Opium. Duties collected!

261,522.13

011 tobacco

The laboratory attendant was 074.17 for the last year.

for

had been boiled every night over

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caught by the Monopoly Analyst The rollection on motor spirits seized showed that about 200 taels faking samples, in such a way remained stendly at $425,368,95. a considerable period. The mix- that the result of the examination The prices of prepared opiumture included four to eight pounds mended, after distillation by the Analyst were slightly increased in Febru-of Persian opium. 20 to 30 taels

was a few per cent. in favour of ary to compensate partially the importer. The Revenue lost the fall in exchange, and the price. in two ways. Unjustified refunds of Kanshan opium was again rais-! For duty were made in the casesed towards the end of the year. where the results were found be-As was anticipated sales decreas-

strength, low the standard

oned, but less than might have been which the preliminary collection expected, and the net financial re- of duty is made; and any spiritsult was $3,019,724.02 as compar- which was really stronger thanel with $2,895,286,90 in 1930, the standard paid less than the correct antant,

Opium Smuggling.

Macan remained the chief from which prepared

smuggled

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