Opium receipts

Opium receipt

Image Courtesy of: Albury Library Museum

The document is a license or certificate for a company, probably in Hong Kong, concerning the sale of raw tobacco or opium, dated November 26, in a specified year. The receipt was found in a collection in Albury that dated back until at least the 1920s.

Transcription:

[Large Header]: 粵興隆公司 (Yuet Hing Lung Company)

[Second Row]: No. (Handwritten details unreadable) 地字第 (Handwritten number/serial unreadable)

與第十八欸 (and Clause 18)

熟鴉片烟賣之 (related to the sale of raw tobacco/opium)

即日年分 (on this day and year)

[Bottom Handwritten Text]:

年十一月廿六日發 (Issued on November 26 of the [unreadable] year) - The year is not fully readable.

Summary of Translation:

Yuet Hing Lung Company

Serial number (unreadable)

This certificate must not be transferred to others.

Main Text:

According to the first regulation of Hong Kong in the year 1891 and Clause 18 regarding the sale of raw tobacco/opium, on this day and year, for personal use, (unreadable amount) of raw tobacco/opium.

Issued on November 26, (Year unreadable).

Note: Raw tobacco/opium for sale, raw.