R, 1860.
board the British
, and, on proof of
vessels of British vered up on due
British subject, or t his arrest, and to bring to justice him to a Chinese
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ported or export- on to pay other
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shall have been Board of Revenue isider its revision
atification of this
Treaty may de- it the end of ten e first ten years, ceding ten years;
that British im- ther charges, ex- tariff value; and ritish merchants provincial autho- on their way into e signing of this at may hereafter ged, upon appli- ace of production 1 the inland mar- lish and Chinese
rchased inland to ransit duties, by t the first barrier payment thereof, ges whatsoever. is possible, at the the Conference
therwise, shall in separately and in
burden, shall be and under, they
pen ports, or for the Customs, on in any open port
ce.
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ART. XXX.-The master of any British merchant-vessel may, within forty-eight hours after the arrival of his vessel, but not later, decide to depart without breaking bulk, in which case he will not be subject to pay tonnage-dues. But tonnage-dues shall be held due after the expiration of the said forty- eight hours. No other fees or charges upon entry or departure shall be levied.
ART. XXXI.-No tonnage-dues shall be payable on boats employed by British subjects in the con- veyance of passengers, baggage, letters, articles of provision, or other articles not subject to duty be- tween any of the open ports. All cargo boats, however, conveying merchandize subject to duty shall pay tonnage-dues once in four months at the rate of one mace per register ton.
ART. XXXII.-The Consuls and Superintendents of Customs shall consult together regarding the erection of beacons or lighthouses, and the distribution of buoys and lightships, as occasion may demand.
ART. XXXIII.--Duties shall be paid to the bankers, authorized by the Chinese Government to receive the same in its behalf, either in sycee or in foreign money, according to the assay made at Can- ton on the thirteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three.
ART. XXXIV.-Sets of standard weights and measures, prepared according to the standard issued to the Canton Custom-house by the Board of Revenue, shall be delivered by the Superintendent of Customs to the Consul at each port, to secure uniformity and prevent confusion.
ART. XXXV.-Any British merchant-vessel arriving at one of the open ports shall be at liberty to engage the services of a pilot to take her into port. In like manner, after she has discharged all legal dues and duties, and is ready to take her departure, she shall be allowed to select a pilot, to conduct her out of port.
ART. XXXVI.-Whenever a British merchant-vessel shall arrive off one of the open ports, the Superintendent of Customs shall depute one or more Customs' officers to guard the ship. They shall either live in a boat of their own or stay on board the ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food and expenses shall be supplied them from the Custom-house, and they shall not be entitled to any fees whatever from the master or consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount exacted.
ART. XXXVII.-Within twenty-four hours after arrival, the ship's papers, bills of lading, &c., shall be lodged in the hands of the Consul, who will, within a further period of twenty-four hours, report to the Superintendent of Customs the name of the ship, her register tonnage, and the nature of her cargo. If, owing to neglect on the part of the master, the above rule is not complied with within forty-eight hours after the ship's arrival, he shall be liable to a fine of fifty taels for every day's delay: the total amount of penalty, however, shall not exceed two hundred taels.
The master will be responsible for the correctness of the manifest, which shall contain a full and true account of the particulars of the cargo on board. For presenting a false manifest, he will subject him- self to a fine of five hundred taels; but he will be allowed to correct, within twenty-four hours after delivery of it to the Customs' officers, any mistake he may discover in his manifest, without incurring this penalty.
ART. XXXVIII.-After receiving from the Consul the report in due form, the Superintendent of Customs shall grant the vessel a permit to open hatches. If the master shall open hatches, aud begin to discharge any goods without such permission, he shall be fined five hundred taels, and the goods discharged shall be confiscated wholly.
ART. XXXIX.-Any British merchant who has cargo to land or ship, must apply to the Super- intendent of Customs for a special permit. Cargo landed or shipped without such permit, will be liable to confiscation.
ART XL.-No transhipment from one vessel to another can be made without special permission, under pain of confiscation of the goods so transhipped.
ART. XLI.-When all dues and duties shall have been paid, the Superintendent of Customs shall give a port-clearance, and the Consul shall then return the ship's papers, so that she may depart on her
voyage.
ART. XLII.-With respect to articles subject, according to the Tariff, to an ad valorem duty, if the British merchant cannot agree with the Chinese officer in affixing a value, then each party shall call two or three merchants to look at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to purchase them, shall be assumed as the value of the goods.
ART. XLIII.-Duties shall be charged upon the net weight of each article, making a deduction for the tare weight of congee, &c. To fix the tare on any article such as tea, if the British merchant cannot agree with the Custom-house officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall afterwards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole; and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon all other goods and packages. If there should be any other points in dispute which cannot be settled, the British merchant may appeal to his Consul, who will communicate the particulars of the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged. But the appeal must be made within twenty-four hours or it will not be attended to. While such points are still unsettled, the Superin- tendent of Customs shall postpone the insertion of the same in his books.