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III. MASTERS OF SHIPS REPORTING THEMSELVES ON ARRIVAL.-Whenever a British Vessel shall have cast Anchor at any one of the above mentioned Ports, the Captain made to, and Ship's III. Report to be will, within Four-and-twenty hours after Arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, Papers, &c., to be and deposit his Ship's Papers, Bills of Lading, Manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul.
deposited with the Consul; failing to do which, he will subject himself to a Penalty of Two Hundred Dollars.
Penalty for ne-
glect ; for False Manifest;
For presenting a False Manifest, the Penalty will be Five Hundred Dollars. For breaking Bulk, and commencing to Discharge, before due Permission shall be for breaking Bulk obtained, the Penalty will be Five Hundred Dollars, and Confiscation of the Goods before permitted. so discharged.
The Consul having taken Possession of the Ship's Papers, will immediately send a written Communication to the Superintendent of Customs, specifying the Register of Arrival to the Communication Tonnage of the Ship, and the particulars of the Cargo she has on board; all of which Superintendent of being done in due form, Permission will then be given to Discharge, and the Duties Customs. levied as provided for in the Tariff.
against
IV. COMMERCIAL DEALINGS BETWEEN ENGLISH AND CHINESE MERCHANTS.-It IV. Mode of pro- having been stipulated that English Merchants may trade with whatever Native Mer- ceeding chants they please, should any Chinese Merchant fraudulently abscond, or incur Debts fraudulent Debtors, which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese Authorities, upon Complaint being made
Agents, &c. thereof, will of course do their utmost to bring the Offender to Justice; it must how- ever be distinctly understood, that if the Defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English Merchants may not appeal to the former Custom of the Hong-Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their Losses made good to them.
V. TONNAGE DUES.-Every English Merchantman, on entering any one of the above mentioned Five Ports, shall pay Tonnage Dues at the rate of Five Mace per Re- Due payable in full V. A Tonnage gister-Ton, in full of all Charges. The Fees formerly levied on Entry and Departure, of all Charges. of every description, are henceforth abolished.
VI. IMPORT AND EXPORT DUTIES:-Goods, whether imported into or exported VI. Duties to be from any one of the above mentioned Five Ports, are henceforward to be taxed accord. charged according ing to the Tariff as now fixed and agreed upon, and no further Sums are to be levied to Tariff, and to be beyond those which are specified in the Tariff. All Duties incurred by an English Fees.
subject to no other Merchant Vessel, whether on Goods imported or exported, or in the shape of Tonnage Dues, must first be paid up in full, which done, the Superintendent of Customs will grant a Port Clearance, and this being shewn to the British Consul, he will there- upon return the Ship's Papers, and permit the "Vessel to depart.
VII. Goods to be
VII. EXAMINATION OF GOODS AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.-Every English Merchant, having Cargo to load or discharge, must give due Intimation thereof, and hand Par- examined by Cus ticulars of the same to the Consul, who will immediately despatch a recognised Lin- tom-house Officer guist of his own Establishment, to communicate the Particulars to the Superintendent chant's Agent.
in presence of Mer- of Customs, that the Goods may be duly examined, and neither Party subjected to Loss. The English Merchant must also have a properly qualified Person on the Spot to attend to his Interests, when his Goods are being examined for Duty; or otherwise, should there be Complaints, these cannot be attended to.
Regarding such Goods as are subject by the Tariff to an ad valorem Duty, if the Disputes regard- English Merchant cannot agree with the Chinese Officer in fixing a Value, then each ing Value for ad Party shall call two or three Merchants to look at the Goods, and the highest Price valorem at which any of these Merchants would be willing to purchase, shall be assumed as
Duties, how settled. the Value of the Goods.
To fix the Tare on any Article, such as Tea :-If the English 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 in packages.
Tare, how fixed.
Appeal to Con- sul where Disputes cannot otherwisc be settled.
If there should still be any disputed Points which cannot be settled, the English Merchant may appeal to the Consul, who will communicate the Particulars of the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged. But the Ap- peal must be made on the same Day, or it will not be regarded. While such Points are still open, the Superintendent of Customs will delay to insert the same in his Books, thus affording an Opportunity that the Merits of the Case may be duly tried and sifted. VIII. MANNER OF PAYING THE DUTIES.-It is hereinbefore provided that every English Vessel that enters any one of the Five Ports, shall pay all Duties and Tonnage be paid to Licensed Dues before she be permitted to depart. The Superintendent of Customs will select Shroffs. certain Shroffs, or Banking Establishments, of known stability, to whom he will give, Licenses, authorising them to receive Duties from the English Merchants on behalf
VIII. Duties to
of Government, and the Receipt of these Shroffs for any Moneys paid them shall be Payment may be considered as a Government Voucher. In the paying of these Duties different kinds made in Foreign of Foreign Money may be made use of; bat as Foreign Money is not of equal purity Money. with Sycee Silver, the English Consuls appointed to the different Ports will, accord- ing to Time, Place, and Circumstances, arrange with the Superintendents of Customs at each, what Coins may be taken in payment, and what Per Centage may be neces- sary to make them equal to Standard or Pure Silver.
Foreign
Per Centage on Money, how fixed.
IX. Standard
IX. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES,-Sets of Balance Yards for the weighing of Goods, of Money Weights, and of Measures prepared in exact conformity to those hitherto Weights and Mea- in use at the Custom-house of Canton, and duly stamped and sealed in proof thereof, sures, for Duties.