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The Anglo-Chinese Customs Agreement of Hongkong
The Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the Republic of China being mutually desirous of safe-guarding the revenue of the Chinese Maritime Customs and of securing reciprocal benefits of trade and commerce have authorized the
rigued to conclude the following Agreement.
ARTICLE I
Junk means any sea-going sailing vessel of Chinese or other Asiatic build, construc- tion, and rig.
For the better regulation of junks in the waters of Hongkong the Government of that Colony undertakes that :-
(a) All junks shall be licensed either as trading or as fishing junks, and no junk shall be granted a licence in both classes at the same time. A fishing junk shall not be employed for any purpose other than fishing.
(6) The Harbour Master shall supply every junk with a certificate of registration
in the form of a pass-book as mutually agreed upon.
(c) Trading junks may not leave any port in the Colony between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.in. from October to March (inclusive) or 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. from April to September.
(d) Fishing junks shall have their certificate number painted on their mainsails in such a manner as the Harbour Master may direct. Supervision shall be exercised by the proper British authority over stores carried,
(e) All trading junks on arrival at or departure from the Colony shall enter aud
clear at the Harbour Master's Station at one of the following ports:-
Victoria, Shaukiwan, Sai Kung, Tai 0, Cheung Chan, Sha Tau Kok,
Aberdeen, Tai Po, Stanley, Yaumati.
Provided that the above list may be varied by mutual consent at any time. (f) Every junk on entering and on clearing at a port in Hongkong shall have its pass book certificate and also its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book en- dorsed and dated by the Harbour Authority. The Harbour Authority shall satisfy himself, on each occasion when a junk enters a port in the Colony, that such junk has reported at the proper Chinese Maritime Customs station both on its voyage to the Colony anil on its last voyage from the Colony.
G) If
any junk fails to produce its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book and proof of payment of Customs dues the Harbour Authority shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs; and the Harbour Authority shall detain such junk as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues and penalties as would be payable under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the junk had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters,
(h) Every trading junk on entering or clearing at a port in the Colony shall deposit with the Harbour Authority a manifest in duplicate of all cargo carried. The Harbour Authority shall forthwith forward one copy of such manifest to the Commissioner of Customs.
(i) The existing scale of arms that may be carried by junks shall remain in force, subject to such modification as may from time to time be agreed upon between the Authorities of Hongkong and Canton. The proper Authorities shall continue to exercise supervision over arms and arms certificates.
ARTICLE II.
(a) The Government of Hongkong agrees to tax all salt, other than salt in transit with or without transhipment under bond, that is imported into or produced in the olony. The tax shall be at the rate of $2.50 a picul, except that in the case of salt sed for salting fish the Government of Hongkong may impose such lower rate of tax as
may
deem expedient.
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