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(e) On the return voyage from such ports vessels with their passengers and cargo must proceed to the Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office agreed upon by the Hong Kong Government for examination and payment of the necessary dues, if any, to such sub-office.
(f) If any vessel plying between Hong Kong and non-open ports under this article fails to report at the specified Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office on either the outward or the inward voyage the master shall upon sum- mary conviction at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars.
(g) Vessels registered in accordance with this Article may call and trade at
any number of non-open ports on the same voyage.
(h) Any further conditions which may be desirable for the purposes of this Article shall be mutually agreed upon by the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Authorities.
All vessels registered in accordance with this Article and engaged in the trade con- templated by this Article, and the passengers and goods carried by such vessels, "shall receive as favourable treatment in all respects as is in fact enjoyed by Chinese vessels engaged in the same trade, whether registered under this Article or not, and the passengers and goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively, and in particular no taxes, duties, dues or charges shall be levied on such vessels so registered, or on the passengers or goods carried by such vessels, other or greater than those levied on Chinese vessels engaged in the said trade, or on the passengers or goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively.
ARTICLE VI.
Junks and lighters registered with the Chinese Maritime Customs may be towed between Hong Kong and non-open ports as defined in Article V by steam or motor vessels registered with the Chinese Maritime Customs under Article V; and in that case such junks, lighters, and other vessels will be treated as junks under sail and will be required to conform to the rules governing junk traffic, and the procedure prescribed in Article V of this Agreement.
All junks and lighters registered in accordance with this Article and engaged in the trade contemplated by this Article, and the goods carried by such vessels, shall receive as favourable treatment in all respects as is in fact enjoyed by Chinese vessels engaged in the same trade, whether registered under this Article or not, and the goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively, and in particular no taxes, duties, dues or charges shall be levied on such vessels so registered, or on the goods carried by such vessels, other or greater than those levied on Chinese vessels engaged in the said trade, or on the goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively.
ARTICLE VII.
Lighters towed by steam or motor vessels to treaty ports in China may have their hatches sealed by the Chinese Maritime Customs prior to departure and such vessels may then
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proceed direct to their destination. The Chinese Maritime Customs reserve the right to require the towing vessel to call at a Customs station en route for search,
ARTICLE VIII.
Goods carried by steam or motor vessels, or by junks or lighters, registered as in Articles V and VI, clearing from Hong Kong for non-open ports as defined in Article V, shall acquit themselves of import duty before departure, and may, if so desired, acquit themselves also of transit dues and be granted transit passes, at rates and with pri- vileges not less favourable than those applied or accorded to goods clearing under similar circumstances from Canton or any other treaty port for a non-open port as defined in Article V. Report for Customs purposes must be made at the Chinese Maritime Cus- toms sub-office agreed upon by the Hong Kong Government. All vessels carrying transit pass cargo will be subject to the usual rules as to call at the Customs stations specified on the pass. Goods carried by steam or motor vessels clearing from Hong Kong for treaty ports may also, subject to examination before shipment, acquit themselves of im- port duty before departure.
ARTICLE IX.
Chinese goods which are imported into Hong Kong from a treaty port in China, and which are re-exported to the same or another treaty port in China within one year of their arrival in Hong Kong, shall be re-admitted into China free of import duty, if they are in their original packages or if permission has been received from the Chinese Maritime Customs for their repacking. They shall also be re-admitted into China free of coast trade duty if coast trade duty is hereafter abolished in the case of Chinese goods imported into one treaty port in China from another treaty port in China.
Foreign goods which are shipped from one treaty port in China for another treaty port in China with an exemption certificate, or with the cargo certificate marked "Duty paid on import: to be re-examined", or under any other arrangement intended to free such goods from import duty at the port of destination, and which are landed in Hong Kong and are re-exported to the same or another treaty port in China within one year of their arrival in Hong Kong, shall be re-admitted into China free of import duty if they are in their original packages or if permission has been received from the Chinese Maritime Customs for their repacking. If any such goods are re-exported from Hong Kong to some place other than China they shall be entitled to a drawback of the amount of import duty originally paid by them upon importation into China.
Chinese bulk cargo which is imported into Hong Kong from a treaty port in China, and which is re-exported from Hong Kong to the same or another treaty port in China within one year of its arrival in Hong Kong, shall be re-admitted into China free of import duty, provided that it remains in its original condition. It shall also be re- admitted into China free of coast trade duty if coast trade duty is hereafter abolished in the case of Chinese bulk cargo imported into one treaty port in China from another treaty port in China.
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