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In this Article "foreign goods" means non-Chinese goods, and "treaty port" in- cludes the existing treaty ports and self-opened ports, and any place in China now hereafter appointed as a place of entry for foreign goods.
ARTICLE X.
Goods of any description manufactured in the Colony of Hong Kong and its new territories entering China, whether forwarded to any part of China other than the port of entry or not, shall be treated no less favourably as regards payment of any duties, dues, internal charges, taxes or other payments of any kind than any goods of a similar nature manufactured in China, so that the total payments on such goods shall not be more than the total payments upon any goods of a similar nature manufactured in China, including the payments, if any, on raw or semi-manufactured material used in such manufacture.
(b) Goods arriving at Kowloon from China uncovered by Customs documents
shall pay Customs export duty prior to release.
(c) Goods leaving Kowloon by train that stops at intermediate stations in British territory and goods placed on the train at stations in British territory other than the Kowloon Station may pay duty either at Kowloon or at the Chinese frontier station at Shumchun.
(d) Goods not covered by Customs documents, which leave Shumchun for stations in British territory other than the Kowloon Station, shall pay duty at Shumcliun.
ARTICLE XI.
The Chinese Maritime Customs will endeavour to prevent the illicit entry into the Colony from China of opium, compounds of opium, extracts of opium and other danger- ous drugs, and of intoxicating liquors and tobacco, and of any other article which on importation into the Colony is subject to restriction or liable to import duty, and will co- operate with the Hong Kong Government in controlling the traffic in these articles by sea, land and air.
The Hong Kong Government will endeavour to prevent the illicit entry into China of salt, and of arms and munitions of war, and will co-operate with the Chinese Govern- ment in controlling the traffic in such articles by sea, land and air.
ARTICLE XII.
For the promotion of accurate knowledge and in the interests of the Chinese re- venue the Hong Kong Government will, so far as the conditions of the free port admit of it, collect and publish statistics of imports and exports.
ARTICLE XIII.
Office and warehouse accommodation for the examination and storage of goods car- ried by the Kowloon-Canton Railway and for the payment of duties thereon will be pro- vided at reasonable rates by the Hong Kong Government. Such duties will be collected by the Chinese Maritime Customs under regulations to be mutually agreed upon, under the following general conditions:-
(a) Goods leaving Kowloon for China by train stopping at no intermediate station in British territory shall pay Customs import duty prior to depar-
ture.
ARTICLE XIV.
It is agreed that for purposes of payment of duty and dues to the Chinese Maritime Customs in Hong Kong the rate of exchange between the Haikuan tael and Hong Kong currency shall not be less favourable to the payer than the rate in force in the Canton Cus- tom House.
ARTICLE XV.
If in any application to the Chinese Maritime Customs in Hong Kong a false decla- ration is made regarding quantity, quality, nature, or value of any dutiable goods or articles carried or intended to be carried by rail, launch, junk, or other means, the Government of Hong Kong shall, upon request being made by the Chinese Maritime Customs, seize the goods or articles in respect of which such false declaration has been made as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable under the regulations of the Chinese Maritime Customs if the seizure had taken place in China. If such dues are not paid the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the owner or against the goods or articles. The person who made the false declaration shall also be liable upon conviction at the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine and imprisonment.
ARTICLE XVI,
The costs of any legal proceedings instituted by the Hong Kong Government for the purposes of this agreement, if not recovered from the defendant or by sale of the vessel or goods in question, shall be paid to the Hong Kong Government by the Chinese Maritime Customs.
ARTICLE XVII.
All costs of seizures of any description actually incurred by the Hong Kong Gov- ernment under the terms of this Agreement on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs, shall be paid to the Hong Kong Government by the Chinese Maritime Customs.
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