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Whenever it is found that any merchandise or
livestock has been brought across the land frontier
of the Colony from China unaccompanied by proper
Customs documents the Government of Hongkong will
detain such goods or livestock as security for the
payment of such dues and penalties as may be mutually
agreed upon.
ARTICLE XI.
(a) The Chinese Maritime Customs will take
active steps to prevent the illicit entry into the
Colony from China of intoxicating liquor, opium,
compound of opium, morphine, and tobacco and will
co-operate with the Government of Hongkong in
controlling the traffic in these articles by sea
and by land.
(b) The Hongkong Government will continue to
take active steps to prevent the illicit entry into
China of arms and munitions of war, and will co-
operate with the Chinese Government in controlling
the traffic in such articles by sea and by land.
ARTICLE XII.
For the promotion of accurate knowledge and
in the interests of the Chinese revenue the Government
of Hongkong 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
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