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ARTICLE II
(a) The Government of Hongkong agrees to tax
all salt, other than salt in transit with or without
tranship¬ent under bond, that is imported into or
produced in the Colony.
The tax shall be at the rate
or $2.50 a picul, except that in the case of salt
used for salting fish the Government of Hongkong nay
impose such lower rate of tax as it may deed expedient.
(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters
of the Col ny shall declare to the Harbour Authority
the quantity, port of origin, and destination of
such salt.
(a) The import into China of foreign salt
including salt manufactured in the New Territories (Hongkong) is and remains prohibited.
(d) If any junk or launch imports salt into the
waters of the Colony which is not covered by a pass
in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority
in the Chinese Salt Department, the Harbour Authority
shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner
of Customs, and he shall detain such junk or launch
as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime
Customs of such dues as would be payable to the
Chinese Maritime Customs if such junk or launch had been
detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters.
(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other
than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be
deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be
removed from a licensed warehouse except under
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