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interests of the Chinese revenue the Hong Kong Government
will, so far as the conditions of the free port admit
of it, collect and publish statistics of imports and
exporta.
ARTICLE XIII.
Office and warehouse accommodation for the
examination and storage of goods carried by the Kowloon-
Canton Railway and for the payment of duties thereon will
be provided 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 departure.
(b) Goods arriving at Kowloon from China uncovered by
Custom 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 Shumchun.
ARTICLE XIV.
It is agreed that for purposes of payment of duty
/and