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ARTICLE VIII.
foreign 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 we desired, acquit them-
selves also of transit dues and be granted transit
passes, Report for Customs purposes must be made at the
Chinese Maritime Customs sub-office areed 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. reim
goods carried by steam or motor vessela clearing from
Hong Kong for treaty ports may also, subject to
before shipment, examination,acquit themselves of import duty before
departure.
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ARTICLE IX.
Goods, whether Chinese or foreign, passing
through the Colony under Chinese Customs documents from
one treaty port in China to another, shall meintain their
original status and chall receive the benefit of their
original Customs documents at the port of destination,
subject to the following conditions:-
(a) The Chinese Maritime Customs shall be given
full facilities for supervising goods in transit without landing or transhipment during
such period as such goods remain within the
waters of the Colony.
(b) Goods landed pending transmission by sea or
by railway anu goods brought by railway for
transmission by sea shall be placed in such
bonded warehouses as may be agreed upon between
the