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No. II.
The evidence of origin required shall be as follows, that is to say:
All sugar (other than molasses and sugar-sweetened products) shall be accom- panied by a certificate of origin indicating (a) the kind and quantity of the sugar; (b) the kind, number, and marks of the packages; (c) the country of production, of origin, or of manufacture, and the country of destination of the goods; and (d) the mode of carriage by land or water.
No. III.
The certificate must where possible be signed, and issued, by the fiscal authority having jurisdiction in the country of production of despatch, or of transformation, such fiscal authority being duly empowered for that purpose by the Government of the State. Where there is no such fiscal authority the certificate may be signed and issued by a British Consular Officer in the country of production, of despatch, or of transformation; and where there is no such Consular Officer a certificate signed by the shipper or other person may be accepted if the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall on enquiry be satisfied that the statements made therein are true.
No. IV.
When the constry of origin of any sugar the subject of a certificate-in-n-state-not-party-to-the Convention the certificate must, in addition to the partienjars required above, state that the-goods ure derived from a factory which does not work-sugar-coming from either Russia, Denmark, or the Argentine Republier
No. V.
No certificate is to be deemed valid after the expiry of twelve calendar months from the date of its issue, or such less time (if any) as may be mentioned in the certificate by the authority issuing the same.
No. VI.
Inasmuch as it is possible that sugar may occasionally reach Hong Kong before the arrival of the certificates of origin relating to the same, and it would be incon- venient and expensive to importers if such sugar were not delivered from Customs charge until the arrival of the certificates it shall be competent for the Superin- tendent of Imports and Exports upon application in the form in Appendix (A) to authorise the delivery of such sugar on the security of a deposit of such amount, or of a bond in such penalty as he may think fit for the due production of the necessary certificates within a prescribed period provided that he sees no reason for suspecting that the sugar emanates from a prohibited country.
No. VII.
Pending-a-final-decision of the Permanent Commission Sugar from Denmark, Russia, and the Argentine Republie foreign States and their Colonies not parties to the Brussels Sugar Con- rention, may be imported or brought into the Colony, but in the case of such foreign States or Colonies as may have been declared by the Permanent Commission to give bounties on the production or exportation of sugar then only upon payment to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports of a such special countervailing duty, if any, per hundredweight, enlenlated at the rate of countervailing daty, as may have been fixed by the United-States-of America Permanent Commission but not otherwise. Sugar imported or brought into this Colony in contravention of the foregoing Order in Council or of these Regulations shall be forfeited and may be disposed of as the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall direct. The rates of countervailing duty referred to above and the countries to which they apply are given in the Appendix to these Regulations, and any alterations will be notified from time to time in the Government Gazette.
No. VIII.
Sugar raw or refined from Denmark, Russia, or tire Argentine Republie such bounty-giving foreign countries or Colonies as are referred to in Regulation VII. merely in transit through the Colony may be bonded in godowns set apart or licensed by the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for that purpose. Upon application in the form in Appendix (B) giving the particulars therein required the Superintendent of Imports and
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Exports shall furnish a permit in the form in Appendix (C) authorising the sugar to be landed and stored in bond; and upon application in the form in Appendix (D) the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall furnish a permit in the form in Appendix (E) to export such sugar.
Sugar bonded may not be removed from bond without the written permission of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports. Upon application in the form in Appendix (F) the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall furnish a permit in the form in Appendix (G).
No. IX.
Whenever any such sugar is exported from any port in the Colony the Super- intendent of Imports and Exports shall on demand if satisfied as to the country of origin, production or manufacture of such sugar and as to the other required parti- culars issue to the exporter a certificate of origin indicating the following particu- lars:-
(a.) The kind and quantity of sugar:
(b) the kind, number and marks of the packages:
(c.) The country of production or origin and if the sugar is in a manufactured
state the country of manufacture: (d.) The mode of carriage.
No. X.
There shall be paid to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for every permit and for every certificate of origin granted, under these regulations a fee of $1.00.
No. XI.
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of the foregoing Order in Council or of any of these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
No. XII.
Where a contravention of any of the provisions of the foregoing Order in Council or of any of the foregoing regulations is committed by a company or corporation the Secretary or Manager thereof for the time being shall be liable for such contraven- tion and to the consequences thereof.
Enclosure 3 in No. 14.
SUGGESTIONS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Duty on refined cane or beet sugar re-exported from Hong Kong to be refunded on reshipment for export from the Colony.
Duty on raw cane or beet sugar to be refunded on re-export from the Colony either in the form of raw or refined sugar.
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No. 15.
MR. LYTTELTON to ACTING GOVERNOR MAY. (Sent 5.15 p.m., May 21, 1904.) TELEGRAM.
Referring to your despatch, No. 160,* no objection to refund of duty on sugar exported to a non-Convention country, but there is no necessity for countervailing duties or prohibition if certificates of origin always recognised and given. Despatch follows by mail. Await arrival.
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