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RIVER STEAMER HIGULATIONS,
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Import
Mandest.
Landing of Cargo.
Shipment of
Cargo.
Export
Manifest
RIVER STEAMER REGULATIONS.
I. On entering port, Masters of River Steamers muvi have their Import Manifests in readiness to hand to the Customs' Officer who will board the Vessel on arrival. For Cargo to be discharged at Whampon, a separate Manifest will be required, to be handed to the Customis' Officer at that place.
The Customs must in all cases be furnished with Import Manifest, before any Cargo can be discharged.
II. Consignees are not required to make application to the Customs for permission to remove consignments from the steamers, but all Goods imported such Vessels must on being discharged be taken for exami nation to the Customs' Jetty.
III. All Exports for shipment by River Steansers, must be sent to the Customs' Jetty for exami.ation, on which a Permit to ship will be granted.
IV. Manifest of Cargues exported must be handed to the Customs on the return trip of the Steumers.
Landing or V. River Steamers must not land or ship Cargo at any other placo Shimank of in the River than Canton and Whampoa. Any breach of these Regu Cargo enroute, lations respecting the shipment or discharge of goods exposes such goods to seizure and confiscation.
Office hours.
VI. The Custom House is open for the transaction of imsiness from 10 ▲.M. to 4 P.x. and the River Steamer Oflice from Sunrise to Sunset, Sundays and Holidays excepted.
All applications regarding Custom:a business should be widressed to THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,
OFFICE OF Makitime CustoMS,
CANTON.
HOLIDAYS observed at the Canton Custom House.
Forsign New Year's Day,...............
Chinese New Year's Day (5 or 6 days),..................
·外國元旦
國新年
外國詹禮 萬窑
Good Friday...
3rd Day of 8rd Moon (Emperor's Birthday),
6th Day of 8th Moon (Dragon Boat Festival),.
15th Day of 6th Moon (Autumnal Festival),. Christmas Day,.
端午節
·中秋節
耶穌生日
THE STAMP ORDINANCE.
RULES OF THE STAMP OFFICE.
1-The Office will be open for the transaction of business from 10 a.. to 8 P.M. every day (Sundays and authorized holidays excepted.) 2-AU applications for Impressed Stamps must be made upon a printed form of Requisition, which will be supplied gratuitously.
8.--Adhesive Stamps can be obtained upon payment without Requisition.
4. Payment for impressed Stamps must be made on presentation of the Requisi- tion, which must be accompanied by the "goods," i.e. the paper, printed forms, parch- ment, or documents, tendered with it for the purpose of being impressed.
5. Requisitions for Impressed Stamps will be executed in the order in which they are received, and when it is not possible to complete a requsition in a short time after it is put in, a time will be named at which the "goods" will be realy; in such cases a Receipt on a printed form will be given for the Requisition, and the "goods" will be delivered on presentation of that Receipt only.
6. —All "goods" and money given in change should be counted and examined before they are removed from the connter, us no question as to wrong count of the "goods" or of the weight or goodness of the money will be entertained afterwards. 7. For the present it is not intended to issue Impressed Stamps except upon paper, drc., sent in by the Public.
8.-Spoiled Stamps on Unexecuted Instruments.
1.-Allowance will be made for Stamps upon Instruments which have been spoiled by some error in the writing; 2.—Or defaced by some accident;
3. Or which have been rendered useless by come unforeseen circum- stances before they have been completed or rendered it for their intended purpose.
9. The claim for such stamps must be made by Affidavit by the owner within Six Months after they have been spoiled or rendered uscless. 10.-Spoiled Stamps on Executed Instruments.
1. Allowance will made for Stamps apon Instruments which are found unfit for the purpose originally intended by reason of any mistake or error therein;
2. Or which cannot be completed in the form proposed by the death of any Person whose signature is necessary;
3.--Or by reason of the refusal of any Person to sign the same.
11. The claim for Stamps on executed Instruments must be made within Six Months after they shall have been signed, and the substitute Deeds, if any, must be produced duly stamped.
13-Stamps ou Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes when signed by the drawer or maker will be allowed, if they have not been out of his hands and have not been accepted or tendored for acceptance.
13.-But Bills, &c., wherein any error or mistake has been made will be allowed also, although they may have been nocepted or tendered for acceptance, provided the claimant produces the Bills which have been substituted for them within Six Mouths after the date of the spoiled oucs,
14.-Applications for allowances for Spoiled Stamps will be entertained every
Friday between Noon aud 3 P.M.
16.-In cases where paper, printed or plain, or parchment, &c., is spoiled in
stamping, it will be destroyed, the applicants finding at their own cost the additional paper, &c., required.