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the enquiry instituted by him, that the vessel is, in fact, not justified in flying the German flag, the vessel, as well as the wares on board, so far as they belong to Chinese merchants, shall at once be delivere‹ to te Chinese officials for their further disposal. Should it be shown that German subjects have knowledge of the circum- stances, all the wares found in the vessel belonging to these concerned in the irregularity, will become liable to confiscation, and they themselves to the legal penalty. If a German vessel flies the Chinese flag in an unauthorised manner, in the event of its being proved on an enquiry conducted by the Chin se officials that the vessel is, in fact, not justified in flying the Chinese flag, the vessel, as well as the wares on board, so far as they belong to German merchants, shall forthwith be surrendered to the German Consul for further disposal anl punishment of the offenders. Should it be shown that German owners of wares have knowledge of the circumstance and have taken part in this irregularity, the wares belonging to them found on board the vessel will become liable to confiscation by the Chinese officials. Wares belonging to Chinese can at once be confiscated by the Chinese officials.
6. If in one of the open ports in China, at the sale of the broken-up materials of a vessel which has become unseaworthy, an attempt is made to include (smuggle in) wares belonging to its cargo, these wares shall be liable to confiscation; and, further, a fine shall be levied corresponding to double the amount of the import duty which would otherwise have been levied.
7.-If German subjects with foreign wares go into the interior or undertake travels in the interior of the country, the passes or certificates issued to them shall be valid only for thirteen Chinese months reckoned from the date of issue, and may not be used any more after the expiry of this period. The expired passes and certi- ficates must be returned for cancellation to the Customs official within whose official district they were issued.
Note. If a pleasure journey be undertaken in such distant regions that a period of one year does not appear sufficient for its completion, this must be noted on the pass at the time it is issued, by agreement between the Consul and the Chinese official.
Should the return not be made, no pass will again be issued to the concerned until this is done. Should the pass be lost, no matter if it happens within the period, or after expiry of same, the concerned must forthwith place on record a truthful statement about it with the nearest Chinese official. The Cuinese official concerned will then take further steps concerning the invalidation of the pass. Should the statement put on record be shown to be untrue, if the transport of wares is concerned, the wares shall be confiscated, but it a journey is concerned, the traveller shall be taken to the nearest Consul and be handed over to him for punishment.
8.-Materials for German docks enjoy the privilege of duty free importation into open ports only in so far as they are actually to be applied to the repair of vessels. The Customs official has the right to convince himself of the manner in which these materials are made use of, by the evidence of officials sent to the dock for that pur- pose. In the case of the building of a new vessel, duty will be calculated on the materials used in it, in so far as these are included by name in the import or export tariff, at the tariff rate; on those articles not included in the tariff, at five per cent. ad valorem, and the merchant concerned will be held bound to pay this duty sub- sequently to the Custom House. Any one desiring to build a dock must obtain a cost free concessionary certificate, and sign a written obligation whose contents and wording are to be settled in appropriate form by the Customs office concerned.
9.-Article 29 of the Treaty of 2nd September, 1861, shall have applica ion to the monetary fines settled by the present Supplementary Convention.
Done in Peking, the 31st day of March in the year of our Lord 1880, corres- ponding with the 21st day of the 2nd moon of the 6th year of Kuang Sü.
(Signed)
M. VON BRANDT. SHEN KUE-FEN. CHING LIEN.