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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. III.-Masters of merchant vessels must deposit their ship's papers and import manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs) within 48 hours after entering the poit.
IV. The import manifest must contain a true account of the nature of the cargo on board, and must be handed to the Customs, signed by the master, before any application to break bulk can be attended to.
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The landing and discharging of cargo must be carried on within the limits of the inner anchorage, as defined in Rule II.; it can only take place between sunrise and sunset, and car not go on, without special permission, on Sundays and holidays. Cargo-boats employed for the shipment or landing of merchandise cannot make use of other jetties than those specified in Rule II.
VI. When ready to discharge cargo, the consignee must send to the Customs an application in Chinese (and English), giving full particulars of the cargo to be discharged, when he will be furnished with a permit to remove his consignment from the ship by which it is imported, and to place the same in a cargo-boat. The cargo- boat must then repair to one of the authorised jetties, in order that the goods may be examined and assessed for duty. A "Customs' memo." will thereon be issued, to be taken to the bank by the consignee, who, upon payment of the duty therein noted, will be supplied with a "Duty Receipt." Upon the presentation at the office of Customs of the duty receipt, a "Duty-paid Order" will be issued. The goods imported may then be removed from the Customs jetty and placed in the merchant's godown.
VII. In the case of goods to be shipped, the shipper must send them to one of the authorised jetties for examination, with an application in Chin se (and English) for a permit to ship, containing all necessary particulars. The goods will then be examined, and a "Customs' memo." issued, and on the production at the office of the
Duty Receipt," a "Duty-paid Order" will be issued, authorising the shipment.
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VIII.- -Cargo for which a shipment permit has been issued, but which cannot be received on board, must be brought to one of the authorised jetties for examination before being re-landed.
IX.-No transhipment can take place without special written permission.
X.-Drawback, exemption, or coast trade duty certificates will be issued simul- taneously with the permit for the shipment of the goods covered by them. Exemption or coast trade duty certificates for goods imported must be presented simultaneously with the consignee's application for the permit to land.
XI.-Before application is made for the "Customs' clearance," the export manifest, signed by the master, must be handed in. All dues and duties having been paid, the clearance will be issued.
N.B.-The office of Customs is open for the transaction of business from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.
HARBOUR REGULATIONS.
The following Regulations are approved by the Consuls representing Treaty Powers at the port, and are instituted for the order and security of foreign shipping:- I-Vessels on entering the harbour must stop above or below the shipping, until the Harbour Master has assigned.them a berth. Masters to moor their vessels with as little delay as possible,
II.-Each vessel will moor in the berth allotted to her, with from thirty to forty fathoms of chain on each cable, or moor, if the Harbour Master thinks necessary.
III.-Vessels shall rig in jib and spanker booms, and top or brace up lower and top-sail yards.
IV. No ballast to be thrown overboard in the harbour without special permission from the Harbour Master.
V.-No pitch, or other inflammable substance, to be boiled on board any ship in the harbour. Spirits or other inflammable liquids to be drawn off by daylight. The use of artificial light for such purpose is forbidden.