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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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EPIC.O. 882

6 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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on arrival forthwith furnish to the Harbour Master a manifest of such sugar,

2. All sugar imported or brought into the Colony except in transit shall be accompanied by the following evidence of origin:-A certificate in- dicating (a) the kind and quantity of the sugar; (b) the kind, number, and marks of the packages; and (e) the country of origin. With regard to sugar prepared in non-contracting States, the certificate must also indicate that such sugar is derived from a factory which does not work sugar coming from a State to which a special duty or prohibition is applied.

3. The said certificate shall where possible be signed and issued by the Fiscal Authority having jurisdiction in the country of origin or of despatch, such Fiscal Authority being duly empowered for that purpose by his Government. Where there is no such Fiscal Authority the said certifi cate may be signed and issued by a British Consular Officer in the country of origin or of despatch, or if in China by the officer in charge of the Imperial Maritime Customs at any port of origin or despatch where there is no British Consular Officer.

4. 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 inconvenient and expensive to importers if such sugar were not delivered until the arrival of the said certificates, it shall be com- petent for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports to issue a permit for 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 said certificates within a prescribed period, provided that he sees no reason for suspecting that the sugar emanates from a prohibited country. And any master, agent, importer or other person who unloads or delivers such sugar without a permit as aforesaid shall be guilty of a breach of these Regulations.

5. Whenever any sugar is exported from the Colony the Superintendent of Imports and Exports shall on demand, if satisfied as to the country of origin of such sugar, issue to the exporter a certificate indicating (a) the kind and quantity of the sugar; (b) the kind, number and marks of the packages (c) the country of origin or of despatch, and the country for which the goods are destined; and (d) the method of 'ransport (railway, ship, boat, &c.).

6. There shall be paid to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports for every permit and for every certificate of origin granted under these Regula- tions a fee of $5.

7. Where a breach of the Ordinance or of any of these Regulations is committed by a company or corporation, the Secretary or Manager thereof for the time being shall be liable for such contravention and to the consequences thereof.

8. The word "sugar" in these Regulations shall not include glucose, molasses

or sugar-sweetened products.

Council Chamber. Hong Kong,

June 30, 1905.

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2. Before any sugar in transit which is stored in a warehouse can be removed therefrom for export, the agent or importer shall deliver to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports a written requisition containing particulars of the said sugar similar to the particulars aforesaid. "It shall then be competent for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports to issue a permit allowing the said sugar, under police super- vision, to be removed as aforesaid.

3. The Superintendent of Imports and Exports, his staff and the police shall have access to sugar in transit at all times and wherever situated.

4. Any person loading, unloading or removing sugar in transit without a permit or not under police supervision as aforesaid, and any person neglecting to furnish to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports the particulars aforesaid of sugar in transit within twenty-four hours after its arrival at this port, and any person preventing or hindering the access of the Superintendent of Imports and Exports or his staff or the police to sugar in transit, shall be guilty of a breach of these Regulations.

FORM A. PARTICULARS OF SUGAR IN TRANSIT.

Fill in whichever of these three lines is applicable, running the pen through those which are not required.

Marks and Non.

Packages.

Arrived on board the S.S. To remain on board the said S.S. To be transhipped to the S.S. To be stored in To be exported per Consignee

Description.

to

from

Weight.

Measurement.

I hereby state that to the best of my knowledge the above particulars are correct, and that it is intended to deal with this sugar in accordance with the Sugar Convention Ordinance, 1904, and with the Regulations made thereunder.

Council Chamber, Hong Kong, June 30, 1905.

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A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

SIR,

REGULATIONS made by the Governor in Council under the Sugar Convention Ordinance, 1904, Section 3, this 30th day of June, 1905, for the Import and Export, &c., of Sugar in transit.

1.

When sugar in transit arrives at this port, particulars of the said sugar, in Form A hereunder, shall be furnished forthwith to the Superintendent of Imports and Exports by the Master of the vessel conveying the said sugar, or by the agent or importer. It shall then be competent for the Superintendent of Imports and Exports to issue a permit allowing the said sugar, under police supervision, either to remain on board the said vessel for export, or to be transhipped therefrom to another vessel, or to be stored in a warehouse set apart for that purpose and approved by the Governor.

No. 53.

Agent.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

COLONIAL OFFICE to THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS. [Answered by No. 54.]

Downing Street, August 15, 1905.

WITH reference to your letter of the 26th of January last, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Lyttelton to transmit to you, to be laid before the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs, the accompanying copy of a despatcht from the Governor of Hong Kong forwarding an Ordinance to amend the Sugar Convention Ordinance, 1904, together with copies of new regulations relating to the import and export of sugar.

2. Subject to any observations which the Commissioners may wish to offer, Mr. Lyttelton proposes to inform the Governor that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance in respect of this Ordinance.

I am, &c.,

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C. P. LUCAS.

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