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records were kept. The work entailed was considerable owing to the extraordinary position of the Colony as a collecting and distributing centre and the vast mass of goods that pass through. In many cases enquiries had to be made as to the origin, destination, and use of the goods in question. The working of this system might have had a serious effect on the trade of the Colony but I believe that very little effect has been felt chiefly owing to the loyal co-operation of the Shipping Companies and the extraordinary adaptability of the Chinese community. Some idea of the amount of work involved will be gathered from the fact that 85,351 permits were issued during the year.
9. In addition to the work involved by the Military Stores Exportation Ordinance, the department had also to control the operation of the Certificate of Origin and Declaration of Ultimate Destination Ordinances. 366 Certificates of Origin were received during the year under the former and 191 Declarations were made under the latter. 168 Landing Certificates were issued for goods imported from other British Possessions under bond.
10. During the latter half of the year conditions were further complicated by the introduction of the White and Black Lists system for China and Siam. A certain amount of work had been done in connection with "Trading with the Enemy" through the examination of manifests. It was obvious however that the only satisfactory way of dealing with the question of White and Black Lists was to extend the permit system to all goods imported into and exported out of the Colony. Legislation to this effect was passed in December, 1915, and the department has now complete control of all goods entering or leaving the Colony.
11. The total expenditure of the department for the year including the purchase of raw opium was $841,002.69 as compared with $991,096.46 in 1914.
18th June, 1916.
R. O. HUTCHISON, Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
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records were kept. The work entailed was considerable owing to the extraordinary position of the Colony as a collecting and distribu- ting centre and the vast mass of goods that pass through. In many cases enquiries had to be made as to the origin, destination, and use of the goods in question. The working of this system might have had a serious effect on the trade of the Colony but I believe that very little effect has been felt chiefly owing to the loyal co-operation of the Shipping Companies and the extraordinary adaptability of the Chinese community. Some idea of the amount of work involved will be gathered from the fact that 85,351 permits were issued during the year.
9. In addition to the work involved by the Military Stores Ex- portation Ordinance, the department had also to control the opera- tion of the Certificate of Origin and Declaration of Ultimate Destina- tion Ordinances. 366 Certificates of
366 Certificates of Origin were received during the year under the former and 191 Declarations were made under the latter. 168 Landing Certificates were issued for goods imported from other British Possessions under bond.
10. During the latter half of the year conditions were further complicated by the introduction of the White and Black Lists system for China and Siam. A certain amount of work had been done in connection with "Trading with the Enemy" through the examina- tion of manifests. It was obvious however that the only satisfactory way of dealing with the question of White and Black Lists was to extend the permit system to all goods imported into and exported out of the Colony. Legislation to this effect was passed in December, 1915, and the department has now complete control of all goods entering or leaving the Colony.
11. The total expenditure of the department for the year includ- ing the purchase of raw opium was $841,002.69 as compared with $991,096.46 in 1914.
18th June, 1916.
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R. O. HurcпISON, Superintendent of Imports and Exports.
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