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tobacco in the Colony at the time of the passing of the Ordinance, where such stocks exceeded 100 lb. in weight. Some difficulty was experienced in the earlier stages in checking the actual stocks of tobacco in the Colony, but once this difficulty was overcome and a satisfactory list had been drawn up of the various kinds of tobacco that come on the market, the collection of duty proceeded smoothly. The actual revenue derived from tobacco from July 15th to December 31st was $211,000.00 being slightly in excess of the amount estimated for. As in the case of intoxicating liquors, no duty is payable on tobacco imported or manufactured for export from the Colony. Details of the duty collected will be found in Tables X and XI.
IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION ORDINANCE.
8. As mentioned in last year's Report legislation was introduced in December, 1915, to enable the department to deal with the importation and exportation of goods to and from the Colony with the object of controlling the movement of prohibited goods and of preventing trading with the Enemy. Under the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, with a few very minor exceptions, no goods can be exported from the Colony without an export permit. The same rule applies to imported goods with the exception of goods from river ports and coast ports within 50 miles radius. Vessels of all kinds trading to these ports are allowed to land their cargo without permit, a manifest only of such cargo being furnished to the department. This exception is necessary to prevent undue hindrance to this short-distance traffic. In the case of certain classes of goods export is only allowed under bond that a satisfactory landing certificate will be returned from the declared destination. In more important cases exportation is only allowed after reference to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. In addition to controlling the class of goods exported, the permit system also enables the department to check the shippers and consignees of goods under the White and Black List system.
9. The work involved in the issue of permits, and the checking of such permits against ships' manifests, has been very considerable. Table XII gives a list of the number of permits, manifests, and other documents which have been handled by the department during the year.
10. A beginning has been made under the permit system to collect statistics of the trade of the port of Hongkong, but the multifarious demands made by this Ordinance and other war measures on the department, added to the great difficulty of finding room for increased staff, have made it impossible to keep full records for 1916.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
The nett revenue collected by the department during the year was $6,826,324.36 as against $5,393,535.56 collected in the pre-
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tobacco in the Colony at the time of the passing of the Ordinance, where such stocks exceeded 100 lb. in weight. Some difficulty was experienced in the earlier stages in checking the actual stocks of tobacco in the Colony, but once this difficulty was overcome and a satisfactory list had been drawn up of the various kinds of tobacco that come on the market, the collection of duty proceeded smoothly. The actual revenue derived from tobacco from July 15th to Decem- ber 31st was $211,000.00 being slightly in excess of the amount estimated for. As in the case of intoxicating liquors, no duty is payable on tobacco imported or manufactured for export from the Colony. Details of the duty collected will be found in Tables X and XI.
IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION ORDINANCE.
8. As mentioned in last year's Report legislation was intro- duced in December, 1915, to enable the department to deal with the importation and exportation of goods to and from the Colony with the object of controlling the movement of prohibited goods and of preventing trading with the Enemy. Under the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, with a few very minor exceptions, no goods can be exported from the Colony without an export permit. The same rule applies to imported goods with the exception of goods from river ports and coast ports within 50 miles radius. Vessels of all kinds trading to these ports are allowed to land their cargo without permit, a manifest only of such cargo being furnished to the department. This exception is necessary to prevent undue hindrance to this short-distance traffic. In the case of certain classes of goods export is only allowed under bond that a satisfac- tory landing certificate will be returned from the declared destina- tion. In more important cases exportation is only allowed after reference to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. In addition to controlling the class of goods exported, the permit system also enables the department to check the shippers and consignees of goods under the White and Black List system.
9. The work involved in the issue of permits, and the check- ing of such permits against ships' manifests, has been very considerable. Table XII gives a list of the number of permits, manifests, and other documents which have been handled by the department during the year.
10. A beginning has been made under the permit system to collect statistics of the trade of the port of Hongkong, but the miltifarious demands made by this Ordinance and other war measures on the department, added to the great difficulty of finding room for increased staff, have made it impossible to keep full records for 1916.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
The nett revenue collected by the department during the year was $6,826,324.36 as against $5,393,535.56 collected in the pre-
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