Art. 19. The under-mentioned particulars must absolutely be entered on the bills of lading: Name of sender, and, if possible, the name of the addressee, place of dispatch of goods (the station of departure), place of destination, denomination, quantity and weight of goods, mode of packing, signs, marks, numbers, &c., and, if possible, the value of goods, and the signature of the railway official.
Art. 20. In addition to the duplicate copies of bills of lading, the owner of the goods has the option of submitting to the Customs bills, specifications, and other documents defining value, quality, and quantity of goods.
Art. 21. Besides the above-mentioned duplicate copies of bills of lading, the railway station officials present to the Customs for comparison train and car lists.
Art. 22. On receipt of the bill of lading, the Customs either calculate the duties leviable according to the data given on the bill of lading, if upon unloading a part of the goods the packages, after their outside inspection or the opening of a certain number of packages at random, be found to correspond in all respects with the particulars given on the bill of lading, or otherwise goods are unloaded from cars, opened up, and examined by the Customs in the event of there being some discrepancy or suspicion about the documents.
Art. 23. The dispatch of goods from the stations "Manchuria" and "Pogranitch-naya" into Manchuria by the railway line is only to take place with the cognizance of, and after the sender of goods has submitted to, the Customs a written application to that effect.
Goods destined for stations situated inside the 50-versts zone are passed without delay duty free after the Customs have ascertained there is nothing in them that is prohibited for importation. Goods going by railway to places outside the 50-versts frontier zone are examined according to the application presented and charged import duty on, whenever leviable. Goods, however, sent from other stations within the 50-versts zone to stations outside this zone are liable to examination and levy of duty, whenever such is due, at the controlling barriers to be established by the Chinese Customs at the stations Horhonte and Mulin.
Art. 24. The release of goods from the Customs control takes place immediately after the payment of customs duties leviable on them. In proof of payment of duty, the Customs issue receipts freeing the goods from a second payment of customs duty.
Art. 25. At the option of the owner of goods receipts may be issued for separate lots of goods forming part of a consignment showing fractional amounts of duty charged on each lot, but against a special fee for these receipts.
Art. 26. These receipts remain in force for three years.
Art. 27. Goods prohibited for importation into China, when discovered, will be confiscated by the Customs.
Art. 28. Foreign goods which on importation have only paid import duty, if carried from the frontier places or from within the station areas into the interior, can, on payment of transit dues fixed by Article 3 of the present Rules, obtain a transit certificate, which frees them (to the place of destination) from all other inland dues and taxes.
N.B. The wording of the last paragraph of this Article is not definitely settled.
Art. 29. At the option of the owner of the goods or his agent, simultaneously with the payment of import duty, transit dues can be paid by him (Rules, Article 3).
On payment of transit dues, the Customs concerned issues transit certificates, which free the goods from all the inland duties and taxes while moving from within the station areas into the interior (en route to the place of destination). Goods without transit certificates are subject to inland taxation.
N.B. The wording of the last paragraph of this Article is not definitely settled.
Art. 30. Transit certificates may, at the option of the owner of the goods, be issued for a whole consignment of goods of a person or for each separate lot of a consignment, as decided by the owner of the goods.
Export of Goods.
Art. 31. On arrival of a train from Manchuria at the stations "Manchuria" or "Pogranitch-naya," the railway officials present to the custom-house train and car lists and the duplicate copies of bills of lading.
Art. 32. Only such goods as are addressed to the stations in Russia outside the 50-versts frontier zone are liable to export duty after examination by the Customs.
Art. 33. Goods exported from Manchuria are examined by the Chinese Customs, which assess the export duty according to the Chinese Tariff, and then by the Russian Customs, which calculate the import duty according to the Russian Tariff, or, in order to avoid delay, according to the circumstance, examination, and assessment of duty, are carried out by both Customs jointly and simultaneously.
Art. 34. Goods which are liable to Chinese export duty may not be dispatched by railway into the Russian Empire before duty has been paid.
Art. 36. Goods the importation of which from the Chinese Empire is prohibited will be confiscated by the Chinese Customs.
Art. 36. In case of goods brought to the stations "Manchuria" or "Pogranitch-naya" for transmission into the Russian Empire which have already paid export duty, these will be released by the Chinese Customs without a fresh levy of export duty in the event of a certificate regarding such payment being presented, and if the packages, upon outside inspection, prove to be in agreement with the particulars given in the certificate. In case of a discrepancy or a suspicion about the goods, these will be examined.
Railway Goods.
Art. 37. All articles and materials required for the construction, working, and repairs of the Chinese Eastern Railway line are exempt from all customs taxes and duties, as well as those levied inland.
In these are also included all articles required for the protection of the line.
Art. 38. For the above-mentioned goods the railway presents to the Customs duplicate copies of bills of lading, and the goods are released by the Customs at once after an outside inspection and comparison of the packages with the particulars in the bills of lading, with the exception of those special cases when the Harbin head custom-house directs the custom-house to examine a particular lot of railway goods.
Art. 39. The said duplicate copies of bills of lading are accompanied by certificates or declarations issued by the Chinese Eastern Railway to the effect that these goods are its own property and intended for its requirements (use).
Art. 39 A. In order to prevent malpractices, &c., the railway must keep an accurate record of materials received and used, to which the Customs have a right of access for information.
Art. 40. In case it is intended to sell or transmit to an outsider materials or articles mentioned in Article 37, whether on account of their needlessness or being worn out, a declaration about it to the Customs is necessary, which, according to circumstances, gives the permission and levies duty if such is due.
Transit Goods.
Art. 41. Goods passing from one locality of the Russian Empire to another in transit through Manchuria are released at once by the Customs without levy of duty and without hindrance if the seals affixed at the entering station by the Russian and Chinese Customs are intact.
Art. 42. The railway hands over to the Customs for information duplicate copies of bills of lading for the transit goods mentioned in the preceding Article.
Art. 43. Should seals of one of the Customs be damaged or lost en route while the seals of the other Customs or the railway seals are intact, and the latter agree with the entries made in the car list, the leaving Customs orders the release of the car on its journey without making a detailed internal verification of the cargo.
Art. 44. Should all the seals affixed at the entering station be damaged or lost, or only a part of them, making unhindered access to the car possible, or the car be damaged en route, and require a reloading of goods, the railway station at which damage is discovered informs immediately by telegraph the Customs at the station of entry as well as the nearest custom-house, and detains the car until the receipt of a telegraphic reply.
Art. 45. It rests with the custom-house which receives the telegram to appoint a special employé to carry out the investigation into the causes of damage or loss of seals, or to commission the railway to make such investigation, or to authorize the dispatch of the car for investigation to the leaving frontier station.
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Art. 19. The under-mentioned particulars must absolutely be entered on the bills of lading: Name of sender, and, if possible, the name of the addressee, place of dispatch of goods (the station of departure), place of destination, denomination, quantity and
" weight of goods, mode of packing, signs, marks, numbers, &c., and, if possible, the value of goods, and the signature of the railway official.
Art. 20. In addition to the duplicate copies of bills of lading, the owner of the goods has the option of submitting to the Customs bills, specifications, and other documents defining value, quality, and quantity of goods.
Art. 21. Besides the above-mentioned duplicate copies of bills of lading, the railway station officials present to the Customs for comparison train and car lists.
Art. 22. On receipt of the bill of lading, the Customs either calculate the duties leviable according to the data given on the bill of lading, if apon unloading a part of the goods the packages, after their outside inspection or the opening of a certain number of packages at random, be found to correspond in all respects with the particulars given on the bill of lading, or otherwise goods are unloaded from cars, opened up, and examined by the Customs in the event of there being some discrepancy or suspicion about the documents.
Art. 23. The dispatch of goods from the stations "Manchuria" and "Pogranitch- naya" into Manchuria by the railway line is only to take place with the cognizance of, and after the sender of goods has submitted to, the Customs a written application to that effect.
Goods destined for stations situated inside the 50-versts zone are passed without delay duty free after the Customs have ascertained there is nothing in them that is prohibited for importation. Goods going by railway to places outside the 50-versts frontier zone are examined according to the application presented and charged import duty on, whenever leviable. Goods, however, sent from other stations within the 50-versts zone to stations outside this zone are liable to examination and levy of duty, whenever such is due, at the controlling barriers to be established by the Chinese Customs at the stations Horhonte and Mulin.
Art. 24. The release of goods from the Customs control takes place immediately after the payment of customs duties leviable on them. In proof of payment of duty, the Customs issue receipts freeing the goods from a second payment of customs duty.
Art. 25. At the option of the owner of goods receipts may be issued for separate lots of goods forming part of a consignment showing fractional amounts of duty charged on each lot, but against a special fee for these receipts.
Art. 26. These receipts remain in force for three years.
Art. 27. Goods prohibited for importation into China, when discovered, will be confiscated by the Customs.
Art. 28. Foreign goods which on importation have only paid import duty, if carried from the frontier places or from within the station areas into the interior, can, on pay- ment of transit dues fixed by Article 3 of the present Rules, obtain a transit certificate, which frees them (to the place of destination) from all other inland dues and taxes.
N.B. The wording of the last paragraph of this Article is not definitely settled.
Art. 29. At the option of the owner of the goods or his agent, simultaneously be paid by him (Rules, with the payment of import duty, transit dues can Article 3).
On payment of transit dues, the Customs concerned issues transit certificates, which free the goods from all the inland duties and taxes while moving from within the station areas into the interior (en route to the place of destination). Goods without transit certificates are subject to inland taxation,
N.B.-The wording of the last paragraph of this Article is not definitely
settled.
Art. 30. Transit certificates may, at the option of the owner of the goods, be issued for a whole consignment of goods of a person or for each separate lot of a consignment, as decided by the owner of the goods.
Export of Goods.
Art. 31. On arrival of a train from Manchuria at the stations "Manchuria" of "Pogranitelnaya," the railway officials present to the custom-house train and car lists and the duplicate copies of bills of lading.
Art. 32. Only such goods as are addressed to the stations in Russia outside the 50-versts frontier zone are liable to export duty after examination by the Customs.
Art. 33. Goods exported from Manchuria are examined by the Chinese Customs, which assess the export duty according to the Chinese Tariff, and then by the Russian Customs, which calculate the import duty according to the Russian Tariff, or, in order to avoid delay, according to the circumstance, examination, and assessment of duty, are carried out by both Customs jointly and simultaneously.
Art. 34. Goods which are liable to Chinese export duty may not be dispatched by railway into the Russian Empire before duty has been paid.
Art. 36. Goods the importation of which from the Chinese Empire is prohibited will be confiscated by the Chinese Customs.
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for transmission into the Russian Empire which have already paid export duty, these will be released by the Chinese Customs without a fresh levy of export duty in the event of a certificate regarding such payment being presented, and if the packages, upon outside inspection, prove to be in agreement with the particulars given in the certificate. In case of a discrepancy or a suspicion about the goods, these will be examined.
Railway Goods.
Art. 37. All articles and materials required for the construction, working, and repairs of the Chinese Eastern Railway line are exempt from all customs taxes and duties, as well as those levied inland.
In these are also included all articles required for the protection of the line. Art. 38. For the above-mentioned goods the railway presents to the Customs duplicate copies of bills of lading, and the goods are released by the Customs at once after an outside inspection and comparison of the packages with the particulars in the bills of lading, with the exception of those special cases when the Harbin head custom-house directs the custom-house to examine a particular lot of railway goods.
Art. 39. The said duplicate copies of bills of lading are accompanied by certificates or declarations issued by the Chinese Eastern Railway to the effect that these goods are its own property and intended for its requirements (use).
Art. 39 A. In order to prevent inalpractices, &c., the railway must keep an accurate record of materials received and used, to which the Customs have a right of access for information,
Art. 40. In case it is intended to sell or transmit to an outsider materials or articles mentioned in Article 37, whether on account of their needlessness or being worn out, a declaration about it to the Customs is necessary, which, according to circum- stances, gives the permission and levies duty if such is due.
Transit Goods.
Art. 41. Goods passing from one locality of the Russian Empire to another in transit through Manchuria are released at once by the Customs without levy of duty and without hindrance if the seals affixed at the entering station by the Russian and Chinese Customs are intact.
Art. 49. The railway hands over to the Customs for information duplicate copies of bills of lading for the transit goods mentioned in the preceding Article.
Art. 43. Should seals of one of the Customs be damaged or lost en route while the seals of the other Customs or the railway seals are intact, and the latter agree with the entries made in the car list, the leaving Customs orders the release of the car on its journey without making a detailed internal verification of the cargo.
Art. 44. Should all the scals affixed at the entering station be damaged or lost, or only a part of them, making unhindered access to the car possible, or the car be damaged en route, and require a reloading of goods, the railway station at which damage is discovered informs immediately by telegraph the Customs at the station of entry as well as the nearest custom-house, and detains the car until the receipt of a telegraphic reply.
Art. 45. It rests with the custom-house which receives the telegram to appoint a special employé to carry out the investigation into the causes of damage or loss of seals, or to commission the railway to make such investigation, or to authorize the dispatch of the car for investigation to the leaving frontier station.
Art. 46. If, at the investigation, or upon inspection and comparison of cargo with
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