The Anglo-Chinese Customs Agreement of Hongkong.
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The Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of the Republic of China being mutually desirous of safe-guarding the revenue of the Chinese Maritime Customs and of securing reciprocal benefits of trade and commerce have authorized the undersigned to conclude the following Agreement.
ARTICLE I.
Junk means any sea-going sailing vessel of Chinese or other Asiatic build, construc- tion, and rig.
For the better regulation of junks in the waters of Hongkong the Government of that Colony undertakes that :--
(a) All junks shall be licensed either as trading or as fishing junks, and no junk shall be granted a licence in both classes at the same time. A fishing junk shall not be employed for any purpose other than fishing.
(b) The Harbour Master shall supply every junk with a certificate of registration
in the form of a pass-book as mutually agreed upon.
(e) Trading junks may not leave any port in the Colony between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. from October to March (inclusive) or 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. from April to September.
(d) Fishing junks shall have their certificate number painted on their mainsails in such a manner as the Harbour Master may direct. Supervision shall be exercised by the proper British authority over stores carried.
(e) All trading junks on arrival at or departure from the Colony shall enter and
clear at the Harbour Master's Station at one of the following ports :---
Victoria, Shaukiwan, Sai Kung, Tai O, Cheung Chau, Sha Tau Kok,
Aberdeen, Tai Po, Stanley, Yaumati.
Provided that the above list may be varied by mutual consent at any time. (ƒ) Every junk on entering and on clearing at a port in Hongkong shall have its pass book certificate and also its Chinese Maritime Customs pass book en- dorsed and dated by the Harbour Authority. The Harbour Authority shall satisfy himself, on each occasion when a junk enters a port in the Colony, that such junk has reported at the proper Chinese Maritime Customs station both on its voyage to the Colony and on its last voyage from the Colony.
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