CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 159

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ARTICLE II

(a) The Government of Hongkong agrees to tax

all salt, other than salt in transit with or without

transhipment under bond, that is imported into or

produced in the Colony.

The tax shall be at the rate

of $2.50 a pioul, except that in the case of salt

used for salting fish the Government of Hongkong may

impose such lower rate of tax as it may deed expedient.

(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters

of the Col ny shall declare to the Harbour Authority

the quantity, port of origin, and destination of

such salt.

(a) The import into China of foreign salt

including salt manufactured in the New Territories

(Hongkong) is and remains prohibited.

(d) If any junk or launch imports salt into the

waters of the Colony which is not covered by a puss

in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority

in the Chinese Salt Department, the Harbour Authority

shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner

of Customs, and he shall detain such junk or launch

as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime

Customs of such dues as would be payable to the

Chinese Maritime Customs if such junk or launch had been

detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters,

(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other

than salt in transit without transhipment, shall be

deposited in a licensed warehouse. Salt shall not be

removed from a licensed warehouse except under a

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