CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 180

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or motor vessels clearing from Hong Kong for treaty ports

may also, subject to examination, aequit themselves of

import duty before departure.

ARTICLE IX.

Goods, whether Chinese or foreign, passing through

the Colony under Chinese Customs documents from one

treaty port in China to another, shall maintain their

original status and shall receive the benefit of their

original Customs documents at the port of destination,

subject to the following conditions:-

(a) The Chinese Maritime Customs shall be given full

facilities for supervising goods in transit with-

out landing or transhipment during such period as

such goods remain within the waters of the Colony

(b) Goods landed pending transmission by sea or by

railway and goods brought by ruilway for trans-

mission by sea shall be placed in such bonded

warehouses as may be agreed upon between the Hong

Kong Government and the Chinese Maritime Customs.

In cases, however, where goods are securely packed

so as to be capable of being suitably sealed if

necessary, are marked with a distinctive mark

for each consignmont, and are numbered in such a

way as to be easily identifiable, the Customs

Authorities may, at their discretion, waive the

obligation of such goods to be placed in a bonded

warehouse.

(c) Foreign goods under Chinese Customs exemption

certificate, landed at Hong Kong from one treaty

/port

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