CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 276

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British Kowloon, or any of the leased territory with- out a permit to be issued by a Colonial authority. Opium moved without permit, or found anywhere or in

any quantity in contravention of Colonial Ordinance

shall be confiscated.

5. The opium farm, 1.e. an official establishment with an exclusive right to retain (only boiled) opium,

shall be maintained, and the Ordinances Nos. 22 of

1887, and 21 of 1891, concerning opium movements, &c.,

shall be confirmed and amended to meet new circums t-

ances, and to make good those points on which they

are insufficient.

The boiling establishments of the farm, its

retailing shops, and its books and accounts shall be

open at any time to the inspection of an officer of

the Chinese Customs specially deputed for that purpose.

6. All Ordinances regarding the possession,

movement, preparation, or sale of opium in the Colony

and its waters, afloat and ashore, shall be rigidly

enforced by the Colonial Executive, and its officers

rewarded from proceeds of seizures with a view to

encouraging zeal.

All proceeds of sale of confiscated goods

shall be divided equally between the Chinese and

Colonial Governments.

7. No arms, munitions of war, or contraband

goods may be shipped on any vessel proceeding to a

Chinese port in Hong Kong or its waters, without a

permit issued or countersigned by the Chinese Customs.

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