CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 297

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the master or owner, or against the vessel. The master

of any vessel shall also be liable upon conviction on the

prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine in

respect of such importation, and the salt in question

shall be liable to be confiscated by the magistrate.

Any salt so confiscated shall be placed at the disposal

of the Chinese Salt Department.

(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 removal permit,

which permit, in the case of Chinese salt destined for

export to China, shall be granted only upon payment of

duty to the Chinese Maritime Customs; and the salt covered

by a permit for removal as above shall not be transported

to China until a Transportation Pass in the prescribed

form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Depart-

ment end countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs,

has been obtained by the merchant.

(r) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt

shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing

imports, exports, and local sales. The books shall

at all times be open to inspection by the Hong Kong

Government.

(g) Every manufacturer of salt in the New Territories

shall deposit the salt manufactured by him in a licensed

warehouse, and the licensee of such warehouse shall keep

a register in prescribed form showing the amount made and

Bold. Such register shall be at all times open to

inspection by the Hong Kong Government.

/(h)