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lighters, and other vessels will be treated as junks

under sail and will be required to conform to the

rules governing Junk traffic, and the procedure pre-

scribed in Article V of this Agreement.

All junks and lighters registered in accordance

with this article and engaged in the trade contempla-

ted by this article, and the goods carried by such

vessels, shall receive as favourable treatment in all

respects as is in fact enjoyed by Chinese vessels

engaged in the same trade, whether registered mider

this Article or not, and the goods carried by such

Chinese vessels respectively, and in particular no

taxes, duties, dues or charges shall be levied on

such vessels so registered or on the goods carried by

such vessels, other or greater than those levied on

Chinese vessels engaged in the said trade, or on the

goods carried by such Chinese vessels respectively.

ARTICLE VII.

Lighters towed by steam or motor vessels to

treaty ports in China may have their hatches sealed

by the Chinese Maritime Customs prior to departure

and such vessels may then proceed direct to their

destination. The Chinese Maritime Customs reserve

the right to require the towing vessel to call at a

Customs station en route for search.

ARTICLE VIII.

Goods carried by steam or motor vessels, or by

junks or lighters, registered as in Articles V and VI,

clearing from Hong Kong for non-open ports as defined

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