CO129-521-13 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 27-8-1930 - 16-10-1930 — Page 451

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APPENDIX H.

1911 DRAFT OF THE ANGLO-CHINESE CUSTOMS AGREEMENT

OF HONGKONG.

The Government of His Britannic Majesty and the Government of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China being mutually desirous of safeguarding the revenue of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs and of securing reciprocal benefits to trade and commerce have authorised the undersigned to conclude the following Agreement.

ARTICLE I.

A junk means any sea-going sailing vessel of Chinese or other Asiatic build, construction, and rig. For the better regulation of such vessels in the waters of the Colony the Hongkong Government will arrange:-

(a) That junks shall be licensed, as at present, in two classes as Trading or Fishing, the latter may only be employed in fishing, and no junk may receive a licence in both classes at the same time.

(b) That every junk, whether licensed or unlicensed, shall be provided by the Harbour Master with a certificate of registration in the form of a pass book to be hereafter mutually agreed upon.

(c) That trading junks may not leave any port in the Colony between the hours of 6.00 P.M. and 6.00 A.M. from October to March (inclusive), or 7.00 P.M. to 5.00 A.M. from April to September. Supervision shall be exercised by the proper British authority to prevent contravention of this rule.

(d) That fishing junks shall have their certificate number painted on their mainsails in such manner as the Harbour Master may direct. Supervision shall be exercised by the proper British authority over stores carried.

(e) That every trading junk shall enter and clear at the Harbour Master's station

when arriving at or departing from the following ports:—

Victoria, Cheung Chau,

Shaukiwan, Shau Tau Kok,

Taipo,

Stanley.

Sai Kung, Aberdeen,

Yaumati, Tai O,

Provided that the above list may be altered or added to by mutual consent at any time.

(ƒ) That every junk, entering or clearing, shall have her pass book certificate and also her Imperial Maritime Customs pass book endorsed and dated by the Harbour Authority, and the Harbour Authority shall satisfy himself that the junk has reported at the proper Imperial Maritime Customs station en route to and from the Colony.

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