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other explosives or sulphur or saltpetre in his possession

except as provided by law and no person shall store such

articles except under licence. Every licensee shall keep

books in a prescribed form showing the quantity received

under permit, and the mount used. All such books shall be

open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government,

ARTICLE XIV.

During the currency of this Agreement the Hong Kong

Government will allow the Chinese Maritime Customs to main-

tain in the city of Victoria an office for the use of the

Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Customs

Service appointed as aforesaid to reside in Hong Kong, but

the Chinese Maritime Customs shall not maintain any sub-office

or any Custons station in the Territory of the Colony of

Hong Kong.

ARTICLE XV.

Revenue vessels of the Chinese Karitime Customs funct-

ioning in Chinese waters adjacent to those of the Colony of

Hong Kong shall not make use of Hong Kong waters in the

exercise of their preventive duties except in special cases

and then only in pursuance of a roquest by the Hong Kong

Superintendent of Imports and Exports.

ARTICLE XVI.

Chinese goods which are imported into Hong Kong from a

treaty port in China, and which are re-exported to the same

or another treaty port in China within one year of their

serival in Hong Kong, shall be re-admitted into China free

of import duty, if they are in their original packages or if

permission has been received from the Chinese Maritime Customs

for/