CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 128

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ARTICLE XX.

C

Office md warehouse accommodation for the examination

and storage of goods carried by the Kowloon-Canton Railway

and for the payment of duties thereon will be provided at

reasonable rates by the Hong Kong Government. Such duties

will be collected by the staff seconded as aforesaid to the

office of the Hong Kong Superintendent of Imports and Exports

under the following general conditions:-

(a) Goods leaving Kowloon for China by a train stop-

ping at no intermediate station in British terri-

tory shall pay Customs import duty prior to

departure.

(b) Goods arriving at Kowloon from China uncovered by

Customs documents shall pay Customs export duty

prior to release.

(c) Goods leaving Kowloon by a train that stops at

intermediate stations in British territory and

goods placed on the train at stations in British

territory other than the Kowloon station may pay

duty either at Kowloon or at the Chinese frontier

station at Shumchun.

(a) Goods not covered by Customs documents, which

leave Chunchun for stations in British territory

other than Kowloon Station, shall pay duty at

Shumchun.

ARTICLE XXI.

It is agreed that for purposes of payment of duty and

duos to the Chinese Maritime Customs in Hong Kong the rate

of exchange between the Haikwan Tael and Hong Kong currency

shall not be less favourable to the payer than the rate in

force in the Canton Custom House.