(b) Every vessel bringing salt into the waters of the Colony shall declare to the proper Hong Kong authorities the quantity, port of origin, and destination of such salt.
(c) The import into China of foreign salt, including salt manufactured in the New Territories (Hong Kong), is and remains prohibited.
If fueling within the caregone, wcibed in Actiones 8,7 18 & 11 a box (d) If any vessel sports salt from China into the waters of the Colony which is not covered by a pass in the prescribed form issued by the proper authority in the Chinese Salt Department, the proper Hong Kong authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the Commissioner of Customs, and such vessel shall be liable to seizure by such Hong Kong authorities as security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime Customs of such dues as would be payable if such vessel had been detained in similar circumstances in Chinese waters. Failing payment of such dues, the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by legal proceedings against the master or owner, or against the vessel. The master of any such vessel shall also be liable upon conviction on the prosecution of the Hong Kong Government to a fine in the respect of such importation, and the salt in question shall be liable to be confiscated by the magistrate. Any salt so confiscat- ed shall be placed at the disposal of the Commissioner.
(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other than salt in transit without trans- shipment, 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 pres- cribed form, issued by the proper authority in the Salt Department and countersigned by the Commissioner of Customs, has been obtained by the merchant.
(f) Every licensee of a licensed warehouse for salt shall keep such books as may be prescribed, showing imports and local sales. The books shall at all times be open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.
(9) 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 sold. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by the Hong Kong Government.
() No retail dealer in the New Territories shall keep salt on his premises in excess of a prescribed amount without a special licence.
() As the provisions of this Article are designed to safeguard the salt re- venue of the Chinese Government, that Government agrees to permit the duty on salt transported from Hong Kong to China under the above regulations to be collect- ed by the Chinese Maritime Customs Office in Hong Kong, and to allow to continue without restriction consignments of salt to Kwangtung through the waters of the Colony from the salt works on the Kwangtung and Fukien littoral.
(j) The provisions of this Article shall not apply to the salt authorised to be carried by fishing junks as ship's stores or for the preservation of their catch.
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