CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 28

Chinese Government as a place to which foreign shipping may trade.

ARTICLE XVII,

For the better prevention of smuggling across the land frontier of the Colony the Hong Kong Covernment will select, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Chinese Maritime Customs, certain places of entry for goods or live stock. Whenever it is found that any goods or live stock have been brought across the land frontier of the Colony from China unaccompanied by proper Customs docu- ments the Hong Kong Government may seize such goods or live stock as security for the payment of such dues as may be mutually agreed upon. If such dues are not paid, the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled to recover them on behalf of the Chinese Maritime Customs by proceedings against the owner or by sale of the goods or live stock.

ARTICLE XVIII,

The Chinese Maritime Customs will endeavour to prevent the illicit entry into the Colony from China of opium, compounds of opium, extracts of opium, and other dangerous drugs, and of intoxicating liquors, dutiable light oils, and tobacco, and of any other article which on importation into the Colony is subject to restriction or liable to import duty, and will co-operate with the Hong Kong Government in controlling the traffic in these articles by sea, land, and air.

The Hong Kong Government will endeavour to prevent the illicit entry into China of arms and munitions of war, opium, extracts of opium and other dangerous drugs, the importation of which into China is subject to restriction or forbidden, and will co-operate with the Chinese Government in controlling the traffic in such articles by sea, land, and air.

ARTICLE XIX,

For the promotion of accurate knowledge and in the interests of the Chinese revenue the Hong Kong Government will, so far as the conditions of the free port admit of it, collect and publish statistics of imports and exports.

ARTICLE XX.

Office and 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 Super- intendent of Imports and Exports under the following general conditions:

(a) Goods leaving Kowloon for China by a train stopping at no inter- mediate station in British territory shall pay Customs import duty prior to departure.

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