CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 74

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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 (long Kong) is

and remains prohibited.

as

(d) If any vessel imports 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 Balt Department, the proper Hong Kong

authorities shall forthwith report the matter to the

Commissioner of Customs, and shall seize such vessel

security for the payment to the Chinese Maritime

Customs of such due as would be payable to the Chinese

Laritime Customs if such vessel had been detained in

similar circumstances in Chinese waters. @ailing payment

of such dues the Hong Kong Government shall be entitled

to recover them on wehalf 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 liacle upon conviction on the prosecution of the

Hong Kong Government to a fine in respect of such

importation, and the salt in question shall be liable to

be confiscated by the magistrate. Any salt so con-

fiscated shall be placed at the disposal of the Chinese

Salt Department.

(e) All salt imported into the Colony, other than

salt in transit without transhipment, 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 sala

covered by a permit for removal as auove shall not be

transported