CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 87

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passing through liong Kong, in transit from one

treaty port to another, may, on permission

first being obtained from the Chinese Maritime

Customs, se allowed to be sold in Hong Kong. foreign goods thus sold, if under exemption certificate, shall be entitled to drawback of

the duty originally paid to the Chinese aritine

Customs, according to the regulation governing

the issue of drawbacks on foreign cargo.

ARTICLE X.

For the better prevention of smuggling across

the land frontier of the Colony the Hong Kong Government

will select in cansultation with the Commissioner of the

Chinese Maritime Customs certain places of entry for

goods or livestock.

Whenever it is found that any goods or livestock have been brought across the land frontier of the Colony

from China unaccompanied by proper Customs documents the

Hong Kong Government will seize such goods or livestock

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 proceeding

against the owner or by sale of the goods or livestock.

livestock.

ARTICLE XI.

endeavour

(a) The Chinese Maritime Customs will take active

steps to prevent the illicit entry into the Colony from

China of intexie ting liquor, opium, compounds of opium morphine, an towiece and will co-operate with the liong

Kong Government in controlling the traffic in these

articles by sea, by land, and air.

#extracts of opium and other dangerous drugs, and of intoxicating

liquors and tobacco, and of every other article which on importation into the Colony is subject to restriction or håble to import duty,

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