CO129-521-14 Chinese Customs- proposed agreement with Hong Kong 31-10-1930 - 10-1-1931 — Page 88

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endeavour

(b) The liong Kong Government will continue te

take cotive stepe to prevent the illicit entry into

salt and of

China of arms and munitions of war, and will co-operate with the Chinese Government in controlling the traffic in such articles by sea, and by land, and air.

ARTICLE XII.

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 importa

and exports.

ARTICLE XIII.

Office and warehouse accomodation 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 liong Kong Government. Such duties will be collected by the Chinese keritime Customs under regulations to be mutually agreed

general

upon,

under the following conditions:-

(a) Goods leaving Kowloon for Ching by train

stopping t no intermediate station in British territory 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 train that dops at

intermediate stations in urilish territory and gods placed on the trein at stations in writi territory other than the Kowloon Station my pay duty either at Kowloon or at the Chinese frontier

station at Shumchun.

(d)