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NATIVE PRODUCE SHIPPED FROM OPEN PORT TO OPEN PORT

VIA A FOREIGN PORT OR PORTS.

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Native goods may be sent under a duty exemption docu- ment in the form of a duplicate Application, duly stamped, from one Open Port to another Open Port via a foreign port or ports under the following regulations :-

1.

Owners of steamers or agents of steamship companies

wishing to clear a steamer from one Open Port to another Open

Port via a foreign port or ports shall declare to the Customs at

the port of clearance the names of the foreign ports to be touched

at, and shall also state in writing whether all the native produce

declared for other Open Ports is to be conveyed to its destination without transhipment. Foreign ports thus touched at must be in direct route between Open Port of shipment and Open Port of

discharge.

2.

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Vessels clearing in ballast from an Open Port to and Open Port are not allowed to proceed via a foreign port or ports for bunkering or for any other purpose, unless they

have declared at time of clearance the name or names of the

foreign port or ports at which they intend to call.

to do so will render the vessel liable to a fine not

exceeding $500.

Failure

The above ruling does not apply to vessels which put

in to a foreign port in distress, but when the plea of

distress is proffered, it should only be accepted when its authenticity can be vouched for.

Should any portion of the native produce conveyed by a steamer from an Open Port to another Open Port via a foreign port or ports be declared to be for transhipment to another steamer or to a junk at any foreign port touched at, then the steamship owner or agent, or the individual merchant concerned, shall on his declaration state into which type of vessel the goods are to