AMOY.
CUSTOMS' REGULATIONS FOR THE PORT OF AMOY.
The following Customs' and Harbour Regulations, for the port of Amoy, were received too late to be inserted amongst similar Regulations for other ports:----
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I. The limits of the port are defined within lines drawn from the Southern- most point of Amoy island South-eastward to the nearest island; and thence, in the direction of the high Pagoda, to the point of Lam-tae-hoo hill; and from the North- ernmost point of Amoy island to the opposite point on the mainland.
II. The shipment and discharge of cargo can only be carried on in the inner harbour between Kulansoo and Amoy: Northern and Southern limits. The autho- rised Customs' jetties for the examination, landing, and shipment of goods, are those known as the Kang-ah-kow and Custom-house wharves.
III.-Masters of merchant vessels must deposit their ships' papers and import manifest with their Cousul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs) within 48 hours after entering the port.
IV. The import manifest must contain a true account of the nature of the cargo on board, and must be handed to the Customs, signed by the master, before any appli- cation to break bulk can be attended to.
V.--The landing and discharging of cargo must be carried on within the limits of the inner anchorage, as defined in Rule II.,--can only take place between sunrise and sunset, and cannot go on, without special permission, on Sundays and Holidays. Cargo-boats employed for the shipment or landing of merchandise cannot make use of other jetties than those specified in Rule II.
VI. When ready to discharge cargo, the consignee must send to the Customs an application in Chinese (and English) giving full particulars of the cargo to be discharged, when he will be furnished with a permit to remove his consigument from the ship by which it is imported, and to place the same in a cargo-boat. The cargo-boat must then repair to one of the authorised jetties, in order that the goods may be ex- amined and assessed for duty. A "Customs' memo." will thereon be issued, to be taken to the bank by the consignee, who, upon payment of the duty therein noted, will be supplied with a "Duty Receipt." Upon the presentation at the office of Customs of the duty receipt, a "Duty-paid Order" will be issued. The goods im- ported may then be removed from the Customs' jetty, and placed in the merchant's godown.
VII.-In the case of goods to be shipped, the shipper must send them to one of the authorised jetties for examination, with an application in Chinese (and English) for a permit to ship, containing all necessary particulars. The goods will then be ex- amined, and a "Customs' memo." issue 1, and on the production at the office of the
'Duty Receipt," a "Duty-paid Order" will be issued, authorising the shipment.
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