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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.

Bonds for junks deposited by parties not agents of mercantile firms heretofore established in China, must be entered into by such parties with two sufficient sureties.

N.B.-The office will be open for the transaction of general business from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Sundays and holidays excepted.

The tide-surveyor will be on duty for the inspection of the papers of steamers that have not to discharge or ship cargo, on all days, from daylight in the morning until midnight.

Communications regarding custons' business, together with applications for junk bonds, should be addressed to the Commissioner of Customs.

KIUKIANG.

NOTIFICATION.

The Honorable Sir Frederick W. A. Bruce, K.C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, &c., &c., has been pleased to approve of the accompanying regulations for the port of Kiukiang, and to direct their publica- tion. They are accordingly now published for general information.

BRITISH CONsulate, KIUKIANG,

March 11th, 1864.

P. J. HUGHES.

H. M.'s Vice-Consul,

REGULATIONS FOR THE PORT OF KIUKIANG.

I.-British vessels shall be allowed to load and discharge cargo only within the limits which may from time to time be fixed by the Consul and the Chinese authorities. Until further notice, the anchorage shall be that portion of the river between the west end of the city wall, and the Lung-kai creek.

II.-A steamer trading regularly on the river, under licence from the Chinese customs, need not be reported at the Consulate by the master, provided that the agent or consignee of such steamer, shall within 36 hours after her arrival, unless a Sunday or holiday should intervene, hand into the Consulate a manifest of her export and import cargo, and a list of all passengers lan led and embarked at Kiukiang. The names of Chinese passengers need not, however, be included in this list, unless specially called for. The regulation will not apply to any steamer, the agent or consignee of which has failed to furnish the Consulate with the above mentioned documents, within the time prescribed. Such steamer shall be treated in the manner provide 1 by Regulation III. II. In the case of a vessel, other than a steamer, of which the agent or consignee has taken advantage of the foregoing regulation, the following rules shall be enforced. A.-Within twenty-four hours after the vessel's arrival, the master shall deposit the ship's articles, or other papers, at the Consulate office, and shall lodge with the Consul a manifest of her inward cargo, together with a list of all passengers or per- sons on board not forming part of her registered crew.

B. Before leaving the port, the master shall hand to the Consul a manifest of the export cargo, together with a list of all passengers, and shall also produce the customs' clearance.

Infringement of either of these rules, marked A. and B., will render the master liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

IV. Should any vessel, the property of a British subject, but not provided with a British sailing letter, or certificate of registry, hoist the British Ensign within the anchorage, or should she exhibit any flag so similar to the British Ensign, as not to be distinguishable from it, the master or owner of such vessel will be liable, for every such offence, to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

V.-Masters of vessels will be liable to be called upon to make good any damage done to property by their crews on shore. Should any seaman absent himself without

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