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RIVER STEAMER REGULATIONS.

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import

Mindest

Landing of Cargo.

Shipment of Cargo.

Export Manifest

Landing or

Shipment of

RIVER STEAMER REGULATIONS.

I. On entering port, Masters of River Steamers musi lavo their Import Manifests in readiness to hand to the Customs' Oficer who will For Cargo to be discharged at Whampoa, a board the Vossel on arrival. separate Manifest will be required, to be handed to the Customs' Officer at that place.

The Customs must in all cases be furnished with Import Manifest, before any Cargo can be discharged.

II. Consignees are not required to make application to the Customg for permission to remove consignments from the steamers, out all Goods imported in such Vessels must on being discharged be taken for exami nation to the Customs' Jetty.

III. All Exports for shipment by River Steamers, mui be sent to the Customs Jetty for exuwi.ation, on which a Permit te ship will be granted.

IV. Manifest of Cargoes expoited must be handed to the Castoms on the return trip of the Steamers.

V. River Steamers must not laud or ship Cargo at any other place Any breach of these Regu in the River than Canton and Whampoa. Cargoca route. Iations respecting the shipment or discharge of goods exposes such goods to seizure and confiscation.

Office hours.

VI. The Custom liousc

open for the transaction of insiness from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. and the River Steamer Oilice from Sunrise to Sunset, Sundays and Holidays excepted.

All applications regariling Customs business, should be « hiressed to THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOME,

OFFICE OF Malitime CUSTOMS,

CANTON.

HOLIDAYS observed at the Canton Custom House.

Foreign New Year's Day,..

Chinese New Year's Day (5 or 6 days),

Good Friday...

3rd Day of 3rd Moon (Emperor's Birthday),..............

5th Day of 8th Moon (Dragon Boat Festival),..

15th Day of 8th Moon (Autumnal Festival),................. Christmas Day,...

外國元旦 新年

外國禮生

節

中秋節

耶穌生日

THE STAMP ORDINANCE.

RULES OF THE STAMP OFFICE.

1.-The Office will be open for the transaction of business from 10 A.M. to 6 r.M. every day (Sundays and authorized holidays excepted.) 2.-All applications for Impressed Stamps must be made upon a printed form of Requisition, which will be supplied gratuitously.

8.-Adhesive Stamps cau be obtained upon payment without Requisition. 4.-Payment for Lupressed Stumps must be made on presentation of the Requisi- tion, which must be accompanied by the "goods," i.e. the paper, printed forms, purch- ment, or documents, tendered with it for the purpose of being impressed.

5.-Requisitions for Impresseil Stamps will be executed in the order in which they are received, and when it is not possible to complete a requsition in a short time after it is put in, a time will be named at which the “goods" will be rewiy; in such cases a Receipt on a printed formı will be given for the Requisition, and the “goods" will bo delivered on presentation of that Receipt only.

G.-All **

'goods" and money given in change should be counted and examined before they are removed from the counter, as no question as to wrong count of the "goods" or of the weight or goodness of the money will be entertained afterwards. 7. For the preseut it is not intended to issue Impressed Stamps except upon paper, &c., sent in by the Public. 8.-Spoiled Stampa on Unexecuted Instruments.

1. Allowance will be made for Stamps upon Instruments which have been spoiled by some error in the writing; 2.—Or defaced by some accident;

3. Or which have been rendered useless by come unforeseen circum- stances before they have been completed or rendered fit for their intended purpose.

9.-The claitu for such stamps must be made by Affidavit Ly the owner withia Six Months after they have been spoileŭ or rendered useless, 10.-Spoiled Stamps on Executed Instruments.

1.Allowance will made for Stamps upon Instruments which are found unfit for the purpose originally intended by reason of any mistake or error therein;

2.-Or which cannot be completed in the form proposed by the death of any Person whose signature is necessary;

8.--Or by reason of the refusul of any Person to sign the same.

11.-The claim for Stamps on executed Instruments must be made within Six Months after they shall have been signed, and the substitute Deeds, if any, must be produced duly stamped.

13-Stamps on Bills of Exchange or Promissory Notes when signed by the drawer or maker will be allowed, if they have not been out of his hands and have not been accepted or tendered for acceptance.

13.-But Bills, &c., wherein any error or mistake has been made will be allowed also, although they may have been accepted or tendered for acceptance, provided the claimant produces the Bills which have been substituted for them within Six Mouths after the date of the spoiled ones.

14.-Applications for allowances for Spoiled Stamps will be entertained every

Friday between Noou and 3 P.M.

1.In cases where paper, printed or plain, or parchment, &c., is spoiled in

stamping, it will be destroyed, the applicants finding at their own cast the additional paper, &c., required.