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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c,
A list of persons other than Chinese employed on the raft, signed by the consignee; A list of all passengers, not Chinese, brought down by the raft, signed by the consignee.
The foreigner or foreigners in charge of rafts, shall, during their stay in port, report themselves once every three days to the officers in charge of Her Majesty's consulate. They shall also give 24 hours' notice of intended departure, specifying destination and mode of conveyance.
CUSTOMS REGULATIONS FOR THE PORT OF CHINKIANG.
I. For the shipment and discharge of cargo, merchant vessels shall anchor in the vicinity of the Customs' bulk, above Silver and below Golden Islands.
II. Čargo-boats must be registered at the Customs, and their numbers must be conspicuously painted on them in English and Chinese characters.
III. The landing and shipment of cargo can only take place between sunrise and sunset, and cannot go on without special permission on Sundays or holidays.
Upon application, river steamers, arriving before midnight, will be permitted to land and ship cargo during the night.
Goods landed or shipped without a permit will be confiscated.
IV.-Cargo for which a shipment permit has been issued, but which cannot be received on board, must await Customs examination before being re-landed.
V.-River steamers excepted, merchant vessels must complete the discharging of the import cargo before commencing to receive on board exports.
VI.-Sea-going ships, Ningpo boats, lorchas, and such like craft, together with steamers not plying under the Shanghai river steamer pass, must be reported by the Consul on arrival at Chinkiang, and must lodge with the customs a manifest of the cargo on board; the permit to open hatches will then be issued.
Consignees of goods upon presenting, in Chinese and English, applications containing all necessary particulars, such as denomination of goods number of packages marks, numbers, weights, value, &c., will be supplied with permits authorising the discharge of their consignments into cargo-boats, after which the goods will be examined and customs' memos, issued for the payment of duties. Upon the production of the bank receipts, permission will be granted to land the goods.
Exemption and coast trade duty certificates should be presented to the Customs simultaneously with the consignees' application for a discharge permit.
VII.-Goods for export will be examined by the customs upon the receipt of applications for shipment permits, giving all necessary particulars, and made out in Chinese and English. After the examination, a customs' memo. will be issued, and upon the production of the bank receipt, the shipment permit will be granted.
VIII. In the case of vessels arriving from, and about again to proceed to, sea, the landing and shipment of cargo having been completed, all dues and duties having been paid, and the manifest of the export cargo having been handed to the customs, the customs' clearance will be issued, upon which the vessel may receive back her papers and proceed on her voyage.
In the case of vessels arriving at Chinkiang from sea, and about to proceed to Kiukiang or Hankow, the landing and shipment of cargo having been completed, all dues and duties having been paid, and a manifest of the cargo placed on board at Chinkiang having been handed to the customs, the clearance will be issued, and, upon the application of the Consul who holds the ship's papers, or of the consignee, in the event of the papers having been lodged with the customs, the ship's hatches will be sealed, and the "Chinkiang pass" will be granted, upon which the vessel may leave the anchorage on her voyage up the river.
In the case of vessels arriving at Chinkiang from Hankow or Kiukiang, and about to proceed to sea, the clearances issued by the Hankow and Kiukiang customs, together with a manifest of the cargo on board, must be handed in to the Chinkiang customs, when, upon the surrender of the Chinkian pass, the custom's clearance (Grand Chop) will be issued, and the vessel will be at liberty to receive back her papers and proceed
to sea.
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