Directory_and_Chronicle_1879 — Page 837

PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, SAILING, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. 347

of charges. Such house shall be liable to be visited at any time by a constable or other person deputed by the Consul or Vice-consul for the purpose of inspection.

V.--No licensed boarding-house, house of entertainment, or shop for the sale of liquors, shall be transf rred or sub-let without the consent of the Consul or Vice-consul.

VI.-No keeper of a licensed boarling-house, house of entertainment, or shop for the sale of liquors, shall under any circumstances enter into partnership with a person not a British subject, nor shall any British subject act as a barman, runner, or in other similar capacity, in any boarding-house, house of entertainment, or shop for the sale of liquors, British or other, without permission of the Consul or Vice-consul. VII. On anchoring at Whampoa the master of any British vessel will without delay lodge the articles of his crew with the British Vice-consul, and within 24 hours of arrival he will deposit at Her Majesty's Consulate at Canton his ship's register and a copy of his inward manifest.

When the vessel is ready for sea the master will procure from the Customs-house a port clearance, and on exhibiting this at the Consulate and depositing a copy of his export manifest he will receive back the ship's register, on presenting which to the Vice-consul at Whampoa he will receive the ship's articles and an English port clearance, on payment of the requisite fees.

VIII.-Any individual appealing from the decision of the Vice-consul at Whampoa, is required to forward his appeal under flying seal through the Vice-consul to the Consul at Canton.

IX.-River steamers regularly enga red in transmission of passengers or goods between Canton and Hongkong, may, if permitted by the Customs' authorities, load and discharge at Canton.

CANTON.

RIVER STEAMER REGULATIONS.

I.-On entering port, masters of river steamers must have their import manifests. in readiness to hand to the customs' officer who will board the vessel on arrival. For cargo to be discharged at Whampoa a 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 customs for permission to remove consignments from the steamers, but all goods imported in such vessels must, on being discharged, be taken for examination to the customs jetty.

III.-All exports for shipment by river steamers must be sent to the customs" jetty for examination, on which a permit to ship will be granted.

IV.-Manifests of cargoes exported must be handed to the customs' officer on the return trip of the steamers.

V.-River steamers must not land or ship cargo at any other place in the river than Canton and Whampoa. Any breach of these regulations respecting the ship- ment or discharge of goods exposes such goods to seizure and confiscation.

P.M.,

VI.-The Custom-house is open for the transaction of business from 10 A.M. to 4 and the river steamer office from sunrise to sunset, Sundays and holidays excepted. All applications regarding customs' business should be addressed to the "Com- missioner of Customs," Office of Maritime Customs, Canton.

CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

I.-Masters must deposit their ship's papers and manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the customs), within 48 hours after entering the port.

II. The import manifest must contain a true account of the nature of the cargo on board, and must be handed to the customs before any application to break bulk can be attended to.