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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, SAILING, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. 351

X.-Drawback, exemption, or coast tra le duty certificates will be issued simul- taneously with the permit for the shipment of the goods covered by them. Exemption or coast trade duty crtificates for goods imported must be presented simultaneously with the consiguee's application for the permit to land.

XI.-Before application is made for the "Customs' clearance," the export manifest, signed by the master, must be handed in. All dues and duties having been paid, the clearance will be issued.

N.B.-The office of Customs is open for the transaction of business from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M.

Applications regarding Customs' business should be addressed to "The Com- missioner of Customs."

HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

The following Regulations are approved by the Consuls representing Treaty Powers at the port, and are instituted for the order and security of foreign shipping:

I.-Vessels on er tering the harbour must stop above or below the shipping, until the Harbour-Master has assigned them a berth. Masters to moor their vessels with as little delay as possible.

II. Each vessel will moor in the berth allotted to her, with from thirty to forty fathoms of chain on each cable, or more, if the Harbour-Master thinks necessary.

III.-Vessels shall rig in jib and spanker booms, and top or brace up lower and top-sail yards.

IV. No ballast to be thrown overboard in the harbour without special permission from the Harbour-Master.

V.-No pitch, or other inflammable substance, to be boiled on board any ship in the barbour. Spirits or other inflammable liquids to be drawn off by daylight. The use of artificial light for such purpose is forbidden.

VI.-Vessels unprovided with a fire engine must have a bucket fitted with a lanyard for each man on board, before a berth can be assigned them.

VII.-Vessels to keep a clear hawse, and to have more chain on deck when bad weather is apprehended.

VIII.-No boats, warps, or lines to be made fast to any of the beacons or buoys. No warps or lines to be run out from dusk till daylight; and when such are in use during the day, a look out must be kept to slack or let go when passing vessels or boats require it. Boats moored astern of ships to be within a reasonable distance of the vessel, so as not to hinder passage.

IX.-Lights to be carried on the extreme starboard fore-yard-arm, if required by the Harbour-Master.

X.-Vessels not to anchor in that part of the harbour kept clear for steamers. XI. No fire-arms to be discharged within the limits of the harbour without special notification from the Consul to the Customs; and if the vessel bas no Consul to refer to, without express permission from the Commissioner of Customs.

XII.-Power is vested in the Harbour-Master to make bye-laws, which, in his experience of the requirements of the port, he may think desirable,-publicity to which bye-laws will be given by posting thein in the Custom-house for general information. XIII. The Regulations do not modify or affect any obligation or right of vessels, under the laws of scas and rivers, recognised by civilized nations.

XIV.-A breach of any of these Regulations shall be visited with a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, which shall be inflicted on the offender by the Consul of the nation to which such offender belongs, provided such a nation be a Treaty Power, otherwise by the Superintendent of Customs.

NOTICE TO Mariners.

The Buoys marking the dangers in the harbour of Amoy have been painted according to the rule in use by the British Admiralty and Trinity Board, viz. :-to mark the starboard side of channels entering by black or red buoys only, the port side,