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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, SAILING, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. 355

V. The manifest must contain an account of the marks, numbers, and contents every package on board. For exhibiting a false manifest, the master is liable to fine. Errors must be corrected on the day on which the manifest is handed in to the Customs. If any portion of the cargo be for re-exportation, it must be so eutered upon the manifest; goods found on board not specified in the manifest are liable to cor fiscation.

VI. Neither cargo nor ballast can be shipped or unshipped, exc pt within the limits of the anchorage, and between sunrise and sunset on all days, Sundays and holidays excepted.

VII.-When a vessel is entered and her manifest received, the consignees of her cargo hand in to the Customs their Applications to Land. These must give the number of packages, with their marks, weight, quantity, and other such like particulars and be accompanied by their delivery orders. The delivery orders will be stamped and returned to the consignees, who may then land their consignments. If cargo be unshipped without such delivery order duly stamped, it is liable to confiscation, and the master to fine.

VIII.—When the whole of the inward cargo is discharged, the vessel is examined by a Customs' officer. Shippers may then hand in to the Customs their Applications to Ship, which must, as in the case of the Application to Land, give full particulars, and be accompanied by their shipping orders. The shipping orders will be stamped by the Customs and returned to the shippers, who may then ship their goods. Goods shipped, or water-borne to be shipped, without such shipping order duly stamped, are liable to confiscation, and the master of the vessel receiving them on board is liable to fine.

IX.-Cargo which cannot be received on board must not be re-landed, until it has first been examined at the Custom-house jetty.

X.-When the loading of a vessel is completed, a manifest of her outward cargo must be handed in to the Customs by the master or consignee. It must contain an account of the particular marks, numbers and contents of every package on board. For exhibiting a false manifest, the master is liable to fine.

XI.-Goods cannot be placed in a cargo-b at, cr leave the shore, or be landed, except at the authorized jetties, between sunrise and sunset on all days, Sundays and holidays excepted.

XII.-Goods transhipped without special permission are liable to confiscation, and the masters to fine.

XIII.-All cargo-boats must be registered at the Custom-house, and must have their respective numbers conspicuously painted on them, in English and Chinese characters. Without special permission no cargo can be landed or shipped, except in a cargo-boat duly registered and numbered.

XIV. Consignees or shippers should apply as early as possible for a Customs' memo. of the duties payable by them. When they have paid the amount into the Hai-kwan bank or Receiving office, a duty receipt in Chinese will be given them, which they must exchange at the Custom-house for a printed receipt in English; the latter must be returned to the Custom-house by the consignee of the vessel when he desires to clear her.

Import duties are due upon the landing of the goods; Export duties on the shipment of the goods. Amendment in respect of weight or values must be made within twenty-four hours after the landing or shipment of the goods.

Tonnage dues are payable when the ship has been forty-eight hours in port, or when any cargo has been shipped or unshipped.

XV.—When a vessel's clearance is applied for, her stamped delivery and shipping orders are examined, and if they are found in order, and the Customs are satisfied of the correctness of the inward and outward manifests, and that the whole of the dues aud duties have been paid, the clearance is issued, and the vessel is entitled to receive back her papers, and to leave the port.

XVI. Exemption certificates are granted on foreign goods re-exported to a Chinese port.