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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, SAILING, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.
XVII.-Drawback certificates are granted on foreign goods re-exported to a foreign country, within twelve months from their importation upon the production of satisfactory evidence as to their port of destination.*
XVIII.-The Custom-house is open for the receipt and issue of all necessary papers from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. on all days, Sundays and holidayst excepted.
All applications whatever regarding Customs' business should be addressed to the Commissioner of Customs, Office of Maritime Customs, Shanghai.
CHINKIANG.
PORT REGULATIONS.
1st. For junks and all sailing craft (except lorchas) not being square-rigged, the portion of the river on the Chinkiang side between Golden Island and the Kan- lu-sze, old Consular Hill. 2nd, for lorchas and square-rigged vessels and steamers that portion of the river above described, but including also the northern bank. A steamer trading on the river under licence from the Customs authorities need not be reported at the Consulate by the master; provided that the agent or consignee of such steamer shall, within 36 hours after her arrival (unless a Sunday or holiday intervene), hand into the Consulate: 1st. a manifest of cargo exported or imported: 2nd, a list of all passengers (not Chinese) embarked or disembarked.
No boarding-house or tavern shall be established either on the north bank of the river or without the limits of the Rritish Concession.
Rafts under the British flag coming to the port of Chinkiang shall be reported by the foreigner in charge within 24 hours of their arrival. The following reports will be required:-A manifest of the raft, contersigned by the agent or consignee; 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 officer 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.
I. For the shipment and discharge of cargo, merchant vessels sball anchor in the vicinity of the Customs' hulk, 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 sp cial 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 con- taining all necessary particulars,--such as denomination of goods, number of packages,
* Drawback certificates are also granted, when applied for, instead of Exemption certificates, on foreign gooda
re-exported to a Chinese port. †The Holidays which it has bitherto been the custom to observe, are-The Foreign (Gregorian) New Year's day ; the Chinese New Year's day, the day preceding, and the two days following; Good Friday; and Christmas day.
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