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

IX.-Cargo which cannot be received on board must not be re-landed, until it bas 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 ca not be placed in a cargo-boat, or leave the shore, or be landed, except at the authorized jetties between sunrise and sunset on all days, Sundays and holidays excepted.

XII.-Goods tanshipped 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 numb rs 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. Consigners or shippers should apply as early as possible for 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 lan ling 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 and 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.

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 Goldeu 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), band into the Consulate: 1st a manifest of cargo exported or imported; 2nd, a list of all passengers (not Chinese) embarked or disembarked.

* Drawback_certificates are also granted, when applied for, instead of Exemption certificates, on foreign goods re-exported to a Chinese port.

+ The Holidays which it has hitherto 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.