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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 25, 1916.

No. 374. The following notification which appeared in the London Gazelle of the 30th June, 1916, is published for general information.

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TREATMENT OF GOODS DISCHARGED FROM GERMAN SHIPS REQUISITIONED BY THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT.

With reference to the notification which appeared in the London Gazette of May 12 last, H.M. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from H.M. Ambassador at Rome the following additional notification from the Italian Government stating the conditions under which the admission into private warehouses of goods disembarked from German ships requisitioned by them will be allowed:

(Translation.)

With reference to the Circular No. 20101 of May 1 last regarding the treatment of merchandise disembarked from requisitioned steamships, the Royal Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform His Britannic Majesty's Embassy that the Royal Government are, in cases where it is not possible to provide for the importation or re-exportation abroad within the prescribed time-limit of merchandise disembarked from requisitioned German steamships, ready to allow the admission of such merchandise, under Customs bond, into private warehouses; such, facilities, however, being subor- dinated to the conditions enumerated in the annexed memorandum and without prejudice to the conditions and formalities under headings (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) of the document attached to the above-mentioned Note Verbale from the Royal Ministry.*

Memorandum.

Conditions for the admission into private warehouses of goods disembarked from requisitioned German ships.

• Merchandise disembarked from requisitioned German ships.may be admitted, under Customs bond, into private warehouses under the following conditions :

1. The Royal Authorities, from the moment the merchandise leaves its present. warehouses, are exonerated from all responsibility towards the pro- prietors of the said merchandise in consequence of the prolonged warehousing and of the increased expenses incurred thereby;

2. From the same moment the Royal Authorities are exonerated from meeting any expense even by means of advances for the new period of warehous- ing, beginning from expenses of transport to the new warehouses;

3. Similarly the Royal Authorities are exonerated from any responsibility for any loss or damage which the merchandise may suffer after leaving the present warehouses;

4. The new warehouses shall not be connected with maritime business or

traffic;

5. The expenses borne up to now by the competent maritime authorities on account of the merchandise, whether for discharge or warehousing, shall be paid before leaving the present warehouses,

Firms desirous of benefiting by the above-mentioned concession should address specific requests to the Royal Ministry of Finance, through the competent Customs Authority.

The withdrawal of merchandise from private warehouses is only granted subject to the observance of the same conditions and the same formalities as have been fixed for their withdrawal from the Customs warehouses.

Foreign Office,

June 28, 1916.

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* See Notification in London Gazette of May 12, 1916.

NOTE.--The notification which appeared in the London Gazette of the 12th May, 1916, was published in the Hongkong Gazette of the 7th July, 1916.