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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH SEPTEMBER, 1884.

ARTICLE X.

The following are alone exempt from all examination on entry or departure, as well as from all payment of duty, viz., articles and personal effects belonging to Consuls-General and Commissioned Consuls ("Consuls de Carrière") who do not exercise other functions, are not engaged in commerce or manufacture, and do not possess or make use of landed property in Egypt.

ARTICLE XI.

Within a period not exceeding thirty-six hours after the arrival of a vessel in an Egyptian port or harbour, the captain or agent of the owners must deposit at the Custom-house two copies of the cargo manifest, certified by him to be true copies of the original. In the same manner the captains must, before departure from an Egyptian port, present at the Custom-house a copy of the manifest of the goods composing the cargo of their ships. The original manifest, whether on arrival or departure, must be presented at the same time with the copies, to be compared with them.

If a vessel stops in an Egyptian port, for a motive which appears suspicious to the Customs authorities, the latter may require the presentation of the manifest and may immediately make such search as they may deem necessary: the search warrant shall be addressed in such case to the Hellenic Consular authority, as provided in Article V.

Excess or deficit, resulting from the comparison of the manifest with the cargo, will entail the application of the fines specified in the Customs Regulations which shall be promulgated by the Egyp- tian Government.

ARTICLE XII.

Every Customs formality in Egypt, whether on arrival or departure, must be preceded by a declaration signed by the proprietor of the goods or by his representative.

If any question arises the Customs authorities may require the production of all the documents which should accompany a consignment of goods, such as invoices, correspondence, &c.

Any refusal to make the declaration, either on arrival or departure, any delay in making the said declaration, any difference, less or more, which may exist between the goods and the declaration, shall entail the application of the fines provided by the Egyptian Customs Regulations in each of the specified

cases.

ARTICLE XIII.

Custom officers, officers of the vessels belonging to the Egyptian postal service, and officers of vessels belonging to the State, may board any vessel whether sailing or steam of more than 200 tons burden, at anchor or cruizing within 10 kilom. of the shore, without the plea of "force majeure;" may, assure themselves of the nature of the cargo, may seize all prohibited goods, and substantiate contravention of the Customs Regulations.

any other

ARTICLE XIV.

Any contraband importation of goods shall entail the application of the confiscation and fines provided by the Egyptian Customs Regulations.

Decisions imposing confiscations and fines must be communicated within the legal period to the Hellenic Consular authority.

ARTICLE XV.

It is understood that the present Convention shall in nowise infringe the administrative rights which belong to both the Contracting Governments, and that they may put in force any regulation which may be useful for the good working of the service and for the repression of fraud.

ARTICLE XVI.

The present Convention shall remain in effect for seven years commencing on the 20th of March, 1884.

On the expiration of that period the present Convention shall remain in force during the following year, and so on from year to year until it is denounced, or until the conclusion, if necessary, of a new agreement.

. ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

The operation of the modification in the existing tariff of duties, contemplated by Article IV, remains suspended until these modifications have been adopted by the other Powers interested.

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Convention. Done in duplicate at Cairo, the 3rd March, 1884.

(Signed)

NUBAR.

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BYZANTIOS.