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Treatment of Foreign Opium on its importation into China. Import and li-kin Duties.
Repacking in Bond.
Transit Certificate.
No transport duty to be levied.
Certificates only valid in Chinese hands.
Regulations respecting issue of Transit Certificates.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE (LONDON).
1. As regards the arrangements above referred to and proposed in clauses 1 and 2 of Section III of the Chefoo Agreement, it is agreed that they be reserved for further consideration between the two Governments.
2. In lieu of the arrangement respecting Opium proposed in clause 3 of Section III of the Chefoo Agreement, it is agreed that foreign Opium, when imported into China, shall be taken cognizance of by the Imperial Maritime Customs, and shall be deposited in bond, either in warehouses or receiving-hulks which have been approved of by the Customs, and that it shall not be removed thence until there shall have been paid to the Customs the tariff duty of 30 taels per chest of 100 catties, and also a sum not exceeding 80 taels per like chest as li-kin.
3. It is agreed that, the aforesaid import and li-kin duties having been paid, the owner shall be allowed to have the Opium repacked in bond under the supervision of the Customs, and put into packages of such assorted sizes as he may select from such sizes as shall have been agreed upon by the Customs authorities and British Consul at the port of entry.
The Customs shall then, if required, issue gratuitously to the owner a transit certificate for each such package, or one for any number of packages, at the option of the owner.
Such certificate shall free the Opium to which it applies from the imposition of any further tax or duty whilst in transport in the interior, provided that the package has not been opened, and that the Customs' seal, marks, and numbers on the packages have not been effaced or tampered with.
Such certificate shall have validity only in the hands of Chinese subjects, and shall not entitle foreigners to convey or accompany any Opium in which they may be interested into the interior.
4. It is agreed that the Regulations under which the said certificates are to be issued shall be the same for all the ports, and that the form shall be as follows :-
Opium Transit Certificate.
This is to certify that Tariff and li-kin duties at the rate of taels per chest of 100 catties have been paid on the Opium marked and numbered as under; and that, in conformity with the Additional Article signed at London the 18th July, 1885, and appended to the Agreement between China and Great Britain signed at Chefoo the 13th September, 1876, and approved by the Imperial Decree printed on the back hereof, the production of this certificate will exempt the Opium to which it refers, wherever it may be found, from the imposition of any further tax or duty
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Treatment of Foreign Opium on its importation into China. Import and li-kin Duties.
Repacking in Bond.
Transit Certificate.
No transport duty to be levied.
Certificates
only valid in Chinese hands.
Regulations respecting issue of Transit Certificates.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE (LONDON).
1. As regards the arrangements above referred to and proposed in clauses 1 and 2 of Section III of the Chefoo Agreement, it is agreed that they be reserved for further consideration between the two Governments.
2. In lieu of the arrangement respecting Opium proposed in clause 3 of Section III of the Chefoo Agreement, it is agreed that foreign Opium, when imported into China, shall be taken cognizance of by the Im- perial Maritime Customs, and shall be deposited in bond, either in warehouses or receiving-hulks which have been approved of by the Customs, and that it shall not be removed thence until there shall have been paid to the Customs the tariff duty of 30 taels per chest of 100 catties, and also a sum not exceeding 80 taels per like chest as li-kin.
3. It is agreed that, the aforesaid import and li-kin duties having been paid, the owner shall be allowed to have the Opium repacked in bond under the supervision of the Customs, and put into packages of such assorted sizes as he may select from such sizes as shall have been agreed upon by the Customs authorities and British Consul at the port of entry.
The Customs shall then, if required, issue gratuitously to the owner a transit certificate for each such package, or one for any number of pack- ages, at the option of the owner.
Such certificate shall free the Opium to which it applies from the imposition of any further tax or duty whilst in transport in the interior, provided that the package has not been opened, and that the Customs' seal, marks, and numbers on the packages have not been effaced or tampered with.
Such certificate shall have validity only in the hands of Chinese sub- jects, and shall not entitle foreigners to convey or accompany any Opium in which they may be interested into the interior.
4. It is agreed that the Regulations under which the said certificates are to be issued shall be the same for all the ports, and that the form shall be as follows :-
Opium Transit Certificate.
This is to certify that Tariff and li-kin duties at the rate of taels per chest of 100 catties have been paid on the Opium marked and numbered as under; and that, in conformity with the Additional Article signed at London the 18th July, 1885, and appended to the Agreement between China and Great Britain signed at Chefoo the 13th September, 1876, and approved by the Imperial Decree printed on the back hereof, the production of this certificate will exempt the Opium to which it refers, wherever it may be found, from the imposition of any further tax or duty
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