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Ship's manifest and bills shall contain a full and true account of the particulars of the cargo on board. For presenting a false manifest, the master will subject himself to a fine of 500 taels; but he will be allowed to correct, within 24 hours after delivery of it to the Customs Officers, any mistake he may discover in his manifest without incurring this penalty.
TREATY OF TIENTSIN.
The master will be responsible for the correctness of the manifest, which XXXVIII. After receiving from the Consul the report in due form, the Superintendent of Customs shall grant the vessel a permit to open hatches. If the master shall open hatches, and begin to discharge any goods without such permission, he shall be fined 500 taels, and the goods discharged shall be confiscated wholly.
Permit to open hatches and discharge goods
Permit to land and ship cargoes.
XXXIX. Any British merchant who has cargo to land or ship, must apply to the Superintendent of Customs for a special permit. Cargo landed or shipped without such permit will be liable to confiscation.
XL. No transshipment from one vessel to another can be made without special permission, under pain of confiscation of the goods so transshipped.
Trans-shipments.
Port-clearances.
Mode of levying ad valorem duties.
Mode of levying duties on goods.
Reduction of duties on damaged goods.
XLI. When all dues and duties shall have been paid, the Superintendent of Customs shall give a port-clearance, and the Consul shall then return the ship's papers, so that she may depart on her voyage.
XLII. With respect to articles subject, according to the Tariff, to an ad valorem duty, if the British merchants cannot agree with the Chinese in affixing its value, then each party shall call two or three merchants to look at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to purchase them, shall be assumed as the value of the goods.
XLIII. Duties shall be charged upon the net weight of each article, making a deduction for the tare, weight of congee, &c. To fix the tare of any article, such as tea, if the British merchant cannot agree with the Custom-House officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall afterwards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole; and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon other goods and packages. If there should be any other points in dispute which cannot be settled, the British merchant may appeal to his Consul, who will communicate the particulars of the case to the Superintendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged. But the appeal must be made within 24 hours or it will not be attended to. While such points are still unsettled, the Superintendent of Customs shall postpone the insertion of the same in his books.
XLIV. Upon all damaged goods a fair reduction of duty shall be allowed, proportionate to their deterioration. If any disputes arise,
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Ship's mani-
TREATY OF TIENTSIN.
The master will be responsible for the correctness of the manifest, which fest and bills shall contain a full and true account of the particulars of the cargo on of lading.
Permit to
open hatches
and dis-
charge goods
Permit to
cargoes.
board. For presenting a false manifest, he will subject himself to a fine of 500 taels; but he will be allowed to correct, within 24 hours after delivery of it to the Customs Officers, any mistake he may discover in his manifest without incurring this penalty.
XXXVIII. After receiving from the Consul the report in due form, the Superintendent of Customs shall grant the vessel a permit to open hatches. If the master shall open hatches, and begin to discharge any goods without such permission, he shall be fined 500 taels, and the goods discharged shall be confiscated wholly.
XXXIX. Any British merchant who has cargo to land or ship, land and ship must apply to the Superintendent of Customs for a special permit. Car- go landed or shipped without such permit will be liable to confiscation. XL. No transshipment from one vessel to another can be made without special permission, under pain of confiscation of the goods so transshipped.
Trans-ship-
ments.
Port-clear-
ances.
Mode of levying ad valorem duties.
Mode of levy- ing duties on goods.
Reduction of duties on damaged goods.
XLI. When all dues and duties shall have been paid, the Super- intendent of Customs shall give a port-clearance, and the Consul shall then return the ship's papers, so that she may depart on her voyage.
XLII. With respect to articles subject, according to the Tariff, to an ad valorem duty, if the British merchants cannot agree with the Chinese in affixing its value, then each party shall call two or three merch- ants to look at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to purchase them, shall be assumed as the value of the goods.
XLIII. Duties shall be charged upon the net weight of each article, making a deduction for the tare, weight of congee, &c. To fix the tare of any article, such as tea, if the British merchant cannot agree with the Custom-House officer, then each party shall choose so many chests out of every hundred, which being first weighed in gross, shall after- wards be tared, and the average tare upon these chests shall be assumed as the tare upon the whole; and upon this principle shall the tare be fixed upon other goods and packages. If there should be any other points in dispute which cannot be settled, the British merchant may appeal to his Consul, who will communicate the particulars of the case to the Superin- tendent of Customs, that it may be equitably arranged. But the appeal must be made within 24 hours or it will not be attended to. While such points are still unsettled, the Superintendent of Customs shall postpone the insertion of the same in his books.
XLIV. Upon all damaged goods a fair reduction of duty shall be allowed, proportionate to their deterioration. If any disputes arise,
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