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the Custom house, and they shall not be entitled to any fees whatever from the master or consignee. Should they 
violate this regulation, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount exacted. 
Ships to be reported in twoDays; Manifests. 
(Commercial Eule, VI. — American, Art. XIX. — Prench, Art. XVII.) 
Art. XXXVII. Within twenty-four hours after arrival, the ship’s papers, bills of lading etc., shall be lodged in 
the hands of the Consul, who will, within a further period of twenty-four hours , report to the Superintendent of 
Customs the name of the ship, her register tonnage, and the nature of her cargo. If, owing to neglect on the part of 
the master, the above rule is not complied with, within forty-eight hours after he ship’s arrival, he shall be liable to 
a fine of fifty taels for every day’s delayj.the total amount of penalty, however, shall not exceed two hundred taels. 
The master will be responsible for the correetness of the manifest, which shall contain a full and true aecount 
of the particulars of the cargo on board. For presenting a false manifest, he will subject himself to a fine of five 
hundred taels; but he will be allowed to correct, within twenty-four hours after delivery of it to the Custom’s 
officers, any mistake he may discover in his manifest without incurririg this penalty. 
Goods, not be discbarged tili a Permit is granted. 
(American, Art. XIX. — Prench, Art. XVII.) • 
Art. 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 five hundred taels, and the goods discharged shall be confiscated wholly. 
Permits required for landing or shipping Cargo. 
(American, Art. XIX. — Prench, Art. XVII.) 
Art. XXXIX. Any British merchant who has cargo to land or ship , must apply to the Superintendent 
of Customs for special permit. Cargo landed or shipped without such permit, will be liable to confiscation. 
Transhipment of Goods by Permit. 
(American, Art. XXXIII. — French, Art. XXV.) 
Arl. XL. No transhipment from one vessel to another can be made without special permission, under pain of 
confiscation of the goods so transhiped. 
Port-Clearance granted when a Sliip’s dues are paid. 
(American, Art. XXII. — French, Art. XXI.) 
Art. XL1. When all dues and duties sliall have been paid, the Superintendent of Customs shall give a 
pört-clearance, and the Consul shall then return the ship’s papers, so that she may depart on her voyage. 
Mode of estimating Duties on certain goods. 
(American, Art. XX. ■ — Prench, Art. XXI.) 
Art. XLII. With respect to articles subject, according to the Tariff, to an ad valorem duty, if the British 
merchant cannot agree with the Chinese officier in affixing a value, then each party shall call two or three 
merchants to loolc at the goods, and the highest price at which any of these merchants would be willing to 
purchase thein, shall be assumed as the value of the goods. 
Disputes respecting Tare or other Points. 
(American, Art. XX. — French, Art. XIX.) 
Art. XLII1. Duties shall be charged upon the net weight of each article, making a deduction for the tare 
weiglit of congee, etc. To fix the tare on any articles such as tea, if the British merchant cannot agree with 
the Custom house officer, then each party shall choose so many cliests out of every hundred, which being first 
