Tas following Express was ued on Shanghai, 17uh January, 1887, For the information of the British Mercantile Community the undersigned begs to atate that he has just received 8 telegram from Her Majesty's Mi 6 at Peking to the effect that the Addi.
Article of the Chefoo Agreement will come into force on the ist February, P. J. Huaues, Consul-General, The Additional Article of the Chefoo Agreement, 76, was signed in London in July 1885 by the Marquis of Salisbury and the Marquis Tseng, on behalf of their respective governs ments. Ite terme are that the Ime perial Customs shall take cognizance of foreign opiam on its arri when it will be stored Warehouses, in bond, from which it la not be removed until it has paid the Tariff duty of Taels 80 per chest of 100 catties, and also a sum uvt exceed. ing Tels 80 per like chest as lekin, These payments having been daly made, the owner may repack the opium in bond into packages of snolt sises us shall be agreed upon by the Customs Authorities and the British Consal at the port of try, and the Customs shall thereupon, if required, ne gratuitously to the owner a tran+ sit certificate for one or any number of packages, at the option of the owner, This certifionte in to free the Opium from all taxes, lekin, é&0,, during tr t, provided the packages have not been opened or tampered with, batSthe cers tificate are to be valid only in the han 's of Chinese and shall not entitle ners Lo Convey or accompany any opiam in which Ukey may be interested into the interior, he form of cortifie cate was agreed upon in London, and is expressed in the Add Article, The Chinese Government undertakes that when the packages shall Lave been opened at the place of consumption, the opium shall not be subjected to ang tax or contribution, direct or indirect, other than or in excess of such tax or contribution aa is or may hereafter be levied on native opium, and in the event of such tax or contribution being cal+ culated ad valorem the same rate value for foreign opium and in ascertaining for this purpose the value of foreign opiam the amount paid on it for lekin at the port of entry shall be deducted from its market value. The Additional Article will form part of the Chefoo Agreement when it comes into force the first proximo, and is to romain in force for four years, after which period the British Government may at any time give twelve months' notice of ite desire to terminate it, The British Government hes further the right to terminate it at any time, shoold the! transit certificate be found not to confer: on the-opiam complete exemption from
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