The Archive · 1924

URGENT EXPoRTS

It ied in the Hongkong Government Gazette that, in order to facilitate the shipment of urgent orders for export, the following arrangements will come into force from September "In eases where time docs not permit of application at the Imports and Exports Office ship ping companies will be allowed to accept scoads for shipment if the usual expert declarations marked "Urgent" are handed to them in duplicate at the time of application for the shipping order. The shipping company will retain tone copy and forward the other copy to the Imports and Exports Office attached to the export manifest. This concession does not apply to dutiable cargo, or to any cargo for which any special permit to export is necessary.

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