1.20, p.m.—We discharged from this vessel 38 cases wines and spirit consigned to TE, Gritith Ltd, and as the sun was very strong at this time, I decided to take the cargo to th Shameen in order to run the butter and fresh beef to the Pampanga to be put into cold storage and thus save damage due {to the sun's heat:
While this was being done Mr. Wahab and myself went for our own tifin, After tiffin I had a small business transaction with Messes., Butterfield Swire, and it would be 2.29 pam. when we finally started for the Customs Examination Shed for all the argo {o be examined, Wahab and myself walking overland and the cargo boat going by water.
On arrival at the Customs Examination Shed the Customs Examiner instructed us to bring him many articles for examination, such as the 4 cases for the National City Bank, Rahim Stores 2 cases hams, and samples of all wines of the consignment.
While this was being done it was necessary for Wahab to go to and fro from the cargo boat with the necessary samples required by the Customs. examiner.
This I proceeded to do I went back sto the examination shed and pro-ceted with the examination. fow minutes later one of our carya coolies came into the examin tion shed, saying that the coolie s-ko had been sent to the office with our release permit from the other Wine Tax Bureau had returned. saying that the cargo had to be seized.
Wahab and I then proceeded to the office of the Kuangtung Wine Tax Bureau, and informed them that the "Wine which they had granted a release permit that morning had been seized. by Kwangtung, Canton & Honam Wine Cigaretio Stamp Tax. Bureau fand they very kindly sent a detective belonging to their department with us back to the examination shed, and here he informed their detective ygho had seized. the win that his department had already' srranted a release permit for us to take the wines to the Shameen land that there was no more tax t9 be paid except if the wines were again taken to the city from the Shameen, and in that' case the Shameen firms would apply for stamps to do 30, The detective in charge of the inure then said he knew that everything was in order, and that all that was now wanted was for tis to take the charge to a" whar! Situated near the Ka Naam Tong Buildings and there the cargo would be sealed so that we would not be stopped by any other people on the way to the Shameen; he even stated that all the other firms on the Shameen adopted this proceeding, fand that it was only a matter of form and when completed we could streeeed to the Shameen.
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