1. Application for permits for the removal of cargo.
(a) Nationals of third Powers are required to submit their applications to their respective Consulates and after having obtained a certificate of their legal ownership, are to apply to the Japanese Consulate-General, which will transmit the said documents to the Cargo Removal Committee.
(b) All applicants are to fill in the necessary items required in the appucation form which is formulated by the committee. Applications should be accompanied by the relative bill of lading or landing account or delivery order duly released by the Customs and other documents that are 7e quired for the determination of legal Ownership. The application forms wil be obtainable at the Japanese Consulate-General.
(c) For' all the documents that accompany applications, deposit receipts in serial number will be issued by the Japanese Consulate-General. io March 150. from the date of (a) Applications will be accepted up Publication in the press of the Notice.
2. Removal Fees* and Transportation Charges.
(a). The removal fee charged by the Committee ib Y.400 per ton, fractions of tonnage being disregarded. Application of weight tons or measurement tong will be made according to the are of the goods. Fees to be charg-on high-priced goods, bulky ones, and/or heavy ones, where each unit is over one ton in weight, will be fixed on each occasion by the Cargo Removal Committee.
(b) Transportation charges are to be based on the following terms per ton For delivery in Hongkew and Yangtszepoo areas in the Settlement v.40 For delivery in International Settlement:
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For delivery in French Concession and outside the Settlement: ¥.6.00 Since the Committee is obliged under the existing military exigency to employ a number of clerks and labourers of Japanese motionals only. it has been compelled to charge removal fees in order to meet necessary expenses. No storage, however, will be charged. The Committee itself will receive no remuneration whatsoever for its services.
3. Removal of Cargoes in Stock.
(a) After the Committee ascertains the location of cargo it will send advance notices regarding dates of removal of the cargo and debit notes to the Conwnittee's branch office at the Japanese Consulate-General and the latter will deliver the said notices to applicants. above notice are to pay to the Shang-(b) Applicants who, received, the hai Branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank the amount stated in the debit-notes and are then to submit notes Of payment to the Committee's Branch Orc at the Japanese Consulate-General.
(c) "The Committee, acting on the notes of payment, will undertake the removal of cargo out of ware-houses, transportation and delivery thereof on the days previously notified, to the applicants, At the time fixed for the transportation, either the applicants or their authorized agents are to present themselves at points on the way designated by the Committee for the purpose of leading the way to the destination of their cargoes.
4. Remarks:—The Committee is not to be held responsible for shortage, loss and/or any damage that may happen in the course of transportation of goods.
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