Shipping Lines Apply for New Treatment 'A rapid spread of the new system of having Incoming bagenge inspected by Customs officials while the ship Is coming up the iver from Woosung, 1s indicated by en-quirles and arrangements being made by various shipping lines, Until now only three ships of the Canadian Paciiie Steamship Line, "have been boarded at Woosung "by Customs inspectors, The experiments on the Empress ships all proved highly suecessful and the passengers expressed pleasure at being saved from the Tong. and usual ordeal In the Custom's Shed.
'Messrs. Butterfeld and Swire, local agents for the Blue Funnel' and Glen Line vessels have asked to have their ships subjected to the new treatment and it has been arranged that when their next big ship comes to Shanghai, she will be boarded at Woosung by' Customs inspectors, Representatives of the Nord deutscher Lloyd and the Nippon Yusen Kaisha have also come for~ wind in connection with the new Customs treatment, but us yot definite arrangements have" been made, A Customs representative stated on Feb. 10 that he thought It Was Just a matter of time until. the new method became the orthodox one for ships carrying more. than Just a small member of passengers He said that there would be ttle use in applying the treatment amall vessels, for It required little time to examine the baggage on the The Customs is quite willing to spread the range of "on-board -in" spection" but the speed at which the new system takes hold depends on the shipping companies which fud It A little more troublesome for them. Tt is simple for the crew of the vessel to walt until the ship is alongside the dock and then have all-the baggnfe put ashore at once, The insistence of public opinion fon having passengers benefited by the convenience of "on-board Me spection" may be needed to hurry the acceptance of the system, which would be a particular boon to those arriving on ships that dock on the Poolung side, of the river, "On-board" inspection is preferable from the point of view of the Inspectors for It enables them personal contact. with the owners of the does this ease In hand "more quickly but it prevents the Customs from being blamed when hotel men ete, who are' given the keys, are renily re~ sponsible for the disorderlyly condition in which passengers sometimes find their bagge
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