CHAPTER VIL. 
GooDS IN TRANSIT. 
Goods imported for reshipment to another destination abroad 
are liable to all the conditions applicable to goods landed for use 
or consumption in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but if the 
following conditions are followed, packages in transit, landed and 
shipped at certain approved ports, are not ordinarily subjected 
to any examination of their contents between the time of importation 
and reshipment 
Approved Ports—These are as follows :— 
Belfast. 
Bristol. 
Fishguard. 
Folkestone. 
Glasgow. 
Goole. 
Grimsby. 
Holyhead. 
Hull. 
Leith. 
Liverpool, 
Tondon. 
Manchester. 
Newhaven. 
Southampton. 
Swansea. 
West Hartlepool. 
Minimum tonnage of export ship.—In every case of transhipment, 
the export ship must be of not less than 40 tons registered tonnage. 
Transhipment within the same Port 
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Report.—Goods for transhipment within the port of arrival are 
regarded as in the position of goods entered for exportation only. 
They must be entered in the ship’s report as “ in transit,” and must 
he specifically described. 
Bond and bond warvant.—A transhipment bond must be entered 
into to cover the entire transaction from import to export.* Bond 
may be given either for the whole of the cargo reported for tranship- 
ment, or by each consignee, exporter, or agent, for their respective 
portions of it. The bond may be given before the ship reports, 
provided the bill of lading (which must be presented in each instance) 
bears on it the commercial designation of the goods. and also the 
words “in transit.” 
A transhipment bond warrant (Form No. 48 or 49 (Sale)), must 
also be lodged containing a full description of the quantities and 
values of the goods in accordance with the official Import. and 
Export List (see page 104). 
Transhipment delivery order and shipping bill.—Bond having 
been given, a transhipment delivery order (Form No. 50 or 51 
(Sale)) and a shipping bill (Form No. 38 (Sale)) must be made out 
by the exporter or his agent for the goods described in the bond 
* A “ general ” bond may be entered into when a number of transactions 
is contemplated. . 
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