ARTICLE XVI—OF PORTS OF ENTRY AND COLLECTION DISTRICTS.

 

§526.  No goods of foreign growth or production shall be landed, or unladen from a foreign vessel or Hawaiian vessel from a foreign port, at any other port in the Hawaiian Islands, than a port of entry for foreign vessels, as created by law, under a penalty of seizure and forfeiture of the vessel, in which such goods shall be brought, and of the goods imported therein, and so landed or unladen.

 

§527.  There shall be and are hereby created the following ports of entry and departure of foreign vessels:  Honolulu, in the Island of Oahu; Lahaina and Kahului, in the Island of Maui; Hilo, Kealakekua, and Kawaihae, in the Island of Hawaii; Koloa, in the Island of Kauai; but in passing from port to port, or in any other manner, no foreign vessel shall engage in the coasting trade of this Kingdom.

  

Mahukona, in the Island of Hawaii and collection district of Kawaihae, shall be and is hereby created an additional port of entry and departure of vessels from foreign countries.

 

§528.  In addition to the ports named in the last preceding section, foreign vessels engaged in the whale fishery shall have access to the port of Hanalei, on the Island of Kauai, for the purpose of recruiting and refreshment.

 

§529.  It shall be lawful for any foreign vessel having entered either of the ports open to foreign commerce, and paid all legal charges against hr, with the written permit of the Collector-General of Customs, to proceed to any other place in the Kingdom, not being a port of entry and departure, for the purpose of debarking cargo, the duties upon which have been paid, or of embarking cargo, or of obtaining refreshments.  The collectors of customs at all other ports in the Kingdom than Honolulu, may grant such permits for their respective collection districts.

 

§530.  The Hawaiian Islands shall be divided into the following collection districts:  The Island of Hawaii into three, to be called the Districts of Hilo, Kawaihae, and Kealakekua.  The Collection District of Hilo shall comprise of all those portions of Hawaii known as Kau, Puna and Hilo; the Collection District of Kawaihae, all those known as Hamakua and Kohala; and the Collection District known as Kealakekua, all the known as Kona.  Of the Islands of Maui, Molokai and Lanai and Kahoolawe.  The Collection District of Lahaina shall comprise the Islands of Molokai, Lanai, and the District of Lahaina the District of Wailuku shall comprise the taxation districts of Makawao, Hana and Wailuku.  The Island of Oahu shall be known as the Collection District of Honolulu.  The Islands of Kauai and Niihau shall be known as the Collection District of Koloa.

 

 

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