Rule II - Steamers arriving at Ballard Pier - Rules for passing free of import duty baggage in actual use and for the landing of passenger’s baggage and passing the same through the Custom House at Bombay.

II. Steamers arriving at Ballard Pier 1. Duty will be collected and baggage passed upto 12 mid-night. After 12 mid-night no duty will be received and only hand baggage will be passed unless the steamer agents undertake to pay for the attendance of the necessary Customs staff at the rates prescribed for such work done on behalf of masters, agents or owners of goods. The baggage declaration forms (See Form 36 in Part 5), shall be numbered and arranged in serial order in two lots, one for special and the other for local passengers by the purser on board before arrival of the vessel and shall be handed over to the boarding officer at the earliest possible moment. 2. The baggage of the special passengers shall be passed into the examination hall by the east gates, at which police officers shall be posted to prevent the ingress of passengers. Passengers shall not be allowed into the hall through the barrier inside the building until the baggage has been sorted by the vessel's agents. The baggage shall be passed out to the Railway Station after check by the Preventive Officers who will endorse on the baggage forms brought to them the number of packages so passed. Only hand-bags shall be allowed to pass out on examination before the Preventive Officer is in possession of the baggage forms. 3. The baggage of local passengers shall be passed out through the west exits, and shall be subject to a check at the Green Gate, through which it must pass. 4. Passengers' friends shall await them inside the station proper or on the wharf, north of the barrier, and not on the wharf enclosed by barriers or in the Customs room. Only passengers, Customs, Police, and Port Trust Officers, vessels' agents, recognised clearing agents and persons holding passes signed by the Docks Manager shall be allowed to pass on to the wharf. 5. Detained packages shall be sent by the bunder officer to the Custom House, with the covering baggage forms as soon as possible after the passing of all the baggage is finished in urgent cases, otherwise he shall send them and also those which are left unclaimed next morning at 10.30 a.m. to the Custom House and shall inform owners or agents calling for them thereafter that they can obtain and clear them from the Custom House on payment of duty and conveyance charges at the rate of eight annas for every package weighing up to 60 lbs. and rupee one for every package weighing over 60 lbs.