was the occasion  of such seizure. For the purposes of giving such notice and for the purposes of all other proceedings in the matter of such seizure, the importer, consignee, or person holding the bill of lading shall be deemed to be the "owner" of the merchandise included in the bill. For the same purposes "agent" shall be deemed to include not only any agent in fact of the owner of the seized property but also, if the owner or his agent in fact is unknown or cannot be reached, any person having responsible possession of the property at  the time of the seizure. [864-5; 1405; Comp., 1690.] SECTION  1527 . Notification of Unknown Owner . — Notice to an unknown owner, shall be effected by the posting of notice in writing for ten days in the public corridor of the customhouse of the district in which the seizure was made, and in the discretion of  the Insular Collector by such publication in a newspaper or by such other notice as he shall consider desirable. HEacAS SECTION  1528 . Description and Appraisement of Seized Property . — The collector shall also cause a list and particular description of the property seized to be prepared and an appraisement of the same at its value in the local market to be made by at least  two appraising officers under the revenue laws, if there are such officers at or near the place of seizure, but if there are not, then by two competent and disinterested citizens of the Philippine Islands, to be selected by him for that purpose, residing a t or near the place of seizure, which list and appraisement shall be properly attested by such collector and the persons making the appraisal. [355-334.] SECTION  1529 . Report of Seizure to Insular Collector and Auditor . — When a seizure shall be made for any purpose, the collector of the district wherein the seizure is effected shall immediately make report thereof to the Insular Collector and the Insular A uditor. [355-342.] SECTION  1530 . Action by Collector in Protest and Seizure Cases . — When a proper protest is presented in a case where protest is required, the collector shall reexamine the matter thus presented; and if the protest be sustained, in whole or in part, he shal l enter the appropriate order, the entry being reliquidated, in case Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 446