296
TARIFF.
No.
ARTICLE.
Ad rulorem Rate of Duty. Per cent.
10
191 Wines in wood or bottle, all kinds. 192 Wood and timber, soft...
193
""
hard
194 Wool, sheeps, raw ...
...
195 Woollen manufactures, all kinds.
190 Woollen and silk mixtures, all
kinds...
197 Works of art
最
...
7
10
5
7
7
20
5
...
***
All unenumerated articles, raw or
unmanufactured
5
All unenumerated articles, partly
manufactured...
71
All unenumerated articles, com-
pletely manufactured
10
198 Yarns, all kinds, in cotton, wool,
hemp, &e...
CLASS I.
Duty-Free Export Goods.
Foreign ships, when sold in Corea, will pay a duty of 25 cents per ton on sailing vessels, and 50 cents per ton on steamers.
Prohibited Goods.
Adulterated drugs or medicines.
Arms, munitions, and implements of war as ordnance or cannou, shot and shell, firearms of all kinds, cartridges, side-arms, spears or pikes, saltpetre, gunpowder, guncotton, dy- namite, and other explosive substances.
The Corean authorities will grant special permits for the importation of arms, firearms, and ammunition for purposes of sport or self- defence, on satisfactory proof being furnished to them of the boná jide character of the application.
Counterfeit coins, all kinds. Opium, except medicinal opium.
EXPORT S.
Bullion, being gold and silver refined. Coins, gold and silver, all kinds. Plants, trees, and shrubs, all kinds. Samples, in reasonable quantity. Travellers' baggage.
CLASS II.
All other native goods or productions not enumerated in Class I. will pay an ad valorem duty of five per cent.
The exportation of red ginseng is pro-
hibited.
RULES.
I. In the case of imported articles the ad valorem duties of this Tariff will be calculated on the actual cost of the goods at the place of production or fabrication, with the addition of freight, insurance, etc. In the case of export articles the ad valorem duties will be calculated on market values in Corea.
II. Duties may be paid in Mexican dollars or Japanese silver yen.
III.—The above Tariff of import and export duties shall be converted, as soon as possible, And as far as may be deemed desirable, into specific rates by agreement between the competent Authorities of the two countries.
[L.8.] [L.S.]
HARRY S. PARKES.
MIN YONG-MOK.