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JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER CONVENTION OF 1866

EXPORT TARIFF

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31 Seaweed, Uncut

Seaweed, Cut

33 Beeds, Rape

Seeds, Sesamam Sharks' Fins

36 Shrimps and Prawns, Dried Salt

Sik-Raw and Thrown

38 Tama or Dupioni

Noshi or Skin Silk

Floss Silk

Cocoons, Pierced

43 Cocoons, Unpierced

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Waste Silk and Waste Cocoons.....

Silkworms' Egg•

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48 Sulphur

Tea...

48 Tea, quality known

ported from Naga-aki only)

Tbacco, Leaf

Tobacco, out or prepared

Vermicelli..

Wax, Bees'...

Wax, Vegetable

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100 cattips

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CLASS II.-DUTY FREE GOODS

Gold and silver, coined, silver and copper uncoined, of Ja anese produc tion, to be sold only by the Japanese Government at Put lic Auction.

CLASS III.-PROHIBITED GOODS

Rice, paldy, wheat, barley; Flours made from the above; Sal ́pètre.

CLASS IV. GOODS SUBJECT TO AN AD VALOREM DUTY OF FIVE PER CENT. TO BE CALCULATED ON THEIR MARKET VALUE Bamboo ware; Copper utensils of all kinds; Charcoal; Ginseng and unenume- rated drugs; Horns, deer, young or soft; Mats and mattings; Silk dresses, manufac- tures or embroideries; Timber.

AND ALL OTHER UNENUMERATED GOODS

RULES

RULE L-Unenumerated Imports if mentioned in the Export list shall not pay Duty under that list, but shall be passed ad valorem ; and the same rule shall apply to any unenumerated Exports that may be named in the Import list. RULE II.-Foreigners resident in Japan, and the crews or passengers of foreign ships, shall be allowed to purchase such supplies of the grain or flour named in the list of Exports as they may require for their own consumption, but the usual shipping permit must be o tained from the Custom House before any of the aforesaid grain or flour can be shipped to a foreign vessel. RULE III.-The catty mentioned in this Tariff is equal to one pound and a third English avoirdupois weight. The yard is the English measure of three feet, the English foot being one-eighth of an inch longer than the Japanese kaneshaku. The Boo is a silver coin weighing not less than 134 grains troy weight, and containing not less than nine parts of pure silver, and not more than one of alloy. The cent is the one-hundredth part of the Boo.

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