CUSTOMS TARIFF
1. In the present reprint of the Chinese Tariff for the trade under the cognizance of the Foreign Customs Inspectorate, the Import and Export divisions of the original Tariff of 1858 and the Lists of Duty-free, of Exceptional, and of Contraband Goods, based on Rules 2, 3, and 5 of the "Rules appended to the Tariff," have been amalgamated and arranged alphabetically.
2. The decisions of the Chinese Government affecting the original Tariff which have come into operation since it was first published have been entered in their proper order.
3. The following typographical arrangement has been adopted in this reprint:-
1. Dutiable articles taken over from the original Tariff are printed in ordinary type. 2. Duty-free articles are printed in italics.
3. Exceptional and contraband articles specified in the "Rules appended to the Tariff"
are printed in black type.
4. Entries based on decisions given since the publication of the original Tariff are
printed in SMALL CAPITALS.
4. Of the decisions given since the issue of the original Tariff, the present list comprises only those which affect Customs practice at all the Treaty Pcrts; local rulings not having been included.
N.B.-Customs Permits are necessary for the shipment and discharge of whatever is not allowed to accompany passengers as Personal Baggage, e.g., Duty-free Goods, Treasure, Parcels, etc., and all such articles must be entered on the manifest of the vessel concerned.
NAME OF ARTICLE.
Agar-agar.......
TARIFF UNIT AND DUTY,
Per T, m. c. c.
..............100 catties 0 1 5 0
Agaric. See Fungus. Almonds. See Apricot
Seeds.
Alum....
Alum, Green, or Copperas
Aniseed, Broken...
Aniseed Oil
0045
0100
Artificial Flowers
Asafoetida
Bambooware
NAME OF ARTICLE.
TARIFF UNIT and Duty.
Per T. m. c.c. 100 catties 1 5 0 0
0650
"
0750
0 500
0035
"
Bangles or Armlets, Glass Bar Iron. See Metals. Beams. Ses Timber. Beancake......
INCLUDING Guano,”
+
0 250
"
5000
J
Aniseed, Star
0500
Bean Oil. See Oil.
"
Antimacassars.
See Ar-
ticles de Tapisserie.
Beans and Peas ............ Beaver Skins. See Skins,
0 0 60
JJ
Antiques. See Curiosi-
ties.
Apricot Seeds, or Almonds Armlets, Glass. See Ban-
gles.
Arrow-root. See Sago. Arsenic.......... Articles de Ménage
Including Drawing-room, Din- ing-room, Bedroom, Bath- room, Kitchen, Pantry, and Counting House Furniture; Billiard Furniture for
Room, Bowling Alley, and Racket Court; Safes, Stoves, Grates, Cooking Ranges, Fire-irons, Fenders, Coal- scuttles, etc.; Cornices and Curtains, etc.; Gas Fittings, Bells, etc.; Books, Music, Musical Instruments, Scien- tific Instruments and dp- paratus, etc.;
Saddlery, Harness, and Carriages; Foreign Carpeting and
[Exclu Druggeting, etc.
ding Clocks, Musical Boxes, Pictures, Paintings, Look- ing-glasses, Mirrors, Curio- sities, Lampwicks, Mats, Quilts, Blankets, Rugs of Hair or Skin, Chinese Car- pets and Druggets. Leather Trunks, Native Chinaware Pottery, and Earthenware.] Articles de Tapisserie...... Including Berlin Wool Work,
Antimucassars, etc.
"
0 45 0
0450
"
Free.
Beaver.
Bed Quilts, Cotton. See
Palampore.
Beef and Pork. See Meats. Beer. See Wines
Beeswax, Yellow
Bells. See Articles de Mé-
nage.
Berlin Wool Work. See
Articles de Tapisserie, Betel-nuts
Betel-nut Husk
Bezoar, Cow. See Cow
Bezoar.
Bicho de Mar, Black.....
Bicho de Mar, White Birds' Nests, 1st Quality. Birds' Nests, 2nd Quality Birds' Nests, 3rd Quality,
or Uncleaned
Biscuit, all kinds, Plain
and Fancy......
Bitters. See Wines, Blankets. See Woollen
Manufactures.
Blotting Paper. See Sta-
tionery.
Bombazettes. See Wool-
len Manufactures.
Bonbons. See Confection-
ery.
Free.
100 catties 1 0 0 0
JO
**
0150 0075
1 5 0 0
"D
0 350
J
Catty
0 550
0450
0150
"
**
Free.
Boneware and Hornware. 100 catties 1 500
Guaro is allowed to pay 6 per cent, ad valorem at importer's option.