JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER CONVENTION OF 1866
EXPORT TARIFF
No.
31 Seaweed, Uncut
ARTICLE
32 Seaweed, Cut ...
33 Seeds, Bape
34 Seeds, Sesamum
35 Sharks' Fins
36 Shrimps and Prawns, Dried Salt
37 Silk-Raw and Turown
Tam or Dupioni
39 Noshi or Skin Silk
# Floss Silk
41 Cocoons, Pierced
49 Cocoons, Unpierced
43 Waste Silk and Waste Cocoons...
44 Silkworms' Eggs
45 Sor
48 Sulphur
17 Tea...
14 Tea,
quality known พง
ported from Nagasaki only)
49 T bacco, Leaf
Tobacco, cut or prepared
51 Vormicelli ...
62 Wax, Vegetable
53 Wax, Bees'...
PER
Boos
CENTS
100 catties
20
0
60
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0
45
90
5
1
80
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1
80
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75
00
3.
20
00
J
7
60
20
00
7
00
20
00
25
TY
Sheet
074
100 catties
J
2
968 **8488
45
30
50
75
75
50
45
50
50
"
* Ban
cha
(when ex
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CLASS II.-DUTY FREE GOODS
Gold and silver, coined, silver and copper uncoined, of Japanese produc- tion, to be sold only by the Japanese Government at Public Auction.
CLASS III.-PROHIBITED GOODS
Rice, paldy, wheat, barley; Flours made from the above; Saltpetre.
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 I.-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 obtained 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-hurdredth part of the Boo.
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