CO129-008 - Foreign Office - 1844

T. M. C. C.

TARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA.

Established in pursuance of Article X of the Treaty.

EXPORTS.

No. Item Unit Duty 6 Camphor (Malay), first quality, clean. per catty 1 0 0 0 Camphor, second quality, refuse ditto 0 5 0 0 7 Cloves, first quality, picked per catty 1 0 0 0 Ditto, second ditto, mother ditto 0 5 0 0 8 Clocks, Watches, Spy-Glasses, all kinds of Writing-Desks. Dressing Boxes, Cutlery, Perfumery, &c., &c. 5 per cent. ad valorem. 9 Canvas, 30 a 40 yards long, 24 a 31 inches wide per piece 0 5 0 0 28 Mace, or Flower of Nutmeg per catty 1 0 0 0 27 Linen, fine, as Irish or Scotch, yards long, inches wide per 100 catties 0 5 0 0 Coarse Linen, as Linen and Cotton Mixtures, Silk and Linen Mixtures, &c. &c. ditto 0 5 0 0 29 Mother of Pearl Shells per 100 catties 1 0 0 0 30 Metals, viz.:-- Copper, unmanufactured, as in pigs ditto 1 0 0 0 Copper, manufactured, as in sheets, rods ditto 5 0 0 0

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31 Nutmegs, first quality, or cleaned per 100 catties 2 0 0 0 Nutmegs, second quality, or uncleaned ditto 1 0 0 0 32 Pepper ditto 4 0 0 0 33 Putchuck ditto 0 7 5 0 34 Rattans ditto 0 2 0 0 35 Rice, Paddy, and Grain of all kinds ditto 12 0 0 0 36 Rose Maloes. per 100 catties 1 0 0 0 37 Saltpetre (to be sold to Government only) ditto 0 3 0 0 38 Shark's Fins, first quality, or White ditto 1 0 0 0 Shark's Fins, second quality, or Black ditto 0 5 0 0 39 Skins and Furs, viz.:- Cow and Ox Hides, tanned, and untanned ditto 0 5 0 0 Sea Otter Skins each 0 1 0 0 Fox Skins, large per piece 0 1 0 0 Fox Skins, small ditto 0 0 7 5 Tiger, Leopard, and Martin Skins ditto 0 1 0 0 Land Otter, Racoon, and Shark's Skins per hundred 0 0 5 0 40 Smalts per 100 catties 5 0 0 0 41 Soap ditto 2 0 0 0 42 Stock Fish, &c. ditto 1 5 0 0 43 Sea Horse Teeth ditto 4 0 0 0 44 Treasure and Money of all kinds Free. 45 Wine, Beer, Spirits, &c. In Quart Bottles 1 0 0 0 In Pint ditto 0 5 0 0 In Cask 5 0 0 0 46 Woods, namely Ebony per 100 catties 0 1 5 0 Sandal Wood ditto 0 1 5 0 Sapan Wood ditto 0 5 0 0 Unenumerated Woods ditto 0 1 0 0 47 Woollen Manufactures, viz. :-- Broad Cloths, Spanish Stripes, Habit Cloth, &c., 51 a 64 inches wide per Chang of 14 inches 0 1 5 0 10 per cent. ad valorem.

IMPORTS.

No. Item Unit Duty 1 Assafoetida per 100 catties 1 0 0 0 2 Bees' Wax ditto 5 0 0 0 3 Betel Nut ditto 0 1 5 0 4 Bicho de Mar, first quality, or blk. ditto 0 8 0 0 Bicho de Mar, second quality, or wht. ditto 0 2 0 0 5 Birds' Nests, first quality, cleaned. per 100 catties 5 0 0 0 Birds' Nests, second quality, good middling. ditto 2 5 0 0 Birds' Nests, third quality, uncleaned ditto 0 5 0 0

[Articles unenumerated in this Tariff, to pay a duty of 5 per cent, ad valorem.]