CO129-008 - Foreign Office - 1844

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cations, with a diligent pursuit of every thing that is good and right: they need entertain no appreliension of being hereafter dragged forward, nor yield in consequence to any fears or suspicions.

With reference to the arrangements which the High Commissioner and his colleagues have made in regard to duties, every thing has been done with a single eye to a just impartiality: all merchants, then, whether of China or of foreign countries, are called upon to consider the many pains that the High Commissioner and his colleagues have taken, and by all means to abide in the quiet pursuit of their respective callings, and in the enjoyment of so auspicious a peace. From henceforward amity and goodwill shall ever continue, and those from afar and those who are near shall perpetually rejoice together. Such is the fervent hope of the High Commissioner and his colleagues; and in this hope they command implicit obedience to what is now thus specially promulgated.

A true Translation,

(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON,

Chinese Secretary and Interpreter.

TARIFF OF DUTIES ON THE FOREIGN TRADE WITH CHINA.

No.ImportsDuty 1Assafoetidaper 100 catties 2Bees' Waxditto2 0 0 0 3Betel Nut.ditto1 0 0 0 4Bicho de Mar, first quality, or blk.ditto0 5 0 0 Bicho de Mar, second quality, or wht.ditto0 $ 0 0 5Birds' Nests, first quality, cleanedditto10 2 0 0 Birds' Nests, second quality, good sniddling.ditto5 0 0 0 Birds' Nests, third quality, uncleanedditto2 5 0 0 6Camphor (Malay), first quality, clean.ditto Camphor, second quality, refuseditto 7Cloves, first quality, pickedper 100 catties Ditto, second ditto, mother 8Clocks, Watches, Spy-Glasses, all kinds of Writing-Desks, Dressing Boxes, Cutlery, Perfumery, &c., &c.10 per cent. ad valorem 9Canvas, 30 a 40 yards long, 24 a 31 inches wideper 100 catties1 0 0 0 ...... 22Ginseng, first qualityper 100 catties Ditto second ditto, or refuseditto 23Gold and Silver Thread:- first quality, or realper 100 catties3 5 0 0 second ditto, or imitationper catty0 3 0 24Gums, Benjaminditto0 0 3 0 Olibanumper 100 catties1 0 0 0 Myrrhditto0 5 0 0 Gums, unenumeratedditto0 5 0 0 25Horns, Bullocks' and Bufalos'10 per cent. ad valorem 26Horns, Unicorns' or Rhinoceros'per 100 catties3 0 0 0 per catty1 0 0 0 27Linen, fine, as Irish or Scotch yards long, inches wide5 per cent. ad valorem. Coarse Linen, as Linen and Cotton Mixtures, Silk and Linen Mixtures, &c. &c.S per cent. ad valorem. 28Mace, or Flower of Nutmegper 100 catties1 0 0 0 29Mother of Pearl Shellsper piece0 5 0 0

EXPORTS.

No.ExportsDuty 30Metals, viz.:- Copper, unmanufactured,per 100 catties T. M. C. C. 1Alumper 100 catties0 5 0 2Aniseed, Starditto0 5 0 Ditto, Oil ofditto5 0 0 3Arsenicditto0 7 5 0 4Bangles (or Glass Armlets)per piece0 5 0 0 ...... 10Cochinealper 100 catties5 0 0 0 11Corneliansper 100 stones0 5 0 0 ...... 39Pictures, viz., large Paintings tured, as in pigsditto1 0 0 0 Rice Paper Picturesper 100 pictures0 5 0 0 40Paper Fansper 100 catties0 5 0 0 41Paper of all kindsditto0 5 0 0 42Pearls,(ie.,false Pearls)ditto0 5 0 0 ...... 46Silk, Raw, whether from Chekiang, Canton, or elsewhere, all kindsditto10 0 0 0 Coarse, or refuse of Silkditto ...... 60Treasure, ie., Coin of all kinds4 0 0 0 61Vermilionper 100 catties3 0 0 0

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