REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH JAPANESE TRADE IS TO BE
CONDUCTED IN COREA.
Art. I.-Within three days after the arrival in a Corean port of a Japanese ship (Japanese men-of-war, or ships exclusively used for the transportation of the Japanese mails excepted), to establish her nationality the owner or captain shall exhibit to the Corean authorities the receipt of the Agent of the Japanese Government, showing that he has deposited, as required by the Japanese regulations now in existence, all the ship's papers, the register, sea-letter, etc., in the hands of the said Agent, which documents shall remain in his custody during her stay in port; he shall then make an entry of his ship by giving a written paper, stating the name of the ship and the name of the port whence she comes, her capacity in tons or in kokus, the name of the captain, the names of passengers, if any, and the number of her crew, which paper shall be signed by the owner or captain; he shall at the same time deposit a written manifest of his cargo, setting forth the marks and numbers of the packages, if mentioned, and their contents, with the name of the person or persons to whom they are consigned; a list of the stores of the ship shall be added to the manifest.
The manifest and all other papers shall be written in the Japanese language and shall not be accompanied by a Chinese translation.
Art. II.-The owner or consignees of any goods desiring to land them shall make an entry of the same at the Corean Government office, setting forth the names of the goods, the quantity and number of packages thereof, and their original cost; on receipt of the entry, the Corean authorities shall immediately give a permit to land the goods.
Art. III. The owner or consignee may land his goods after he has received the permit referred to in Regulation II. The Corean authorities may examine any or all of the packages, but such examination must be made carefully without any injury to the goods.
Art. IV. All goods intended for export shall be entered at the Corean Govern- ment office before they are placed on shipboard. The entry shall be in writing and shall state the name of the ship by which the goods are to be exported, with the number of packages and description of their contents, as in an entry of import described in Regulation II. On receipt of the entry, the Corean authorities shall give a permit immediately, but the owner shall not refuse, if required, to have the goods examined by the Corean authorities.
Art. V.-Ships wishing to clear shall give notice to the Corean authorities before noon of the day previous to their intended departure; on receiving notice, the Corean authorities shall issue a clearance and at the same time shall return all the papers belonging to the ship deposited in their hands.
Ships carrying the Japanese mail may clear without observation of this regula- tion, but shall give notice to the Corean authorities of their sai'ing.
Art. VI.-Exportations of rice and other grain shall hereafter be allowed in
any of the open ports of Corea.
Art. VII. The following tonnage duties shall be levied on Japanese ships :- For merchant sailing ship with more than one mast
For merchant steamer
For one-masted merchant ship of more than 500 kokus capacity
For ditto of less than 500 kokus capacity
5 yen.
5 yen.
2 yen.
111⁄2 yen.
Boats attached to the vessel free from duty. Ships belonging to the Japanese Government shall pay no tonnage duties.