14
15
93
Corresponding to No.
Corresponding to No.
in Alphabetical, i. e.,
English List.
in Alphabetical, i en
English List,
ARTICLES.
Class XII—Imported Wines, Preserves,
Spirits, &c.
Writing Desks
Dressing Cases
Cutlery, Swords, &c. .
8
Wine and Beer, in quart bottles
45
Jewellery of Gold and Silver
All the foregoing, and any other miscellaneous
articles of the same description, 3 per cent. ad valorem.
Class IX—Gold and Silver Bullion, and Specie.
Duty free
31
in pint bottles
45
8
in cask
45
"
8
Class XIII—Imported Metals.
ARTICLES.
Copper, unmanufactured as in pigs
30
manufactured as in sheets, rods, &c.
30
""
44
Iron, unmanufactured as in pigs
30
A
manufactured as in bars, rods, &c.
30
Lead, in pigs, or manufactured
30
Class X—Imported Cotton, Fabrics of Cotton, &c., §c.
Canvas
Steel, unmanufactured
30
9
Tin.
30
Cotton
12
Tin Plates, not formerly in the Tariff
30
Long Cloth, white, formerly divided into superior
and inferior fine cotton cloth
13
Cambrics and Muslins
13
03 50
All other Metals, as Zine, Yellow Copper, &c., not herein enumerated, 10 per cent. ad valorem.
Cottons, grey, or unbleached, domestic, &c., for-
Class XIV—Imported Jewellery,
to
Twilled Cottons, grey
Chintz and Prints, of all kinds
Cotton Yarn and Cotton Thread
Handkerchiefs, large
smali
merly classed as coarse long cloth
Linen, fine, not formerly in the Tariff
Bunting
All other imported articles of this class, as Ginghams, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons, Vel-vetcens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Coarse Linen, aud Mixtures of Cotton and Linen, &c., &c., 5 per cent. ad valorem.
Class XI—Imported Fabrics of Woollen, Silk, &c., &c.
Gold and Silver Thread, superior or real
13
ARTICLES.
13
Cornelians
11
13
Cornelian Beads
11
14
27
Class XV—Imported Skins, Teeth, Horns, &c.
47
Bullock's and Buffalo's Horns
25
Cow and Ox hides, tanned and untanned
39
Sea-Otter Skins
39
Fox Skins, large and small.
39
13
·
Tiger, Leopard, and Martin Skins
39
Land-Otter, Racoon, and Shark Skins
Beaver Skins
39
39
ARTICLES.
13
13
Hare, Rabbit, and Ermine Skins
Sea Horse Terth
23
inferior, or imitation
•
23
Elephant's Teeth, 1st quality, whole
Broad Cloth, Spanish Stripes, &c.
47
Camlets (Dutch)
Camlets
•
Narrow Cloths, as Long Ells, Cassimeres, &c. &c.
47
Imitation Camlets or Bombazettes
Woollen Yaru
Blankets
2nd
broken
21
Class XVI.
47
47
47
+
48 47
All new goods imported, which it has not been practicable to include herein, 5 per cent. ad calorem.
All other fabrics of wool, or of mixed wool and
silk, wool and cotton, &c. 5 per cent. ad valorem.
Class XVII.
Shipping Dues.
All Foreign Rice, and other Grain, duty free
GENERAL REGULATIONS, under which the British Trade is to be conducted at the Five Ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai.
I. Pilots.
I. Pilots to be
WHENEVER a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, granted irame-pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port; and in like diately; and manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and charges, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to take her out to sea, without any stoppage or delay.
Regarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be Remuneration to equitably settled by the British Consul appointed to each particular port, be settled at each who will determine it with due reference to the distance gone over, the port, risk run, &c.
II. Custom-house Guards.
II. One or two
The Chinese Superintendent of Customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by Custom-house fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British guards to be at-merchantman into port, the Superintendent of Customs will depute one or two trusty Custom-house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own, or stay
• 39
43
17
17
:
These have hitherto been charged upon the measurement of the ship's length and breadth, at so much per chang: but it is now agreed to alter the system, and charge according to the registered statement of the number of tons of cargo the ship may carry. On each ton (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tow,) a shipping charge of five mace is to be levied and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port-clearance fees, daily and monthly fees, &c., are to be abolished.
Taoukwang, 33rd year, 8th month,
(July 1843.
Gov.-Genl
L. S.
of
L. S. of
the Supt.
of
Customs.
of the Two Kwang:
L. S.
of
High
Commis-
sioner.
L. SA of Governor of Canton,
day.
(A true abstract—reference numbers to the Alphabetic List being inserted in place of the amounts of duty, those amounts having been carefully compared and found correct.)
(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON,
Chinese Secretary and Interpreter.
35
1
tached to each ship.
T
maintenance,
on board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food No fees to be and expenses will be supplied them from day to day from the Custom-house, charged for their and they may not exact any fees whatever from either the Commander or Consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount so exacted.
III. Masters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival.
Whenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within four and twenty hours after made to, and ships" III. Report to be arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills papers, &c., to be of lading, manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul; failing to do which, he deposited with, the
Consul.
will subject himself to a penalty of two hundred dollars.
be five hundred For false manifest:
Penalty for neglect;
For presenting a false manifest, the penalty will dollars.
For breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due permission And for breaking shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation bulk before per-of the goods so discharged.
mitted.
The Consul, having taken possession of the ship's papers, will imme- Communication of diately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, arrival to the specifying the register tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo Superintendent of she has on board; all of which being done in due form, permission will then Customs. be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the Tariff.
IV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants.
IV. Mode of
1
It having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with what-ever native merchants they please, should any Chinese merchant fraudu proceeding against lently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese fraudulent debtors, authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will of course do their utmost agents, &e. to bring the offender to justice; it must, however, be distinctly understood, that if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English merchants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their losses made good to them.
14
15
93
Corresponding to No.
Corresponding to No.
in Alphabetical, i. e.,
English List.
in Alphabetical, i en
English List,
ARTICLES.
Class XII-Imported Wines, Preserves,
Spirits, &c.
Writing Desks
Dressing Cases
Cutlery, Swords, &c. .
8
Wine and Beer, in quart bottles
45
Jewellery of Gold and Silver
All the foregoing, and any other miscellaneous
articles of the same description, 3 per cent. ad valorem.
Class IX-Gold and Silver Bullion, and Specie.
Duty free
31
in pint bottles
45
8
in cask
45
"
8
Class XIII-Imported Metals. ARTICLES.
Copper, unmanufactured as in pigs
30
manufactured as in sheets, rods, &c.
30
""
44
Iron, unmanufactured as in pigs
30
A
manufactured as in bars, rods, &c.
30
Lead, in pigs, or manufactured
30
Class X-Imported Cotton, Fabrics of Cotton, &c., §c. Canvas
Steel, unmanufactured
30
9
Tin.
30
Cotton
12
Tin Plates, not formerly in the Tariff
30
Long Cloth, white, formerly divided into superior
and inferior fine cotton cloth
13
Cambrics and Muslins
13
03 50
All other Metals, as Zine, Yellow Copper, &c., not herein enumerated, 10 per cent. ad valorem.
Cottons, grey, or unbleached, domestic, &c., for-
Class XIV-Imported Jewellery,
to
Twilled Cottons, grey
Chintz and Prints, of all kinds
Cotton Yarn and Cotton Thread
Handkerchiefs, large
smali
merly classed as coarse long cloth
Linen, fine, not formerly in the Tariff
Bunting
All other imported articles of this class, as Ginghams, Pullicates, Dyed Cottons, Vel- vetcens, Silk and Cotton Mixtures, Coarse Linen, aud Mixtures of Cotton and Linen, &c., &c., 5 per cent. ad valorem .
Class XI-Imported Fabrics of Woollen, Silk, &c., &c.
Gold and Silver Thread, superior or real
13
ARTICLES.
13
Cornelians
11
13
Cornelian Beads
11
14
27
Class XV-Imported Skins, Teeth, Horns, &c.
47
Bullock's and Buffalo's Horns
25
Cow and Ox hides, tanned and untanned
39
Sea-Otter Skins
39
Fox Skins, large and small.
39
13
·
Tiger, Leopard, and Martin Skins
39
Land-Otter, Racoon, and Shark Skins Beaver Skins
39
39
ARTICLES.
13
13
Hare, Rabbit, and Ermine Skins
Sea Horse Terth
23
inferior, or imitation
•
23
Elephant's Teeth, 1st quality, whole
Broad Cloth, Spanish Stripes, &c.
47
Camlets (Dutch)
Camlets
•
Narrow Cloths, as Long Ells, Cassimeres, &c. &c. 47
Imitation Camlets or Bombazettes
Woollen Yaru
Blankets
2nd
broken
21
Class XVI.
47
47
47
+
48 47
All new goods imported, which it has not been practicable to include herein, 5 per cent. ad calorem.
All other fabrics of wool, or of mixed wool and
silk, wool and cotton, &c. 5 per cent. ad valorem.
Class XVII.
Shipping Dues.
All Foreign Rice, and other Grain, duty free
GENERAL REGULATIONS, under which the British Trade is to be conducted at the Five Ports of Canton, Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai.
I. Pilots.
I. Pilots to be
WHENEVER a British merchantman shall arrive off any of the five ports opened to trade, viz., Canton, Foochow, Amoy, Ningpo, or Shanghai, granted irame- pilots shall be allowed to take her immediately into port; and in like diately; and manner, when such British ship shall have settled all legal duties and charges, and is about to return home, pilots shall be immediately granted to take her out to sea, without any stoppage or delay.
Regarding the remuneration to be given these pilots, that will be Remuneration to equitably settled by the British Consul appointed to each particular port, be settled at each who will determine it with due reference to the distance gone over, the port, risk run, &c.
11. Custom-house Guards.
II. One or two
The Chinese Superintendent of Customs at each port will adopt the means that he may judge most proper to prevent the revenue suffering by Custom-house fraud or smuggling. Whenever the pilot shall have brought any British guards to be at- merchantman into port, the Superintendent of Customs will depute one or two trusty Custom-house officers, whose duty it will be to watch against frauds on the revenue. These will either live in a boat of their own, or stay
• 39
43
17
17
:
These have hitherto been charged upon the measurement of the ship's length and breadth, at so much per chang: but it is now agreed to alter the system, and charge according to the registered statement of the number of tons of cargo the ship may carry. On each ton (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tow,) a shipping charge of five mace is to be levied and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port-clearance fees, daily and monthly fees, &c., are to be abolished.
Taoukwang, 33rd year, 8th month,
(July 1843.
Gov.-Genl
L. S.
of
L. S. of
the Supt.
of
Customs.
of the Two Kwang:
L. S.
of
High
Commis-
sioner.
L. SA of Governor of Canton,
day.
(A true abstract-reference numbers to the Alphabetic List being inserted in place of the amounts of duty, those amounts having been carefully compared and found correct.)
(Signed) J. ROBT. MORRISON,
Chinese Secretary and Interpreter.
35
1
tached to each ship.
T
maintenance,
on board the English ship, as may best suit their convenience. Their food No fees to be and expenses will be supplied them from day to day from the Custom-house, charged for their and they may not exact any fees whatever from either the Commander or Consignee. Should they violate this regulation, they shall be punished proportionately to the amount so exacted.
III. Masters of Ships reporting themselves on arrival.
Whenever a British vessel shall have cast anchor at any one of the above-mentioned ports, the Captain will, within four and twenty hours after made to, and ships" III. Report to be arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit his ship's papers, bills papers, &c., to be of lading, manifest, &c., in the hands of the Consul; failing to do which, he deposited with, the
Consul. will subject himself to a penalty of two hundred dollars.
be five hundred For false manifest: Penalty for neglect;
For presenting a false manifest, the penalty will dollars.
For breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due permission And for breaking shall be obtained, the penalty will be five hundred dollars, and confiscation bulk before per- of the goods so discharged.
mitted.
The Consul, having taken possession of the ship's papers, will imme- Communication of diately send a written communication to the Superintendent of Customs, arrival to the specifying the register tonnage of the ship, and the particulars of the cargo Superintendent of she has on board; all of which being done in due form, permission will then Customs. be given to discharge, and the duties levied as provided for in the Tariff.
IV. Commercial Dealings between English and Chinese Merchants.
IV. Mode of 1
It having been stipulated that English merchants may trade with what- ever native merchants they please, should any Chinese merchant fraudu proceeding against lently abscond or incur debts which he is unable to discharge, the Chinese fraudulent debtors, authorities, upon complaint being made thereof, will of course do their utmost agents, &e. to bring the offender to justice; it must, however, be distinctly understood, that if the defaulter really cannot be found, or be dead, or bankrupt, and there be not wherewithal to pay, the English merchants may not appeal to the former custom of the Hong Merchants paying for one another, and can no longer expect to have their losses made good to them.
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