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JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER NEW CONVENTION.

CLASS III.-PROHIBITED GOODS.

Rice, paddy, wheat, and barley; Flour made from the above; Saltpetre.

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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 matting; Silk dresses, manufac tures or embroideries; Timber.

AND ALL OTHER UNENUMERATED GOODS.

RULES.

RULE I.-Unenumerated Imports if mentioned in the Export list shail not pay Duty under that list, but shall be passed ad valorem ; and the same rule shall apply to any un numerated 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 larger than the Japanese kanesbaku. 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 hundredth part of the Boo.

[L.S.] HARRY S. PARKES,

Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and

Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan.

[L.S.]

LEON ROCHES,

Ministre Plenipotentiare de S. M. L'Empereur des

Francais au Japon.

[L.S.] A. L. C. PORTMAN.

Chargé d'Affaires a. i. of the United States in Japan.

[L.8.] D. DE GRAEFF VAN POLSBROEK, Politiek Agent en Consul-General der Nederlanden in Japan.

[L.S.] MIDZUNO IDZUMI NO KAMI.