JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER CONVENTION OF 1866.
EXPORT TARIFF.
301
No.
31 Seaweed, Uncut
32
Seaweed, Cut
33 Seeds, Rape
34 Seeds, Sesamum
35
Sharks' Fins
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36 Shrimps and Prawns, Dried Salt...
Silk-Raw and Thrown.......
Noshi or Skin Silk
37
38
Tama or Dupioni
39
40
Floss Silk
41
Cocoons, Pierced...
42 Cocoons, Unpierced...
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43 Waste Silk and Waste Cocoons
44 Silkworms' Eggs
45 Soy...
46
Sulphur
47 Tea
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48 Tea, quality known as "Ran cha" (when ex-
ported from Nagasaki only)
49 Tobacco, Leaf
51
Tobacco, cut or prepared
Vermicelli
Wax, Vegetable...
52 Wax,
53 Wax, Bees
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Boos.
CENTS.
100 catties.
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CLASS II.-DUTY FREE GOODS.
Gold and silver, coined, gold, silver, and copper, uncoined, of Japanese production, to be sold only by the Japanese Government at Public Auction.
CLASS III.-PROHIBITED GOODS.
Rice, paddy, wheat, barley; Flours made from the above; Saltpetre.
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 shall not pay Duty under that list, but shall be passed ad valorem; and the same rule shall .apply to any unenumerated 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 longer than the Japanese kaneshaku. 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.
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