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JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER CONVENTION OF 1866.
EXPORT TARIFF.
No.
ARTICLE.
PER
Boos.
CENTS.
33 Seeds, Rape
31 Seaweed, Uncut...
32 Seaweed, Cut...
84 Seeds, Sesamum
35 Sharks' Fins
36 Shrimps and Prawns, Dried Salt
37 Silk-Raw and Thrown...
38 Tama or Dupioni
89 Noshi or Skin Silk
***
100 catties.
0
30
...
***
60
***
***
>>
45
JJ
0
90
1
80
***
**
:
:
2)
1
75
"
20
...
"
7
***
...
"
40
Floss Silk
41
20
43
...
Cocoons, Pierced...
42 Cocoons, Unpierced...
Waste Silk and Waste Cocoons
44 Silkworms' Eggs
45 Soy...
...
7
...
***
*
12
00
...
...
:
...
"
2
...
Sheet. 100 catties.
46 Sulphur
...
"
47 Tea
...
...
"
48 Tea, quality known as "Ran cha
"Ran cha" (when ex-
51
ported from Nagasaki only)
49 Tobacco, Leaf
50 Tobacco, cut or prepared
Vermicelli
52 Wax, Vegetable ...
0
75
...
39
0
75
...
""
1
39
0
45
...
"J
1
""
53 Wax, Bees
2
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00
00
25
07
30
50
60
50
50
CLASS II.-DUTY FREE GOODS.
Gold and silver, coined, gold, silver, and copper, uncoined, of Japanese produc- tion, 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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