JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER CONVENTION OF 1866.
EXPORT TARIFF.
No.
31 Seaweed, Uncut 32 Seaweed, Cut 33 Seeds, Rape
34 Seeds, Sesamum
35
Sharks' Fins
ARTICLE.
***
36 Shrimps and Prawns, Dried Salt
37
Silk-Raw and Thrown
38 Tama or Dupioni
39 Noshi or Skin Silk
40 Floss Silk
41
Cocoons, Pierced
42 Cocoons, Unpierced
43 Waste Silk and Waste Cocoons
44 Silkworms' Eggs
45 Soy
47 Tea
48 Tea, quality known as "Ran cha
46 Sulphur
ported from Nagasaki only)...
49 Tobacco, Leaf
*
50 Tobacco, cut or prepared ...
51
Vermicelli
52 Wax, Vegetable
53 Wax, Bees
PER
Boos.
CENTS.
100 catties.
0
20
60
33
45
:
:
39
J
90
39
:
75
"
:
:
20
33
"
DD.
20
39
12
5)
29
Sheet 100 catties.
***
J
--POPOTANOOOO
80
80
00
00
7
50
00
7
00
00
2
25
07
45
30
50
3
(when ex-
U
75
"
0
75
JJ
1
50
JJ
0
45
رو
1
50
59
2
3.
50.
327
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 mattings; 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 Japau, 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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