TREATY PETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND COREA.
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Done in triplicate at Hanyang, this twenty-sixth day of Nov mber, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty three, corresponding to the twenty-seventh day of the tenth month of the four bundrel and ninety-second year of the Corean era, being the winth year of the Chinese reign Kuang Hsü.
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HARRY S. PARKES. MIN YONG-MOK.
REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH BRITISH TRADE IS TO BE CONDUCTED IN COREA.
I.-Entrance and Clearance of Vessels.
1. Within forty-e ght hours (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) after the arrival of a British ship in a Corean port, the master shall deliver to the Corean Customs authorities the r ceipt of the British Consul showing that he has deposited the ship's papers at the British Consulate, and he shall then make an entry of his ship by handing in a wr tten paper stating the name of the ship, of the port from which she comes, of her master, the number, and, if required, the names of her passengers, her tonnage, and the number of her crew, which paper shall be certified by the master to be a true statement, and shall be signed by hiin. He shall, at the same time, deposit a writt n manifest of his cargo, setting forth the marks and numbers of the packages and their contents as they are described in the bills of lading, with the names of the persons to whom they are consigued. The master shall certify that this description is correct, and shall sign his name to the same. When a vessel has been duly ent r d, the Customs authorities will issue a permit to open hatches, which shall be exhibit d to the Cestoms officer on board. Breaking bulk without having obtained such permission will render the master liable to a fine not excceding one hundred Mexican dollars.
2.--If any error is discovered in the manifest, it may be corrected within twenty- four hours (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) of its being handed in, without the payment of any fee, but for any alteration or post entry to the manifest made after that time a fee of five Mexican dollars sh ill be paid.
3.-Any master who shall neglect to enter his vessel at the Corean Custom-house within the time fixed by this Regulation shall pay a penalty not exceeding fifty Mexican dollars for every twenty-four hours that he shall so neglect to enter his ship.
4.-Any British vessel which remains in port for less than forty-eight hours (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) and does not open her hatches, also any vessel driven into port by stress of weather, or only in want of supplies, shall not be required to enter or to pay tonrage dues so long as such vessel does not engage in trade.
5. When the master of a vess I wishes to clear, he shall hand in to the Customs authorities an export manife t containing similar particulars to those given in the import manifest. The Cu toms authori ies will then issue a clearance certificate and return the Consul's receipt for the ship's papers. These documents must be handed into the Consulate before the hip's papers are returned to the master.
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6. Should any ship leave the port wi hout cea ing outwards in the manner above prescribed, the master :hall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred Mexican dollars.
7.-B itish steamers may enter and ele r on the same day, and they shall not be required to hand in a m nifest except for such goods as are to be lauded or transhipped at the port of entry.
II.—Landing and Shipping Cargo, and Payment of Dut ́es.
1.-The importer of any gods who des res to land them shall moke and sign an application to that eff et at the Custom-hous, s'ating his owu nam, the name of the ship in which the goods have he n impor ed, te marks, numbers, and contents of the packages and their values, and declaring that this s'atement is corr ct. The Customs authorities may
demand the production of the invoice of each consignment of mer
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