Directory_and_Chronicle_1891 — Page 352

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No.

ALTICLE.

TARIFF.

Ad valorem Rate of Duty. Per cent.

10

191 Wines in wood or bottle, all kinds. 192 Wood or timber, soft 193

J

194 Wool, sheeps, raw

***

hard...

74

10

Б

7

•

71

20

195 Woollen manufactures, all kinds 196 Woollen and silk mixtures, all

kinds

...

197 Works of art

198 Yarns, all kinds, in cotton, wool,

hemp, &c.,

...

...

All unenumerated articles, raw or

unmanufactured...

Б

5

All unenumerated articles, partly

manufactured

71

All unenumerated articles, com-

pletely manufactured...

10

CLASS I.

Duty-Free Export Goods.

Foreign ships, when sold in Corea, will pay a duty of 25 cents per ton on sailing vessels, and 59 cents per ton on steamers.

Prohibited Goods.

Adulterated drugs or medicines.

Arms, munitions, and implements of war, as ordnance or cannon, shot and shell, firearms of all kinds, cartridges, side-arms, spears or pikes, saltpetre, gunpowder, guncotton, dy- namite, and other explosive substances.

The Corean authorities will grant special permits for the importation of arms, firearms, and ammunition for purposes of sport or self- defence on satisfactory proof being furnished to them of the bond fide character of the application.

Counterfeit coins, all kinds.

EXPORTS.

Bullion, being gold and silver refined.

Coins, gold and silver, all kinds. Plants, trees, and shrubs, all kinds. Samples, in reasonable quantity. Travellers' baggage.

Opium, except medicinal opium.

CLASS II.

All other native goods or productions not enumerated in Class I. will pay an ad valorem duty of five per cent.

The exportation of red ginseng is pro-

hibited.

RULES.

I.-In the case of imported articles the ad valorem duties of this Tariff will be calculated on the actual cost of the goods at the place of production or fabrication, with the addition of freight, insurance, etc. In the case of export articles the ad valorem duties will be calculated on market values in Corea.

II. Duties may be paid in Mexican dollars or Japanese silver yen.

III.-The above Tariff of import and export duties shall be converted, as soon as possible and as far as may be deemed desirable, into specific rates by agreement between the competent authorities of the two countries.

[L.B.] [L.S.].

HARRY S. PARKES.

MIN YONG-MOK.