JAPAN, TARIFF UNDER CONVENTION OF 1866
EXPORT TARIFF
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31 Seaweed, Uncut
32 Seaweed, Cut ...
33 Seeds, Rape
34 Seeds, Sesamum
35 Sharks' Fins
ARTICLE
36 Shrimps and Prawns, Dried Sult
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
46 Sulphur
47 Tea...
48 Tea, quality known
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ported from Naga aki only)
49 Tobacco, Leaf
50 Tobacco, cut or prepared
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52 Wax, Vegetable
Vermicelli
53 Wax, Bees'...
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CLASS II.-DUTY FREE GOODS
Gold and silver, coined, silver and copper uncoined, of Japanese pro duc- 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 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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