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TARIFF

And His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Marquis Saionzi Kimmochi, Junii, first class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, His Imperial Majesty's Minister of State for Education, and Acting Minister of State for Foreign Affairs;

Who, having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles :-

1. The Tariff annexed to this Convention shall be substituted for the ad valorem Tariff annexed to the aforesaid Protocol of the 16th of July, 1894; it shall be subject to all the stipulations contained in Article 1 of the Protocol, in so far as these are applicable, and it shall come into force one month after the exchange of the ratifications of this Convention.

2. The specific duties established by this Convention shall be subject to triennial readjustment. Such readjustment shall be based on the difference between the average of the two quarterly rates of exchange adopted by the Japanese Customs during the six months ending June 30th, 1894, and the average of the rates of exchange adopted by the Japanese Customs for the four quarters preceding that in which each successive period of three years expires.

The Schedule of readjusted duties shall be published by the Japanese Govern- ment three months in advance, and shall take effect immediately upon the expiration of the said period.

It is understood between the High Contracting Parties that the operation of this stipulation shall be subject to the acceptance of a similar arrangement by the other Powers with whom Conventional Tariffs are now being negotiated by Japan.

3. The quarterly rates of exchange mentioned in the preceding Article are the rates determining the comparative values, as entered in the quarterly Tables published by the Japanese Department of Finance, of the present Japanese silver yen on the one hand, and of the English pound sterling on the other.

4. The present Convention shall have the same duration as the Treaty and Protocol concluded on the 16th of July, 1894, of which it is a complement.

5. The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Tokyo as soon as possible, and not later than six months from the present date.

Done at Tokyo, in duplicate, this 16th day of July, 1895.

(Signed) [L.S.] GERARD AUGUSTUS LOWTHER.

[L.S.] MARQUIS SAIONZI.

No.

TARIFF.

Articles.

123

Caoutchone, manufactures uf............

Cement, Portland

Cotton yarns, plain or dyed

Cotton tis8!10s—

HÊLO TO IN00

Drills

Duck

Hand-erchiefs in the pieco

Prints

8

9

Sateens, plain, figured or printed, brocades,

Italians and figurd shirtings

Shirtings, dyed

10

grey

11

twilled

12

white or bleached

13

T-cloths

14

Turkoy Red Cambrics.

15

Velveta or Velvetcens

16

Victoria Lawns

Duty.

Yen.

ad valorem 100 catties

10 per cent.

6065

4.180

square yard

0.016

0:053

0:011

0.012

0.017

*

0.013

0·006

0.011

**

0.010

11

0.009

0.012

"

0'041

0.006

"

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