Directory_and_Chronicle_1900 — Page 215

Directories & Chronicles 香港指南 All

No.

JANPANESE CONVENTIONAL TARIFF

Articles.

Woollen and Worsted issues, pure o" mixe I with other ma.

erial.

Alpacas

55

2843

52 53

51

Cloth--

28898

56

57

58

59 60

61

62

63

**

61

--

Blanketing and whipped blankets in plain weave Buntings

(a.) Wholly of woollen or worsted yarn, or of woollen and worsted yarns, such as broad, narrow, and army cloth, cassimeres, tweeds and worstei ́coat- ings

(b.) In part of woollen or worsted yarn and in part of cotton yarn, such as pilot. president, and union cloth

Flannels Italian cloth

Loug ells

Mousseline de laine

Serces-

(a.) Where the warp is worsted and the weft woollen (b.) All other kinds

All other sorts, pure or nivel with other material, the wool, however, predominating in weight, not specially provided for in this Tariff

NOTE. It is expressly understood that ready-made clothing and other made-up articles are not included under the heading of Woollen and Worsted Tissues.

Yarns, all sorts, not specially provided for in this Tariff

Zinc

Block, pig, and slab Sheet

155

Duty.

Yen.

equare yard

0:075

100 catties

7:458

square yard

0:031

0*0:3

0'039

0.044

""

0.029

1

0.036

0.021

0:056

ad valorem

10 per cent.

10

17

10

100 catties

0:451

0*928

The catty mentioned in this Tariff is the Japanese weight. It is equal to 600 grammes of the m-tric system of weight, or 1-32277 lbs. English avoirdupois weight.

The pound is the English avoirdupois weight.

Tue square yard and square foot ar the english Imperial surface measures.

Import duties payable ad valorem under this Cariff shall be calculated on the actual cost of the articles at the place of purchase, production, or fabrication, with the addition of the cost of insurance and transportation from the place of purchas, production, or fabrication, to the port of discharge, as well as commission, if any exists.

In de ermining the dutiable width of any tissues the Customs shall discard all fractions of an inch not exceeding half-an-inch, and shall count as a full inch all fractions exceeding half-an-inch

NOTE. It is understood that selvedges shall not be included in the measurement of tissues.

IMPERIAL ORDINANCE No. 385.

Art. I. When the Conventional Tariffs come into force, goods imported into the Empire shall be accompanied by a certificate verifying the place of origin.

Art. II.-On the certificate of the place of origin shall be given the mark, number, and class, the number of packages, quantity or weight of the goods, the name of the place of manufacture or production, the port and date of shipments. The certificate must be endorsed by the Japanese Consul or Commercial Agent at the port of shipment (or, at ports where there is no consulate, by the Customs or other authorities concerned). The certificate shall be valid for one year from its date.

Art. III.-In cases where the goods are not accompanied by a certificate of the place of origin, or if the particulars in a certificate are incomplete or do not correspond with the goods themselves, or if the certificate is considered improper by the Customs authorities, the duty will be imposed on the goods according to the Japanese Statutory Tariff. If a proper certificate is produced within six months after importation of the goods, the duty paid thereon shall be reduced to the rates of the Conventional Tariff,

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