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COREAN TARIFF

Foreign ships, when sold in Corea, will pay a duty of 25 cents per ton on sailing vessels, and 50 cents per ton on steamers.

Prohibited Goods.

Adulterated drugs or medicines.

Arms, muuitions, and implements of war, as ordnance or cannon, shot and shell, firearms of all kinds, cartridges, side-arms, spears or pikes,

CLASS I.

Duty-Free Export Goods.

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

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saltpetre, gunpowder, guncotton, dynamite, 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 bona fide cliaracter of the application.

EXPORTS

Counterfeit coins, all kinds.

Opium, except medicinal opium.

CLASS II.

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

bited.

The exportation of red ginseng is prohi

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 Corca.

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.S.]

[L.S.]

HARRY S. PARKES. MIN YONG-MOK,

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