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JAPANESE CONVENTIONAL TARIFF

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Her Britannic Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, Gerard Augustus Lowther, Her Britannic Majesty's. Chargé d'Affaires ;

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 I. 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 exchang- ed 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.

No.

00 + 1 = CA

1

"

[L.S.] MARQUIS SAIONZI.

TARIFF

Articles.

Caoutchouc, manufactures of.....

Cement, Portland

Cotton yarns, plain or dyed

Cotton tissues—-

Drills

Duck

Prints

Handkerchiefs in the piece

Sateens, plain, figured or printed, Brocades,

Italians and figured shirtings

9

Shirtings, dyed...

10

#

grey

11

twilled

0

12

white or bleached

13

T-cloths

14

Turkey Red Cambrics...

15

Velvets or Velveteens

16

Victoria Lawns....

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Duty.

Yen.

ad valorem 100 catties

10 per cent..

C.065

1.180

"

square yard

0:016

0'053

0.011

0.012

0.017

11

0.013

"

0.006

0.011

10

0:010

11

0.009

0.012

0:041

**

0.006