No.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1896.
Articles.
339
Duty.
Yen.
Linen tissues-
1855
35
Canvas
36
All other sorts
square yard ad valorem
0.047 10 per cont.
NOTE--It is expressly understood that ready-made clothing and other made-up arti-
cles are not included under the heading of Linen Tissues.
388888
37
Mercury or quicksilver
Milk, condensed or desiccated
39 Oil, paraffin
100 catties doz. 1 lb. tins
5'048 0.123
and proportionately for tins of other weights
ad valorem
10 per cent.
40
Paint in oil
41
Paper, printing.
42
Saltpetre (uitrate of potash)
43
Silk-faced cotton satins
100 catties
1·304
1.163
0.490
ad valorem
15 per cent.
NOTE--It is expressly understood that all other mixed tissues of cotton and silk, and of wool and silk, where the cotton or wool prodominates in weight, are to be classed for duty under Nos. 17 and 61 of this Tariff respectively.
Steel (other than mild steel)--
7995
44
Ingot
45
Bar, rod, plate, and sheet
46
47
Sugar, refined--
Wire, and small rod not exceeding 4-inch in diameter
(a.) No. 15 to No. 20, inclusive, Dutch standard in colour. (b.) Above No. 20 Dutch standard in colour
Tin
53
*937 2383
48
Block, pig, and slab
49
Plates.
50
Wax, paraffin
51
52
Woollen and worsted yarns, plain or dyed
Woollen and worsted tissues, pure or mixed with other material--
Alpacas
Blanketing and whipped blankets in plain weave
54
Buntings..
55
Cloth-
57
85888
59
60
61
(a.) Wholly of woollen or worsted yarn, or of woollen and worsted yarns, such as broad, narrow, and army cloth, cassimeres, tweeds and worsted coatings
(b.) In part of woollen or worsted yarn and in part of cotton yarn, such as
pilot, president, and union cloth..
Flannels
Italian cloth
Long ells..
Mousseline de laine
Serges---
(b.) All other kinds
(a.) Where the warp is worsted and the weft woollen.
All other sorts, pure or mixed with other material, the wool, however, predomi-
nating 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.
62 Yarns, all sorts, not specially provided for in this Tariff.
63
64
888
Zine--
Block, pig, and slab.. Sheet
WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND COINS.
"
J
100 catties
1·819
0.748
39
0.927
25
1·992
ad valorem
10 per cent.
100 catties
0.544
9.169
square yard
0.075
100 catties
7.458
square yard
0.031
0.093
0·039
0·044
**
0·029
"
0.036
"
0.021
0-056
"
ad valorem
10 per cent.
10
55
31
10,
100 catties
0.451 0.928
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The catty mentioned in this Tariff is the Japanese weight. It is equal to 600 grammes of the metric system of weights, or 1-32277 s. English avoirdupois weight.
The pound is the English avoirdupois weight.
The square yard and square foot are the English Imperial surface measures.
The yen is the present Japanese silver yen of 900 fineness and 416 grains in weight.
RULE FOR CALCULATING ad valorem DUTIES.
Import duties payable ad valorem under this Tariff 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 purchase, production, or fabrication, to the port of discharge, as well as commission, if any exists.
RULE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF TISSUES.
In determining the dutiable width of any tissue 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.
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