24 25 Carpets of jute, hemp, or felt, patent tapestry superior quality, as Brussels, Kidderminster, 7 32 Clothing and wearing apparel, all kinds, hats, boots and shoes, &c.... 7 Drugs, all kinds ... 12121212 75 47 Dyes, colours, and paints, paint oils, and materials used for mixing paints... 48 Earthenware ... .. 71⁄2 212 49 Embroideries in gold, silver, or silk ... .. 20 Explosives used for mining, &c., and imported under 68 Furs, superior, as sable, sea otter, seal, otter, beaver, &c. 69 Gamboge 20 7 ... 2 83 Horns and hoofs, all kinds not otherwise provided for 5 89 Jewellery, real or imitation 90 Kerosene, or petroleum, and other mineral oils 99 Linen, linen and cotton, linen and woollen mixtures, Matting, floor, Chinese, Japanese, coir, &c., common Medicines, all kinds not otherwise provided for Metals, all kinds, in pig, block, ingot, slab, bar, Metals, all kinds, in pipe or tube, corrugated or 5 7+ No. Article. Ad valorem Per cent. 108 Metal manufacturers, all kinds, as nails, screws, ... 109 Models of inventions .. 110 Mosquito netting, not made of silk ... 74 Free. 7 Oil- and floor-cloth, all kinds ... ... 7 120 Packing bags, packing matting, tea-lead, and ropes Photographic apparatus ... 10 ... 128 Pictures, prints, photographs, engravings, all kinds, Silk manufactures, as gauze, crape, Japanese amber Stones and slate, cut and dressed ... ... 7 1 164 Sugar, brown and white, all qualities, molasses and 187 Watches, and parts thereof, in common metal, nickel, 198 Yarns, all kinds, in cotton, wool, hemp, &c. All unenumerated articles, raw or unmanufactured... Foreign ships, when sold in Corea, will pay a duty 5 5 partly manufactured ... 7 10 Prohibited Goods. Adulterated drugs or medicines. Arms, munitions, and implements of war, as ordnance or cannon, shot and shell, fire-arms of all kinds, cartridges, side-arms, spears or pikes, saltpetre, gunpowder, gun-cotton, dynamite, and other explosive substances. The Corean authorities will grant special permits for the importation of arms, fire-arms, and ammunition for purposes of sport or self-defence, on satisfactory proof being furnished to them of the bonâ fide character of the application. Counterfeit coins of all kinds. Opium, except medicinal opium. EXPORT TARIFF. 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. Class II.- All other native goods or productions not enumerated in Class I will pay an ad valorem duty of 5 per cent. The exportation of red ginseng is prohibited. RULES. 1. 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, &c. In the case of export articles the ad valorem duties will be calculated on market value in Corea. yen. 2. Duties may be paid in Mexican dollars or Japanese silver 3. 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.) HARRY S. PARKES. (Signature in Chinese of MIN YÖNG-MOK, Corean Plenipotentiary.) |