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TREATY WITH CHINA. 1844.
603
Taels. Mace. Canda-
 rines
.
All other articles of this class, not specifically mentioned herein, to pay a duty of ten per cent. ad valorem.
Perfumery, five per cent. ad valorem.
Class 3.Drugs.
Asafœtida, per 100 catties 1 0 0
Camphor, superior quality, i. e. pure, formerly classed as good and inferior, per catty 1 0 0
Do. inferior quality or refuse, formerly uncleaned camphor, per catty 0 5 0
Cloves, superior quality, picked, per 100 catties 1 5 0
Do.inferior do. (Mother cloves) per 100 catties 0 5 0
Cow Bezoar, per catty 1 0 0
Cutch, per 100 catties 0 3 0
Gambier, per 100 catties 0 1 5
Areca nut, per 100 catties 0 1 5
Ginseng, foreign, superior quality, &c., per 100 catties 38 0 0
Do. inferior quality, &c., per 100 catties 3 5 0
Of every 100 catties of foreign ginseng, of whatever sort, one fifth part is to be considered as of superior quality, and four fifths of inferior quality.
Gum olibanum, per 100 catties 0 5 0
Myrrh, per 100 catties 0 5 0
Mace, or flower of Nutmeg, per 100 catties 1 0 0
Quicksilver, per 100 catties 3 0 0
Nutmegs, first quality, per 100 catties 2 0 0
Do. second quality, or coarse, per 100 catties 1 0 0
Putchuck, per 100 catties 0 7 5
Rhinoceros horns, per 100 catties 3 0 0
Class 4.Sundries.
Flints, per 100 catties 0 0 5
Mother of pearl shells, per 100 catties 0 2 0
Class 5.Dried Meats.
Bird's nests, 1st quality mandarin, per 100 catties 5 0 0
Do.2d do. ordinary, per 100 catties 2 5 0
Do.3d do. with feathers, per 100 catties 0 5 0
Bicho de Mar, 1st quality, black, per 100 catties 0 8 0
Do.2d do. white, per 100 catties 0 2 0
Shark's fins, 1st quality, white, per 100 catties 1 0 0
Do.2d do. black, per 100 catties 0 5 0
Stock fish, called dried fish, per 100 catties 0 4 0
Fish maws, not formerly in tariff, per 100 catties 1 5 0
Class 6.Painters' Stores.
Cochineal, per 100 catties 5 0 0
Smalts, per 100 catties 4 0 0
Sapan wood, per 100 catties 0 1 0
Class 7.Woods, Canes, &c.
Rattans, per 100 catties 0 2 0
Ebony, per 100 catties 0 1 5
All other imported woods, as red wood, satin wood, yellow wood, not specifically enumerated, to pay a duty of ten per cent. ad valorem.