TREATY WITH CHINA. 1844.
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| Class 12.—Wines, &c. | Taels. | Mace. | Canda- rines. | |||
| Taels. | Mace. | Canda- rines. | ||||
| Class 12.—Wines, &c. | ||||||
| Wine and beer in quart bottles, per 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| do. in pint do. do. | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| do. in cask, per 100 catties | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Class 13.—Metals. | ||||||
| Copper, foreign, in pigs, &c., per 100 catties | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Do. wrought, as sheets, rods, &c., per 100 catties | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Iron, foreign, unmanufactured, as in pigs, per 100 catties | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Do. manufactured, as in bars, rods, &c., per 100 catties | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Lead, foreign, in pigs, or manufactured, per 100 catties | 0 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Steel, foreign, of every kind, per 100 catties | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Tin, foreign, per 100 catties | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tin plates, formerly not in the tariff, per 100 catties | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Spelter is only permitted to be sold to government merchants. | ||||||
| All unenumerated metals, as zinc, yellow copper, &c., 10 per cent. ad valorem. | ||||||
| Class 14.—Jewelry. | ||||||
| Cornelians, per 100 stones | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Cornelian beads, per 100 catties | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Class 15.—Skins, teeth, horns, &c. | ||||||
| Bullock's and buffalo horns, per 100 catties | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cow and ox hides, tanned and untanned, per 100 catties | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Sea otter skins, each | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Fox skins, large, each | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Do. small, each | 0 | 0 | 7½ | |||
| Tiger, Leopard, and martin skins, each | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Land otter, Racoon, and shark's skins, per 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Beaver skins, per 100 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Hare, rabbit, and ermine skins, per 100 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Sea-horse teeth, per 100 catties | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elephant's teeth, 1st quality, whole, per 100 catties | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2ddo. broken, do. | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Class 16.—Unenumerated. | ||||||
| All new goods, which it has not been practicable to enumerate herein, a duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem | ||||||
| Class 17. | ||||||
| Rice and other grain, duty free. | ||||||
| Contraband.—Opium. | ||||||
| Shipping dues.—These have been hitherto charged on the measurement of this ship's length and breadth, at so much per chang, but it is now agreed to alter the system and charge according to the registered statement of the number of tons of the ship's burden. On each ton, (reckoned equal to the cubic contents of 122 tows) a shipping charge of five mace is to be levied; and all the old charges of measurement, entrance and port clearance fees, daily and monthly fees, &c., are abolished. | ||||||
CUSHING, (l. s.) TSIYENG, (l. s.)
