per cubic foot.. .020 Soft wood (including Oregon pine and California redwood; on a - per 1,000 superficial feet.. 1. 150 Teak wood. Laths -per cubic foot.. .081 .210 5 per ct. 5 per ct. Piles and piling (including Oregon pine and California redwood; on a 1.150 Soft wood (including Oregon pine and California redwood; and allowing 10 per cent of each shipment to be tongued and grooved; on a thickness of 1 inch).. ..per 1,000 superficial feet.. Soft wood (tongued and grooved, in excess of above, 10 per cent). Railway sleepers Teak-wood lumber, of all lengths and description.. Tinder Tin foil 1.150 - per cubic foot.. 5 per ct. 5 per ct. .081 .350 5 per ct. Files, file blanks, rasps, and floats, of all kinds— Exceeding 4 inches and not exceeding 9 inches long. Tortoise shell.. Trimmings: Cotton (pure or mixed with other materials but not silk) Tumeric.. Turpentine ..do.... .950 5 per ct. per dozen.. .500 .do.... .040 ..do.... .072 ..do.... .168 ...do.... .224 ..per catty.. .450 5 5 per ct. per ct. 5 per ct. - per picul.. - per gallon.. .185 .036 Twine Ultramarine 5 per ct. Cotton Waters, aerated and mineral. Umbrella frames. Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades: With handles wholly or partly of precious metals, ivory, mother-of- Vermuth. See Wines, etc. Watches of all kinds.. Bees, yellow. per picul.. per dozen.. .500 .080 5 per ct. - per 12 bottles or 24 half bottles.. .050 Japan. Paraffin Sealing White.. ..do.. .500 5 per ct. 5 per ct. Wines, etc.: Champagnes and all other sparkling wines, in bottles, per case of 12 bottles or 24 half bottles.. Still wines, red or white, exclusively the product of the natural fermentation of grapes .650 (a) Having less than 14° of alcohol- 2. In bulk.. -per case of 12 bottles or 24 half bottles.. .300 .025 (b) Having 14° or more of alcohol; also vins de liqueur other than Flannel (woolen and cotton), not exceeding 33 inches wide..per yard.. Italian cloth, plain or figured, having warp entirely cotton and all one color, and weft entirely wool and all one color, not exceeding 32 inches wide and not exceeding 32 yards long.. .015 Union cloth, not exceeding 76 inches wide. Poncho cloth, not exceeding 76 inches wide - per piece.. .372 per yard.. .030 .014 Blankets and rugs Bunting, not exceeding 24 inches wide and not long.. Woolen and cotton mixtures, unclassed, including alpacas, lusters, Woolen manufactures: Broadcloth, not exceeding 76 inches wide Camlets, Dutch, not exceeding 33 inches wide and yards long. - per pound.. - per yard.. exceeding 40 yards Camlets, English, not exceeding 31 inches wide and yards long.. - - - - - per yard.... .030 5 per ct. .020 .0474 - per piece.. not exceeding 61 ..per piece.. not exceeding 61 .200 1.000 - per piece.. .500 Woolen manufactures-Continued. Flannel, not exceeding 33 inches wide. Habit cloth, not exceeding 76 inches wide Llama braid Long ells, not exceeding 31 inches wide and not exceeding 25 yards long .450 - per yard.. .015 .0471 -per piece.. 5.000 -per piece.. .250 Medium cloth, not exceding 76 inches wide. - per yard.. .047 .047 Spanish stripes, not exceeding 64 inches wide. 5 per ct. Woolen and worsted yarns and cords (not including Berlin wool), per picul. 5.300 Berlin wool.............. Wooloa or berlinette Worm tablets, in bottles, not exceeding 60 pieces. Yarn: Asbestus... ..per picul.. per picul.. per picul.. 2.250 5 per ct. .950 5 per ct. 0.950 5 per ct. Wooloa or berlinette. Wool, Berlin ....... Woolen and worsted (not including Berlin wool) .do.... 4.000 5.300 NOTE. If any of the articles enumerated in this tariff are imported in dimensions exceeding those specified, the duty is to be calculated in proportion to the measurements as defined. RULES. Rule I. Imports unenumerated in this tariff will pay duty at the rate of 5 per cent ad valorem, and the value upon which duty is to be calculated shall be the market value of the goods in local currency. This market value when converted into haikwan taels shall be considered to be 12 per cent higher than the amount upon which duty is to be calculated. If the goods have been sold before presentation to the customs of the application to pay duty, the gross amount of the bona fide contract will be accepted as evidence of the market value. Should the goods have been sold on c. f. and i. terms-that is to say, without inclusion in the price of duty and other charges-such c. f. and i. price shall be taken as the value for duty-paying purposes, without the deduction mentioned in the preceding paragraph. If the goods have not been sold before presentation to the customs of the application to pay duty, and should a dispute arise between customs and importer regarding the value or classification of goods, the case will be referred to a board of arbitration composed as follows: An official of the customs, a merchant selected by the consul of the importer, and a merchant differing in nationality from the importer, selected by the senior consul. Questions regarding procedure, etc., which may arise during the sittings of the board shall be decided by the majority. The final finding of the majority of the board, which must be announced within fifteen days of the reference (not including holidays), will be binding upon both parties. Each of the two merchants on the board will be entitled to a fee of 10 haikwan taels. Should the board sustain the customs valuation, or, in the event of not sustaining that valuation, should it decide that the goods have been undervalued by the importer to the extent of not less than 7 per cent, the importer will pay the fees; if otherwise, the fees will be paid by the customs. Should the board decide that the correct value of the goods is 20 per cent (or more) higher than that upon which the importer originally claimed to pay duty, the customs authorities may retain possession of the goods until full duty has been paid and may levy an additional duty equal to four times the duty sought to be evaded. In all cases invoices, when available, must be produced if required by the customs. Rule II. The following will not be liable to import duty: Foreign rice, cereals, and flour; gold and silver, both bullion and coin; printed books, charts, maps, periodicals, and newspapers; samples in reasonable quantities, and certified to be for show and not for sale; Government stationery for consulates in China; passengers' baggage for bona fide private use; circulars, etc., distributed gratis by mercantile houses; and private effects (not including wines, stores, and tobacco) of individual foreigners imported by themselves for their own personal use and not for sale, provided that the customs authorities are satisfied that the articles in question fulfill these conditions. A freight or part freight of duty-free commodities (personal baggage of less than twenty passengers and gold and silver bullion and foreign coins excepted) will render the vessel carrying them, though no other cargo be on board, liable to tonnage dues. Drawbacks will be issued for ships' stores and bunker coal when taken on board. Rule III. Except at the requisition of the Chinese Government, or for sale to Chinese duly authorized to purchase them, import trade is prohibited in all arms, ammunition, and munitions of war of every description. No permit to land them will be issued until the customs have proof that the necessary authority has been given to the importer. Infraction of this rule will be punishable by confiscation of all the goods concerned. The import of salt is absolutely prohibited. Subject to the approval of His Imp. & Roy. SHENG HSÜAN-HUAI. Apostolic Majesty's Government E. v. HIRSCH. NOTE. To accompany slip prints of the treaty between the United States and China for the extension of the commercial relations between them. Signed at Shanghai, October 8, 1903. YOUR EXCELLENCIES, SHANGHAI Aug. 29th 1902. With reference to the New Tariff which has just been signed, this note puts on record that the following words have been erased from Rule II of the Rules at the end of the Tariff;-"Samples in reasonable quantities & certified to be for show, & not for sale; Government stationary for Consulates in China, passengers' baggage for bonâ fidê private use; circulars, &c, distributed gratis of Mercantile houses; and private effects (not including wines, stores & tobacco) of individual foreigners imported by themselves for their own personal use & not for sale provided that the Custom Authorities are satisfied that the articles in question fulfil these conditions"; and also "personal baggage of less than twenty passengers and" It is understood between the Foreign & Chinese Commissioners that, though the above words have been eliminated from the Rules, the matter therein referred to will be dealt with by the Inspector General of the Imperial Maritime Customs at his discretion in accordance with the instructions issued by him subsequent to the Final Protocol of the 7th September 1901. We have the honour to be, Vide T. G. Circulars Nos. 979, 984, 1016, 1020, 1022, 1025, 1026. Instructions received. 12th Oct. 1901. 12th Oct. 1901 7th Nov. 1901 19th Apl. 1902 1 May, 1902 31 May, 1902 10th May, 1902 3 June, 1902 12th Oct. 1901 3 June, 1902 3 June, 1902 31 May, 1902 1. Foreign Rice, cereals and flour, gold and silver coined and uncoined. 2. Legations supplies from abroad. 3. Supplies for the use of Foreign forces Military and Naval. 4. Official stationary actually transmitted by foreign Government Departments for Foreign Consulates. 5. Supplies under Government stores Certificates. 6. Materials for Railways the import of which "free" is provided for by agreements antedating the Peace Protocol. 7. Samples; in reasonable quantities certified for show and not for sale. 8. Circulars, etc., distributed gratis by mercantile houses. 9. The bona fide baggage of travellers i. e. passengers luggage arriving either with the owner or by a vessel other than that by which the passenger travels. 10. Clothing, books, pictures and furniture already in use when brought in by residents and not for sale. N. B. Ships Coal and provisions are entitled to drawbacks. The figures in the Import Tariff schedule express amounts in haikwan taels. RIGHTS OF FOREIGNERS IN PEKING. Mr. Conger to Mr. Hay. No. 779.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith translations of correspondence between the foreign office and this legation upon the ques |