1901.] 



COMMEKriAL JAPAN. 



2307 



5. Rule for Ihe meamremenl of lismes. 



In determining the dutiable width of ti.s.«no«, fractions of an inch not exceeding one-half of an inch are discarded, and fractions of 

 an inch exceeding oiic-liah' of an incli are counted as a full inch. 

 Selvedges are not included in the measurement of tissues. 



6. Coins, weights, and measures. 



Coins. — The yen is the legal monetary unit of Japan. 



Weights. — The kin is equal to the catty, or GOO grams of the metric .system of weights, or 1.32277 pounds EnglL^h avoirdupoia 

 ■weight. The jwund and ton are English avoirdupois weights. 



Measures. — The square foot and square yard are the English surface measure, and are, respectively, e<^jual to 0.0929 and 0.8361 of a 

 square meter. The cubic foot is the English cubic mea.sure, and is equal to 0.02.32 of a cubic meter. The gallon is the standard wine 

 measure of the United States of America. The liter and hectoliter are the measures of capacity of the metric .syetera. 



Notes. — Where a difference in nomenclature or classification exists between the general and the conventional tariffe, the pFOvisiona 

 of the latter are printed in italics. 



Where two or more conventional rates of duty exist in respect of the same article, the lowest rate only is inscribed in the tariff. 



The Customs Impoht Tariff of Japan ix Force on and after the First Day of the Fir.st Month of the Thibty-secoxd Ye.vk 



OF Meiji (January 1, 18519). 



CLASS I.— ARTICLES SUBJECT TO DUTY. 



5 



6 



7 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14a 

 146 

 1.3 

 16 

 17a 

 176 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 



SO 



33 



34 



35a 



356 



36 



37 



38a 



386 



39 



40 



41« 



416 



42 



43 



41 



Gkoup I. — Arms, ammunition, clocks, watches, instruments, apparatus, tools, and machineries. 



Arms and ammunitions, such as cannons, muskots, pistols, side arms, projectiles, cartridges, etc ad vul.. 



Balances, measuring scales, and tapes do 



Barometers do 



Binocular glasses: 



a. In barrels covered with leather or japanned do 



b. All other do 



Spyglasses, opera glasses, monocular and binoculor field and marine glasses: 



a. Constructed ivith or mounted in shell, mother-of-pearl, ivory, gold, silver, jilantinum, niclles {inlaid), enamelled or otlicr- 

 u'ise, or other precious materials o/jancj and luxury, or garnished with precious stones or pearls ad val.. 



h. All other kinds '' do 



Clocks, standing and hanging, and parts thereof do 



Compasses and chronometers, mariners', and parts thereof do 



Crucibles of all kinds do 



Cutlery, not otherwise provided for do 



Diving dresses and parts thereof do 



Electric-light apparatus or instruments and parts thereof do 



Fire engines and parts thereof do 



Implements and tools of farmers and mechanics and parts thereof do 



Instruments, musical, and accessories do 



Instruments, philosophical, chemical, surveying, surgical, and all other scicntifical, not otherwise provided for. ..do — 



Instruments, scienlljic, for draiving do 



Instruments or apparatus, photographic, and parts thereof do 



Locomotive engines and parts thereof do 



Machineries or machines, engines of all kinds, and parts thereof, not otherwise provided for do 



Machines, printing do 



Microscopes and parts thereof do 



Phonographs and parts thereof do — 



Pumps and parts thereof ^ do 



Sewing machines and parts thereof do 



Spectacles and parts thereof do 



Sporting guns and accessories do 



Steam engines, boilers, and parts thereof do 



Telephones and parts thereof do — 



Telescopes do — 



Thermometers do 



Typewriters do — 



Watches, watch cases, and accessories: 



a. Gold and platinum do 



6. Silver and all other do 



Watch movements and parts thereof do 



Group 11.— Beverages and comestibles. 



Beverages, nonalcoholic, such as mineral water, lemonade, and soda water do — 



Biscuits: 



a. Sea biscuits '. fjo — 



6. Fancy biscuits do — 



Butter kin.... 



Cheese do.... 



Coffee other tlnan in the bean ad val . . 



Coffee in the bean kin. . 



Confectionery and sweetmeats '^f* val.. 



Eggs, fresh 1.000 pieces. . 



Flour, wheat 100 kins.. 



Flour and meal of all kinds of grains and starches, excepting wheat flour ad viil. . 



Fruits, fresh or dried, and nuts not otherwise jirovided lor do. . . . 



Ham and bacon kin. . 



Mutton, f resli 100 kins. . 



Meat, fresh, excluding mutton «« val. . 



Milk, condensed or desiccated, dozen of 1-pound tins and proportionately for tins of other weight 



Milk, sterilized ad val.. 



Pepper in tlic seed or ground "O. . . . 



Salt, sea and rock: 



a. Crude 100 kins.. 



6. Kelhied do.... 



Salt fish do.... 



"Included in the general tariff under No. 4 6. ' IncUidod in the general tariiT 



^ Piece. *• Included in the general tnnli 



Yen. 



i>0.7.t0 



fc.250 



l»i 



Yen. 

 lOiS 



2M 



•20^ 

 «15^. 

 20i 

 104 

 104 

 2(« 

 lOi 

 10* 

 104 

 ffi 

 15< 

 10<t 

 lOi 

 15^ 

 lOjl 

 10!< 

 10)( 

 lOjt 

 2o< 

 lO^i 

 lO^t 

 10!< 

 25< 

 lO-t 

 10< 

 10< 

 10^ 

 !»} 



3(X 

 25i< 

 15!i 



10,< 



1(W 



l.Vt 



0.086 



.0-S4 



20t 

 0.0S4 



2.V, 

 1.115 

 0. 4tv. 



10* 



l*t 

 O.Otvi 

 1.^49 



ICK 

 0.371 

 JIM 



\bS 



0.0S3 

 1.370 

 0.S76 



under N'o. 4 a or ft 

 under No. 50. 



lO^i F. 

 5;i G. 

 5^ F. 



0.123 



5K 



, a. B. 



