1901.] 



COMMERCIAL JAPAN. 



2315 



The Customs Import Tariff of Japax ix Force ox axd after the First Day of the First Month of the Thirty-second Year 



OF Meiji (January 1, 1899) — Continued. 



CLASS I.— ARTICLES SUBJECT TO DUTY— Continued. 



Tariff 

 No. 



ARTICLES. 



General Ctm^"' ! Contractliis 

 tariff. I "'^* Ktat«. 



47(i 

 477 

 478 



479 

 480 

 4S1 

 482 



4S3 

 484 

 485 

 48f; 

 487 

 488 



489 

 490 

 491 

 492 



493 



494 

 495 

 496 

 497 



G ROUP XVI.— 3/«sccKaneoM«— Continued. 



ShocWacking of all k inds ad val. 



Smoker's artielcs (articles lor use in sraolcing opium are excluded) do. . . 



Soap: 



fl. Toilet do. . . 



b. Common 100 kins. 



c. All others ad val. 



Soapstone, in lump or powdered 100 kin.s. 



.Sparterie, for making hats ad val. 



Sponges do.. . 



Stones and slates not otherwise provided for: 



a. Hough or un v/orked, for building purposes, etc do. . . 



b. Worked, for ornamental works or furnitures, etc do... 



c. Statutes and other, sculptured or engraved* do. . . 



Submarine telegraphic cables and under-ground telegraphic lines or cables do. . . 



Timber, santalum (Shitan) I(j0 kins. 



Timber, teak 100 cubic feet. 



Timber, lumber, boards, and planks of all kinds, not otherwise provided for ad val. 



Toilet or dressing cases do... 



Toilet or perfumed water, hair oil, dentifrices, and all other cosmetics and perfumery do... 



Ferfumery: 



a. Toilet Roap (see No. 478). 



b. Liquid perfumery: Essences or extracts of scents, oils, vinegars, waters, and alcoholes of toilet or scent and other liquids 



of the same kind ad val. 



c. Dry perfumery: Salts, powder, cosmetics, pomades, pastes, and other nonliquid perfumeries for toilcH «) do 



Tortoise shell, manufactures of : do 



Toys of all kinds do. . . 



Trunks, portmanteaux, and traveling or courier bags do. . . 



Umbrellas, parasols, and sunshades: 



a. Of silk, wholly or in part do. . . 



b. All other do. . . 



Umbrella sticks and handles (<i), except those made of gold or silver do... 



Vessels, steam or sailing, and boats do... 



Wares of santalum or ebony wood ; do. . . 



All articles, raw or unmanufactured, not herein enumerated do... 



All articles, manufactured wholly or in part, not herein enumerated do... 



Ym. 



30^ 



20>i 

 1.085 



IfH 

 0.0«9 



lOf, 



20( 



2.5< 



IfK 



0. 17.5 



7.028 



tA 



2.>J 



»>30!< 



"30^ 



25^ 

 25^ 

 20<i 



•m 



20* 



2.W 

 10< 



20< 



Yen. 



•0.070 I F, 

 0.972 F. 



• 0.92 

 10^ 



"Kin. 



b Included in the general tariff under No. 488. 



" Natural and artiticial musk, civet, and gray amber are excluded from perfumerv schedule of the conventional tariff with France. 



« See No. 450. 



CLASS II.— ARTICLES EXEMPTED FROM DUTIES. 



498. Advertisements and signboards. 



490. Animal bone ashes. 



500. Atlases, maps and charts, and other scientific diagrams. 



501. Bank notes, coupons, scrip, and all other negotiable papers. 



502. Books, printed, including copy books, drawing books, pamphlets, periodicals, journals, and newspapers. 



503. Bullion, gold and silver. 



504. Cocoons of all kinds. 



505. Coins, gold and silver. 



506. Cotton, old. 



607. Cotton, raw, ginned. 



508. Cottou,raw, in the seed. 



509. Cotton, waste. 



510. Cotton, yarn, waste. 



511. Flax, hemp, jute, Manila hemp, and China grass, hackled or otherwise. 



512. Guano. 



513. Gunny bags, new and old. 



514. Gunny cloth. 



514'. Manure, artificial, and manures of all kinds not provided for in the tariff. 



515. Mats, packing. 



515*. Minerals, phosphatic. 



516. Models and architectural and engineering plans. 



517. Oil cake, in lump or powdered. 



518. Opium for medicinal purposes, imported by the Imperial Government. 

 5181. Paraffin. 



518-. Potash, chlorate of. 

 518''. Phosphorus, amo/phous. 

 518^. Phosphorus, yellow. 



519. Plants, trees, shrubs, and roots, shoots and bulbs thereof. 



520. Rice and paddy. 



521. Sardines (Iwashi), dried. 



522. Tea-firing baskets and .sieves. 



523. Tea-firing pans. 



524. Tea lead. 



525. Wool, goat's hair and camel's hair, new and old, 

 I 5251. Zinc sheet No. 2. 



CLASS III.— PROHIBITED ARTICLES. 



526. Adulterated drugs, chemicals, medicines, food, and beverages, considered to be injurious by laws, ordinances, and regulations of the Fjiipire. 



527. All articles for use in smoking opium. 



528. All articles whicli are considered dangerous to the public health for sanitary reasons or to the safety of animals or plants, under the latrs, ordlDance% and 



regulations of the Empire. 



529. Articles in violation of patent, design, trade-mark, or copyright laws of the Empire. 



530. False coins of any kind, and imitations of coins which mighi be consideretl to be false coins. 



531. Opium (opium imported by the Imperial Government for medicinal purposes is excluded from this prohibition). 



532. Prints, printed feooks, paintings, engravings, carvings, or any other articles, which iu view of public security or morals might offer any danger. 



