China,] 



ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



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and provided the Commander has not refused any part of the goods intended 

 to be shipped on the Company's account. 



Tea forms the principal item of the private trade ; the remainder con- 

 sists of nankeens, China ware, drugs, &c. The Company's duty on privi- 

 lege tea used to be £7 per cent, on the sale value of a small portion, and 

 £17 per cent on the remainder of the stipulated allowance, which is as 

 follows : 



Captain 



«lbs. 9336 



1 Surgeon 



™lbs. 736 



Chief Mate 



. 1228 







Second Ditto 



. 984 







Third Ditto « 



736 



J Boatswain 



~ 246 



Fourth Ditto — , — 



492 



Gunner ™ w 



«» 246 



Fifth Ditto 



246 



Carpenter »»»»i.*u*.i 



2±6 



But the Court of Directors in 1817 abolished the distinction of duty, 

 and substituted a duty of £16 per cent, upon the sale value of all private 

 trade tea, imported on the accustomed privilege and indulgence. All 

 exceed ings of the above-mentioned quantity is charged with an additional 

 duty of £20 per cent., making 36 per cent. ; and if hyson tea be imported 

 in private trade to an extent exceeding double the respective weights above 

 stated, such excess is charged with a further duty of i?20 per cent., making 

 £56 per cent, thereon : that is to say, a Commander may bring 16,672 lbs. 

 of hyson tea without being subject to the last-mentioned additional £20 

 per cent. 



The duty on tea imported as presents is £37 per cent., except such as 

 may be consigned by the members of the China factory, which is subject 

 only to the duty of i?l7 per cent, to the extent fixed by existing regulations; 

 beyond those quantities, the excess is to be charged £87 per cent. The tea 

 presents subject to i?37 per cent., are not to pay the usual fee to the fund, 

 which is included in that duty- 



The charge on other articles besides tea, China ware, and lackered 

 ware, is £7 per cent. ; China ware and lackered ware pay £9 per cent. 



The East India Company receive into their treasuries at Canton, and 

 the different Presidencies in India, any part of the produce of the outward 

 adventure of their Commanders and Officers, not exceeding £5000, for 

 which certificates are granted them on the Court of Directors, at the usual 

 rates of exchange, to be divided in certain proportions, according to their 

 rank, payable a moiety in 90 days, and a moiety in 365 days after sight. 



Commerce with British Indta.— - A very considerable trade subsists 



