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a value equal to that Of the muskets and lead imported in the same vessel, shall 

 pay 5 per cent, less than the regular importation duties ; and if no merchandise 

 be imported in the same vessel, an equivalent to be paid within the space of four 

 months. 



Articles prohibited to be imported. — Coffee, cacao, indigo, sugars 

 (raw and refined), and molasses. 



All productions and manufactures of Spain and her dependencies. 

 Gunpowder. 



Tobacco, whether in leaf, segars, snuff, or rappee. 



Foreign spirits extracted from the sugar-cane, or their compounds. 



Foreign salt. 



Consumption Duty. — Three per cent, upon the value of the imported arti- 

 cles ; which if disposed of in the sea-port, the duty to be there paid either im- 

 mediately, or by giving security, within the term of six months, orf per cent to 

 be paid every six months ; and if disposed of in the interior, to be paid there- 

 under similar conditions. 



Duties of Exportation. — Undressed Hides, 10 per cent, upon the market 

 price; Cacao, 15 ditto ; Coffee, 6 ditto; Indigo, 5 ditto; Dye-wood, 5 ditto; 

 Mules, 20 dollars a head ; Horses, 16 ditto; Asses, 6 ditto ; Cattle, ditto ; 

 Coined Gold, 3 per cent. ; Gold in bars from the province of Veragua, 3 ditto ; 

 Silver from the Isthmus and Guayaquil, 3 ditto; all other articles, 4 ditto. 



Articles exempted from paying Duties of Exportation. — Cotton, rice, 

 and maize, or Indian corn. 



Articles prohibited to be exported. — Mares and cows. 



Uncoined gold, except bars of gold from the prov ince of Veragua. 



All silver, except from Guayaquil and the Isthmus. 



Platina, under penalty of losing the metal, and paying for each pound a fine 

 of 50 dollars. 



It is enacted that all vessels, before sailing, shall be examined. 



Tonnage Duty. — Foreign vessels pay 4 reals per ton ; National, I ditto. 

 Ditto, proceeding from one port to another of the Republic, pay, for each ton ex- 

 ceeding 20, half a real. Ditto, not liaving 20 tons burden, pay no tonnage duty. 

 —The Colombian ton is 20 quintals. 



The registers, manifests, and licences of merchant-vessels are taken posses- 

 sion of by the Collectors of the Custom-houses, and not returned until the ton- 

 nage is paid ; or they are delivered to the Consul of the nation to which the 

 vessel belongs, who becomes responsible for the payment of the duty. 



Anchorage Du-ry. — Collected upon the old Spanish system, and appears 

 to average about 2 dollars for every 1 20 tons. 



Special Tribunals of Commerce are established in various cities and 

 towns, to decide exclusively on commercial disputes and differences. 



