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 CONVENTION WITH CHINA. Novnmmm 8, 1858. 1077 1*. M. c. c. Vermicelli, per 100 catties .,. . . . 0 1 8 0 T”m` °“ “F’°"“· Vermillion, per 100 catties ... . .. 2 5 0 0 Wax, white or insect, per 100 catties .. 1 5 0 O Wood, piles, poles, and joists, each. . . . . . . . . . . . 0 0 3 0 Wood, ware, per 100 catties . 1 1 5 0 Wool, per 100 catties .. . ... 0 8 5 0 WILLIAM B. REED, [sun.] RULE I. Unenumerated Goods. g,},·g¤¤m·¤M l Articles not enumerated in the list of exports, but enumerated in the list of. imports, when exported, shall pay the amount of duty set against them m the list of imports ; and similarly, articles not enumerated in the list of imports, but enumerated in the list of exports, when imported, will pay the amount of duty set against them in the list of exports. Articles not enumerated in either list, nor in the list of duty free goods, shall pay an ad valorem duty of five per cent., calculated upon their market value. mum 11. Duty Free Goods. htloods, duty Gold and silver bullion, foreign coins, Hour, Indian meal, sago, biscuit, preserved meats, and vegetables. Cheese, butter, confectionery. Foreign clothing, jewelry, plated ware, perfume, soap of all kinds. Charcoal, firewood, candles, (foreign,) tobacco, lgkoreign,) cigars, (for— eign.) Wine, beer, spirits, household stores, ships' stores, personal baggage, stationery, carpetting, druggetting, cutlery, foreign medicines, and glass and crystal ware. The above commodities pay no import or export duty; but, if transported into the interior will, with the exception of personal baggage, gold and silver bullion, and foreign coins, pay a transit duty at the rate of two and a half per cent. ad valorem. A freight or part freight of duty free goods (personal baggage, gold and silver bullion, and ioreign coins excepted) will render the vessel carrying them, though no other be on board, liable to tonnage dues. nur. 111. Uontrabtmd Goods. C<>¤¤”¤l>¤¤d· Import and export trade is alike prohibited in the following articles : _ Gunpowder, shot, cannon, fowling-pieces, riiles, muskets, pistols, and all other munitions and implements of war, and salt. Bums rv. Mights and Measures. Weight and BBS In the calculations of the tariif the weight of a peoul of one hundred m um` catties is held to be equal to one hundred and thirty-three and one third pounds avoirdupois, and the length of a chang of ten Chinese feet to be equal to one hundred and forty-one English inches. _ One Chinese chih is held to equal fourteen and one tenth inches English, and four yards English, less three inches, to equal one chang.