Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-10-23

NUMBER 43.

ditions in respect of security as cash,
on payment at the port of shipment
of the duty specified in the tariff.
No import duty shall be levyablc
upon rice or grain, but freight or
part freight of rice or grain, though
no other cargo be OH board, will ren-
der the vessel importing it liable
to tonnage dues.
4. Pulse.-The export OF pulse and
bean cake from Tang-Chau and MIN
Chwang under the American flag is
prohibited. From any of the other of
the open porte they may be shipped,
on payment of the tariff duty, either
to other ports of China or to foreign
countries. .
5. Saltpetre, sulphur, birthstone;
and spclter, being deemed by the Chi
nese to be munitions of war, shall not
be imported by citizens of the United
States save at the rcquisition of the
Chinese Government, or for sale tJ
Chinese duly authorized to purchase
them. No permit to land them shall
be issued until the customs have proof
that the necessary authority has beer
given to the purchaser. 1t shall not
be lawful for citizens of the United
States to carry these commodities up
the Yang-tsi-kiang, or into any port
other than those open on the seaboard
nor to accompany them into the inte-
rior on behalf of Chinese. They must
be sold at the ports only, and, except
at the ports, they will be regarded as
Chinese property.
lntractions of the conditions, al
above set forth, under which trade in
opium, cash, grain, pulse, sulphur,
birthstone, saltpetre, and spelter may
be henceforward carried on, will be
punishable by confscation of all the
goods concerned.
Liability Of Vessels Enteriny Port.
For the prevention Of frisunterstan-
ding, it is agreed that American ves-
sells must be reported to the Consul
within twcnty-four hours, counting
from the time the vessel comes within
the limits of the port, and that the
same rule be applied to the forty-eight
hours allowed by article 10 of the
treaty to remain in port without pay-
ment Of tonnage dues.
The limits of the ports shall be de-
fined by the customs, with all consid-
Grafton for the convenience Of trade,
compatible with due protection ef the
revenue also, the limits of the ancIt-
orages within which lading and dis
charging are permitted by the Gus
toms, and the same shall be notified
TO the Consuls for public information.
RULE VII.
Transit Dues.
1t is agreed that The amount of tram
sit dues legally levyable upon mer-
chandise imported or exported shall
be onehalf the tariff duties, except in
the case of the duty free goods liable
to a transit duty of two and half
per cent ad valorem, as provided in
No. 2 of these Rules.
Merchandise shall be cleared Of it's
transit dues under the following reg.
ulationS
In the case of imports. Notice be-
ing given at the port of entry from
which the imports are to be forward
ed inland of the nature and quantity
of the goods, the ship from which
they have been landed, and the place
inland to which they are bound, with
all other necessary particulars, the
collector OF customs shall, on due in
spection made, and on receipt of the
transit duty due. issued a transit duty
certificate. This must be produced at
every barrier station, and viseed. No
further duty will be levyable upon
imports so certified, no matter how
distant the place of their destinations.
In the case of exports, Produce
purchased by citizen of the United
States in the interior will be inspect
ed and taken account of at the first
barrier it passes on it's way to the
port OF shipment. A memorandum
showing the amount of the produce,
and the port at which it is to be ship
ped, will be deposited there by the
person in charge of the produce. He
will then receive a certificate, which
must be exhibited and viseed at every
barrier on his way to the port of ship
mcnt. On the arrival of the produce
at the barrier nearest the port, notice
must be given to the Gust oms at the
port, and the transit dues due thereon
being paid it will be passed. On ex-
portation the produce will pay the tar
iff duty.
Any attempt to pass goods inwards
or outwards, otherwise than in CONF
pliance with the rule here laid down,
will render them liable 70 confisca-
ton. Unauthorized sale ,n transisu Of
goods that have been entered as above
for port will render them liable to-
confiscation. Any attempt to pass
goods in excess of the quantity spe-
Gifted in the certificate will render all
the goods of the same denomination
named in the certificate liable to con-
fiscation. Permission to export pro-
duce which cannot be proved to have
paid its transit dues will be refused
by the customs until the transit dues
shall have been paid.
| RULE VIII.
Trade eih he Capital.
1t is agreed that no citizen of the
United States shall have the privilege
of entering the capital city Of Peking
for the purposes of trade.
RULE TX.
AJohtioa Of the Meltage Fee.
1t is agreed that the per centage Of
one tael. two mace hitherto charged,
in excess of duty payments to defray
the expenses of melting by the Chi
nese Government, shall no longer be
levied on citizens of the United States
| RULE X.
Collection Of duties under one System at all Po,.s
1t being, by treaty, at the option OF
| the Chinese Government 10 adont