Fish, fresh, of all kinds Fish, dried, smoked, or salted, of all kinds Fish pastes, fish in brine, etc. Shrimps, dried; trepangs (sea cucumbers), shark fins, and sea weed. Fish oils; various preparations... Other products not specially mentioned CHAPTER IV.-Animal substances, raw, used in medicine and phar Paddy and rice, cargo, containing more than 33 per cent of paddy. 100 kilos.. ......do.... Rice, white .....do.. Other products not specially mentioned ad valorem 3 per cent. CHAPTER XXXIII.-Manufactures of esparto and basket-makers' wares. The following is a statement of the rates of import duties established by the recent general tariff law of Japan, with additional particulars showing the conventional rates of duty on various articles as fixed by treaties between Japan and other powers. NOTE.-Under the heading “Conventional rates fixed by treaties,” “F” stands for the Japanese treaty with France, "G" for that with Germany, "A" for that with Austria-Hungary, and “U. K." for that with the United Kingdom. The specific rates of duty stated under the same heading are those fixed by the supplementary convention between the United Kingdom and Japan as the equiva lents of various ad valorem rates, established by the treaty of the 16th July, 1894. The corresponding ad valorem rate is, in each case, mentioned for purposes of reference. The United States has the benefit of the conventional tariff. In some cases conventional rates of duty have been fixed for articles included under a more or less comprehensive heading in the general tariff. 1 From the British Board of Trade Journal of November, 1898, and May, 1899. 10 15 F., 10 per cent ad valorem. 20 20 G., 10 per cent ad valorem. 10 ป |