Almonds, paste of Beer and ale, viz. DUTY £ s. d. Mum per barrel of 36 galls. 1 10 Spruce, the worts of which were, before fermentation, of a specific gravity Not exceeding 1,190 degrees per barrel of 36 galls. 1 Exceeding 1,190 degrees 39 1 0 14 0 Of other sorts, viz. The worts of which were, before fermentation, of a specific gravity Not exceeding 1,065 degrees per barrel of 36 galls. 0 8 0 Exceeding 1,065 and not exceeding 1,090 degrees per barrel of 36 galls. 0 11 0 per cwt. 0 13 3 2 per lb. 0 0 030 001 Husks and shells Paste or chocolate Collodion. Comfis, dry Confectionery, not otherwise enumerated وو per cwt. per lb. per cwt. 0 14 0 per lb. 0 0 2 per gallon 140 per cwt. 048 048 070 for every 100l. value 10 0 0 per gallon 1 per cwt. 5 0 070 048 per cwt. 048 per proof gallon 0 10 per gallon 00 5 1 per quarter 15 8 Ginger, preserved Malt Marmalade Naphtha, purified by any process Pickles, preserved in vinegar Plate, viz. Of silver, gilt or ungilt - Brandy per gallon 0 10 Geneva Rum of and from any foreign country, being the country of its production per gallon 0 10 Rum from any country not being the country of its production per gallon 0 10 Tafia of and from any Colony of France Rum and spirits of and from a British Possession in America or the Island of Mauritius, and rum of and from any British Possession within the limits of the East India Company's Charter, in regard to which the conditions of the Act 4 Vict., cap. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled per gallon 0 10 Unenumerated Other spirits, being sweetened or mixed, so that the degree of strength cannot be ascertained as aforesaid, Tobacco £ s. d. DUTY Kingdom as in France and Algeria, the treatment in all respects, of the most favoured nation. 0 3 6 030 Containing 10 lbs. or more of moisture in every with 51. 100 lbs. weight thereof per cent. Containing less than 10 lbs. of moisture in every per lb. 0 5 6 per lb. 0 5 0 " Snuff, containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof It is, therefore, understood that, in conformity with the stipulations of Article XIX. of the Treaty of Commerce, concluded on January 23, 1860, and of Art. V. of the Supplementary Convention of November 16 of the same year, each of the high contracting parties engages to give the other, immediately and unconditionally, the benefit of every favour or immunity, every privilege or reduction of tariff in regard to the importation of 46 merchandise, whether mentioned or not in the Treaty and Conventions of 1860, which have been or may be conceded by one of the high contracting parties to any foreign nation whatsoever, whether within or beyond Europe. per lb. 0 3 9 "6 not containing more than 13 lbs. of moisture in every 100 lbs. weight thereof per lb. 040 Other manufactured tobacco Cavendish or negrohead tobacco, manufactured in bond in the United Kingdom from unmanufactured tobacco, on the entry thereof for home consumption per i5. 0 4 0 per gallon 0 120 Wine containing less than the following rates of proof spirits verified by Sykes' hydrometer, viz. Varnish, containing any quantity of alcohol or spirit Vinegar 003 26 DEGREES. 42 DEGREES. £ s. d. per gallon 10 Imported in casks or bottles- Lees of such wine " 0 1 0 010 026 It is likewise understood that, in all that relates to transit, warehousing, exportation, £re-exportation, local dues, brokerage, customs, 6 formalities, samples, designs for manufactures, and likewise in all matters relating to the exercise of commerce and industry, British subjects in France or in Algeria, and French in the United Kingdom, shall enjoy the treatment of the most favoured nation. And an additional duty of 5d. per gallon for every degree of strength beyond the highest above specified. N.B.-Goods not prohibited to be imported into or used in Great Britain or Ireland, composed of any article liable to duty as a part or ingredient thereof, are chargeable with the full duty payable on such article, or if composed of more than one article liable to duty, then with the full duty payable on the article charged with the highest rate of duty. (See 23 and 21 Vict., cap. 110.) ART. II. British ships and their cargoes shall, in France and in Algeria, and French ships and All goods not enumerated in the List are free of duty at the pre- their cargoes shall, in the United Kingdom of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and France. HER Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the President of the French Republic, being equally animated with the desire to draw closer the ties of friendship which unite the two countries, and of placing on a satisfactory footing the commercial and maritime relations between the two States, have, with this object, determined to conclude a treaty of commerce and navigation, and they have accordingly appointed their respective Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Richard Bickerton Pemell Lord Lyons, a Peer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, one of her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council and her said Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the French Republic, &c., &c., &c.; And the President of the French Republic, M. le Duc de Broglie, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vice-President of the Council, Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, &c., &c., &c.; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles :ART. I. The Treaty of Commerce concluded on January 23, 1860, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France, as also the Supplementary Conventions of October 12, and November 16, of the same year, are again put in force in all their stipulations and in their full tenour, and shall continue to have effect as before the Act of Denunciation of March 15, 1872. The high contracting parties guarantee to each other reciprocally, as well in the United Great Britain and Ireland, from whatever place arriving, and whatever may be the place of origin or destination of their cargoes, be treated in every respect as national ships, and their cargoes. The coasting trade, however, is excepted from the preceding stipulation, and remains subject to the respective laws of the two countries. ART. III. The high contracting parties agree to settle by means of a Supplementary Convention, the ratifications of which shall be exchanged before January 31st, 1874, such arrangements as may appear to them to be necessary in regard to consular attributions, to transit and customs regulations affecting entry of goods, expertise, samples, and any other matters of the like nature, and they agree, moreover, to substitute this Supplementary Convention for the stipulations about similar matters comprised in the treaties and conventions of 1860. ART. IV. Mineral oils of British origin shall be admitted into France and Algeria from January 1, 1874, or sooner, if possible, at a customs duty of five per cent., that is to say, at the rate of duty levied previously to the passing of the law of July 8, 1871. It is, nevertheless, agreed that the said oils shall, in conformity with the stipulations of Art. IX. of the treaty of January 23, 1860, again put into force by Art. I. of the present treaty, be likewise subject to the duty of 5 fr. or 8 fr. per 100 kilog. established on crude or refined oils by the law of September 16, 1871, or that which may be hereafter levied on the like oils manufactured in France. A commission, consisting of one member on the part of each Government, shall meet at Paris immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, in order to settle, as hereinafter directed, questions concerning duties levied in France on British mineral oils, as well as to consider and report on any other questions which the high contracting parties agree, or shall agree, to refer to it. The benefit of the above provisions shall be extended to British mineral oils, to be supplied to persons in France under contracts entered into before the promulgation of the law of July 8, 1871. |