Opium : Historical Note, Or, the Poppy in China
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An account of the Hoppo Book of 1 753 has been ^oppo floofe prepared by Dr. Hirth and is printed in the Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the year 1882. The Hoppo Book is an explanation of the Custom House books in use at Canton in 1753; it was translated in that year, and contains varied informa- tion on the manner of settling the duties on all goods imported and exported at Canton. The author was an English merchant, whose name is not known The division of the ...tariff is much the same as that of the present Chinese one, but imports and exports are not distinguished. Five kinds of taxes were then levied on Foreign trade : — I. An import duty, according to a fixed tariff, Five kinds of payable on all merchandise imported. 1753.
II. An export duty, payable on all exports, in- clusive of re-exported goods proceeding to Ningpo and other ports on the Chinese coast ; it consisted of a tariff charge of 6 per cent, ad valorem.
III. Extra charges oh exports and imports, such as for remitting the duty to Peking, for weighers, linguists, etc., and for servants of the Board of Revenue.
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An account of the Hoppo Book of 1 753 has been ^oppo floofe prepared by Dr. Hirth and is printed in the Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society for the year 1882. The Hoppo Book is an explanation of the Custom House books in use at Canton in 1753; it was translated in that year, and contains varied informa- tion on the manner of settling the duties on all goods imported and exported at Canton. The author was an English merchant, whose name is not known The division of the ...tariff is much the same as that of the present Chinese one, but imports and exports are not distinguished. Five kinds of taxes were then levied on Foreign trade : — I. An import duty, according to a fixed tariff, Five kinds of payable on all merchandise imported. 1753.
II. An export duty, payable on all exports, in- clusive of re-exported goods proceeding to Ningpo and other ports on the Chinese coast ; it consisted of a tariff charge of 6 per cent, ad valorem.
III. Extra charges oh exports and imports, such as for remitting the duty to Peking, for weighers, linguists, etc., and for servants of the Board of Revenue.
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