ARTICLE XIII. No carcasses, ballast, ashes, sweepings, etc., shall be thrown overboard within harbor limits. While taking in or discharging coal, ballast, or other similar materials the necessary precautions shall be taken to prevent their falling into the sea. If any materials detrimental to the harbor shall have been thrown into the sea or shall have been allowed to fall in through negligence by any ship, they shall be removed by the ship upon receipt of an order to that effect from the harbor master, and if not so removed the harbor master may cause them to be removed at the ship's expense. ARTICLE XIV. Any ship intending to leave port shall give notice at the harbor master's office and hoist the blue peter. Steamers which have fixed dates of departure need only make one declaration for their arrival and departure. ARTICLE XV. All wreckage or other substances which obstruct the public fairway in a harbor or its approaches must be removed by their owner within the time indicated by the harbor master. If this order is not complied with within the time specified by the harbor master, the harbor master may cause them to be removed or destroyed at the owner's expense. ARTICLE XVI. A suitable and sufficient number of buoy moorings for regular mail steamers shall be provided by the harbor master's office. A prescribed fee shall be charged for the use of such moorings. ARTICLE XVII. No chains, ropes, or other gear shall be attached to any light-ship, signal buoy, or beacon. Any vessel running foul of or damaging a light-ship, buoy, beacon, jetty, or any other structure shall pay the necessary expenses for repairs or replacement. ARTICLE XVIII. Any infringement of the provisions of the present regulations shall render the offender liable to a fine of not less than 2 yen (99 cents) and not exceeding 200 yen ($99.60). ARTICLE XIX. The master of a vessel shall also be held responsible for any fines, fees, or expenses which may be imposed or charged on or in respect of the vessel. ARTICLE XX. No vessel shall be allowed to depart until all fines, fees, and expenses imposed or charged under these regulations shall have been paid, or until security therefor to the satisfaction of the harbor master shall have been deposited with the harbor master. ARTICLE XXI. The word "harbor master" as used in these regulations is also meant to include the harbor master's assistants and deputies; and by the word "master" is meant any person in command of, or having the direction of, a ship, whatever his designation may be; and by the word "port" or "harbor," is meant one of the ports or harbors enumerated in Article I of these regulations. ARTICLE XXII. A portion of each harbor shall be reserved as a man-of-war anchorage. ARTICLE XXIII. The only provisions in these regulations which shall apply to men-of-war are those contained in Articles IV, VI, XII, and XXI, and in the first and second paragraphs of Article XIII. ARTICLE XXIV. The time when, and the localities where, these regulations are to come into operation shall be notified by the minister of communications. The minister of communications shall also issue detailed rules for the due enforcement of these regulations. KOREA. The Korean customs is under the control of a staff of foreign officials borrowed from the Imperial Chinese customs service. For the past fourteen years customs offices have been maintained at the ports of Chemulpo, Fusan, and Gensan, besides the head office at Seoul. At present two new ports are now being opened to trade-Mokpo, in the rich agricultural province of South Chulla in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and midway between Fusan and Chemulpo; and Chenampo in the north, near the large city of Pengyang. The customs service is a most excellent one as at present organized. There are few printed regulations to be had. I inclose a printed copy of the Provisional Customs Regulations still in force, and I have had a copy made of the tariff as laid down in the treaty between Great Britain and Korea, which is still followed with a few minor alterations. HORACE N. ALLEN. CLASS IV.-10 per cent ad valorem-Continued. Materials for seals, etc. Mosquito netting, made of silk. Musical instruments, all kinds. Paper, colored, fancy, wall, and hanging. Pictures, prints, photographs, engravings, all kinds, framed or unframed. Planks, hard wood. Porcelain, superior qualities. Silk thread, or floss silk, in skein. Silk manufactures, as gauze, crepe, Japanese amber lustrings, satins, satin damasks, figured satins, Japanese white silk. Soap, superior qualities. Sugar candy. Telescopes and binocular glasses. Trunks and portmanteaus. Vermilion. Watches, and parts thereof, in common metal, nickel, or silver. Wines, in wood or bottle, all kinds. All unenumerated articles, completely manufactured. CLASS V.-Twenty per cent ad valorem. Amber. Arms, firearms, fowling pieces, etc., imported under special permit. Artificial flowers. Birds' nests. Carpets, velvet. Cochineal. Coral, manufactured or otherwise. Embroideries in gold, silver, or silk. Enameled ware. Fireworks. Furs, superior, as sable, sea otter, seal, otter, beaver, etc. Ginseng, red, white, crude and clarified. Hair ornaments, gold and silver. Incense sticks. Ivory, manufactured or otherwise. Jade ware. Jewelry, real or imitation. Lacquerware, superior. Pearls. Perfumes and scents. Plate, gold and silver. Precious stones. Rhinoceros horns. Scented wood, all kinds. Spices, all kinds. Spirits and liqueurs, in wood or bottle, all kinds. Tobacco, all forms and kinds. Tortoise shell, manufactured or otherwise. Velvet, silk. Adulterated drugs or medicines. Arms, munitions, and implements of war, as ordnance or cannon, shot and shell, firearms of all kinds, cartridges, side arms, spears or pikes, saltpeter, gunpowder, gun cotton, dynamite, and other explosive substances. (The Korean authorities will grant special permits for the importation of arms, firearms, and ammunition for purposes of sport or self defense. on satisfactory proof being furnished to them of the bona fide character of the application). Counterfeit coins, all kinds. Opium, except medicinal opium. Foreign ships, when sold in Korea, will pay a duty of 25 cents per ton on sailing vessels, and 50 cents per ton on steamer.s Export tariff. Bullion, being gold and silver, refined: coins, gold and silver, all kinds; plants, trees, and shrubs, all kinds: samples, in reasonable quantities, and travelers' baggage, are free. All other native goods or products will pay an ad valorem duty of 5 per cent. The exportation of red ginseng is prohibited. PROVISIONAL CUSTOMS REGULATIONS OF KOREA. The custom-house is open for the transaction of business daily from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., except on Sundays and the following customs holidays: First moon, first, second, and third days; first moon, fifteenth day; fifth moon, fifth day; seventh moon, twenty-fifth day; eighth moon, fifteenth day; twelfth moon, thirtieth day; Christmas Day; first of January. The hours for examination of cargo are from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. All applications and letters relating to customs business must be addressed to “The commissioner of customs." A. FOR GUIDANCE OF SHIPMASTERS AND AGENTS OF VESSELS. 1. Entry at the custom-house. Within forty-eight hours after arrival (Sundays and customs holidays not counted) the master or commander of a vessel entering a treaty port of Korea1 shall present to the customs authorities the receipt of the consul of his vessel's nationality, showing that he has deposited his ship's papers at the consulate. If there be no consul of the vessel's nationality at the port, then such of the ship's papers as would otherwise be required to be deposited at the consulate must be handed to the commissioner of customs. The master will then enter his vessel at the custom-house by handing in a report of entry (stating the nationality, name, and registered tonnage of the vessel, name of master, number of passengers, and the port or ports from which she comes), an import manifest, and, if the vessel possesses such a document, a tonnage dues certificate. 2. The import manifest. The import manifest must contain a full, true, and particular account of the cargo on board (i. e., marks, and number of packages and their contents, and the names of consignees), divided under the names of the ports where it was shipped. The master must certify the correctness of the manifest and sign his name to it. For presentation of a false manifest the master of a vessel is liable to the fine by treaty prescribed; but if any unintentional error is discovered, the master may correct his manifest within twenty-four hours of its being handed in (Sundays and customs holidays not counted) without payment of any fee. For any correction or addition made after twenty-four hours have elapsed, the fee prescribed by treaty shall be paid. 3. Permit to break bulk. No cargo is to be discharged or removed from the hold until the vessel has been duly entered at the custom-house and the permit to break bulk obtained and exhibited to the customs officer on board. The hatches and ports may be sealed by the customs officers during nonworking hours, and the master will be held responsible for such seals being kept intact. 4. Working hours and special permits. The discharge and shipment of cargo may go on between the hours of sunrise and sunset, except on Sundays and customs holidays. For permission to work cargo between sunset and sunrise, or on Sundays or holidays, special application must be made to the commissioner of customs, and the prescribed fees paid, namely: If, on account of bad weather or other unavoidable cause, a special permit to work, though issued, is not availed of, no fee will be charged. 1 The ports in Korea open to foreign trade are Seoul, Chemulpo, Fusan, Genaan, Peng-yang, Sungchin, Kuhnsan, and Masampo. |