TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES. ASIA. BRITISH ASIA. (1, Aden; 2, British India; 3, Ceylon; 4, Straits Settlements.) 1. ADEN. For all practical purposes Aden is a free port, and there are no import or export duties levied on merchandise generally. There are restrictions on a few articles, however. Wines, spirits, and malt liquors are regulated under the Indian abkari act; the importation of opium is absolutely prohibited; arms and ammunition can only be imported under permission granted by the political resident, and an excise is levied on salt at the rate of 1 rupee per 140 pounds whether imported or exported. There are no bounty regulations on any domestic articles exported from this port. I send by this mail as part of this report the by-laws of the Aden Port Trust, in which will be found all the rules and regulations in regard to the trade of this place and the tolls, rates, and charges levied on all goods whether imported or exported. ADEN, September 15, 1897. 10635-2 W. W. MASTERSON, Consul. 17 Scale of tolls, rates, and charges sanctioned under section 40 (1) Aden port trust act, 1888. [Rs rupees; aanna; p=pie. The anna is one-sixteenth of a rupee; the pie is one-fourth of the anna. The value of the rupee is too fluctuating for reduction to American currency to be of any permanent use in computation. On April 1, 1898, the United States Treasury estimated the rupee at 19.4 cents, which would be 1.275 cents for the anna, and 0.00319 cent for the pie.] Rent per week On shipping. Scale of rates for the storing and keeping of goods in premises belonging to the trustees of the port of Aden. or part of a week. a period over the free days allowed and removed to the ware. house at the instance of the board, in addition to the actual amount of coolie, cart, or camel hire incurred in the removal. Scale of charges for the removal of goods lying on the wharf for Wharfage fees. On landing. Scale of tolls, rates, and charges sanctioned under section 40 (1) Aden port trust act, 1888-Continued. Tolls, rates, and charges per Scale of toll on Tolls. Scale of rates for of the port Wharfage fees. belonging to the trustees of the port of Aden. Rent per week Scale of rates for the storing and keeping of goods in premises or part of a week. a period over the free days allowed and removed to the wareScale of charges for the removal of goods lying on the wharf for house at the instance of the board, in addition to the actual amount of coolie, cart, or camel hire incurred in the removal. On landing. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. Rs. a. p. 010 Rs. a. p. 0 06 0 1 0 0 06 00 3 0 0 3 003 6 0 06 0 Special. Special. Special. Special. 6 0 0 6 006 0 0 6 0 0 3 Liquors or other liquids: same. 44 Gurraras 45 46 47 48 49 One dozen in 1 case. Quarter cask over 28 gallons. Octave over 8 to 10 gal. 50 Baggage (personal).. 51 Machinery, and parts of.. 52 Manure. 53 Metals of all sorts, manufactured, not being under item 51, and unmanufac tured. Case... 0 1 0 Quarter 0 2 0 0 Octave.. 0 1 0 0 1 0 54 Nuts of all sorts, except co.....do coanuts. 080 55 Oil, turpentine, and varnish. 10 galls. 0 56 Kerosene and petroleum oil. Case. 57 Tar and pitch Plants living.; 39 Shells of all sorts. 0 1 0 0 1 0 006 0 06 006 006 ... Cwt Cwt Ton Case or 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 003 003 0 0 3 0 0 3 Special. Special. 003 Special. Special. 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0020 tured. 62 Spices of all sorts 63 64 63 Sugar, jaggery and mo lasses. 66 Tea, chest, 100 pounds. 671 Tea, chest, 50 pounds.. 38 ....do ... ...do 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 06006 0 1 0 0 1 0 Package 0 do... 0 20 32 0 1 6 0 003 0 1 6 010 Scale of tolls, rates, and charges sanctioned under section 40 (1) Aden port trust act, 1888-Continued. belonging to the trustees of the port of Aden. Rent per week Scale of rates for the storing and keeping of goods in premises or part of a week. a period over the free days allowed and removed to the wareScale of charges for the removal of goods lying on the wharf for house at the instance of the board, in addition to the actual amount of coolie, cart, or camel hire incurred in the removal. Wharfage fees. On landing. Forty Zanzibar rafters will be taken as equal to 40 cubic feet. meithee and salmon wood will be taken as equal to 40 cubic feet. One hundred and sixty pieces TOLLS. 1. No tolls will be levied on goods imported into the port for transshipment on through bills of lading, or goods which are manifested for transshipment by the importing vessel. Packages of coffee brought into Aden by sea, ready packed and marked for export to foreign ports, will be treated as transshipment cargo. Goods imported into the port which are not for transshipment, but shipped direct on board the exporting vessel without landing, will be treated as transshipment cargo. WHARFAGE. 2. Transshipment goods referred to in clause 1, if placed on the wharves, etc., belonging to the port trust, will be liable to the usual wharfage fees for landing and shipping. TIME FROM WHICH RENT IS CHARGEABLE. 3. Import goods will be allowed on the wharves five clear days free of rent after landing, after which period rent will be charged as shown in column 8. 4. Export goods brought for shipment will be allowed five clear days free of rent, if the goods be kept in the open on the wharf, after which period rent will be charged as shown in column 8. 5. Goods brought for shipment, but which may not be shipped but removed from the wharf inland, will be charged rent from the date on which they are brought for shipment. 6. Part shipments shut out owing to no fault of the shipper, but because of the vessel being full, shall, if removed inland, receive benefit of the free days, as if the goods had been taken by the vessel. 7. Shut-out cargo brought back to the wharf will not be liable to further wharfage on the shipment of goods, and such cargo will be allowed to lie on the wharf free of rent for forty-eight hours. 8. Warehouse rent will be levied at the rates detailed in column 8, from the date on which the goods are placed in the warehouse. 9. When goods lying on the wharf are removed to the warehouse at the instance of the board, after the expiration of the free days allowed, a charge at the rates detailed in column 9 of the above table will be levied. 10. In computing the number of free days allowed, Sundays and close holidays will be omitted. NIGHT AND HOLIDAY WORK. 11. The charge for permitting entry or exit of goods on the port trust wharves at night, or on Sundays or close holidays, will be double wharfage rate, provided the minimum charge shall not be less than one rupee. MOORING FEES. 12. Mooring fees for the use of vessels will be levied as under (1) Vessels liable to payment of port dues at the rate of 4 annas per 100 tons under the Indian ports act of 1899, 1 rupee 8 annas per diem. (2) Vessels entering the inner barbor for letters, or fresh provisions, or coals for steaming, cooking, or condensing, or for repairs, and leaving within twenty-four hours, provided no passenger or cargo be embarked or disembarked, 5 rupees per diem. (3) Other vessels 3 rupees per diem after forty-eight hours after arrival, provided vessels discharging entire cargo and loading entire cargo will be allowed seven days free for each operation. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. 13. For weighing or measuring of goods on port trust wharves, 3 annas per ton or part thereof will be charged, and a further charge of 2 rupees per day will be made if a clerk is employed. 14. For each certificate of weight or measurement, 1 rupee. 15. For each certificate relating to the import or export of goods, rupees. 16. For true copy of manifests, pass notes, receipts, etc., for every 360 words or fraction of 360 words, 8 annas. 17. For conducting public sale of goods, 1 rupee 8 annas per cent on the proceeds, in addition to actual expenditure on account of hire of coolies, etc., and advertising charges. SUPPLEMENTARY SCALE OF CHARGES SANCTIONED UNDER SECTION 40 (1) ADEN PORT TRUST ACT, 1888. CRANAGE. 1. The charge for the use of cranes belonging to and provided by the board, exclusive of labor, which must be provided by persons using the cranes, shall be as follows: Per package, 1 anna; per animal, 3 pies. HARD FEES. 2. Steamers or square-rigged vessels using the hards at Tawahi for painting or repairing, will be charged 5 rupees for every twenty-four hours or fraction thereof during which they so use the same. |