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That portion of the Province of Fukien comprised in the prefectures of Ting-chou-fu, Chang-chou-fu, and Chuanchowfu, and the independent subprefecture of Lung-yen-chou. Antung.

This district corresponds to the intendency of the three Eastern Marches, and consists of that portion of the Province of Shengking south and east of a line starting from the sea west of Chuanghoting, thence north about 30 miles, thence northeast, crossing the Antung-Mukden Railway a little north of Feng-huan-cheng and continuing in the same direction to the boundary of Shengking and Kirin, thence following this boundary southeast to the Korean frontier.

This will give to the consular district of Antung the following places opened to trade, viz, Feng-huang-cheng, Antung, and Tatungkow.

Canton.

The Provinces of Kwangsi, Kweichow, and Yunnan and that portion of the Province of Kwangtung west of longitude 115°. Changsha.

The Province of Hunan.

Chefoo.

The Province of Shantung south of the Yellow River, exclusive of the German leased territory of Kiaochow.

Chungking.

The Provinces of Szechwan and all of Tibet south of the Kokonor region.

Dairen.

The Japanese leased territory of Kuantung.

Foochow.

The whole of the Province of Fukien except the four prefectures forming the consular district of Amoy.

Hankow.

The Province of Honan south of the Yellow River and the whole of the Provinces of Hupeh, Kiangsi, Shensi, Kansu, the Kokonor region, Sinkiang (Turkestan), and that portion of Mongolia not included in the Tientsin district.

Harbin.

The Province of Heilungkiang and all that part of the Province of Kirin lying to the north of a line drawn between the cities of Kuanchengtzu (Changchun) and Kirin (which are included in the consular district of Mukden), and continued thence eastward to the Russo-Chinese frontier.

It will include the following places opened to trade: Manchuria, Khailar, Tsitsihar, Aigun, Sansing, and Harbin,

Hongkong.

The British colony of Hongkong.

Mukden.

All of the Province of Kirin that is not included in the consular district of Harbin, and all of the Province of Shengking that is not included either in the Antung consular district or the leased territory of Kuantung.

Nanking.

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XIII. TARIFF OF UNITED STATES CONSULAR FEES.

[Revised to take effect November 1, 1906; amended by Executive order of June 7, 1909.)

Tariff of fees prescribed by order of the President to be charged by consular officers of the United States. All consular charges must be in strict accordance with this tariff and be collected in gold or its equivalent. No fee or compensation will be collected for any service not covered by this tariff.

(The fees in this tariff are not prescribed for American vessels and seamen, because they are exempted by law from the payment of consular fees. Consular agents will make the fees in this tariff a basis of collection from the Treasury for services to such vessels. Foreign built vessels, unregistered, owned by American citizens, are not exempt from the payment of the fees prescribed herein.)

Nature of service.

Fee.

Nature of service.

Fee.

Miscellaneous services.

1. Certificate to invoice, including declaration, in
triplicate or quadruplicate, covering either
importations or transit shipments, including
any additional declaration or certificate not
otherwise provided for which is required by
law or regulations for use in connection with
the entry of the wares or the forwarding of
the same in bond.....

2. Invoice of returned American goods..
3. Extra certificates and declarations as above
described, including immigrant's oath (Form
No. 128) or declaration for books and house-
hold effects under $100 in value when issued
without an invoice certificate, each....

4. Certificate to extra copies of invoices, each....
5. Certificate of disinfection, in triplicate or quad-
ruplicate...

6. Landing certificate, including oaths of master
and mate, and the complete execution of the
certificate....

7. Sealing cars coming from Canada or Mexico, for
each manifest in quintuplicate with the con-
sul's certificate, including sealing of each car,
vessel, bale, barrel, box, or package................
8. Issuing a passport-Form No. 9....

(No fee shall be collected for extending a passport.)

9. Verifying an American passport (Form No. 10) or visaing a foreign passport (Form No. 11).. 10. Visaing a Chinese passport or certificate....... 11. Marriage certificate, in duplicate, Form No. 87.. 12. For taking into possession the personal estate of any citizen who shall die within the limits of a consulate, inventorying, selling, and finally settling and preparing or transmitting, according to law, the balance due thereon, $2 for each $100 of value or fraction thereof. If part of such estate shall be delivered over before final settlement, $1 for each $100 of value or fraction thereof to be charged on the part so delivered over as is not in money, and $a for each $100 of value or fraction thereof on the gross amount of the residue. If among the effects of the deceased are found certificates of foreign stock,

$2.50

1.00

I.00

1.00

2.50

2.50

1.00 1.00

No fee.
1.00
1.00

Miscellaneous services- Continued.

loans, or other property, $1 for each $100 of
value or fraction thereof on the amount there-
of. No charge will be made for placing the
official seal upon the personal property or
effects of such deceased citizen, or for breaking
or removing the seals.

13. For each certificate of protection, semsar, or cer-
tificate of employment issued at Tangier......

Services to vessels and seamen.

14. Bill of health, in duplicate*.

15. Supplemental bill of health, in duplicate*.
16. For receiving and delivering ship's register and
papers, including consular certificates, as pre-
scribed in Forms Nos. 13 and 14, $1 for each |
roo tons or fraction thereof, registered measure-
ment (net), of the vessel for which the service¦
is performed, if under 1,000 tons; but for Amer-
ican vessels running regularly by weekly or
monthly trips, or otherwise, to or between
foreign ports, this tonnage fee will not be
charged for more than four trips in a year; and
tonnage fees shall not be exacted for any vessel
touching at or near ports in Canada on her
regular voyage from one port to another within
the United States, unless some official service
required by law shall be performed.

17. And for every additional 100 tons net or fraction
thereof..

18. Shipping or discharging seamen, including the
certificates thereof attached to crew list and
shipping articles and given to seamen........
19. Authentication of copies of protests or other
necessary documents for vessels or seamen
not otherwise provided for.......

20. Preparation and acknowledgment for vessels or
seamen of any oath or declaration for which a
form is given in the Consular Regulations, or a
similar necessary service not otherwise pro-
vided for...

21. Preparation and execution for vessels or seamen
of any certificate for which a form is given in
the Consular Regulations, or similar necessary
service not otherwise provided for.........

*Foreign war vessels are exempt from the payment of fees for bills of health.

$2.00

5.00 2.50

50

2.00

2.00

2.00

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Nature of service.

Services to vessels and seamen-Continued.

22. Orders or letters for vessels or seamen for which forms are given in the Consular Regulations, or other similar necessary service not otherwise provided for....

23. Recording, when necessary, for vessels or seamen any document covered by the provisions of the Consular Regulations, for every 100 words or fraction thereof...

24. Noting marine protest-Form No. 37...... 25. Extending marine protest-Form No. 38..

If it exceed 200 words, for every additional 100 words......

26. Protest of master against charterers or freighters-Form No. 39..

Fee.

- 50 2.00

3.00

• 50

2.00

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Notarial and other services.

31. Administering an oath and certificate thereof * 32. Administering oath and preparing passport application......

33. Acknowledgment of a deed or power of attorney, or similar service, including one or more signatures, with certificate thereof, for each copy... 34. Administering any and all baths required to be made by pensioners and their witnesses in the execution of their pension vouchers, or by persons presenting claims for pensions or increase of pensions and their witnesses, or certifying to the competency of a local official before whom the same were executed.. 35 Acknowledgments connected with the transfer of United States bonds......

36. Administering oaths to or taking acknowledgments of officials or employees of the United States Government, in connection with their official business or accounts.....

2.00

1.00

2.00

No fee.

No fee.

For each additional too words or fraction thereof. The foregoing fee shall cover the administration of the oath and all services of the consul as commissioner, but shall not include services of clerk, stenographer, or typewriter, which shall be additional at the rate prescribed herein for copying.

40. Copies (carbon copies to be charged for at the same rate as originals):

For the first 100 words or fraction........... For every additional roo words or less. 41. Translations; for every 100 words or fraction.... 42. Additional fee for all services contemplated by fees numbered 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, when rendered elsewhere than at the consular office at the request of the interested parties, for each hour or fraction thereof...... In connection with any service rendered outside of the consular office at the request of private individuals, the exact amount of the expenses actually and necessarily incurred by the person rendering the service shall be collected from the persons for whom the service is performed in addition to the fee or fees prescribed therefor, and a note of the amount shall be made on the margin of the fee book and fee return opposite the entry of the service and fee; but no amount in excess of the fee or fees prescribed and such actual and necessary expenses shall be charged or accepted.

43. Recording unofficial documents in consulate upon request:

For the first 100 words or fraction.... For every additional 100 words or less. 44. Any and all services indicated in the above tariff and performed upon written orders of the Department of State for the official use of the Government of the United States.......

10.00

· 50

- 50

-25

1.00

I.00

• 50 -25

No fee.

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* Executive order of Dec. 21, 1906, prescribes that no fee shall be charged for the affidavit of temporary stay of owner of sealskin garment entering the United States from Canada.

Consular officers must require all fees to be paid in advance and before the stamps are canceled, except in case of attendance out of office or of commissions, when the amount can not be determined until the service is performed. Advance deposits to cover fees in such latter cases may be accepted, but in no other cases.

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