188 TABLE SHOWING THE PRICES OF METALS FROM 1782 TO 1858. The following Table showing the Prices of Metal is extracted from the Mining Journal for April, 1860. The time is divided into eight periods. COPPER. (Manu Cake. fact'd. Block. Bar. Speltr. Pig. Sheet. Pig. Bar. per ton per Ib. per ton per ton per ton per ton per ton per ton per ton 1782-1790. 1*Whole per 2 Max. ann. 3 Min. ann... d. £ £ £ £ 4 Maximum 5 Minimum 1791-1800. 4 Maximum 5 Minimum 1 Whole per. 110 2 Max. ann... 3 Min. ann .... 1801-1810. 1 Whole per. 159 14 152 8 84 160 70 12 68082 ...... 120 5123 2 47 634 9 36 14 7 16 17 17 2 Max. ann. 192 3 22 4 Maximum 5 Minimum.. 200 0 24 NOTE.-*Whole per., whole period; 1, 2, 3,Average prices; 4, 5, Weekly quotations. [N.B.-No records could be found of the years 1826 and 1827.] COPPER (Cake). Maximum annual average prices of the first period, 1790; second, 1800; third, 1805; fourth, 1811; fifth, 1828; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1841; eighth, 1854 and 1855. Mini mum annual average prices of the first period, 1787; second, 1791; third, 1808; fourth, 1817; fifth, 1830; sixth, 1831; seventh, 1843; eight, 1851.-Maximum weekly quotations of first period, 1782, 1783, and 1784; second, 1800; third, 1805, 1806, and 1808; fourth, 1811; fifth, 1822; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1841; eighth, 1852, 1853, and 1857. Minimum weekly quotations of first period, 1787; second, 1791; third, 1802, 1803, and 1804; fourth, 1816; fifth, 1830; sixth, 1837; seventh, 1848, 1849, and 1850; eighth, 1851. TIN (Block).-Maximum annual average prices of first period, 1785, 1786, and 1787; second, 1800; third, 1810; fourth, 1814; fifth, 1823; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1846; eighth, 1856. Minimum annual average prices of the first period, 1790; second, 1791; third, 1801; fourth, 1818; fifth, 1828; sixth, 1832; seventh, 1843; eighth, 1851-Maximum weekly quotations of the first period, 1788; second, 1800; third, 1810; fourth, 1814; fifth, 1823; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1845; eighth, 1857. Minimum weekly quotations of the first period, 1789; second, 1791; third, 1801; fourth, 1818; fifth, 1828; sixth, 1832; seventh, 1843; eighth, 1851. ZINC (Spelter-i. e., zinc in ingots).-Maximum annual average prices of the first period not recorded; second, 1795; third, 1808; fourth, 1814 and 1815; fifth, 1821; sixth, 1840; seventh, 1841; eighth, 1857. Minimum annual average prices of the second period, 1797; third, 1801 and 1802; fourth, 1811; fifth, 1830; sixth, 1831; seventh, 1849; eighth, 1851.-Maximum weekly quotations of the second period, 1795; third, 1808; fourth, fifth, 1821; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1841; eighth, 1857. Minimum weekly quotations of the second period, 1797; third, 1801 and 1802; fourth, 1811; fifth, 1829 and 1830; sixth, 1831; seventh, 1848; eighth, 1851. LEAD (PIG).-Maximum annual average prices of the first period, 1788; second, 1800; third, 1806; fourth, 1814; fifth, 1825; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1841; eighth, 1856. Minimum annual average prices of the first period, 1784; second, 1795; third, 1801; fourth, 1816; fifth, 1830; sixth, 1882; seventh, 1849; eighth, 1851. Maximum weekly quotations of the first period, 1788; second, 1800; third, 1806; fourth, 1814; fifth, 1825; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1841; eighth, 1856. Minimum weekly quotations of the first period, 1784; second, 1795; third, 1801; fourth, 1816; fifth, 1830; sixth, 1832 and 1833; seventh, 1849; eighth, 1852. ; IRON (PIG).-Maximum annual average prices of the first period; 1782; second, 1794 and 1800; third average price £8 from 1802 to 1810; fourth, 1816; fifth, 1825; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1846; eighth, 1855. Minimum annual average price of first period, 1788; second, 1795; third, 1801 and 1802; fourth, 1813; fifth, 1829; sixth, 1840; seventh, 1850; eighth, 1852. Maximum weekly quotations of the first period, 1782; second, 1800; third, £9 throughout the whole period; fourth, £9 throughout the whole period; fifth, 1825; sixth, 1836; seventh, 1846; eighth, 1854. Minimum weekly quotations of the first period, 1788; second, 1792, 1795, and 1797; third, 1801 and 1802; fourth, £7 throughout the whole period; fifth, 1830; sixth, 1840; seventh, 1849 and 1850; eighth 1851 and 1852. THE FRENCH TREATY. (From the Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday, Oct. 23—Thursday, Oct. 25.) The following is the English text of the Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of the French, supplementary to the Treaty of Commerce of January 23, 1860, with a tariff annexed. This Convention was signed at Paris on October 12, and the ratifications were exchanged at Paris yesterday: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and His Majesty the Emperor of the French, desiring to ensure the execution of the Treaty of Commerce concluded between them on the 23rd of January, 1860, within the limits and in the manner contemplated by the second additional article to that treaty, have resolved to negotiate a first complementary arrangement in order to determine the specific or ad valorem duties which shall be imposed upon the goods of British origin and manufacture enumerated in the said treaty, when imported into France; and they have for that purpose named as their plenipotentiaries, that is to say: Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Henry Richard Charles, Earl Cowley, Viscount Dangan, Baron Cowley, a peer of the United Kingdom, a member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Hon. Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath, her said Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Majesty the Emperor of the French; and Richard Cobden, Esq., a member of the British Parliament; And his Majesty the Emperor of the French, M. Thouvenel, a Senator of the Empire, Grand Cross of his Imperial Majesty's Order of the Legion of Honour, &c., his Imperial Majesty's Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; and M. Rouher, a Senator of the Empire, Grand Cross of his Imperial Majesty's Order of the Legion of Honour, &c., his Imperial Majesty's Minister. and Secretary of State for Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works: Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following articles: Art. 1. The articles of British origin or manufacture enumerated in the tariff annexed to the present convention shall, when imported direct from the United Kingdom, under the French or the British flag, be admitted into France at the duties specified by the said tariff. Art. 2.-In order to establish the fact that the goods are of British origin or manufacture, the importer must present at the French Custom House either an official declaration, made before a British magistrate exercising jurisdiction at the place of despatch, or a certificate granted by the chief officer of the customs at the port of embarkation, or a certificate granted by the consuls or consular agents of France at the places of despatch, or at the ports of embarkation. The above-mentioned consuls or consular agents of France shall legalise the signature of the British authorities. Art. 3.-The importer of machines and mechanical instruments, complete or in detached pieces, of British origin or manufacture, shall be exempt from the obligation of producing at the French customs any model or drawing of the imported article. Art. 4.-The importer of any goods of British origin or manufacture taxed ad valorem must attach to the declaration verifying the value of that article, and to the certificate of origin, an invoice emanating from the manufacturer or from the seller, which shall show the real price, and shall be visé by a consul or consular agent of France in the United Kingdom. Art. 5. When articles upon which an ad valorem duty is levied have been previously warehoused, the duty shall be levied according to the value of those articles at the time of their actual entry into France. Art. 6-The importer against whom the French customs may desire to exercise the right of pre-emption stipulated in the treaty of the 23rd of January, 1860, may, if he prefers to do so, demand a valuation of his goods by expert. The same demand may be made by the French customs when they may not think fit to have immediate recourse to pre-emption. Art. 7.-If the result of such valuation by experts should prove that the goods have not a value of 5 per cent. above that which has been declared by the importer, the duty shall be levied upon the amount of the declaration. If the proved value is 5 per cent. above the value declared, the French customs shall be entitled, at their choice, either to exercise the right of pre-emption, or to levy the duty on the value determined by the experts. This duty shall be increased by 50 per cent, as a fine, if the valuation of the experts is 10 per cent. above the declared value. If the value, as determined by the arbitration, exceeds the declared value by 5 per cent., the cost of the inquiry by the experts shall be defrayed by the declarant. In the contrary case, they shall be defrayed by the French Customhouse. Art. 8. In the cases contemplated by Art. 6 the two arbitrating experts shall be named, one by the declarant, the other by the local chief of the French Customs Service. If there be difference of opinion between them, or if at the time of appointing the experts the declarant shall require it, the experts shall choose an umpire. In default of agreement, this umpire shall be appointed by the President of the Tribunal of Commerce at the port of importation, or, in his default, by the President of the Tribunal of Commerce at the nearest place. The decision of the Arbitrators shall be given within the 15 days which follow their nomination. Art. 9.-Independently of the duties of customs, articles of goldsmith's work, and of jewellery, of British manufacture, in gold, silver, platina, or other metals imported into France, shall be subject to the system of control established in that country for similar articles of domestic manufacture, and shall pay, if it becomes necessary, on the same basis as those, the duties of marking and of guarantee. Art. 10. The tariff annexed to the present convention shall, independently of the articles already admissable under the treaty of the 23rd of January last, bo immediately applicable to refined sugars, to works in metal, to machines, to detached pieces of machinery, to tools, and to mechanical instruments of every description. Art. 11. The present convention shall have the same duration as the treaty concluded between the high contracting parties on the 23rd of January last, of which it is a complement. Art. 12. The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Paris within 15 days, or sooner, if possible. In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed it, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms. Done, in duplicate, at Paris, the 12th day of October, 1860. (L.S.) COWLEY, (L.S.) RICHARD COBDEN, Board of Trade, Whitehall, Oct. 25th, 1860. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade are pleased to publish, for general information, the following comparative statement, showing the rates of duty payable on the direct importation into France from the United Kingdom, under the French or British flag, of the undermentioned articles of British origin or manufacture, as set forth in the tariff annexed to the convention concluded on the 12th instant between Great Britain and France, as compared with the corresponding rates of import duty levied on the same articles under the old French tariff. |