dues, including even light-house taxes. Further than this, all provisions for the use of ships are admitted free of duty. This legislation virtually makes Valparaiso a free port for goods in bond, while it must operate to draw all the shipping of the South Pacific to that port for provisioning, &c. By means of the secure Government warehouses, merchants in all localities along the coast, including those of adjoining States, can store goods in Valparaiso and draw for them when needed, a great desideratum with those so far from the commercial centers of the world. Under the operation of these sagacious measures Valparaiso must become to the South Pacific what San Francisco is to the North Pacific. I may close this dispatch with the statement that all duties are payable in silver dollars, rated at 38 pence, the rate of exchange, in Chilian currency, upon London being fixed by Government decree on the first day of every month. C. A. LOGAN. UNITED STATES LEGATION, Santiago, August 24, 1883. CHAP. IX.-ON THE TABLE OF APPRAISEMENT. [Inclosure No. 1.] ART. 65. The table of appraisement shall be formed in the port of Valparaiso by a commission formed of the superintendent of customs, the chief inspector, and of a number of merchants of different nations appointed by the President of the Republic in every especial case. The presiding officer shall be the superintendent, and, in his absence, the chief inspector. ART. 66. The table of appraisement shall continue without change for the term of one year, counting from the day which the President of the Republic shall designate on approving it; but it shall not come into effect till a month after its promulgation. ART. 67. Before the end of the year fixed in Art. 66, the President of the Republic shall take the necessary steps for the continuance of the same tariff, or for the partial or total reform that it may need. ART. 68. The commission intrusted with the duty of forming the tariff shall make their estimate taking into consideration the price of the goods in bond. ART. 69. Merchandise not specified in the tariff shall be valued by the appraisers, with reference to the last wholesale sales which have taken place in the custom-house. If this means of comparison be lacking, the goods shall be valued at the current market price for the same article, minus all duties; and if this also be wanting, the chief appraiser shall determine the value from the quality of the goods. ART. 70. Complaints upon appraisements shall be laid before the superintendent of the respective custom-house, whose decision shall be final, after hearing two experts, one named by the custom-house and the other by the complaining party; and consulting with the chief of the board of appraisers in Valparaiso, and in other ports to the inspector who has made the appraisal. ART. 71. No complaint shall be received after a period of twenty-four hours has elapsed after making the valuation, nor after the complaining party has removed the goods from the custom-house. Blank, with or without ruled spaces or paging.. 762 Printed, covers of tortoise shell, mother of pearl, ivory or imitations, gilded or plated, with or without filagree or mosaic of gold or silver. Boots and shoes: ...do 470 *Chilian silver dollars. One Chilian silver dollar- 76 cents American. † Meter=39.37 inches For infants, all classes ...do do 300 00 do 600 00 1, 000 00 6.00 160 Caskets, cardboard, wood, porcelain, glass, or zinc, for toilet table, with or without puffballs.. 463 Caskets, or empty jewel-cases, gross weight 1065 Cheeses, gross weight ...do 40 627 Cherries, dried, gross weight. 225 Chestnuts, with or without the shells, gross weight.. 346 Chocolate, in cake or powder, gross weight... Cigar-holders: 130 Coarse, wood or rubber, including cases.. 131 Amber or imitation, with or without parts of other material, includ ing cases... 132 All other classes, including the cases.. Cigar-cases: 239 Ordinary, Peruvian straw....... 240 Medium or fine, Peruvian straw. 241 Russian leather or imitation. ...do 24 00 242 243 Ordinary leather..... With cover of common metal, gilded or plated, tortoise shell, mother Cloth: of pearl, or ivory... 532 533 1062 Babes' long clothes, of cotton, plain or bordered or ornamented.. One.. 4.00 1090 1091 Drawers, cotton stuff, gross weight. Drawers, wool, woolen flannel, or cotton mixture, gross weight. Drawers, linen or cotton mixed goods, gross weight.. 1004 Ladies' edged or ornamented hose 1095 Ladies' plain linen or cotton mixed hose. 1096 1097 Striped cotton shirts for workmen, gross weights. Ladies' linen or cotton mixed hose, edged or embroidered. 1098 1099 1100 1101 1102 Men's and boys' white shirts, cotton, chintz, or percale, gross weight.. Workmen's shirts of canvas or linen listing or with cotton listing.. 1150 1151 1154 braid, &c., gross weight.. Same, cotton, linen, woolen or cotton alpaca, or other similar goods......do 3.00 Linen socks, with or without open work or borders, gross weight.. Kilogram 10 00 9.00 Dozen 24.00 1158 Same, of cotton or linen goods 1159 Sailors' ordinary oilskin pantaloons 1160 1161 1162 Men's and ladies' cuffs of cotton stuff, with or without ornament and 1163 Men's and boys' raglans, cloth or cassimere. 1164 Same, with cotton mixture. 1165 1166 Men's and boys' sacks or blouses of cassimere or woolen cloth. ...do 7.00 do 400 1167 1168 1169 Same, cotton or linen, woolen or cotton, alpaca, or like goods Same, with cotton mixture.. 1172 Same, of rubber, in form of poncho. 1173 Same, of oiled cloth. for sailors.. .do 250 Dozen 8.00 Same, diameter less than 8 centimeters, gross weight .do .do 772 Crockery, articles of, fine, with or without other materials, not elsewhere specified, gross weight Crystal: 301 Fine articles, with or without other materials, not elsewhere speci- ....do 50 305 Glass lanterns, gross weight.. 311 Plain glass, over 4 millimeters thick (to be valued like mirrors, with 312 Plain glass, colored, frosted, or stained, gross weight.... 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