CLASS VI.-Wool, BRISTLES, HAIR, HORSEHAIR, AND THEIR 146. Bristles, hair, and horsehair 147. Wool, raw Group 1.-Raw and 8pun. 148. Woollen yarn, unbleached, bleached or dyed, single, or twisted Woollen yarns mixed with silk shall be liable to the following surtaxes - When containing up to two-fifths of silk When containing three-fifths or more of silk the yarns shall be dutiable as Group 2.-Tissues and Fulled Stuffs. .p.c.a.v., 40 " 40 40 22 50 NOTE I.-When the tissues comprised in this group are mixed, they shall, according to kind, be liable to the following surtaxes 1. Tissues of wool or hair containing threads of silk or floss silk shall be liable to a surtax of 45 per cent. of the duties applicable thereto, provided that the number of silk or floss-silk threads, counted in the warp and weft, does not exceed one-fifth of the total number of threads composing the tissue. When the number of silk or floss-silk threads exceeds one-fifth of the total, the tissues shall be subject to the corresponding duties of Class VII. 2. Tissues containing an admixture of wool and cotton, or of wool and other vegetable fibres, and at the same time threads of silk or floss silk, shall be dutiable according to the corresponding numbers of this group, with a surtax of 45 per cent., provided that the number of silk or floss-silk threads, counted in warp and weft, does not exceed one-fifth of the total number of threads composing the tissue. When the number of silk or floss-silk threads exceeds one-fifth of the total, the tissue shall be subject to the corresponding duties of Class VII. The provisions of this note shall not apply to knitted stuffs, talles, lace, blonde, and tulles for borders, to ribbons, or to trimmings. NOTE II.-Articles included in this group which are within the undermentioned conditions shall be liable to the following surtaxes: (a) Tissues, brochés, or woven like brocades with silk or floss silk, shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, plus a surtax of 20 per cent. (b) Tissues embroidered by hand or by machine after weaving or with application of trimming shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, plus a surtax of 40 per cent. Should the embroidery contain threads, purl, or spangles of common metals or of silver, the surtax shall amount to 60 per cent. of the duties applicable to the tissue. When the threads, purl, or spangles are of gold, the surtax shall be of 100 per cent. (c) Tissues and trimmings containing threads or purl of common metals or silver shall be liable to a surtax or 50 per cent. of the duties leviable thereon. When the threads or purl are of gold, the surtax shall amount to 100 per cent. (d) Shawls, including those called "mantones" and "pañolones," fichus, borse cloths or blankets, travelling rugs, bed covers, counterpanes or bordered blankets (even when the border consists of a silk ribbon, provided the latter be not more than 2 centimetres in width) shall, for the making up, be liable to a surtax of 30 per cent. of the duties leviable thereon. On other made-up articles, wearing apparel and clothing of all kinds, finished, half-finished, or simply basted, shall, for their total weight, be liable to the duties leviable on the principal component tissue on their most visible exterior part, plus a surtax of 100 per cent. Articles of hosiery specially mentioned shall not be liable to the payment of the surtax for making up. 149. Swanskin, of pure or mixed wool 150. Baizes (a) of pure wool... (b) Of mixed wool 151. Flannels, white or coloured, for underclothing (a) Of pure wool.. 40 (b) Of mixed wool (b) Other 152. Blankets or counterpanes of wool, pure or mixed with other materials— (a) Grey blankets ("pardas") 153. Astrakhans, plushes, and velvets of wool, pure or mixed... 154. Cloths and other tissues not specially mentioned, of wool, hair, or flock wool, comprised or not in drapery, weighing per square metre-300 grammes or more(a) of wool, hair, or flock wool, pure 156. Less than 175 grammes (a) Of wool, hair, or flock wool, pure (b) of wool or hair, mixed .p.c., a.v. 40 40 40 157. Tissues of bristle or horsehair, with or without an admixture of cotton or other vegetable fibres 158. Knitted stuffs, with or without an admixture of cotton or other vegetable fibres, even with needlework- (a) In the piece, jerseys, or drawers (b) In stockings, socks, gloves, and other small articles.. 159. Carpets of wool, pure, or mixed with other materials () With uncut pile (b) Plushy or with cut pile 160. Tissues called tapestry, for curtains, and upholstering furniture, of wool, pure, or ing more than 350 grammes per square metre; table covers and counterpanes 161. Felts of wool, pure or mixed 162. Trimmings of wool; ribbons and galloonst CLASS VII-SILK AND MANUFACTURES OF SILK. Group 1.-Yarns. 163. Silk and floss silk, spun or twisted, in skeinst 164. Silk on reels, including weight of the reels Group 2.-Tissues. NOTE I.-The tissues comprised in this group shall be considered as pure silk tissues when the number of silk or floss-silk threads, counted in the warp and weft, exceeds one-half of the total number of threads composing the tissue. This rule shall not apply to knitted stuffs, tulles, lace, blondes and tulles for borders, or to ribbons or galloons not exceeding 15 centimetres in width. Such goods shall be considered as mixed silk tissues, and dutiable according to the corresponding numbers of the tariff, when containing threads of cotton or other vegetable fibres, wool or flock wool, whatever be the proportion of such threads in the mixture. NOTE II.-Articles included in this group which are within the undermentioned conditions shall be liable to the following surtaxes: (a) Tissues embroidered by hand or by machine after weaving, or with application of trimmings, shall be liable to the duties leviable thereon, plus a surtax of 50 per cent. Should the embroidery contain threads, purl, or spangles of common metals or of silver, the surtax shall amount to 60 per cent. of the duties applicable to the tissue. When the threads, purl, or spangles are of gold, the surtax shall be 100 per cent. (b) Tissues and trimmings containing threads or purl of common metals or silver shall be liable to a surtax of 50 per cent. of the duties leviable thereon. When the threads or purl are of gold, the surtax shall amount to 100 per cent, (c) Shawls, called "mantones," handkerchiefs of manila hemp, blankets, counterpanes, shawls, veils, mantles, hemmed fichus, and handkerchiefs shall, for the making up, be liable to a surtax of 30 per cent. of the duties leviable thereon. Other made-up articles, wearing apparel, and clothing of all kinds, finished, half-finished, or simply basted, shall, for their total weight, be 1 able to the duties leviable on the principal compound tissue on their most visible exterior part, plus a surtax of 100 per cent. Articles of hosiery specially mentioned shall not be liable to the payment of the surtax for making up. 165. Tissues of unbleached silk.. 166. Tissues of silk or floss silk Not mixed with any other material-Plain, not figured, twilled, or serged(a) Black (b) Coloured .... (a) Mixed with cotton or other vegetable fibres 167. Figured, plushy, or velvety 168. Mixed with another material-Plain, not figured, twilled, or serged (b) Mixed with wool or hair Knitted goods containing an admixture of silk shall be dutiable according to the corresponding numbers of Class VII. + Ribbons and galloons containing in any proportion threads of silk shall be dutiable according to the corresponding numbers of Class VII. Yarns and threads of all kinds of vegetable fibres combined in any proportion with threads of common metal shall be dutiable according to this number. Those combined with gold and silver shall be subject to the corresponding numbers of Group 1, Class II. Tissues consisting of black yarns combined with coloured yarns shall be considered as coloured tissues. 169. Figured, plushy, or velvety 170. Knitted stuffs of bolled silk, of unbleached silk; or of floss silk, made up in any kind of article- (a) Of pure silk b) Mixed with other textile materials 171. Tulles of silk or floss silk, pure or mixed- (a) Plain (b) Figured or embroidered on the loom 172. Lace tulles for borders and blondes, of silk or floss silk, plain or figured(a) Not mixed (b) Mixed with cotton or other vegetable fibres 173. Trimmings of silk CLASS VIII.-PAPER AND ITS APPLICATIONS. 175. Paper, endless or in sheets, white or coloured, uncut and unprinted, for printing purposes 176. Do., do., used for wrapping purposes .100 kilogs. 4'00 177. Do., in sheets, unruled, unprinted, and uncut, white or coloured, used for writing purposes Group 3.-Paper, Printed, Engraved, or Photographed. .....100 kilogs. 1'25 ....kilog. 10 178. Books, bound or unbound, and similar printed matterf (a) Of a single printing and bronze or leaf, including labels printed only in bronze (b) Of two printings and bronze or leaf (c) Of three to ten printings (inclusive) and bronze or leaf.. (d) of more than ten printings and bronze or leaf ...kilog. 05 Group 5.-Pasteboard and Various Papers. 182. Blotting paper, common packing paper, and sand or glass paper 183. Thin paper, of common pulp, for packing fruit. 184. Other paper not specially mentioned 185. Pasteboard in sheets (a) Cardboard paper and fine, glazed, or pressed cardboard (b) Other pasteboard.. 186. Manufactures of pasteboard (a) Boxes lined with ordinary paper.. (b) Boxes with ornaments or lined with fine paper.. (c) Articles not specially mentioned 187. Paste and carton-pierre (a) In mouldings or unfinished articles (b) In finished articles * This category only includes paper pulp perforated in such manner as to be fit only for the manufacture of paper or pasteboard. Should the pulp not be perforated, the Customs will cut it at the expense of the importer, in order to render it unserviceable for any other purpose. Pulp not perforated is dutiable as common pasteboard. Paper (non-satiny) imported direct for journals, free. + Bookbindings shall be dutiable according to the component material. When the books are stitched or bound in boards, they shall be dutiable as printed matter on gross weight. CLASS IX.--WOOD AND OTHER VEGETABLE MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY, AND ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREWITH. 188. Staves 189. Ordinary wood Group 1.-Wood. .thousand '80 (a) In boards, deals, rafters, beams, round wood and timber for shipbuilding, G.W. (b) Planed or dovetailed, for boxes and flooring; broomsticks and cases wherein imported goods were packed, G.W.. cub. metre '40 100 kilogs. 16 190. Fine wood for cabinetmakers (a) In boards, deals, trunks, or logs, G.W. (b) Sawn in veneers. 191. Coopers' wares- (a) Fitted together, G.W... (b) In shooks also hoops and headings, G.W. 192. Wood, cut, for making hogsheads or casks for sugar or molasses, G.W.. 193. Latticework and fencing, G.W. Group 2.-Furniture and Manufactures of Wood. 194. Common wood manufactured into joiners' wares, and articles of all kinds, turned (a) Moulded, varnished, or prepared for gilding (b) Gilt or carved .kilog. 20 198. Wood of any kind manufactured into furniture or other wares, gilt, chiselled, carved, inlaid, or veneered with mother-of-pearl or other fine materials, or ornamented with metal, and furniture upholstered with stuffs of pure or mixed silk, or leather, N.W. Group 3. Various. 199. Charcoal, firewood and other vegetable fuel, G.W. 200. Cork (a) In the rough or in boards, G.W. (b) Manufactured 0'68 .1,000 kilogs. 1'50 100 kilogs. 140 201. Rushes, vegetable hair, cane, csiers, fine straw, palm and genista, raw, raw espar o, and baskets and other common wares of esparto, G.W. Ba-kets wherein imported goods were packed shall be dutiable according to this number, with a rebate of 60 per cent. 202. Esparto manufactured into fine articles; rushes, vegetable hair, cane, osiers, fine straw, palm and genista, manufactured into articles of all kinds not specially mention.ed CLASS X.--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL WASTES EMPLOYED IN INDUSTRY. Group 1.-Animals. *NOTE. (By law approved September 15, 1902) Ewes; cows for breeding or with calf; heifers : oxen of Jersey, Guernsey, Devon, Durham, Hereford, Porto-Rican, and Argentine breeds, on proof of origin, free. Yearlings, $1. Fat oxen and steers - Florida, weighing more than 500 ĺbs., $5; Honduras, weighing more than 600 lbs., $6; Mexican, weighing more than 700 15s., $7; Venezuelan, Columbian, and other oxen and steers, weighing more than 800 lbs., $8. Lean cattle, i.., less than 800 lbs. each, $2; Stallions above standard height (150 cm. = 144 hands), asses above 130 cm. (13 hands), free. Mares for breeding, $3; other mares, $15. Geldings above standard height, 815; below standard height, $2. Mules above standard height, $10. below standard height, $5. Group 2.-Hides, Skins, and Leather Wares. 211. Pelts in their natural state or dressed, G.W. 212. Hides and skins, green or not tanned. .kilog. 1'50 *02 Wet-salted hides and skins shall enjoy a reduction of 60 per in respect of salt Dry-salted hides and skins shall be allowed a rebate of 30 per cent. 213. Hides tanned with the hair, G.W, 214. Hides tanned without the hair: (a) Cow and other large hides, whole, G.W.. (5) Other and backs of large hides, G.W. 215. Hides and skins, curried, dyed or not: (a) Sheepskins (basils) (b) Calf or goat skins .... (c) Kid, lamb, or young calf skins (d) Cow and other large hides, whole (e) Backs of large hides and hides and skins not specially mentioned 216. Hides and skins, varnished, satiny, grained, dulled, and hides and skins with figures, engravings, or embossed Leather cut out for boots and shoes or other articles shall be liable to a surtax of 30 per cent. of the respective duties leviable thereon. 217. Chamois leather or parchment of all kinds and gilt or bronzed hides and skins .. 218. Gloves of skin 219. Shoes of cowhide and similar leather*. " 15 *50 *60 3'50 226. Saddlery and harness makers' wares; valises, hat boxes, and travelling bags of cardboard or leather.. 227. Other mar ufactures of leather or covered with leather ..kilog. 20 *40 Group 3.-Various. 228. Feathers for ornament, in their natural state or manufactured, N.W. 229. Other feathers and feather dusters 230. Intestines, dried, N.W. 2.00 *40 2.00 231. Animal wastes, unmanufactured, not specially mentioned, G.W. 100 kilogs. 50 CLASS XI.-INStruments, MACHINERY, AND Apparatus EmpLOYED IN AGRICULTUPE, INDUSTRY, AND LOCOMOTION. Boots and shoes the inside soles of which do not measure more than 18 centimetres shall enjoy a rebate of 40 per cent. Strung frames for pianos shall be liable to the corresponding duty leviable on panos though they be not imported with all the pieces constituting that instrument. |