vessels. Clover seed. Flax seed. Alimentary preserves not specially mentioned; pork butchers' wares; truffles, sauces, and mustard; alimentary flavouring extracts. Saffron, safflower, and flowers of " tobar" cinnamon of all kinds; cinnamon, Chinese (cancion) cloves, pepper and nutmegs; vanilla; and tea. Articles on which the duty has been increased 30 per cent. Common or ordinary hollow glassware and electric insulators. Crystal, and glass imitating crystal. Plate glass or plate crystal in slabs, paving or roofing; for windows or other articles. Glass and crystal, tinned, silvered, or coated with other metals. Mirrors, bevelled or not. Glass and crystal in statuettes, flower stands, and vases and similar articles for toilet purposes and house decoration; spectacle and watch glasses, imitations of precious or fine stones, enamel. Incandescent electric lamps, mounted or not. Articles of fire clay. Vitrified brick for paving purposes, vitrified block, vitrified brick for sewers, vitrified invert block, and vitrified invert brick for sewers. Vitrified clay and terra-cotta sewer pipe, slabs or conduits of clay, glazed or unglazed, cement or stoneware. Ceramic tiles of all kinds and glazed roofing tiles. Hollowware, glazed or not, of clay or stoneware-household or kitchen utensils; dishes or other articles; common bottles of earthenware, to contain beer, &c.; or flower pots. Faience in dishes or hollow-ware. Porcelain in dishes or hollow-ware. Statuettes, flower stands, and vases; high and bas-reliefs, articles for toilet purposes (adornos de tocador) and house decoration, of fine clay, faience, stoneware, porcelain, or bisque. Gold, silver, and platinum, and and alloys of these metals, and gold and silver plate. Cast-iron-Articles coated or ornamented with another metal or porcelain or not-bars, beams, plates, grates for furnaces columns and pipes; lubricating boxes for railway trucks and carriages, railway chairs, and other articles. Iron and steel manufactures: Rails; bars of all kinds; tyres and hoops; sheets; castings, in the rough or finished; pipes; wire; anchors, chains for vessels or machines, moorings, switches, and signal disks; anvils; wire gauze; cables and netting furniture springs; tools and implements (net apparatus); screws, nuts, bolts, washers, and rivets; nails, tacks, and brads; saddlers' hardware-buckles; needles, pins and pens; crochet hooks and hair-pins; cutlery; small arms and barrels; sporting arms, and detached parts thereof; manufactures of tin-plate; and all other manufactures of iron and steel. Oleaginous seeds, copra, or cocoanuts. Resins and gums-Colophany, pitch (vegetable), and similar products, spirits of turpentine, caoutchouc and gutta-percha, raw or melted, in lumps. Extracts of liquorice, camphor, aloes, and other similar vegetable juices. Tan bark. Opium. Hops and malt, for brewing. Animal products employed in medicine, not specially mentioned. Sulphur. Phosphorus for use in the manufacture of matches. Other phosphorus, bromine, boron, and iodine. Organic salts-acetates and oxalates; citrates and tartrates. Alkaloids and their salts; chlorides of gold and of silver. Lupulin extract or hop flour for use in brewing. Chemical products not specially mentioned. Pills, including those of quinine, capsules medicinal dragées, and the like. Pharmaceutical products not specially mentioned. Mineral, vegetable, or animal wax. Articles of stearine and paraffin, wax of all kinds. Soap of all kinds, soap and ordinary scouring compositions, including so-called medicinal or medicated soaps. Perfumery and essences. Dextrin and other starch and fecular for industrial uses including glucose. Blues, albumens, and gelatine. Carbons prepared for electric lighting. Gunpowder and explosives. Manufactured articles of cotton and cotton wool. Cotton yarn and thread for crocheting, embroidering, and sewing, including the weight of reels. Books bound or unbound, and similar printed matter. Headed paper, forms for invoices, labels, cards, and the like. Prints, maps, charts, &c., drawings, photographs, engravings, and pictures; lithographs, chromolithographs, oleographs, &c., printed from stone, zinc, aluminium, or other material, used as labels, flaps, bands, and wrappers for tobacco or other purposes. Wall paper, printed. Common packing paper, straw, sand or glass paper. Blotting paper. Other paper not specially mentioned, including manila paper and press copy books. [NOTE. -Manila paper manufactured into bags of any kind, and cigarette paper in books or rolls (bobinas), shall be dutiable with a surtax of 30 per cent.) Pasteboard and manufactures of pasteboard. Paste and carton-pierre. Cows suitable for breeding purposes; cows with calt; heifers; oxen of the Jersey, Guernsey, Devon, Durham, Hereford, Porto-Rican, and Argentine breeds, providing the importer proves their origin. Yearlings. Fat male cattle. Boots, shoes, and slippers. Musical instruments of all kinds. Watches and chronometers, watch cases, and works for watches. Poultry and small game. Beef or pork, salted or in brine. Lard. Tallow, except when imported for the manufacture of soap. Bacon. Ham. or shoulders. Meat of all other kinds. Butter and oleomargarine. Cheese. Condensed milk. Salt cod and stock-fish, hake and haddock. Herring, pickled, smoked, salted, or marinated; and skate, salted. Mackerel, pickled, smoked, salted, or marinated. Salmon, smoked, salted, or marinated. Oysters of all kinds, and shell-fish, dried or fresh. Cereals: Maize, rye, barley (except when for beer), oats. Flour or meal: Of wheat, rice, maize, oats, beans and pease. Onions. Potatoes and other fresh vegetables not specially mentioned. Flour of pulse. Fruits, fresh. Fruits, dried or drained. Chestnuts, dried or fresh. Fodder and bran. Articles of food, preserved. Fish or shell-fish, preserved in oil or otherwise, in tins; vegetables and pulse, pickled or preserved in any manner; and fruits, preserved in brandy or otherwise. Alcohol. Coffee; chicory roots and chicory. Cocoa of all kinds. Cocoa butter. Chocolate and sweetmeats of all kinds. Pastes and feculæ for soups and other alimentary purposes. Biscuits: Honey. Molasses. Sugar. Saccharin. Fans. Trinkets and ornaments of all kinds. Amber, jet, tortoiseshell, coral, ivory, meerschaum, mother-o'-pearl. Horn, whalebone, celluloid, and bone; or compositions imitating these materials. Walking-sticks and sticks for umbrellas and parasols. Coffins and undertakers' fixtures. Hair, human, manufactured into articles of any kind. Cartridges, with or without projectiles or bullets, for unprohibited firearms; also primers and caps for such arms. Tarpaulins coated with sand, for vans; felt and tow, tarred or coated with pitch. Oil cloths. Cases of wood or leather, cardboard, osier, and the like, including letter files. Matches of wax, wood, or cardboard (including the immediate packages). Caoutchouc and gutta-percha, manufactured. Games and toys. Umbrellas and parasols. Oil and water-colour paintings. Hats, bonnets, and caps of all kinds, finished or unfinished. Waterproof or caoutchouc stuffs, including boots and shoes of rubber. All other articles not otherwise provided for, except crude materials. Crude materials, not otherwise provided for. RECIPROCAL TARIFF CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA. SYNOPSIS. Art. I. provides that articles admitted free of duty into the United States and into Cuba when the convention came in force shall continue to be so admitted. Arts. II. and III. provide that, apart from the free list (Art. I.), and articles hereinafter referred to, products of the United States and of Cuba shall be admitted to each country on a duty 20 p.c. below the ordinary tariffs in force. Art. IV. The following articles produced in the United States shall be admitted into Cuba (a) at a reduction of 25 p.c.: Machinery and apparatus of copper or its alloys or machines and apparatus in which copper or its alloys enter as the component of chief value; cast iron, wrought iron and steel, and manufactures thereof; articles of crystal and glass, except window glass; ships and water borne vessels of all kinds, of iron and steel; whiskies and brandies; fish, salted, pickled, smoke or marinated; fish or shell-fish, preserved in oil or otherwise in tins; articles of pottery or earthenware now classified under paragraphs 21 and 22 of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba. SCHEDULE B.-To be admitted at a reduction of 30 p.c.: Butter; flour of wheat; corn: flour of corn or corn meal chemical and pharmaceutical products and simple drugs; malt liquors in bottles; non-alcoholic beverages; cider; mineral waters; colours and dyes; window glass; complete or partly made up articles or hemp, flax, pita, jute, henequen, ramie, and other vegetable fibres now classified under the paragraphs of Group 2, Class V. of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba; musical instruments; writing and printing paper, except for newspapers; cotton and manufactures thereof, except knitted goods (see Schedule C); all articles of cutlery; boots, shoes and slippers, now classified under paragraphs 197 and 198 of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba gold and silver plated ware; drawings, photographs, engravings, lithographs, chromolithographs, oleographs, &c., printed from stone, zinc, aluminium, or other material, used as labels, flaps, bands or wrappers for tobacco or other purposes, and all other papers (except paper for cigarettes, and excepting maps and charts), pasteboard and manufactures thereof, now classified under paragraphs 157 to 164 inclusive of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba; common or ordinary soaps, now classified under paragraph 105. letters" A" and "B" of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba; vegetables, pickled or preserved in any manner; all wines, except those now classified under paragraph 279 (a) of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba. SCHEDULE B. To be admitted at a reduction of 40 p.c.: Manufactures of cotton, knitted, and all manufactures of cotton not included in the preceding schedules; cheese fruits, preserved, paper, pulp; perfumery and essences; articles of pottery and earthenware now classified under paragraph 20 of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba; porcelain; soaps, other than common, now classified under paragraph 105 of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Cuba; umbrellas and parasols; dextrine and glucose; watches; wool and manufactures thereof; silk and manufactures thereof rice cattle. Arts. IV. and V.-Tobacco shall not enjoy any rebate in Cuba. Similar imports shall receive equal treatment in each country. Art. XI. This convention shall continue in force for 5 years, and thereafter from year to year. Krone of too öre = Is. Id. Pund = 11023 lb. avoirdupois. Centner = 100 Pund = 110.23 lb. avoirdupois. Vertel = 17011 gal. Tönde = 3.827 bush. Yarns and Threads, Cotton, Linen, Hemp, Jute, Silk, Wool and Worsted. Woven Manufactures-Cotton, Linen, Hemp, Jute, Silk, Wool and Worsted. Cotton tissues: unbleached: containing less than 24 threads to the square -inch Sailcloth or tarpaulin cloth, weighing 44 quints and above per square ell; also Marly, embroidery cloth, canvas, stiff nets, and other open-woven, gummed or Open and transparent tissues, combined or not with metal threads or spun Of one colour; also damask, drills, &c., undyed... Ready-made clothing: when not lined nor trimmed, or when the lining or trim- When the lining or trimming is liable to a higher duty than the material of which Open and transparent tissues, combined or not with metal threads or spun Of one colour; also damask. drills, &c., undyed. Undyed plain tissues; also wadding. Ready-made clothing: when not lined or trimmed, or when the lining or trimming is not liable to a higher duty than the material of which made: As the material of which chiefly composed, with an addition of 50 per cent. When the lining or trimming is liable to a higher duty than the material of which made: As the material of which chiefly composed, with an addition of too per cent. Silk wares: wholly of silk... Of silk mixed with other materials: if either warp or weft or face is of pure silk. Haberdashery, trimmings, and button-makers' wares. Oiled silk and silk mixed with india-rubber. Ready-made clothing: when not lined nor trimmed, or when the lining or trimming is not liable to a higher duty than the material of which made: As the material of which chiefly composed, with an addition of 50 per cent. When the lining or trimming is liable to a higher duty than the material of which made: As the material of which chiefly composed, with an addition of 100 per cent. Felt for sheathing ships and roofing felt..... Other felts, undyed and not printed; also wares of cloth list. 04 0 0 12 0 331 I 00 0 66 0 50 0 41 0 25 I 00 0 66 0 50 Pund Kron ore Carpets and carpet stuffs. 0 25 Open-woven or transparent tissues, combined or not with metal threads or spun glass I 00 Lace and crochet. I 00 Other tissues and wares.. Haberdashery, galloons, trimmings, &c., and button-makers' wares.. Ready-made clothing: when not lined or trimmed, or when the lining or trimming is not liable to a higher duty than the material of which made: As the material of which chiefly composed, with addition of 50 per cent. When the lining or trimming is liable to a higher duty than the material of which made: As the material of which chiefly composed, with addition of 100 per cent. I 00 0 66 Metals - unwrought and wrought. Iron and steel in bars, shaped or not, ballast iron, bloom iron, rails, &c., for Plates or sheets, rough, or simply coated to preserve from rust Bolts, spikes, nails, tacks, screws, wire, with or without paper coverings; also Iron and stee wares: polished, gi lt, or plated, combined with ivory, metals, motherof-pearl, &c.; needles, steel pens; articles of tin-plate, painted, bronzed, varn shed, or lacquered, and gunsmiths' wares. Coarse wrought-iron wares, such as anchors, anchor chains and cables, anvils, steam-boilers, cisteins, gas and water pipes, parts of machines, large hammers, weights; also coarse cast goods, such as ovens, cannon, bombs, balls, &c., retorts, ploughshares, parts of church clocks, &c.... All other iron or steel wares not specially tariffed... Instruments, mathematical, astonomical, surgical, &c..... Iron or steel wares not specially tariffed Surgical instruments 0 33 Locomotives .each1,000 00 Other machinery of iron or steel: Charged as iron or steel manufactures, according to class, or (at the option of the importer) to per cent. ad. val. Copper: bolts of copper and yellow metal, and metal sheathing.. Earthenware, Porcelain, Glass and Wares. Pottery of common earth, as gas retorts, crucibles, &c., including graphite crucibles Ditto, ditto, other kinds.. Earthenware or stoneware (faïence), terra cotta or terralith, and tobacco pipes: 000 0 02 0 16 0 061 Pund Kron öre Porcelain: coloured, gilt, or silvered. Other kinds 0 331 0 161 Glass: unpolished, in sheets or panes; window glass; patent or skylight glass; common green or brown hollow ware, as bottles, milk-pans, or retorts; and rough unpolished plate glass.. 003 Polished plate glass, unsilvered: in sheets measuring up to 800 Danish square inches.... 0 161 Ditto, measuring from 800 to 1,800 Danish square inches. 0 25 Ditto, measuring 1,800 Danish square inches and above. 0 33 Silvered plate-glass, polished or not (including weight of frames), 25 per cent. above the duty on unsilvered. Glasswares: combined with metal; also polished glass drops, buttons, beads, &c. Hides, Skins and Leather, &c.-wrought and unwrought. Hides and skins: dressed, dyed, blacked, varnished, lacquered, bronzed, gilt, silvered, or embossed leather, shagreen, cordovan, morocco, and Russia leather; parchment Other kinds Leather wares: gloves, combined or not with other materials. Boots and shoes, with uppers wholly or partly of silk. Other kinds Other kinds of leather wares. India-rubber and gutta percha sheets, bands, rings, tubes, &c... Other articles Tissues mixed with india-rubber: if of silk. Of other materials: Charged as tissues according to kind; see " Woven Paper, Stationery, Books, &c. Paper: common, waste, and packing paper; also glass, and, emery, asphalt, and tarred paper. Carton pierre and common ornaments and articles thereof.. Coloured, gilt, silvered, or embossed paper; engravings, lithographs, photo- Playing cards... Excise duty in addition. Sealing wax. Pencils, black-lead, &c... Steel pens. Ink: writing, and ink powder. Printing Ink Painters' Colours and Materials. Colours (except indigo and all green colours), including colours of gold, silver, and bronze, Indian ink, and colours imported in paste, or ground in oil or with varnish, for painters.. White lead, Dutch pink, and zinc white. All other colours and materials for painters not elsewhere mentioned, unless Ditto, ditto, imported in tablets, cakes, &c., or in paper, or paint-boxes, &c........ See also Arsenic, white, Seed Oils, Turpentine (oil and spirit of). 0 10 0 02 002 002 0 10 0 IO |