TARIFFS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

The new Russian tariff-Continued.

Tariff classification.

Tariff rates of

duty.

English equiva.

lents.

Ioa

7 100

Miscellaneous articles-Continued.
Household furniture and wooden wares-Continued.
Joiners' and turners' work-Continued.
Of exotic woods, whether polished or varnished Rubles.

$ 8. d. or not

Pood
2.00 Cwt.

19 8
Of common wood, polished, varnished, or ve.
neered

Pood
2.00 Cwt.

198 Furniture of bent beech-wood, plain.

Pood
2. 00 Cwt.

19 8
Small turned articles weighing 1 funt (.9 pound)
or less each..

Pood
2.00 Cwt.

19 8 Carved wooden wares of all kinds, not otherwise

mentioned; also joiners' and turners' work,
gilt, silvered, or bronzed, or with gilt, silvered,
or bronzed ornaments.

Pood 6.00 Cwt. 2 19 1
Joiners, turners', or carvers' work, with orna-

ments or inlaid work of bronze, copper, steel,
mother-of-pearl, ivory, tortoise shell, wood, etc.
(except such articles as come under the head of
small wares).

Pood 10.00 Cwt. 4 18 6
Furniture and wooden wares:
With cane seats, etc., or roughly upholstered.. Pood 6.00

Cwt. 2 19 1
Upholstered with stuffs or leather.

Pood 10.00 Cwt. 4 18 6
Upholstered, inlaid or ornamented with bronze,

copper, steel, mother-of-peal, Ivory, tortoise
shell, etc

Pood 14.00 Cwt.

6 17 11 Indigo..

Pood

3. 30 Cwt. 1 12 6 Lucifer and wax matches.

Pood 2. 20 Cwt.

1 1 8 Excise duties in addition to the above: Boxes containing 75 to 150 matches.

Box

01 Box Boxes containing 150 to 225 matches..

Box

.017 Box Perfumery:

Perfumed waters without admixture of alcohol,

as rose water, orange-flower water, cherry.
laurel water, etc...

Pood 5. 30 Cwt. 2 12 2
Perfumed spirits (eau de Cologne and other), toilet

vinegar, rouge and other face powders, pastiles,
hair dyes, and cosmetics not otherwise enumer-
ated (including the weight of the wrapper or
case)

Pood 16.00

Cwt. 7 17 7 Perfumes of other kinds; also pomatum.

Pood, gross 35.00 Cwt., gr. 17 4 9 Toilet soap.

Pood, gross 7.20 Cwt.,gr. 3 10 11 Pianos: Cottage

Each 80.00 Each 12 13 4 Grand.

Each 132.00 Each 20 180 Pictures

Free.

Free.
NOTE.-Pictures imported framed pay duty
on the frames at the rate of 30 copecks per linear

arshine (41d. per linear foot.)
Ships and boats:
Iron ships or boats:
For the first 100 tons

38.00

6 0 4 For the tonnage beyond 100 up to 1,500 tons

Tons reg
20.00

3 3 4 For the tonnage beyond 1,500 tons

10.00

1 11 8 Wooden ships or boats: For the first 100 tons.

12.00 Ton reg. 1 18 0 For any tonnage beyond 100 tons.

Tons reg.
6.00

190 NOTE.-Iron ships or boats imported in sec

tions pay duty on materials of which made. Starch

Pood 1. 40 | Cwt. Straw plaiting for hats, plain or mixed with cotton, hemp, silk, or horsehair

Funt

1.00 Cwt. 19 13 2 Toys.

Funt

.50 | Cwt. 9 16 7 Umbrellas and parasols:

Of silk or half silk, lined or not, and with or with-
out trimming

Each
2. 50 Each

7 11 Covered with woolen stuff (alpaca, etc.), with or without trimming....

Each
1.00 Each

3 2 Other kinds: With trimming, or with ornamented handles.. Each 1.00 Each

3 2 Without trimming and with plain handles. Each

.50
Each

17 Tobacco, cigars, and snuff: Unmanufactured leaves and stalks

Pood 15. 40 Cwt. 7 11 9 Manufactured for smoking and for snuff, also in rolls and carrots

Tons reg.

Tons reg

Ton reg.
Ton reg.
Ton reg

Tons reg

Ton reg.

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CHANGES IN NORWEGIAN TARIFF.

REPORT BY CONSUL GADE, OF CHRISTIANIA.

In the Storthing, which adjourned a few days ago, several alterations of the tariff were made, going into effect on August 1, 1892. To American exporters of petroleum to this country it will be of special interest that the duty on this article was altogether abolished. It will also be observed that the duty on sugar, which last year was reduced from 50 ore to 30 ore per kilogram, has again been reduced by 10 ore per kilogram. The loss to the treasury resulting from these reductions amounts to about 2,000,000 kroner, or about one-tenth of the total customs duties on imports. It will be covered by a new direct tax, a fiscal resource which has been very unpopular in this country, and was strongly opposed by the conservative party of the legislature.

The following list shows the principal changes in the duties, with the old and new rates of same.

Kroner.

.05 50

60

. 13

.80

.20 1.50

.50 50 per ct.

10.00

10.00

1.00 10.00 4.00

Increase.

Kroner. Acorn, not roasted, as a substitute for coffee

per kilogram.. Free... Bone, articles of

do....

35 Brooms and brushes: Bone or horn.

do.

46 Metal or wood

do. Cases, packing

..do. Celluloid, articles of, including the inner packing

do. Free... Clothing and trimmings, according to material, with the addition of. 10 per ct. Feathers for ornaments.

per kilogram.. 2.50 Flowers: Artificial:.

do.... 2. 50 Blades of paper

do.

.13 Blades of other material

.do.

2. 50 Gloves.

do.

1.80 Bonnets and hats:

For ladies and children, of sllk or with artificial flowers........each.. 1.50
Other

do.. Horn, articles of

per kilogram..

35 Lamps, gilt or silvered

do.

.70 Microscopes and opera glasses..

.do..

35 Parasols and umbrellas: Covered with silk...

each..

75 Covered with other material.

do.

25 Ribs, not covered.

do.

35 Portfolios, leather ...

per kilogram. Satchels, skin..

80 Shirt fronts, according to material, with the addition of..

10 per ct.
Shoes, wholly or in part silk
Silk:
Sewing, twist and not twist

.93 Laces and tulles ..

2. 25 Other articles of.

2. 30 Articles of mixed.

2. 30

2. 50

. 40

.80

do.

1.50

1.50 50 per ct.

.40

.80

2.00 10.00 5. 00 3.00

Decrease.

Dyeing articles, white lead, zinc, white paint, and other white dyes, per

kilogram.. Petroleum.

per kilogram.. Sugar.

do. Vinegar: In casks, up to 10 per cent strength.

.do. Higher than 10 per cent strength In bottles or jars..

per liter. Velocipedes..

each.. Velocipedes for children

INDEX TO SPECIAL CONSULAR REPORTS, VOL. VII.

THE STAVE TRADE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE,

Washington, March 5, 1891.
To the consular officers of the United States:

GENTLEMEN: You are instructed to report upon the stave trade in your re-
spective districts, so as to cover the following outline: (1) Give an approximate
estimate of the number and value of staves used ; (2) the kind of staves in great-
est demand; (3) the source of supply and the cost to the consumer of the vari-
ous kinds; (4) describe the condition in which staves should be delivered, in
order to command the best price and to give the most satisfaction; (5) give the
correct dimensions of the staves in use; (6) state the kind of timber most desir-
able for the particular kind of stave desired ; (7) the conditions of supply and
demand ; (8) whether any American staves are sold at present in your district;
(9) any general information obtainable which is not called for in the eight inter-
rogatories above.
I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant.

WILLIAM F. WHARTON,

Assistant Secretary.

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France-Continued.

Paris, Consul-General King --

Roubaix, Commercial Agerft Atwell
Germany :

Aix la Chappelle, Consul Zeigler.
Barmen, Consul Studer.
Chemnitz, Consul Merritt.
Cologne, Consul Wamer.
Crefeld, Consul Blake.
Dresden, Consul Palmer.
Dusseldorf, Consul Partello..
Frankfort-on-the-Main, Consul-General Mason
Kehl, Consul Johnson
Mannheim, Consul Winter
Munich, Consul Catlin.
Nuremberg, Consul Black.

Stettin, Consul Kellogg
Italy:

Catania, Consul Heath
Florence, Consul Long
Leghorn, Consul Rice.
Lombardy, Consul Pepper, of Messina

Palermo, Consul Pugh
Netherlands :

Amsterdam, Consul Schleier

Rotterdam, Consul Gardner
Portugal, Consul-General Batcheller, of Lisbon
Russia :

St. Petersburg, Consul-General Crawford.
Riga, Consul Bornholdt ...

Warsaw, Consul Rawicz..
Spain:

Barcelona, Consul Bowen.
Cadiz, Consul Turner.
Denia, Consul Malmros..

Malaga, Consul Newson
Sweden:

Gothenberg, Consul Shepard

Stockholm, Vice-Consul Georgii..
Switzerland :

Berne, Vice-Consul-General Hinnen
Lucerne, Consular Agent Williams

Zurich, Consul Catlin..
Turkey, Consul-General Sweeney, of Constantinople..
United Kingdom :

Belfast, Consul Ruby -
Cork, Consul Piatt
Dublin, Consul Reid.
Dunfermline, Commercial Agent Reid
Falmouth, Consul Fox
Glasgow, Consul Brown..
Leeds, Consul Wigfall.
Leith and Edinburgh, Consul Bruce
Liverpool, Consul Sherman..

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