cts. consumption and sale, by any person or persons whatever, Where such packet, box, bottle, vial, or other inclosure, with its con- Where such packet, box, bottle, &c., with its contents, shall exceed Where such packet, box, bottle, &c., with its contents, shall exceed Where such packet, box, bottle, &c. with its contents shall exceed the PERFUMERY, COSMETICS, MATCHES, &c. Every packet, box, bottle, pot, vial, or other inclosure, containing any essence, extract, toilet water, cosmetic, hair oil, pomade, hairdressing, hair restorative, hair dye, tooth wash, dentifrice, tooth paste, aromatic cachous, or any similar articles, by whatsoever name the same have been, now are, or may hereafter be called, known or distinguished, used or applied, or to be used or applied as perfumes or applications to the hair, mouth, or skin, mede, prepared and sold, or removed for consumption and sale in the United States, where such packet, box, bottle, pot, vial, or other inclosure, with its contents, shall not exceed, at retail price, the sum of twenty-five cents... Where such packet, bottle, box, &c., with its contents, shall exceed the retail price of 25 cents, and shall not exceed the retail price of 50 cents.... Where such packet, box, bottle, &c., shall exceed the retail price of 50 cents, and shall not exceed the retail price or value of 75 cents. Where such packet, box, bottle, &c., shall exceed the retail price of 75 cents, and shall not exceed the retail price or value of $1.. Where such packet, box, bottle, &c., shall exceed the retail price of $1, for each and every 50 cents, or fractional part thereof, over and above the $1, as before mentioned, an additional two cents Friction matches, or lucifer matches, or other articles made in part of wood, and used for like purposes, in parcels or packages con- And for every additional 100 matches or fractional parts thereof. 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 04 0 02 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 04 0 02 0 01 0 02 0 01 cts. materials, in parcels or packages containing 25 lights or less in 0 01 For any additional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent additional.... When in parcels or packages containing more than 25 and not more than 50 lights.. 0 02 0 01 UNITED STATES RATES OF DRAWBACK. The following important circular from Secretary Sherman was published on the 2nd October, 1877. To Collectors of Customs and others: TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C., September 26, 1877. The following list of drawback rates is published for the information of customs officers and all others concerned. JOHN SHERMAN, Secretary. Alphabetical list of drawback rates established under the authority of sections 3019, 3020 and 3026 of the Revised Statutes and the Acts of February 8th and March 3rd, 1875: Axes made from iron and steel by the process of splitting the steel and inserting the iron, 1 3-10 cents per pound. Axes and hatchets made by the process of splitting the iron and inserting the steel, same as duty paid. Allow for a quantity of iron equal to the net weight of the exported article and a quantity of the steel equal to 166-1000 of such net weight. Bags from jute and burlap cloth, same as duty paid; exported quantity determined by measurement. Band iron. (See iron.) Bar iron. (See iron.) Bayonets made for Colt's patent firearm, 7 cents each. Bayonets made for the Winchester firearm, 1 37-100 cents each. Bayonets, made by E. Remington & Sons, from steel made from imported iron paying ad valorem duty, 2 cents each ; and from iron paying a duty of 1 cent per pound 1 77-100 cents each. Blacking boxes from tin plates, same as duty paid; the exported quantity determined by adding to the outside measurement of the box one-fourth of such product. Bolts, nuts and pivots from iron, same as duty paid. Bullets (leaden) and shot, same as duty paid. Cans from tin plates, same as duty paid; the exported quantity determined by measuring the "blanks" before soldering or by adding one-twentieth to the product of the outside measurement of the completed cans, excepting 1-pound cans, for which add 15 per centum to the outside measurement. Cans from tin plates, completed, with the exception of soldering (blanks), same as duty paid; the exported quantity determined by a United States weigher. Cartridges, same as on bullets and gun-powder exported separately. Castor oil, prod. of castor-seed, 25 cents per gallon. Castor pomace, product of castor-seed, 11 cents per 100 pounds. Chains, from bar iron, same as duty paid. Add 4 per centum to exported quantity to cover wastage in manufacture. Copper, from ore, same as duty paid. Copper, from block or blister copper, same as duty paid. Cope tube, from tin plates, same as duty paid. The exported quantity determined by allowing for each tube a square equal in length to the height of the tube, and in width to its largest circumference. Cordage, from Manilla hemp, 1 cents per pound. Cordage, from jute hemp, & cent per pound. Cordage, product of Sisal grass, cent per pound. Cordage, from N. Zealand flax, 8-9 cent per pound. Cordage, tarred Russia, 15-16 cent per pound. Fish plates, from iron, same as duty paid. Add 12 per centum to exported weight to cover wastage in manufacture. Flour, from wheat, which paid a duty of 20 cents per bushel, 75 cents per barrel. Glaziers' points, product of sheet zinc, same as duty paid. Gunpowder, from saltpetre which paid a duty of 2 cents per pound-American sporting, 1 68-100 cents per pound; United States government, i 60-100 cents per pound; shipping and mining, 1 4-100 cent per pound. Gunpowder, from saltpetre which paid a duty of 1 cent per pound-American sporting, 8-10 cent per pound; United States government, 8-10 cent per pound; shipping and mining, 7-10 cent per pound. Guns, Gatling-42 calibre and 10 barrels, $7.03 each gun; 42-calibre and 6 barrels, $5 each gun; 65-75-calibre and 10 barrels, $9 each gun; 1 inch calibre and 10 barrels, $11.73 each gun. Gun systems, made for Colt's patent firearms, 14 42-100 cents each. Gun systems made by E. Remington & Sons from iron and steel-For the iron 54-100 cents each; for the steel, when imported as such, 33 cents each; for the steel made from imported iron, 1 31-100 cents each. Gun systems, made for the Peabody firearm, 7 29-100 cents each. Gun trimmings, made for Cole's patent firearm, 6 6-10 cents each. Gun trimmings made by E. Remington & Sons-For the iron, 154-100 cents each gun; for the steel, when imported as such, & cent each gun; for the steel made from imported iron, cent each gun. Gun trimmings made for the Peabody firearm, 1 74-100 cents each gun. Gun trimmings and systems for the Winchester firearm, 8 cents each arm. Gun trimmings and systems, made for the Martini-Henry rifle, same as duty paid. The quantity of material used in the manufacture shall be determined by allowingFor each receiver, 3 66-100 pounds steel. For each block, 1 pound iron. For each guard, 1 pound iron. For each lever, 8-10 pound iron. For each set of bands, 45-100 pound iron. For each butt plate,pound iron. For each bayonet, 1 84-100 pounds iron. Handles and nozzles made from sheet zinc, and attached to tin cans, when taggers tin is also used in making such nozzles, 27 cents per 100 cans; when taggers tin is not used, 25 cents per 100 cans. Handles, made from sheet zinc and attached to tin cans, without above-described nozzles, 16 cents per 100 cans. Hatchets (see axes and hatchets) Hoop iron (see iron). Horse shoe iron (see iron). Hungarian nails, same as tacks. Iron-Band, bar, horse shoe, hoop, railroad, rod, scroll-wholly from imported scrap iron, same as duty paid. To cover wastage in manufacture, add 25 per centum to exported weight when exclusively old scrap iron was used, and 12 per centum only if part of the material was new scrap iron. Lanterns from tin plates, same as duty paid. Quantity determined by the measurement of the pieces composing such lanterns before they are put together. Lead pipe, same as duty paid. Leather, sole, from hides, same as duty paid. Linseed oil, 6 cents per gallon. G Locomotive tires, from imported steel, same as duty paid. Add 2 per cent. to exported weight to cover wastage in manufacture. Nails, cut, from sheet and plate iron, 14 cents per pound. Nails, horseshoe, from slit-iron rods, same as duty paid. Nails, Hungarian, same as tacks. Nails, cut from scrap iron, same as duty paid. To cover wastage in manufacture add 25 per cent. to exported weight when exclusively old scrap iron was used, and 12 per cent. only if part of the material was new scrap iron. Nail rods rolled from iron, same as duty paid. Add 9 per cent. to the exported weight to cover wastage in manufacture. Nail rods slit from iron, same as duty paid. Add 3 per cent. to exported weight to cover wastage. New England rum (see rum). Nozzles made from tin plates, same as duty paid. Nozzles, flat screw tops, from sheet zinc, attached to tin cans, 9 cents per 100 cans. Oil (see linseed), castor. Packing, from jute yarn, same as duty paid. Plates, fish (see fish plates). Plates, robe, (see robe plates). Pipe, lead (see lead). Pistols, Colt's navy or belt, 11 64-100 cents each. Pivots (see bolts). Pomace (see castor). Railroad iron (see iron). Rice, cleared from paddy rice, 1 2-5 cents per pound. Rice, cleared from rough rice, 2 1-5 cents per pound. Rifles (see gun system and trimmings). Rifle barrels from bar steel and from barrel moulds, same as duty paid. Robe plates, from goat-skins, same as duty paid; the number of skins used determined by inspection of the exported plates. Rod iron (see iron). Rum, New England, 6 5-16 cents per gallon. Salt, fine, 8 cents per 100 pounds. Saltpetre, refined from crude, 95-100 cent per pound Screws, wood (see wood screws). Scroll iron (see iron). Scythes, manufactured by Hubbart, Blake & Co., of West Waterville, Me., light grass, 45 cents per dozen; heavy St. John, 65 cents per dozen; grain, 833 cents per dozen. Shanks, from steel, same as duty paid. Sheet lead, from pig lead, same as duty paid. Shooks, from staves, same as duty paid. Shot (see bullets). Shovels and spades made principally of steel, 80 cents per dozen Shovels and spades made principally of iron, 50 cents per dozen. Skins, dressed (see dressed skins). Solder, used in making tin cans, 16 cents per 100 cans of 5 gallons capacity, and in proportion for cans of less capacity. Sole leather (see leather). Sugar, refined from raw sugar-Loaf, cut-loaf, crushed, granulated, and powdered, dried, 3 18-100 cents per pound; white colce sugar, undried and above No. 20, Dutch standard in colour, 2 58-100 cents per pound; all grades of coffee sugar, No. 20 Dutch standard and below in colour, 2 8-100 cents per pound. Sugar, refined from melado, on which a duty was paid of 13 cents per pound, and 25 per cent. in addition thereto, same as sugar refined from raw sugar. Sugar, refined from molasses, 14 cents per pound. Syrup, from sugar, 64 cents per gallon. Syrup from melado, on which a duty was paid of 13 cents per pound, and 25 per cent. in addition thereto, 5 cents per gallon. Syrup, from molasses, 5 cents per gallon. Tin cans (see cans). Wire, telegraph, from iron rods, same as duty paid. Wire, from steel, for bridges, same as duty paid. Wire, finer than telegraph wire, from iron bars and rods, same as duty paid. To cover wastage in manufacture, add to exported weight the following percentage: Sizes designated by fractional numbers to be treated as those designated by the next smaller integral numbers. Wire manufactured by the American Screw Company of Providence, R. I., same as duty paid. Wood Screws, from iron, same as duty paid. Add 50 per cent. to exported weight to cover wastage in manufacture. In those cases where a discriminating duty has been paid under the provisions of section 2501 of the Revised Statutes, the drawback allowed shall bear the same relation to that duty as the usual allowance bears to the ordinary duty. All of the foregoing, except the drawback on refined sugars, shall be subject to the usual 10 per cent. retention. The drawback on refined sugars shall be subject to a retention of 1 per cent., as required by section 3 of the act of March 3, 18;6. |