Duty. Sawn... the ton of 1 cubic ell. f. 0, 75 For ship-building and building, not otherwise enumerated: Not sawn* Sawn ..value.. 1 p. ct. value.. 3 p. ct. 100 ps.. f. 7, 50 .100 ps.. 1,00 p. ct. Spars, poles or oars, and wood for candy boxes.......value.. Rough staves. Furniture wood, (see Mahogany, Walnut, Cedar, rated, unsawn)§ . . Sawn... Wooden work, except wooden shoes. Tin, lacquered, painted or not. Tinwork.. Tobacco not manufactured, stemmed or stripped. .100 pds. f. 0, 70 Unstemmed..... .100 pds. 1,50 Manufactured, snuff, &c... .100 pds. 12,00 .100 pds. 40,00 .value.. 5 p. ct. Tow, manufactures made of, (see Manufactures). Trunks of trees, for railways, (see the note under Wood.) for gas, (see note under Iron.) Tufa, powder, (see Stone)..... Not moulded, (see the note under Stone.) Types... .value.. 5 p. ct. value.. 5 p. ct. Utensils, manufactured of wood, iron, copper, steel or other substantials, likewise utensils for agriculture. Umbrellas Vanilla, (see Spices). Varnish, (see Chemicals). .value.. .value.. ..value.. 5 p. ct. 5 p. ct. - pr. litre. f. 0, 55 tially of wood or that the ship has still a cargo on her deck. By mixed cargoes, by which are to be understood those consisting of wood sawn or unsawn, the principle of paying. duty according to the whole cubic contents of the ships, shall be applied in this manner: from the Lumber of tons making the cubic contents of the ship, shall be subtracted the tons sawn wood effectually present, and the difference shall be regarded to be the cargo of unsawn wood. Under this article may be admitted staves, wainscot, staves for pipes, for fustage and poles, being the part of a whole cargo of timber for ship-building or building, imported by sea with unbroken cargo, but no firewood. Under this article can be admitted the deals of which consists the floors and cabins on the rafts descending the rivers, but this in no greater quantity than of four cubic ells for every 160 cubic ells which the raft cont-ins. Under this article may also be admitted trunks of trees for the use of construction of railways. † Only the roughly hewn oars belong to this article, planed or otherwise dressed, then they belong to the article woodenwork, Planed staves and suitable for making barrels or fustage, belong to woodenwork. Under this article belongs also fine wood for furniture, sawn on the thickness of a decimeter or more. H. Ex. Doc. 63- -18 Duty. .value.. Vegetables, preserved in airless boxes, (see Confectionery)..100 pds. ƒ. 25, 00 Vessels, with destination to remain inland, (see Ships). Vetches, (see Corn).... Vinegar and ligneous acid: 5 p. ct. .100 pds f. 2, 00 ....value.. 1 p. ct. ..hectolitre. f. 1,50 .hectolitre. 1,00 All sorts of two degrees inferior strength, as ascertained ..100 litres. 3,00 .100 litres. 20,00 Wainscot, (see Timber.) Walnut-tree wood, (see Timber.) Sawn Not sawn .value.. 1 p. ct. Watches, gold, silver, and all other sorts, (see Clocks.—See Manufactured of hemp, flax, or oakum, (see Thread for Thread for packing and sealing, and all such sorts Twined, dyed or not, with exception of the twined, Manufactured of wool or serge, likewise mixed of wool .100 pds.. f. 10, 00 ..100 pds.. 1,00 Twined, dyed or not, sulphured or not, with exception I have the honor to transmit herewith, enclosed: Arrival and departure of a vessel at this port; navigation and commerce of the United States; and quarterly return of fees on vessels of the United States during the quarter from October 1 to December 31, 1862. As you will learn from these statements, the chances for our vessels to get cargoes at this port are still worse than in the former quarters. In reference to changes of commercial and economical affairs of this country, I have had already the honor to forward to you the new amendments of the tariff of Holland in elaborate translation. Besides, a law was passed by the legislative houses of this country, and confirmed by its government, that a canal shall be built from Amsterdam as far as the high sea through the small tract of land of North Holland, now separating that city from the sea; and, secondly, that the river Maes, now flowing from Rotterdam to the sea in a crooked course, and forming broad shoals in many places, shall be straightened and deepened in its course and ground, in order to allow henceforth even the largest sea vessels to reach Rotterdam by a great deal shorter and safer way than they could have done till now, if they could do at all. The latter consequence of this enterprise will prove especially advantageous to our American vessels, the larger of which, when bound for Rotterdam, could not have unloaded their cargoes at the wharves of this city, and had to stay in smaller ports of the district of Rotterdam as often as the shoals of the river prevented their coming up. As to the relations of the commerce of this city to that of the United States I shall send you statistics immediately hereafter. PARAMARIBO.-HENRY SAWYER, Consul. OCTOBER 25, 1862. I have the honor to transmit the usual annual report of this consulate relating to commerce and navigation with the United States and this colony for the year ending September 30, 1862. The importations from the United States during the past year being chiefly provisions, viz: hake, beef, pork, mackerel, tobacco, flour, soap, candles, tar, turpentine, pitch, oil, lumber, lard, corn bread, matches, onions, clocks, pails, brooms, ice, and provisions, lamps, oil, (kerosene,) mills, wine, machinery, and furniture, has amounted to $332,050, in 34 vessels. Tonnage, 6,9933 tons. The exports, consisting principally of sugar and molasses, have amounted to $355,595, in 40 vessels. Tonnage, 8,24710 tons. IMPORT DUTIES. Hake and codfish, 20 cents per 100 pounds; brandy, 3 per cent., in bottles, 6 cents extra; beer 3 per cent., in bottles 1 cent extra; cider, 3 per cent., in bottles 3 cents extra; asses, free; herring, 20 cents per 100 pounds; pitch, 25 cents per 100 pounds; white pine do. 150 per mill; gin, 3 per cent.; mould candles, $1 per 100 pounds; sperm. candles, $2 50 per 100 pounds; zinc, free; pitch pine, $2 50 per M; mackerel, 30 cents 100 pounds, and 180 cents per barrel; flour, 30 cents per barrel; cornmeal 30 cents per barrel; horses and mules, free; pitch, 15 cents per 100 pounds; lard, 50 cents; rice, 25 cents; beef, 30 cents; pork, 50 cents; tobacco, 30 cents per 100 pounds; wine, 3 per cent. All goods not here enumerated three per cent. ad valorem. EXPORT DUTIES. Arrowroot, 25 cents per 100 pounds; cocoa, 26 cents, per 100 pounds; cotton, 80 cents; coffee, (best,) 45 cents; coffee, second quality, 30 cents, and corn, 4 cents per 100 pounds; cattle, $1 per head; hides, 13 cents, and quassia wood, 10 cents per 100 pounds; molasses, 20 cents per 100 gallons; orange peel, 10 cents, sugar 83 cents, sweet potatoes, 3 cents, and tonka beans, 50 cents, per 100 pounds; rum, 20 per cent proof, 70 cents per 100 gallons; rice, 13 cents per 100 pounds; sheep, 20 cents per head. Amsterdam weight and measure, which is 10 per cent. more than English. The currency 24 Dutch cents to the American or 40 cents (American) to the guilder. The emancipation of the slaves was publicly proclaimed on the 4th instant, and takes place on the 1st of July, 1863. The indemnity is $300, or $120 per head, old and young. I earnestly hope that it may please the United States government to send the emancipated blacks here, in lieu of colonizing them in a new country, as it would certainly be less expensive to the United States, besides being much more to the welfare of the negroes. In my despatch, No. 11, I informed you that the planters had applied to me to use my endeavors to have the freed slaves brought here, and they would at once give them employment on their sugar, cotton, coffee, and cocoa plantations at a fair remuneration. Since my report of 1861 there has been built a fine wharf by an enterprising firm here, whose trade is with the United States, and vessels can now discharge their cargoes with facility, and not, as formerly, by lighters. The gold mines recently discovered do not yield a very fair percentage, and without machinery it will not be very remunerative to the miner. The mails between this port and the United States run regularly twice a month, viz: 5th and 20th. The French (Cayenne) mail connects with it here. There are three fine steamers belonging to this colony which do mail service between Demarara and here, and meet the English mail at Demarara, at which place also the St. Thomas and other West India steamers meet and connect with New York via Havana. This country abounds with a multiplicity of different sorts of wood. I have forwarded to the Smithsonian Institute one hundred different sorts, and most of a serviceable character. There is quite a quantity shipped to the West India islands and is used for ship-building. It is generally sold for one guilder a cubic foot. Most of the cotton estates here have been abandoned, but since the war in the United States they have resumed the cultivation on many of them. The trade between this place and the United States is mostly by barter; that is, a vessel comes in with an assorted cargo, the master makes an agreement with the merchants (who supply the plantations) to take the whole cargo, and in payment he receives a cargo of sugar and molasses. There is a small port to the leeward of this place called Niker, where occasional United States vessels take in cargoes. The currency is all specie, and is brought from Holland to pay the troops and men-of-war stationed here, but it soon finds its way back to Holland again. The indemnity for the slaves will be paid in cash by the home government, which amounts to nearly 100,000,000 guilders. This colony is perfectly healthy at this moment, and has been for many years. BATAVIA.-ISRAEL S. DIEHL. SEPTEMBER 30, 1862. I have the honor to transmit herewith the annual consular report from this consulate as required by law, and it is but due to say that I have only been in charge here since February 10, 1862, and that I had been compelled to gather such information as statistics from such sources I best could find, as such information is not freely imparted, and government statistics published only from one to two years after date, and ex parte; the statistics here presented, gathered from various sources, and apparently conflicting and debatable, are considered by competent authorities reliable. Java and Madura have an area of 51,790 square English miles, of which Jara has 50,922 square miles, with a population in 1857 of 11,594,158, a population of 223 to the square mile. Of which number 20,311 are Europeans, 138,356 Chinese, 24,615 Arabs, and the foreign Orientals, with only three or four resident Americans, and 5,260 slaves; but as slavery was wholly abolished by emancipation in 1860, there are no slaves held in bondage in Java. The whole population has more than doubled since 1826, and the increase of productions and resources, as seen by reference to the accompanying tables, has been equally astonishing. The area of the Dutch East India possessions, as claimed by them, is over 590,000 square miles of some of the most fertile, valuable, and lovely islands on the globe, of which this, or Batavia, is the political capital, and the commercial, financial, and social emporium, with an estimated population of from 400,000 to 500,000 souls, including all the national companies within the city limits, which are quite extensive. Java is one of the most fertile, productive, beautiful, varied, and perhaps richest islands for its size in the world; its people, the natives, are more peaceable, inoffensive, moral, and industrious, and I am assured happy, than found in similar climates, and are susceptable of education and general improvement. The exports and imports of Java for 1860 are given by the government as follows: Government..... Government..... EXPORTS. ƒ 52, 480, 258 51, 976, 221 104, 456, 479, at 40 cents per florin, = $41, 782, 591. IMPORTS. ƒ 23, 441, 017 45, 900, 385 69, 341, 412, at 40 cents per florin, = $27, 763, 364. Of which amount the United States imported 215, 225 florins, or $86, 090 exported 753,597 florins, or $301,438; and under the flag of the United States imported 269,359 florins, or $106,743 60; exported 1,052,511 florins, or $421,000 40. |