IMMEDIATE TRANSPORTATION PORTS. Dutiable merchandise may be transported in Bond without examination to the following ports. Act June 10, 1880, Amended Act February 23, 1887. Albany, N. Y. Astoria, Oreg. Atlanta, Ga. Baltimore, Md. Bath, Me. Beecher Falls, Vt. Boston, Mass. Bridgeport, Conn. Brunswick, Ga. Buffalo, N. Y. Charleston, S. C. Chicago, Ill. Cincinnati, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Columbus, Ohio. Evansville, Ind. Gladstone, Mich. Hartford, Conn. Honolulu, H. I. Indianapolis, Ind. Island Port. Vt. Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. Key West, Fla. Knoxville, Tenn. Laredo, Tex. Leadville, Colo. Lincoln, Nebr. Los Angeles, Cal. Louisville, Ky. Malone, N. Y. Marquette, Mich. Memphis, Tenn. Miami, Fla. Middletown, Conn. Milwaukee, Wis. Minneapolis, Minn. Mobile, Ala. Nashville, Tenn. New Bedford, Mass. Newark, N. J. New Haven, Conn. New Orleans, La. Newport, R. I. Newport News, Va. New York, N. Y. Niagara Falls, N. Y. Nogales, Ariz. Norfolk, Va.. Oakland, Cal. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Oswego, N. Y. Pensacola, Fla. Port Huron, Mich. Portal, N. Dak. Portsmouth, N. H. Port Townsend, Wash. Providence, R. I. Pueblo, Colo. Richford, Vt. Rochester, N. Y. Rouses Point, N. Y. Saginaw, Mich. St. Albans, Vt. St. Augustine, Fla. St. Joseph, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. St. Paul, Minn. San Antonio, Tex. San Diego, Cal. Sandusky, Ohio. San Francisco, Cal. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Savannah, Ga. Seattle, Wash. Sioux City, Iowa. So. Manchester, Conu. Springfield, Mass. Syracuse, N. Y. Tacoma, Wash. Tampa, Fla. Texas City, Tex. Titusville, Pa. Toledo, Ohio. Vanceboro, Me. Vernon (Rockville), Ct. Washington, D. C. Wilmington, Del. Wilmington, N. C. Worcester, Mass. STANDARD GAUGE FOR IMPORTED SHEET AND PLATE IRON. 1893. DEPARTMENT NO 118, Division of Customs. EXTRACT OF 8 14268. Treasury Department, OFFICE OF THE SEGRETARY. Washington, D. C., August 2, 1893. The Collectors and other Officers of Customs: The Act of Congress entitled An Act establishing a standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel," approved March 3, 1893, prescribes as follows, viz: That for the purpose of securing uniformity the following is established as the only standard gauge for sheet and plate iron and steel in the United States of America, namely: And on and after July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, the same and no other shall be used in determining duties and taxes levied by the United States of America on sheet and plate iron and steel. But this Act shall not be construed to increase duties up in any articles which may be imported. SEC. 2. That the Se retary of the Treasury is authorized and required to prepare suitable standards in accordance herewith. SEC. 3. That in the practical use and application of the standard gauge hereby established a variation of two and one-half per cent. either way may be allowed. 8 .5 .22681 2 441 5.38 .4375 .1984 2.136 4.71 .49625 .1843 1.983 4.87 .375 .1701 1.831 4.04 .34375 .1559 1.678 8.70 5 .8125 .1417 1.526 3.36 8.03 2.87 2.69 BOTTLES CAPACITY OF BRANDY, ALE, BEER, PORTER. BOTTLES-CAPACITY Treasury Department, February 21, 1884. The following table, exhibiting the average gauge of the principal brands of brandy, ale, beer, and porter bottles, therein mentioned, imported into the United States, may be followed by customs officers, unless actual gauge shall show a different result: E. & J. Burke's ale and stout, 3 gills per pint bottle (S 9506). Guinness's stout and Bassale, bottled by Read Bros., of London, England, a gills per pint bottle. 11948). 3.285 T. B. Hall & Co........ 3 Ihlers & Bell.... 3 Wheeler & Co.......... 3 3 3 3.083 In stone. J. & R. Tenant... 6.670 3.180 In glass. ......... 3 3.132 In stone. 6.3513.132 3 083 In stone jugs. 3.083 In stone. BRANDY IN BOTTLES, ETC. To test the general accuracy of these gauges, frequent actual measurements should be made at the different ports. Actual gauge, however, will be allowed only when applied for prior to delivery of the merchandis, or when the customs officers shall ascertain that the average gauge differs from the actual gauge. The Department's circular of April 7, 1876, relating to the average gauge of pertain bottles, is hereby revoked. CHAS. J. FOLGER, Secretary. RATES OF TARE.* ARTICLE 1090, CUSTOMS REGULATIONS, 1892. Almonds: in bales, 23 per cent.; in Dags, 2 per cent.; in frails, 8 per cent. Alum: in casks, 10 per cent.; in sacks, coarse or ground, 2 pounds per sack. Barytes, 3 per cent. Beans, castor, weight of pod. Cheese, in casks or tubs, 10 per cent. Chicory, in bags, 2 per cent. Copperas, in casks, 10 per cent. Figs, in skeleton cases; actual tare of outside or skeleton cases; to which is added 13 per cent. of remainder for inside boxes. Gunny cloths, actual weight of ropes and covering allowed as tare. Hay, weight of sticks and wire may be allowed for, and average tare may be calculated. Hemp: Hamburg, Leghorn, Trieste, 5 pounds to each bale. Hemp, Russia, weight of tow bands. Iron rods: Bands of iron wire surrounding coiled iron rods may be allowed as tare when they consist of bands ordinarily used for such purpose and are of little or no commercial value. Nails: in bags, 2 per cent.; in casks, Nitrate of soda, 2 per cent. per cent. Ocher: dry, in casks, 8 per cent.; in oil, in casks, 12 per cent. Ore in sacks, 2 pounds for each sack. Paris white, in casks, 10 per cent. Raisins, Malaga; actual net weight to be ascertained by emptying and weighing the contents of a sufficient number of boxes of each chop-mark to get a just average. Sultana raisins actual tare. Spanish brown: in casks, dry, 10 per cent.; in casks, in oil, 12 per cent. Sugar: in tierces and hogsheads, actual tare; in barrel, 10 per cent.; in boxes, 14 per cent.; in bags, 13 per cent.; melado, 9 per cent.; actual tare on irregular packages, and on sugar in bags from Havana; in mats and baskets, actual tare. Tin, in boxes, actual net weight to be ascertained by emptying and weighing the contents of a sufficient number of boxes of each chop-mark or brand to get an average. Tobacco, leaf, Havana, in bales, 13 pounds each bale; Sumatra, 4 pounds on inside matting and cord, weight of second covering to be ascertained; all other actual tare. Whiting, in casks, 10 per cent Zinc, sheet, weight of silos, if of no co nmercial value. * Actual tare allowed when requested at time of entry.-R. S. 2898. |