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SCHEDULE B.-Schedule exhibiting the classification of domestic commodities, etc.-Cont'd.

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Railroad bars or rails

Of iron.....

Of steel....

Saws and tools..

Scales and balances.

Sewing machines, and parts of.
Steam engines, and parts of—
Fire engines....

Locomotive engines..
Stationary engines..

Boilers and parts of engines..

Stoves and ranges, and parts of..

Wire...

All other manufactures of iron and steel

129 Jewelry, and manufactures of gold and silver

Lamps, chandeliers, and all devices and appliances for illuminating

Ton (of 2,240 lbs.).

Ton (of 2,240 lbs.).

No.

No.

No.

Lb.

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159

160

161

Lard

Sperm...

Other whale and fish..

Other....

Naphthas, including all lighter products of distillation..
Illuminating....

Lubricating and heavy paraffine oil.

Mineral, crude, including all natural oils, without regard to gravity..
Mineral, refined or manufactured-

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Bbl.

Bbl.

Bbl.

Gall.

Lb.

Gall.

Gall.

Gall.

Gall.

Gall.

Gall.

Gall.

Gall.

Bbl. (of 42 galls.).

Gall.

Gall.

Lb.

SCHEDULE B.-Schedule exhibiting the classification of domestic commodities, ete.-Cont'd.

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SCHEDULE B.-Schedule exhibiting the classification of domestic commodities, etc.-Cont'd.

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Bars bearing the stamp of a United States mint or a United States
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Gold

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Other bullion.

Coin

Silver

Bars bearing the stamp of a United States mint or a United States
assay office..

Other bullion.

Coin

Trade dollars...
Other....

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Lb.
Yard.

Ton (of 2,240 lbs.).
Lb.

(11250.)

Cartage of dutiable goods at small ports.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 2, 1891.

SIR: In reply to your letter of the 27th ultimo, in regard to the cartage of imported goods to the United States appraiser's store at your port. you are informed that the law on the subject is contained in section 25 of the act of June 22, 1874, which prescribes "that public cartage of merchandise in the custody of the Government shall be let after not less than thirty days' notice of such letting to the lowest responsible bidder giving sufficient security, and shall be subject to regulations approved by the Secretary of the Treasury."

It has been held, however, that such provision applies more particu larly to ports where the customs cartage is of sufficient volume and im portance to warrant the Government in incurring the expense of advertising, etc., which is necessary before making the contract, the Solicitor of the Treasury having advised the Department, under date of the 4th of February, 1886, that said provision of law "does not require advertisement to be made for cartage at ports where the business would not justify the expense."

Contracts for such cartage, the result of public advertisement, are now made only at the ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco, Chicago, and St. Louis; and, assuming that the volume of public cartage at your port is not sufficient to warrant advertisement, etc., you are referred to articles 684 to 704 of the Regu lations of 1884, under which you were authorized to act in the matter; and it is expected that in contracting with some cartman of your port for the performance of this labor, you will license only such person as shall be trustworthy, competent, and responsible, and that the prices charged shall not be above those usually prevailing at your port.

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Circular.-Redemption of four and one-half per cent. bonds.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 2, 1891.

By virtue of the authority conferred by law upon the Secretary of the Treasury, notice is hereby given that the principal and accrued

interest of such of the 4 per cent. bonds issued under the acts of July 14, 1870, and January 20, 1871, as may be outstanding on the 2d day of September, 1891, will be paid at the Treasury of the United States, in the city of Washington, D. C., on that day, and that the interest on said bonds will then cease.

Suggestions have been made on the part of the holders of some of these bonds of a desire to extend the payment thereof at the option of the United States at the rate of 1 or 1 per cent. per annum, and the Secretary of the Treasury will hereafter consider whether the acceptance of such offers or any of them will be profitable to the Government, and in that event reserves the right to except such bonds from this call.

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Beet-sugar factory-Structural iron used in, not free of duty.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 2, 1891.

SIR: The Department duly received your letter of the 9th of April last, in which you inquire whether certain columns, beams, joists, etc., and structural iron, specially imported as adjuncts of machinery in-. tended to be erected in a beet-sugar factory, should be admitted free. In reply, I have to inform you that inasmuch as it appears from your statement and the drawings submitted therewith that the articles in question are not machinery used in the production of raw sugar from beets, but are merely used as supports for vats in such manufacture, the Department is of opinion that said articles are not entitled to exemption from duty under the provisions of paragraph 237, N. T. A copy of this letter has been sent to the collector at New Orleans. Respectfully yours,

A. B. NETTLETON,

JOHN W. LINCK, Special Agent, New Orleans, La.

(11253.)

Assistant Secretary.

Free entry of domestic goods exported and returned-Boiler tubes part of an exploded boiler entitled to free entry, not having been advanced in value or improved in condition.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, June 3, 1891. SIR: The Department is in receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, reporting on the complaint of the Erie Preserving Company, as to the

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