ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.

167. Eggs of the silkworm, N. W., kilo, twenty-five cents.

385. Supplies imported by the United States Government for its use or that of its subordinate branches, or by the insular government for its use or that of its subordinate branches.

Islands, or any of their subordinate branches: Provided, That title shall have passed to one of said Governments before such supplies are released from customs custody: And provided further, That any article (except those enumerated in paragraph two hundred and fifteen) which would otherwise be classified under this paragraph shall, if imported for sale to private or corporate persons, be dutiable under the corresponding paragraph of this Act.

338. Wearing apparel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles, books, portable tools and instruments, theatrical costumes, and similar personal effects, accompanying travelers or tourists in their baggage or arriving within a reasonable time, in the discretion of the collector of customs, before or after the owners, in use of and necessary and appropriate for the wear or use of such persons according to their profession or position for the immediate purposes of their journey and their present comfort and convenience: Provided, That this exemption shall not be held to apply to merchandise or articles intended for other persons or for barter or sale: And

371. Article of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the Philippine Islands exported to a foreign country and returned without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means, and upon which no drawback or bounty has been allowed.

372. Gold, silver, and platinum, in broken-up jewelry or table services, bars, sheets, coins, pieces, dust, and scraps.

373. Gold, silver, and platinum, in articles manufactured and stamped in the Philippine Islands.

374. Fresh fruits.

375. Fresh garden produce.

376. Fresh meat, except poultry and game; also ice.

377. Fresh eggs.

378. Fresh milk.

379. Diamonds and other precious stones in the rough, unmounted. 380. Hand paintings in oil, water color, or pastel, and pen and ink drawings intended for use as works of art, and not as a part of decoration of any other merchandise, nor for use in the manufactures and industrial arts and sciences; also family photographs, paintings, crayons, and other pictures of the members of a person's family.

381. Lithographs, posters, calendars, and folders for advertising purposes only, having no commercial value and designed for free public distribution.

382. (a) Spanish scientific, literary, and artistic works, not subver

sive of public order, imported under provisions of article. thirteen of the treaty between Spain and the United States signed at Paris on the tenth day of December, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight;

(b) Public magazines, reviews, newspapers, and like published periodicals, Bibles, and schoolbooks; but complete books published in parts and not otherwise entitled to free entry shall not be classified under this paragraph.

383. Manures, natural.

384. Quinine, sulphate and bisulphate of, and all alkaloids or salts of cinchona bark, in pills or otherwise.

386. Wearing apparel, toilet objects and articles for personal use, bed and table linen, books, portable tools and instruments, theatrical costumes, jewels, and table services bearing evident signs of having been used, imported by travelers in their luggage in quantities proportionate to their profession and position.

(a) Wearing apparel, and toilet objects for personal use, brought by citizens or inhabitants of the Philippine Islands in their personal luggage in quantities proportionate to their profession and position; also bed and

provided further, That the collector of customs may, in his discretion, require a bond for the exportation of or the payment of duties upon articles classified under this paragraph within the time and in the manner prescribed by paragraph three hundred and thirty-nine.

339. Vehicles, horses, harness, bed and table linen, table service, furniture, musical instruments, and personal effects of like character, owned and imported by travelers or tourists for their convenience and comfort, upon identification and the giving of a bond with sureties satisfactory to the collector of customs in an amount equal to double the estimated duties thereon, conditioned for the exportation thereof or payment of the corresponding duties thereon, within four months from the date of entry: Provided, That the collector of customs may extend the time for exportation or payment of duties for a term not exceeding three months from the expiration of the original period.

340. Professional instruments and implements, tools of trade, occupation, or employment, wearing apparel, domestic animals, and personal and household effects, including those of the kind and class provided for under paragraphs three hundred and thirty-eight and three hundred and thirty-nine, belonging to persons coming to settle in the Philippine Islands, in quantities and of the class suitable to the profession, rank, or position of the person importing them, for their own use and not for barter or sale, accompanying such persons or arriving within a reasonable time, in the discretion of the collector of customs, before or after the arrival of their owners, upon the production of evidence satisfactory to the collector of customs that such persons are actually coming to settle in the Philippine Islands, that the articles are brought from their former place of abode, that change of residence is bona fide, and that the privilege of free entry under this paragraph has never been previously granted to them: Provided, That neither merchandise of any kind, nor machinery or other articles for use in manufacture, shall be classified under this paragraph: And provided further, That officers and employees of the United States Government or of the government of the Philippine Islands, or religious missionaries taking station in the islands shall be considered as coming to settle" for the purposes of this paragraph.

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table linen, books, portable tools and instruments, jewels, and table service, brought in the luggage of citizens or inhabitants of the Philippine Islands, which are their personal property and not for barter or sale and which have been used by such persons in the Philippine Islands and exported therefrom under conditions to be prescribed by the collector of customs.

The customs authorities may exact a bond for the exportation of these articles when deemed necessary by them.

393. Used household furniture of persons coming to settle in the Philippine Islands, including such articles, effects, and furnishings as pictures, books, pianos, organs, chinaware, and kitchen utensils, in quantities and of the class suitable to the rank and position of the persons bringing the same and intended for their own use and benefit and not for barter or sale: Provided, That they have all been used by said persons for more than one year; that they are brought within a reasonable time after the arrival of the owners, in the discretion of the collector of customs: And provided further, That satisfactory evidence be produced that such persons are actually coming to settle in the Philippine Islands; that the change of residence is bona fide, and that the privilege of free entry under this paragraph has never been previously granted to them: And provided further, That if such persons are coming to the Philippine Islands from the United States and are citizens thereof, the period of one year specified in the first proviso of this paragraph shall not be effective. Officers of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps and religious missionaries taking stations in the islands shall be given the same privileges granted to other persons in this article: And provided further, That all articles of professional equipment, wearing apparel, and household goods belonging to officers of the United States Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, officers of the Philippine government, and religious missionaries who are citizens of the United States, imported from the United States for their personal use and benefit and not for barter or sale, may be entered free of duty on the personal certificate of such person that they fulfill the above conditions: Provided, however, That United States Government vessels, whether transports of the Army or naval vessels, when coming from the United States or a foreign port to the ports of the Philippine Islands, shall be subject to the same inspection by customs officers of the Philippine government, for the purpose of determining whether they have on board articles or merchandise dutiable under the laws of the Philippine