weight thereof shall be held to be the weight of same, together with the weight of all containers, packages, holders, and packing, of whatsoever kind or character, in which said articles, goods, wares, and merchandise are contained, held, or packed at the time of importation. (f) Articles, goods, wares, or merchandise affixed to cardboard, cards, paper, wood, or similar common material shall be dutiable together with the weight of such packing.

(g) The usual tapes, boards, and immediate wrapping shall be considered as a part of the dutiable weight of textiles.

(h) No duties shall be assessed on account of the usual coverings or holdings of articles, goods, wares, or merchandise dutiable otherwise than ad valorem, nor those free of duty, except as in this act expressly provided, but if there be used for covering or holding imported articles, goods, wares, or merchandise, whether dutiable or free, any unusual article, form, or material adapted for use otherwise than in the bona fide transportation of such articles, goods, wares, or merchandise to the Philippine Islands, duty shall be levied and collected on such covering or holding in accordance with the corresponding paragraphs of this act.

(i) Whenever the interior container or packing of any article dutiable by weight is of an unusual character, including silk-lined cases, cases of fine wood, silk, leather, or imitations thereof, such as are used to contain jewelry, plate, trinkets, and the like, such containers or packing shall be dutiable at the rate applicable to the component material of chief value.

(j) When a single package contains imported merchandise dutiable according to different weights, or weight and ad valorem, the common exterior receptacle shall be prorated and the different proportions thereof treated in accordance with the provisions of this rule as to the dutiability or nondutiability of such packing.

(k) Where articles, goods, wares, or merchandise dutiable by weight, and not otherwise specially provided for, are customarily contained in packing, packages, or receptacles of uniform or similar character, it shall be the duty of the insular collector of customs from time to time to ascertain by tests the actual weight or quantity of such articles, goods, wares, or merchandise and the actual weight of the packages, packing, or receptacles thereof, respectively, in which the same are customarily imported, and upon such ascertainment to prescribe rules for estimating the dutiable weight or quantity thereof, and thereafter such articles, goods, wares, or merchandise imported in such customary packing, packages, or receptacles shall be entered, and the duties thereon levied and collected, upon the basis of such estimated dutiable weight or quantity: Provided, That if the importer, consignee, or agent shall be dissatisfied with such estimated dutiable weight or quantity, and shall file with the collector of customs prior to the delivery of the packages designated for examination a written specification of his objections thereto, or if the collector of customs shall have reason to doubt the exactness of the prescribed weight or quantity in any instance, it shall be his duty to cause such actual weights or quantities to be ascertained.

the weight of the entire exterior receptacle; or, in case there should be more than one class of goods dutiable by gross weight, they shall be assessed together with the weight of the entire exterior receptacle proportionately divided between them in accordance with their respective net weights.

In the case of goods dutiable by net weight packed together with goods dutiable by unities, the former shall be assessed as above prescribed, and the latter shall pay by unities; the exterior receptacle will then be dutiable by its corresponding paragraph. For the purposes of this rule, goods dutiable ad valorem and goods free from duty shall be considered and appraised as by net weight.

RULE 20. Where merchandise, dutiable upon its net weight, where not otherwise specially provided for, is customarily contained in packing, packages, or receptacles of uniform or similar character, it shall be the duty of the collector of the islands from time to time to ascertain by tests the actual weight or quantity of such merchandise and the actual weight of the packages, packing, or receptacles thereof, respectively, in which such merchandise is customarily imported, and, upon such ascertainment, to prescribe regulations for estimating the dutiable weight or quantity of such merchandise, and thereafter such merchandise imported in such customary packing, packages, and receptacles shall be entered and the duties thereon levied and collected upon the basis of such estimated dutiable weight or quantity.

PROHIBITED IMPORTATIONS.

SEC. 4. That importation or shipment into the Philippine Islands of the following articles is prohibited:

(a) Dynamite, gunpowder, similar explosives, firearms and detached parts therefor, except in accordance with enactment of the Philippine legislature.

(b) Articles, books, pamphlets, printed matter, manuscripts, typewritten matter, paintings, illustrations, figures, or objects of obscene or indecent character or subversive of public order.

(c) Roulette wheels, gambling outfits, loaded dice, marked cards, machines, apparatus, or mechanical devices used in gambling, or in the distribution of money, cigars, or other articles when such distribution is dependent upon chance.

(d) Any article manufactured in whole or in part of gold or silver, or alloys thereof, falsely marked or stamped, in violation of the act of Congress of June thirteenth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act forbidding the importation, exportation, or carriage in interstate commerce of falsely or spuriously stamped articles of merchandise made of gold or silver or their alloys, and for other purposes."

(e) Any article violating the provisions of the act of Congress of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled "An act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes,' commonly known as "the pure-food law."

(f) Lottery tickets, advertisements thereof, lists of drawings therein, which, after seizure upon illegal entry, shall, together with the proceeds thereof, be forfeited to the government of the Philippine Islands, after due process of law.

(g) Opium, in whatever form, except by the government of the Philippine Islands, and by pharmacists, duly licensed and registered as such, under the laws in force in said islands, and for medicinal purposes only.

(h) Opium pipes, parts therefor, of whatsoever material.

ABBREVIATIONS.

SEC. 5. That the following abbreviations employed in this act shall represent the terms indicated:

Hectog. for hectogram.

Kilo. for kilogram.

Kilos. for kilograms.

Hectol. for hectoliter.

DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 6. The term " pharmaceutical product," wherever used in this act, shall be held to include all medicines or preparations recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary for in

:

PROHIBITED IMPORTATIONS.

SEC. 6. That the importation of the following articles is prohibited:

(1) Dynamite, gunpowder, and similar explosives, and firearms of all descriptions and detached parts therefor, unless the importer shall produce a special authorization for landing issued to him by the civil governor.

(2) Books, pamphlets, or other printed matter, paintings, or illustrations, figures, or other objects of an obscene or indecent character.

(3) Roulette wheels, gambling layouts, dealing boxes, and all other machines, apparatus, or mechanical devices used in gambling, or used in the distribution of money, cigars, or other articles, when such distribution is dependent upon lot or chance.

SEC. 7. That the following abbreviations shall be employed in the

tariff:

G. W. equals gross weight.
N. W. equals net weight.
Hectog equals hectogram.
Kilo equals kilogram.
Kilos equals kilograms.
Hectol equals hectoliter.

ternal or external use, and any substance or mixture of substances used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of human or animal diseases, provided the same are not otherwise provided for in this Act. The term "proprietary," as applied to medicinal remedies, wherever used in this Act, shall be held to mean a "preparation the manufacture or sale of which is restricted, through patent of the drug or combination of drugs, copyright of the label or name, or in any other manner, or a preparation concerning which the producer or manufacturer claims a private formula."

Wherever in this Act the words "the same appear as the first words of a paragraph, they shall be held to refer to and to mean the same as the caption of the preceding paragraph. Should such words appear as the first words of a clause they shall be held to refer to and to mean the same as the clause which immediately precedes the one in which they are used.

PAYMENT OF DUTIES.

SEC. 7. That the rates of duty established in this Act are stated in money of the United States of America, but that payment thereof shall be made in Philippine currency or its equivalent in money of the United States of America.

METRIC SYSTEM.

SEC. 8. That the metric system of weights and measures as authorized by sections thirty-five hundred and sixty-nine and thirty-five hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and at present in use in the Philippine Islands, shall be continued. The meter is equal to thirty-nine and thirty-seven one-hundredths inches.

The liter is equal to one and five hundred and sixty-seven tenthousandths quarts, wine measure.

The kilogram is equal to two and two thousand and forty-six tenthousandths pounds, avoirdupois.

RATES OF DUTIES.

SEC. 9. That the rates of duties to be collected on articles, goods, wares, or merchandise imported into the Philippine Islands shall be as follows: Provided, That no article bearing evident signs of being for sanitary construction shall pay a higher rate of duty than twenty per centum ad valorem: And provided further, That no article shall pay a higher rate of duty than one hundred per centum ad valorem, except and unless the same shall be classified under paragraphs ninety, two hundred and thirty-seven, two hundred and fifty-seven, two hundred and fifty-eight, two hundred and fifty-nine, two hundred and sixty, two hundred and sixty-one or three hundred and one, in which event the rate of duty thereby resulting shall be collected, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding: And provided further, That articles of foreign growth, produce, or manufacture shall be dutiable upon each importation, even though previously exported from the Philippine Islands, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act.