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288. Vegetables in their natural state, not specially provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

Old law: Vegetables in their natural state or in salt or brine, ten per centum.

289. Straw, thirty per centum ad valorem.

Old law: Unmanufactured, free.

290. Teazles, thirty per centum ad valorem.

FISH-

Old law: Free.

291. Anchovies and sardines, packed in oil or otherwise, in tin boxes measuring not more than five inches long, four inches wide and three and one-half inches deep, ten cents per whole box; in half-boxes, measuring not more than five inches long, four inches wide, and one and five-eighths inches deep, five cents each; in quarter-boxes, measuring not more than four and three-fourths inches long, three and one-half inches wide, and one and one-fourth inches deep, two and one-half cents each; when imported in any other form, forty per centum ad valorem.

292. Fish, pickled, in barrels or half barrels, and mackerel or salmon, pickled or salted, one cent per pound.

Old law: Mackerel, one cent per pound; salmon, pickled, one cent per pound; other fish, pickled or salted, one cent per pound. 293. Fish, smoked, dried, salted, pickled, frozen, packed in ice, or otherwise prepared for preservation, and fresh fish, not specially provided for in this act, three-fourths of one cent per pound.

Old law: Foreign-caught fish, imported otherwise than in barrels or half barrels, whether fresh, smoked, dried, salted, or pickled, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, fifty cents per hundred pounds.

294. Herrings, pickled or salted, one-half of one cent per pound; herrings, fresh, one-fourth of one cent per pound.

Old law: Herrings, fresh, fifty cents per hundred pounds.

295. Fish in cans or packages made of tin or other material, except anchovies and sardines and fish packed in any other manner, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, thirty per centum ad valorem.

Old law: Fish preserved in oil, except anchovies and sardines, thirty per centum.

Old law: Salmon and all other fish prepared or preserved not otherwise provided for, twenty-five per centum.

296. Cans or packages, made of tin or other metal, containing shell fish admitted free of duty, not exceeding one quart in contents, shall be subject to a duty of eight cents per dozen cans or packages; and when exceeding one quart, shall be subject to an additional duty of four cents per dozen for each additional half quart or fractional part thereof; Provided, That until June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, such cans or packages shall be admitted as now provided by law.

Old law: Cans or packages made of tin or other material containing fish of any kind admitted free of duty under any existing law or treaty, not exceeding one quart in contents, shall be subject to a duty of one cent and a half on each can or package; and when exceeding one quart, shall be subject to an additional duty of one cent and a half for each additional quart or fractional part thereof.

FRUITS AND NUTS

Fruits:

297. Apples, green or ripe, twenty-five cents per bushel.

Old law: Free, unenumerated.

298. Apples, dried, dessiccated, evaporated, or prepared in any manner, and not otherwise provided for in this act, two cents per pound.

Old law: Thirty-five per centum or free, unenumerated.

299. Grapes, sixty cents per barrel of three cubic feet capacity or fractional part thereof; plums, and prunes, two cents per pound.

Old law: Preserved prunes, one cent per pound; grapes, twenty per centum.

300. Figs, two and one-half cents per pound.

Old law: Two cents per pound.

301. Oranges, lemons, and limes, in packages of capacity of one and one-fourth cubic feet or less, thirteen cents per package; in packages of capacity exceeding one and one-fourth cubic feet and not exceeding two and one-half cubic feet, twenty-five cents per package; in packages of capacity exceeding two and one-half cubic feet and not exceeding five cubic feet, fifty cents per package; in packages of capacity exceeding five cubic feet, for every additional cubic foot or fractional part thereof, ten cents; in bulk, one dollar and fifty cents per one thousand; and in addition thereto a duty of thirty per centum ad valorem upon the boxes or barrels containing such oranges, lemons, or limes. Old law: Oranges, in boxes of capacity not exceeding two and onehalf cubic feet, twenty-five cents per box; in one-half boxes, capacity not exceeding one and one-fourth cubic feet, thirteen cents per half box; in bulk, one dollar and sixty cents per thousand; in barrels, capacity not exceeding that of the one hundred and ninety-six pounds flour barrel, fifty-five cents per barrel.

Lemons, in boxes of capacity not exceeding two and one-half cubic feet, thirty cents per box; in one-half boxes, capacity not exceeding one and one-fourth cubic feet, sixteen cents per half box; in bulk, two dollars per thousand.

Lemons and oranges, in packages, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, twenty per centum ad valorem. Limes, twenty per centum ad valorem.

302. Raisins, two and one-half cents per pound.

Old law: Two cents per pound.

303. Comfits, sweetmeats, and fruits preserved in sugar, sirup, molasses, or spirits not specially provided for in this act, and jellies of all kinds, thirty-five per centum ad valorem. 304. Fruits preserved in their own juices, thirty per centum ad valorem.

Old law: Twenty per centum.

305. Orange-peel and lemon-peel, preserved or candied, two cents per pound.

Nuts:

Old law: Thirty-five per centum.

306. Almonds, not shelled, five cents per pound; clear almonds, shelled, seven and one-half cents per pound.

30%. Filberts and walnuts of all kinds, not shelled, three cents per pound; shelled, six cents per pound.

Old law: Shelled, three cents per pound.

308. Peanuts or ground beans, unshelled, one cent per pound; shelled, one and one-half cents per pound.

Old law: Shelled, one cent per pound.

309. Nuts of all kinds, shelled or unshelled, not specially provided for in this act, one and one-half cents per pound.

Old law: Two cents per pound.

MEAT PRODUCTS—

310. Bacon and hams, five cents per pound.

Old law: Two cents per pound.

311. Beef, mutton, and pork, two cents per pound.

Old law: One cent per pound; mutton (unenumerated), ten per

centum.

312. Meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not specially provided for in this act, twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

Old law: Prepared meats of all kinds, not specially provided for, twenty-five per centum.

313. Extract of meat, all not specially provided for in this act, thirty-five cents per pound; fluid extract of meat, fifteen cents per pound; and no separate or additional duty shall be collected on such coverings unless as such they are suitable and apparently designed for use other than in the importation of meat extracts.

Old law, text: Extract of meat, twenty per centum. 314. Lard, two cents per pound.

315. Poultry, live, three cents per pound; dressed, five cents per pound.

Old law: Poultry, dressed (unenumerated), ten per centum. 316. Tallow, one cent per pound; wool grease, including that known commercially as degras or brown wool grease, onehalf of one cent per pound.

Old law: Degras (unenumerated), ten per centum. New matter in italics.

MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTS

317. Chicory-root, burnt or roasted, ground or granulated, or in rolls, or otherwise prepared, and not specially provided for in this act, two cents per pound.

Old law: Chickory-root, ground or unground, burnt or prepared, two cents per pound. Change of text.

318 Chocolate, (other than chocolate confectionery and chocolate commercially known as sweetened chocolate,) two cents per pound.

NOTE.-Words in italics new matter.

319. Cocoa, prepared or manufactured, not specially provided for in this act, two cents per pound.

320. Cocoa-butter or cocoa-butterine, three and one-half cents per pound.

Old law: Not enumerated, twenty-five per centum.

321. Dandelion-root and acorns prepared, and other articles used as coffee, or as substitutes for coffee, not specially provided for in this act, one and one-half cents per pound.

SALT.

Old law: Acorns, and dandelion root, raw or prepared, and all other articles used or intended to be used as coffee, or as substitutes therefor, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act, two cents per pound.

322. Salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages twelve cents per one hundred pounds; in bulk, eight cents per one hundred pounds: Provided, That imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries, and in curing fish on the shores of the navigable waters of the United States, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; and upon proof that the salt has been used for either of the purposes stated in this proviso, the duties on the same shall be remitted: Provided further, That exporters of meats, whether packed or smoked, which have been cured in the United States with imported salt, shall, upon satisfactory proof, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, that such meats have been cured with imported salt, have refunded to them from the Treasury the duties paid on the salt so used in curing such exported meats, in amounts not less than one hundred dollars.

323. Starch, including all preparations, from whatever substance produced, fit for use as starch, two cents per pound

Old law: Potato or corn starch, two cents per pound; rice starch, two and a half cents per pound; other starch, two and a half cents per pound. Root flour free.

324. Dextrine, burnt starch, gum substitute, or British gum, one and one-half cents per pound.

Old law: One cent per pound.

325. Mustard, ground or preserved, in bottles or otherwise, ten cents per pound.

326. Spices, ground or powdered, not specially provided for in this act, four cents per pound; cayenne pepper, two and one-half cents per pound, unground; sage, three cents per pound.

Old law: Spices five cents per pound

Old law: Sage not enumerated but free by Treasury ruling when unground.

327. Vinegar, seven and one-half cents per gallon. The standard for Vinegar shall be taken to be that strength which requires thirty-five grains of bicarbonate of potash to neutralize one ounce troy of vinegar.

Omitted from new law, "and all import duties that may by law be imposed on vinegar imported from foreign countries shall be collected according to this standard."

328. There shall be allowed on the imported tin-plate used in the manufacture of cans, boxes, packages, and all articles of tin ware exported, either empty or filled with domestic products, a drawback equal to the duty paid on such tin-plate, less one per centum of such duty, which shall be retained for the use of the United States.

New matter.

SCHEDULE H.-SPIRITS, WINES, AND OTHER BEVERAGES.

SPIRITS.

329. Brandy and other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, and not specially provided for in this act, two dollars and fifty cents per proof gallon.

Old law: Two dollars per gallon.

330. Each and every gauge or wine gallon of measurement shall be counted as at least one proof gallon; and the standard for determining the proof of brandy and other spirits or liquors of any kind imported shall be the same as that which is defined in the laws relating to internal revenue; but any brandy or other spirituous liquors, imported in casks of less capacity than fourteen gallons, shall be forfeited to the United States: Provided, That it shall be lawful for the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to authorize the ascertainment of the proof of wines, cordials, or other liquors, by distillation or otherwise, in case where it is impracticable to ascertain such proof by the means prescribed by existing law or regulations.

NOTE.-New matter in italics.

331. On all compounds or preparations of which distilled spirits are a component part of chief value, not specially provided for in this act, there shall be levied a duty not less than that imposed upon distilled spirits. 332. Cordials, liquors, arrack, absinthe, kirschwasser, ratafia, and other spirituous beverages or bitters of all kinds containing spirits, and not specially provided for in this act, two dollars and fifty cents per proof gallon.

Old law: Two dollars per gallon. New matter in italics.

333. No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and other spirituous beverages than that fixed by law for the description of first proof; but it shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof, and all imitations of brandy or spirits or wines imported by any names whatever shall be subject to the highest rate of duty provided for the genuine articles respectively intended to be represented, and in no case less than one dollar and fifty cents per gallon.

Old law: One dollar per gallon.

Old law: Distilled spirits, containing fifty per centum of anhydrous alcohol, one dollar per gallon.

Alcohol, containing ninety-four per cent. anhydrous alcohol, two dollars per gallon.

334. Bay-rum or bay-water, whether distilled or compounded, of first proof, and in proportion for any greater strength than first proof, one dollar and fifty cents per gallon.

WINES:

Old law: One dollar per gallon.

335. Champagne and all other sparkling wines, in bottles containing each not more than one quart and more than one pint, eight dollars per dozen; containing not more than one pint each and more than one-half pint, four dollars per dozen; containing one-half pint each or less, two dollars per dozen; in bottles or other vessels containing more than one quart

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