276. Eggs, yolk of, twenty-five per ce Old law: Unenumerated, twenty

277. Hay, four dollars per ton.

Old law: Two dollars per ton. 278. Honey, twenty cents per gallon. 279. Hops, fifteen cents per pound. Old law: Eight cents per pound. 280. Onions, forty cents per bushel.

Old law: Ten per centum (unenum 281. Pease, green, in bulk or in barrels, s forty cents per bushel of sixty po cents per bushel; split pease, fifty pounds: pease in cartons, papers, one cent per pound.

Old law: Vegetables in natural state twenty per centum; for seed, tw 282. Plants, trees, shrubs, and vines of all as nursery stock, not specially p twenty per centum ad valorem.

Old law: Plants, trees, shrubs, and v provided for, and seeds of all kind specially enumerated or provided 283. Potatoes, twenty-five cents per bushe Old law: Fifteen cents per bushel.

SEEDS

284. Castor beans or seeds, fifty cents per
285. Flaxseed or linseed, poppy seed and our
cially provided for in this act, thirty c
six pounds; but no drawback shall be
made from imported seed.

Old law: Twenty cents per bushel.
286. Garden-seeds, agricultural seeds, and
cially provided for in this act, twentyr
Old law: Garden seeds, twenty per cent

free.

287. Vegetables of all kinds, prepared or
pickles and sauces of all kinds, not s
in this act, forty-five per centum ad vai
Old law: Vegetables of all kinds, thirty
sauces, and so forth, thirty-five per ce***
or brine, ten per centum.

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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 ex-
ceeding 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.

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

307. 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.

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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 p

321. Dandelion-root and acorns prepared, and other articles usad 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 shail 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 Treas ury 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."

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.