CUSTOMS. (T. D. 25445.) Drawback on hack-saw blades. Drawback on hack-saw blades manufactured by the L. S. Starrett Company, of Athol, Mass., from imported sheet and ribbon or strip steel. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 1, 1904. SIR: On the exportation of hack-saw blades manufactured by the L. S. Starrett Company, of Athol, Mass., from imported sheet and ribbon or strip steel, a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the duties paid on the imported materials so used, less the legal deduction of 1 per cent. The preliminary entry must show the marks and numbers of the shipping packages and the number of each style of saw blades, described as they are described in the manufacturers' sworn statement, contained in each package and in the entire shipment. The drawback entry must show the net weight of the saw blades in condition as exported, together with the weight of the steel in condition as imported, which has been used in their manufacture. In addition to the usual averments, the drawback entry must further show that the saw blades exported were manufactured of the materials and in the manner specified in the manufacturers' sworn statement, dated April 27, 1904, on file in your office. In liquidation, the amount of imported sheet and ribbon or strip steel, which may be taken as the basis for the allowance of drawback, may equal the quantities consumed as declared in the drawback ́entry, provided that in no case shall such amount exceed in weight the net weight of the saw blades in condition as exported with 10 per cent of such exported weight added thereto to. compensate for loss incident to manufacture. Respectfully, ROBERT B. ARMSTRONG, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Boston, Mass. (T. D. 25446.) Values of foreign coins. [Circular No. 67.] TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 1, 1904. In pursuance of the provisions of section 25 of the act of August 28, 1894, I hereby proclaim the following estimate by the Director of the Mint of the values of foreign coins to be the values of such coins in terms of the money of account of the United States, to be followed in estimating the value of all foreign merchandise exported to the United States on and after July 1, 1904, expressed in any of such metallic currencies. LESLIE M. SHAW, Secretary. ESTIMATE BY DIRECTOR OF THE MINT OF VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS. NOTE--The coins of silver-standard countries are valued by their pure silver contents, at the average market price of silver for the three months preceding the date of this circular. *The British dollar" has the same legal value as the Mexican dollar in Hongkong, the Straits Settlements, and Labuan. ESTIMATE BY DIRECTOR OF THE MINT OF VALUES OF FOREIGN COINS-Continued. $0.926 Gold: Doubloon Isabella, centen (85.017). Alphonse ($4.823). Silver: .193 peso. Gold: 10 and 20 crowns. Gold: 10 sucres ($4.8665). Silver: sucre and divisions. Gold: pound (100 piasters), 5, 10, 20, and 50 piasters. Silver: 1, 2, 5, 10, and 20 piasters. Gold: 20 marks ($3.859), 10 marks ($1.93). Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 francs. Silver: 5 francs. Gold: 5, 10, and 20 marks. Gold: sovereign (pound sterling) and sovereign. Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 drachmas. Gold: 1, 2, 5, and 10 gourdes. Silver: Gold: sovereign (pound sterling). Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 lire. Sil- Gold: 5, 10, and 20 yen. 20, and 50 sen. Gold: dollar ($0.983), 21⁄2, 5, 10, and 20 dollars. Silver: dollar (or peso) and divisions. Gold: 10 florins. 2 florins. Silver: 10, Silver: 4, 1, and 1.014 Gold: 2 dollars ($2.027). Norway... Gold.. Crown... 268 Gold: 10 and 20 crowns. Persia... Silver.. Kran .074 Gold: 1, 1, and 2 tomans ($3.409). Silver: 14., 1, 2, and 5 krans. Gold: libra ($4.8665). Silver: sol and divisions. Silver peso: 50, 20, and 10 centavos. Gold: 1,2,5, and 10 milreis. Gold: imperial, 15 rubles ($7.718), Gold: 25 pesetas. Silver: 5 pesetas. Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 francs. Gold: 25, 50, 100, 250, and 500 piasters. sions. Gold: 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 bolivars. *The sovereign is the standard coin of India, but the rupee ($0.3244%) is the money of account, current at 15 to the sovereign. .50 1.080 .515 .193 .268 .193 .044 1.034 .193 (T. D. 25447.) List of customs districts and ports of entry and delivery. [Circular No. 68.] TREASURY DEPARTMENT, July 1, 1904. To collectors and other officers of the customs: The appended list of customs districts and ports of entry and delivery, ports at which merchandise may be entered for transportation without appraisement, ports to which such merchandise may be transported, ports at which bonded warehouses are established, and ports where the custom-house premises are used for the storage of imported goods in bond, corrected to July 1, 1904, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned. ROBERT B. ARMSTRONG, Assistant Secretary. LIST OF CUSTOMS DISTRICTS AND PORTS OF ENTRY AND DELIVERY JULY 1, 1904. Ports of delivery. Pembroke. Union River. Bluebill. Prospect. Damariscotta. Warren. Georgetown. Bowdoinham. North Yarmouth Kennebunk Port |