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arrival, ten ($10) dollars for each passenger over eight years of age (not being a cabin passenger) who shall have died of natural disease during the voyage.

Collectors, naval officers, and surveyors are required to have posted in a public place in their offices a fair table of the fees demandable by law at their ports, subject at all times to inspection, and to give receipts for fees collected, specifying the particulars, whenever required to do so. Failure to observe these requirements entails a penalty of one hundred ($100) dollars, for the benefit of the informer.

Fees will not be charged on the northern frontiers for permits to unlade cargo brought from an American port; but permits must be obtained, and existing laws complied with, previous to the discharge or landing of passengers, baggage, goods, wares, or merchandise brought from foreign ports or places.

Canadian steamers trading on the northern frontiers from one foreign port to another, and touching during the course of such voyage at a port or place in the United States, and landing passengers, baggage, or freight, are required to report and pay entrance and clearance fees, in addition to the usual fee for a permit to land imported goods.

Fees will not be collected by officers of the customs for receiving or certifying manifests of railroad cars, or other vehicles laden with goods, wares, or merchandise, sealed by customs officers, for transportation from one port or place in the United States to another therein, through foreign contiguous territory; such manifests, however, will be produced, received, and certified in the same manner as heretofore. Fees for receiving and certifying manifests accompanying cars laden in foreign contiguous territory, will continue to be collected.

DRAWBACK RATES.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF, ESTABLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE ACT OF

AUGUST 5, 1861.

Axes, made from iron and steel by the process of splitting the iron and inserting the steel,

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made by the reverse process, 110 cents Bags, from jute and burlap cloth, same as duty paid; exported quantity determined by

measurement.

Bayonets, made by Remington and Sons, 376 cents each, and 10 per cent. off.

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made for the Winchester fire-arm, 13 cents each, and 10 per cent. off. Blacking Boxes, from tin plates, same as duty paid; the exported quantity determined by adding to the outside measurement of the box of such product.

Bolts, Nuts, and Pivots, from iron, same as duty paid.

Bullets, leaden, and Shot, same as duty paid on a like number of pounds.

Cans, from tin plates, same as duty paid; the exported quantity determined by adding to the outside measurement of the can of such product, excepting one-pound cans, for

which add 15 per cent. to the outside measurement, without any other additions.

Castor oil, product of castor seed, 25 cents per gallon.

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pomace, product of castor seed, 11 cents per 100 lbs.

Cleaned Rice (see Rice).

Copper, from ore, same as duty paid.

Cordage, from Manilla hemp, 14 cents per lb.

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from jute hemp, cent per lb.

product of Sisal hemp, cent per lb.

from New Zealand flax, & cent per lb.
tarred Russia, 1 cent per lb.

Cut Nails (see Nails).

Chains, made from bar-iron, same as duty paid; add 4 per cent. to exported quantity to cover wastage in manufacture.

Dressed Skins, from raw, same as duty paid.

Fish Plates (see Plates).

Flour, from wheat which paid a duty of 20 cents per bushel, 75 cents per barrel.
Glazier's points, product of sheet zinc, same as duty paid.

Gunpowder, from saltpetre which paid a duty of 2 cents per lb. :

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American Sporting, 1 cents per lb.

United States Government, 164 cents per lb.

Shipping and Mining, 1 cents per lb.

from saltpetre which paid a duty of 1 cent per lb. :—

American Sporting, cent per lb.

United States Government,

cent per lb.

Shipping and Mining, cent per lb.

Guns, Gattling, 42 calibre and 10 barrels, $7.03 each gun, and 10 per cent. off.

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made for the Peabody fire-arm, 72 made for Colt's patent fire-arm, 14,42 Gun Trimmings, made for the Peabody fire-arm, 17 made for Colt's patent fire-arm, 6 made by Remington and Sons :For the iron used in the manufacture, 154 cents each gun, and 10 per cent. off.

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For the steel (when imported as such), 33 cents each gun, and 10 per cent. off.

For the steel made from imported iron, cent each gun, and 10 per cent. off.

and Systems, for the Winchester fire-arm, 84 cents each arm, and 10 per

cent. off.

Handles and Nozzles, made from sheet zinc and attached to tin cans (when tagger's tin is also used in making such nozzles), 243 cents per 100 cans.

Handles, made from sheet zinc and attached to tin cans without above-described nozzles, 14 cents per 100 cans.

Lanterns, from tin plates, same as duty paid: quantity determined by the measurement of the pieces composing such lanterns before they are put together.

Lead Pipe, same as duty paid.

Leather, sole, from hides, same as duty paid.

Linseed Oil, 64 cents per gallon.

Locomotive Tyres, from imported steel, same as duty paid; add 2 per cent. to exported weight to cover wastage in manufacture.

. Nails, cut, from sheet and plate iron, 1 cents per lb.

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horseshoe, from slit iron rods, same as duty paid.

Nail Rods, rolled, from iron, same as duty paid; add 9 per cent. to the exported weight

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to cover wastage in manufacture.

slit, from iron, same as duty paid; add 3 per cent. to exported weight to cover wastage in manufacture.

New England Rum, product of molasses, 5 cents per gallon.

Nozzles, made from tin plates, same as duty paid.

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flat screw-top, made from sheet zinc and attached to tin cans, 8 cents per

100

cans.

EXTRACTS FROM POST OFFICE ACT.

ACT OF JUNE 8, 1872.

AN ACT to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to the Post Office Department.

That mailable matter shall be divided into three classes: first, letters; second, regular printed matter; third, miscellaneous matter.

That mailable matter of the first class shall embrace all correspondence, wholly or partly in writing, except book-manuscripts and corrected proof-sheets passing between authors and publishers.

That mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all matter exclusively in print, and regularly issued at stated periods from a known office of publication, without addition by writing, mark, or sign.

That mailable matter of the third class shall embrace all pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, magazines, hand-bills, posters, unsealed circulars, prospectuses, books, book-manuscripts, proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blanks, flexible patterns, samples of merchandise not exceeding 12 ounces in weight, sample cards, phonographic paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, photographic representations of different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and all other matter which may be declared mailable by law, and all other articles not above the weight prescribed by law, which are not, from their form or nature, liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise injure the contents of the mail-bag or the person of any one engaged in the postal service. All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive materials, and obscene books shall be excluded from the mails. All matter of the third class, excepting books and other printed matter, book-manuscripts, proof-sheets, and corrected proof-sheets, shall not exceed 12 ounces in weight, and all matter of the third class shall be subject to examination and to rates of postage as hereinafter provided. Samples of metals, ores, and mineralogical specimens shall not exceed 12 ounces in weight, and shall be subject to examination and to rates of postage as herein-after provided.

That no package weighing more than 4 pounds shall be received for conveyance by mail, except books published or circulated by order of Congress.

That the Postmaster General shall furnish to the post offices exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such other offices as he may deem expedient, postal balances denominated in grams of the metric system, 15 grams of which shall be the equivalent, for postal purposes, of one half ounce avoirdupois, and so on in progression.

That postage on all mail-matter must be prepaid by stamps at the time of mailing, unless herein otherwise provided for.

That all mail-matter deposited for mailing, on which at least one full rate of postage has been paid as required by law, shall be forwarded to its destination, charged with the unpaid rate, to be collected on delivery.

That if any mail-matter, on which by law the postage is required to be prepaid at the mailing office, shall by inadvertence reach its destination without such prepayment, double the prepaid rates shall be charged and collected on delivery.

That no mail-matter shall be delivered until the postage due thereon has been paid. That on all mail-matter which is wholly or partly in writing, except book-manuscripts and corrected proofs passing between authors and publishers, and local or drop letters; on all printed matter which is so marked as to convey any other or further information than is conveyed by the original print, except the correction of mere typographical errors; on all matter which is sent in violation of law or the regulations of the department respecting inclosures; and on all matter to which no specific rate of postage is assigned, postage shall be charged at the rate of 3 cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof.

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That letters commonly known as drop or local letters, delivered through the post office or its carriers, shall be charged with postage at the rate of 2 cents where the system of free delivery is established, and 1 cent where such system is not established, for each half ounce or fraction thereof.

That on newspapers and other periodical publications, not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, sent from a known office of publication to regular subscribers, postage shall be charged at the following rates per quarter, namely: on publications issued less frequently than once a week, at the rate of 1 cent for each issue; issued once a week, 5 cents; and 5 cents additional for each issue more frequent than once a week. And an additional rate shall be charged for each additional 4 ounces or fraction thereof in weight.

That on mailable matter of the third class, except as herein stated, postage shall be charged at the rate of 1 cent for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. Double these rates shall be charged for books, samples of metals, ores, minerals, and merchandise.

That packages of woollen, cotton, or linen clothing, not exceeding 2 pounds in weight, may be sent through the mail to any non-commissioned officer or private in the army of the United States, if prepaid, at the rate of 1 cent for each 1 ounce or fraction thereof, subject to such regulation as the Postmaster General may prescribe.

That the rate of United States postage on mail-matter sent to or received from foreign countries with which different rates have not been established by postal convention or other arrangement, when forwarded by vessels regularly employed in transporting the mail, shall be 10 cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof on letters, unless reduced by order of the Postmaster General; 2 cents each on newspapers; and not exceeding 2 cents per each 2 ounces, or fraction thereof, on pamphlets, periodicals, books, and other printed matter, which postage shall be prepaid on matter sent and collected on matter received; and to avoid loss to the United States in the payment of balances, the Postmaster General may collect the unpaid postage on letters from foreign countries in coin or its equivalent.

That all letters conveyed by vessels not regularly employed in carrying the mail shall, if for delivery within the United States, be rated with double postage, to cover the fee paid to the vessel.

That to facilitate letter correspondence and provide for the transmission of the mails, at a reduced rate of postage, of messages, orders, notices, and other short communications, either printed or written in pencil or ink, the Postmaster General shall be, and he is hereby, authorised and directed to furnish and issue to the public, with postage stamps impressed upon them, "postal cards," manufactured of good stiff paper, of such quality, form, and size as he shall deem best adapted for general use; which cards shall be used as a means of postal intercourse, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster-General, and when so used shall be transmitted through the mails at a postage charge of 1 cent each, including the cost of their manufacture.

That any person who shall forge or counterfeit, or knowingly utter or use any forged or counterfeited postage stamp of any foreign government, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than 2 nor more than 10 years, at the discretion of the court.

That all mail-matter not herein-before specially made free must be prepaid by postage stamps.

That when the writer of any letter on which the postage is prepaid shall indorse upon the outside thereof his name and address, such letter shall not be advertised, but after remaining uncalled for at the office to which it is directed thirty days, or the time the writer may direct, shall be returned to him without additional charge for postage, and if not then delivered shall be treated as a dead-letter.

That prepaid and free letters shall be forwarded from one post office to another, at the request of the party addressed, without additional charge for postage.

That no person shall carry any letter or packet on board any vessel which carries the

EXTRACTS FROM POST OFFICE ACT.

ACT OF JUNE 8, 1872.

AN ACT to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to the Post Office Department.

That mailable matter shall be divided into three classes: first, letters; second, regular printed matter; third, miscellaneous matter.

That mailable matter of the first class shall embrace all correspondence, wholly or partly in writing, except book-manuscripts and corrected proof-sheets passing between authors and publishers.

That mailable matter of the second class shall embrace all matter exclusively in print, and regularly issued at stated periods from a known office of publication, without addition by writing, mark, or sign.

That mailable matter of the third class shall embrace all pamphlets, occasional publications, transient newspapers, magazines, hand-bills, posters, unsealed circulars, prospectuses, books, book-manuscripts, proof-sheets, corrected proof-sheets, maps, prints, engravings, blanks, flexible patterns, samples of merchandise not exceeding 12 ounces in weight, sample cards, phonographic paper, letter envelopes, postal envelopes and wrappers, cards, plain and ornamental paper, photographic representations of different types, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and all other matter which may be declared mailable by law, and all other articles not above the weight prescribed by law, which are not, from their form or nature, liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise injure the contents of the mail-bag or the person of any one engaged in the postal service. All liquids, poisons, glass, explosive materials, and obscene books shall be excluded from the mails. All matter of the third class, excepting books and other printed matter, book-manuscripts, proof-sheets, and corrected proof-sheets, shall not exceed 12 ounces in weight, and all matter of the third class shall be subject to examination and to rates of postage as hereinafter provided. Samples of metals, ores, and mineralogical specimens shall not exceed 12 ounces in weight, and shall be subject to examination and to rates of postage as herein-after provided.

That no package weighing more than 4 pounds shall be received for conveyance by mail, except books published or circulated by order of Congress.

That the Postmaster General shall furnish to the post offices exchanging mails with foreign countries, and to such other offices as he may deem expedient, postal balances denominated in grams of the metric system, 15 grams of which shall be the equivalent, for postal purposes, of one half ounce avoirdupois, and so on in progression.

That postage on all mail-matter must be prepaid by stamps at the time of mailing, unless herein otherwise provided for.

That all mail-matter deposited for mailing, on which at least one full rate of postage has been paid as required by law, shall be forwarded to its destination, charged with the unpaid rate, to be collected on delivery.

That if any mail-matter, on which by law the postage is required to be prepaid at the mailing office, shall by inadvertence reach its destination without such prepayment, double the prepaid rates shall be charged and collected on delivery.

That no mail-matter shall be delivered until the postage due thereon has been paid. That on all mail-matter which is wholly or partly in writing, except book-manuscripts and corrected proofs passing between authors and publishers, and local or drop letters; on all printed matter which is so marked as to convey any other or further information than is conveyed by the original print, except the correction of mere typographical errors; on all matter which is sent in violation of law or the regulations of the department respecting inclosures; and on all matter to which no specific rate of postage is assigned, postage shall be charged at the rate of 3 cents for each half ounce or fraction thereof.

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