Customs Tariff for the Philippine Archipelago

(a) In jewelry or plate and silversmiths' wares, not set with pearls or
precious stones, N. W....

(b) In same set with pearls or precious stones, N. W

.hectog.. $3.00 .....hectog.. 15.50

28. Silver:

8.00

(d) Silver manufactured into articles other than jewelry or plate,
N. W

..hectog..

.80

(a) Gold and silver plated jewelry, N. W ..

kilo..

2.40

2.00

29. Gold and silver plated wares:

kilo..

(b) Gold and silver plated wares other than jewelry, N. W.......kilo..
Provided, that none of the articles classified under paragraphs 27, 28,
and 29 shall pay a less rate of duty than 20 per cent ad valorem.
GROUP 2.-CAST IRON.

Articles of malleable cast iron are dutiable as manufactures of wrought
iron.

30. Pigs, G. W
.100 kilos..
31. Articles not coated or ornamented with another metal or porcelain,
neither polished nor turned:

(a) Bars, beams, plates, grates for furnaces, columns and pipes, G. W.
100 kilos..

.10

.35

(b) Lubricating boxes for railway trucks and carriages, and railway
way chairs, G. W...........

32. Articles of all kinds not coated or ornamented with another metal or

.100 kilos.. 1.20

porcelain, either polished or turned, N. W.
33. Articles of all kinds, enameled, bronze gilt, tinned or coated, or orna-
mented with other metals or porcelain, N. W.

GROUP 3.-WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL.

.100 kilos.. 2.00

.34. Iron, soft or wrought, in ingots or "tochos," steel in ingots, G. W.,
100 kilos

35. Wrought iron or steel, rolled:
(a) Rails, G. W..........

.24

.100 kilos..

.30

(b) Bars and beams, neither perforated, riveted, with screws, nor cut
to measure, of all kinds (excepting fine crucible steel) including
rods, tires, and hoops, G. W
.100 kilos..

The rods in question are iron or steel rods exceeding eight millimeters
in thickness employed in the manufacture of iron wire.

.60

.100 kilos.. 1.05

Crucible steel is distinguishable from bar and other pieces of iron or common steel by its sharp edges. The surface is very smooth, of a bluish color darker than that of iron and its fracture is close grained. (This steel is generally imported in round, triangular, square, octagonal or flat bars.)

36. Wrought iron and steel sheets, rolled:

(a) Neither polished nor tinned of 3 millimeters and more in thick-
ness, G. W
100 kilos..
(b) Neither polished nor tinned of less than 3 millimeters in thick-
ness, and hoop iron, G. W
.100 kilos..

By hoop iron (fleges) shall be understood unpolished, flat bands or
circles less than 3 mm. in thickness.

.78

.100 kilos.. 1.00

(c) Tinned and tin plate, G. W
(d) Polished, corrugated, perforated, cold rolled, galvanized, or not,
and bands of polished hoop iron, G. W

16600-01

.100 kilos..

.90

37. Wrought iron or steel:

Cast in pieces in the rough, neither polished, turned, nor adjusted, weighing each

(a) 25 kilos or more, G. W.

(b) Less than 25 kilos, G. W.

38. Wrought iron or steel cast in pieces, finished:

100 kilos.. $0.75 .100 kilos.. 1.00

(a) Wheels weighing more than 100 kilograms, fish-plates, chairs,
sleepers, and straight axles; springs for railways and tramways;
lubricating boxes, G. W

..100 kilos..
(b) Wheels weighing 100 kilograms or less; springs other than for
railways and tramways; bent axles and cranks, G. W., 100
kilos..

39. Wrought iron or steel pipes:

(a) Covered with sheet brass, G. W

(b) Other, galvanized or not, G. W

40. Wrought iron or steel wire, galvanized or not: (a) 2 mm. or more in diameter, N. W.

(b) More than half and less than 2 mm. in diameter, N. W.100 kilos.. 1.00
mm. or less in diameter and wire covered with a textile,
N. W.....

(c)

.100 kilos.. 1.40

41. Wrought iron or steel in large pieces, composed of bars or bars and sheets fastened by means of rivets or screws; the same, unriveted, perforated, orcut to measure for bridges, frames and other buildings, G. W.100 kilos.. 1.00 42. Anchors, iron or steel plates for vessels, chains for vessels or machines, moorings, switches and signal disks, G. W.

43. Anvils, G. W

44. Wire gauze:

(a) Up to 40 threads per square inch, N. W

.100 kilos.. .50 100 kilos.. 1.75

.100 kilos.. 1.75

.kilo..

.04

(b) Of 40 threads or more per square inch, N. W 45. Cables, fencing (barbed wire), netting; furniture springs, N.W.100 kilos.. .75 46. Tools and implements, not apparatus, of wrought iron or steel: (a) Fine, for arts, trades and professions, partly or wholly of crucible steel, N. W

(b) Other, N. W

.100 kilos.. 5.00

100 kilos.. 1.50

Provided, that none of the articles classified under this para-
graph shall pay a less rate of duty than 15 per cent. ad valorem.

47. Screws, nuts, bolts, washers, and rivets, N. W..
48. Nails, clasp nails, tacks and brads, N. W
49. Saddlery hardware:

100 kilos.. 2.00

.100 kilos.. 1.00

(a) Common, made of iron or steel, common bits, spurs, and all finishes
of common harness, not nickeled or covered with other metals or
materials, N. W...

(b) The same ornamented, nickeled or covered with other mate-
rials, N. W

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54. Cutlery:
(a) Butchers', shoemakers', saddlers', kitchen, bread, vegetable,
cheese, plumbers', and painters' knives, with wood handles,
table knives and forks, with wood handles, scissors and shears,
with glazed or japanned bows, N. W
...kilo..

.15

54. Cutlery-Continued.

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(b) Pocket cutlery, side arms (not fire), and parts for the foregoing;
razors, N. W..

.kilo.. $0.60

kilo.. .05

(d) Surgical and dental instruments, fishing hooks, and all other
cutlery, including scissors and shears not otherwise provided
for, N. W:.
..kilo..
Provided, that none of the articles classified under paragraphs
51, 52, 53, and 54 shall pay a less rate of duty than 15 per cent ad
valorem.

55. Small arms and barrels:

.30

kilo.. .25 ..kilo..

.60

(a) Barrels, unfinished, for portable arms, N. W
(b) Barrels, finished, for portable arms, N. W
(c) Pistols and revolvers, also their detached parts, except barrels,
N. W.

.kilo.. 3.00

56. Other arms, breech and muzzle loading, and detached parts thereof, except barrels, N. W.

57. Manufactures of tin plate, N. W.

kilo.. 2.00 .100 kilos.. 5.00

58. Wrought iron or steel in common articles of all kinds not specially mentioned, though coated with lead, tin, or zinc, or painted or varnished, N. W .100 kilos.. 2.50

59. Wrought iron or steel in articles of all kinds not specially mentioned, fine, i. e., polished, enameled, coated with porcelain, nickel, or other metals (with the exception of lead, tin, zinc, gold or silver), or with ornaments, borders, or parts of other metals (except gold or silver), or combined with glass or earthenware, N. W

100 kilos.. 4.00

Provided, that none of the articles classified under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than 15 per cent ad valorem.

GROUP 4.-COPPER AND ALLOYS OF COMMON METALS WITH COPPER (BRASS, BRONZE, ETC.).

60. Copper scales (lamina) copper of first fusion, old copper, brass, etc., G. W

61. Copper and alloys of copper; in ingots, G. W. 62. The same rolled in bars of all kinds, G. W

63. The same rolled in sheets, G. W.

64. The same in wire, galvanized or not:

(a) 1 m. m. or more in diameter, N. W

(b) Less than 1 m. m. in diameter, N. W
(c) Silvered or nickeled, N. W

.100 kilos..

1.50

.100 kilos.. 2.00

.100 kilos.. 2.25

.100 kilos.. 2.50

.100 kilos.. 4.50 100 kilos.. 4.50 kilo.. .35

65. The same in wire, covered with textiles, not elsewhere provided for, or with insulating materials, cables for conducting electricity over public thoroughfares, N. W..

66. The same in wire gauze:

(a) Up to 200 threads per inch, N. W..

(b) Of 200 threads or more per inch, N. W.

.100 kilos.. 5.00

kilo.. .04 ..kilo.. .10

67. The same in pipes, bearings, plates for fireplaces, and boiler-makers' wares, partially wrought, G. W

.100 kilos.. 3.25

68. The same in nails and tacks, crochet hooks, pins, pens and hairpins:

(a) Nails and tacks, bronze gilt, or nickeled, N. W

(b) Nails and tacks, other, N. W

kilo.. .20 ..kilo.. .05

..kilo.. .30

69. Copper and alloys of copper:

.50

(a) In articles not specially mentioned, varnished or not, N. W..kilo.. $0.15
(b) In articles of bronze gilt or nickeled, not specially mentioned, ex-
cept when exclusively used for sanitary constructions, N. W.kilo.
(c) In articles of bronze gilt or nickeled, when exclusively used for
sanitary constructions, N. W....
kilo..
By "sanitary constructions" are meant the fixtures, fittings and
attachments such as pipes, valves, drains, spigots, basins, faucets, and
douches, used in modern sanitary house-plumbing, and for bath

rooms.

Provided, that none of the articles classified under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than 15 per cent ad valorem.

GROUP 5.-OTHER METALS AND THER ALLOYS.

70. Mercury, G. W...

71. Nickel, aluminum and their alloys:

(a) In lumps or ingots, G. W..

(b) In bars, sheets, pipes and wire, N. W

72. Tin and alloys thereof:

(a) In lumps or ingots, G. W

(b) In bars, sheets, pipes and wire, N. W.

.20

.kilo.. .10

.100 kilos.. 4.00 100 kilos.. 6.00 .kilo.. .10

.100 kilos.. 2.00 .100 kilos.. 3.50

N. W

(d) In other articles of all kinds, N. W...

73. Zinc, lead and other metals, not specially mentioned, as well as their alloys:
(a) In lumps or ingots, G. W
100 kilos..
(b) In bars, sheets, pipes and wire, including shot, G. W .100 kilos..
(c) Articles bronze gilt or nickeled, except when exclusively used for
sanitary construction, N. W

.kilo.. (d) Articles bronze gilt or nickeled, when used exclusively for sanitary construction, N. W.. kilo..

.50

(e) Zinc nails and tacks, neither bronze gilt nor nickeled, N. W....kilo....
(ƒ) In other articles, including type, N. W.
..kilo..

.20 .06

. 15

Provided, that none of the articles classified under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than 15 per cent ad valorem.

GROUP 6.-WASTES AND SCORIÆ.

74. Filings, shavings, cuttings of iron or steel, and other wastes of cast iron or from the manufacture of common metals, fit only for resmelting, G. W

75. Scoriæ resulting from the smelting of ores, G. W..

CLASS III.—Substances employed in pharmacy and chemical industries, and products composed of these substances.

GROUP 1.-SIMPLE DRUGS.

76. Oleaginous seed, copra or cocoanuts, G. W.

77. Resins and gums:

100 kilos.. $0.30

(a) Colophony, pitch (vegetable), and similar products, G. W., 100

kilos

.25

(b) Spirits of turpentine, N. W

100 kilos..

1.75

kilos

3.00

78. Extracts of licorice, camphor, aloes, and other similar vegetable juices not elsewhere provided for, N. W.....

79. Tan bark, G. W.

100 kilos.. $5.00 100 kilos..

80. Opium:

.10

(a) Crude, N. W..

81. Other simple vegetable products not mentioned specially, N: W.100 kilos.. 82. Animal products employed in medicine not specially mentioned, N. W., 100 kilos.

(b) The same manufactured or prepared for smoking or other pur-
poses, N. W...
kilo..

.kilo.. 3.00

3.50

2.50

1.50

GROUP 2.-COLORS, DYES, AND VARNISHES.

83. Natural colors (ochers, etc.), in powder or lumps, G. W...................100 kilos.. 84. Artificial colors of metallic bases:

(a) White and red lead in powder or lumps, N. W.

. 25

100 kilos.. 1.00

(b) White and red lead prepared in the paste, oil or water, also lead or
colored pencils, N. W..

100 kilos.. 3.00

(d) Other artificial colors of metallic bases prepared in paste, oil, or
water, N. W

2.00

....100 kilos.. 5.00

All prepared paints of metallic bases, ready for use, mixed with other oil than linseed oil or turpentine, and all prepared paints of metallic bases, ready for use, containing barytes, chalk, terra alba or iron rust shall be dutiable under paragraph d of this number, with a surtax of 50 per cent.

85. Other artificial colors in powder, crystals, lumps or paste, including lithographic inks, and charcoal pencils for drawing, N. W.

86. Natural dyes:

(a) Woods, barks, roots, etc., for dyeing, G. W..
(b) Madder or rubian, G. W...

87. Artificial dyes:

kilo.. .15

.100 kilos.. .20 100 kilos.. 2.25

kilo.. . 10

(a) Extracts from logwood, orchilla, and other dyeing extracts, N. W.,

100 kilos...

(b) Writing and drawing inks, N. W

(d) Colors derived from coal, N. W

88. Varnishes, N. W