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Reappraisements, December 15, 1898.

19735.-H. S. Hdkfs., from Domas & Co., Walzenhauser, November 3, 1898. 5797, linen hdkfs., entered at 22.99, advanced to 34.48 francs per dozen. Discount 5 per cent. Packing included.

19131.-Hides of cattle, raw, from Marco A. Villegas, Barranquilla. August 29, 1898. Dry arsenic cured hides, entered at 5, advanced to 7.50 Colombian currency per hide.

19662.-Hides of cattle, raw, from Juan Piza y Mais, Porto Rico, October 29, 1898. Green salted hides, No. 2, entered at .05, advanced to .055 dollar per pound.

19626, 19625.-Hides of cattle, raw, from Rigoberto Sanchez Bruno, Guayaquil, October 29, 1898. Entered at .20, advanced to .22 sucre per pound.

19356.-White china, from Geo. Borgfeldt & Co., Sonneberg, September 19, 1898. Porzelan kapseln, No. 56, entered at 5 marks per 1000; no advance. Add cartons and cases.

19585.-Bulbs, from Meng Kee, Canton, August 23, 1898. Lily bulbs, entered at 2, advanced to 3 Mexican dollars per package of 4 baskets. Add matting, wrapper, and rattan.

19691/2.-Cigars, from Henry Clay & Bock & Co., Havana, November 22, 1898. Longfellows, Tel Esp des Bock & Co., entered at 300 gold pesos per 1000. Perfectos, H. Clay, entered at 105 gold pesos per 1000. Similar goods, similar values; no advance. Discount 2 per cent, add 6 per cent. Add cases.

19699.-Chip hats, spangled trimming, &c., from Th. Schilling & Co., Paris, November 25, 1898. Samples bonnets, entered at 20, advanced to 40 francs. Samples spangled crowns, entered at 20, advanced to 75 francs. Samples bonnets, entered at 35, advanced to 50 francs. Samples hat frames, entered at 20, advanced to 30 francs. Add cases and packing.

19618.-Mfrs. paper, from E. H. Tuska, Yokohama, August 5, 1898. Paper napkins, 27352, entered at .85, advanced to .93 silver yen per 1,000. Add cases.

19629.-Anchovies, from Pis Mors for T., Genoa, October 24, 1898. Entered at 2.25 lire per tin; no advance.

1898.

19646.-Mfrs. silk and cotton, from Henon & Co., Lyons, November 12, White satin ribbon, C B 3"", entered at 1.90 francs per 100 meters; no advance. Discount 20 per cent. Add cases and packing.

REAPPRAISEMENTS BY BOARDS.

5600/19482.-Hides of cattle, raw, from Ordaz, Liljehult & Co., Tonala, September 30, 1898. Tercios cueros de res, entered at .40 Mexican dollar per kilo; no advance.

Reappraisements, December 16, 1898.

19517.-Skins dressed and finished, from Glace-Lederfabrik, Muhlburg, October 13, 1898. Colored lambskins, 1D, entered at 150, advanced to 180 marks per 100 skins. Colored lambskins, KC, entered at 260, advanced to 280 marks per 100. Black lambskins, KC, entered at 260, advanced to 280 marks per 100. Discount 5 per cent on entered values. Advanced values, net.

Add cases.

19695.-Fruit in own juice, from Jos. L. Hirsch, Budapest, October 7, 1898. Plum marmalade, entered at 10.50, advanced to 13 florins per 100 kilos. Add barrels at 1 florin each.

19694. Greenhouse stock, from The Horticultural Co., Boskoop, November 16, 1898. Clematis, 1 year, entered at 10.294, advanced to 15 florins per 100.

4933 O. P., Port Huron.-Calcium carbide, from The Sunlight Gas Co., Montreal, October 27, 1898. Carbide seconds, entered at 30 dollars per ton of 2000 pounds, advanced to 58 dollars per ton of 2240 pounds.

Reappraisements, December 17, 1898.

19707.-Mfrs. flax, from William Chalmers, Dundee, November 18, 1898. 19/36, Hd. linen towels, 2038, entered at 3/1 per dozen; no advance. Discount, 2 per cent. Add cases.

19683.-Anchovies n. s. p. f., from Angelo Parodifu, Genoa, November 8, 1898. Entered at 80, advanced to 100 lire per 100 kilos.

19461.- Wool knit wearing apparel, from Ludwig Weber, Erfurt, October 8, 1898. Ice wool squares, 32H 90, entered at 11.50, advanced to 12.50 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 32H 100, entered at 14.20, advanced to 15.20 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 35K 80, entered at 14.20, advanced to 15.20 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 10E 80, entered at 6, advanced to 6.50 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 440 75, entered at 11, advanced to 12 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 35D 80, entered at 14.20 marks per dozen; no advance. Ice wool squares, 23F 70, entered at 8, advanced to 8.60 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 12D 70, entered at 6, advanced to 6.70 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 33G 80, entered at 11, advanced to 12 marks per dozen. Shetland shawls, 23D 90, entered at 6.40, advanced to 6.90 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 44M 100, entered at 20.50, advanced to 22 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 25B 90, entered at 17.50, advanced to 18.75 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 46M 90, entered at 21, advanced to 22.50 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 35D 100, entered at 22, advanced to 23.50 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 35C 80, entered at 14.20, advanced to 15.20 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 14B 80, entered at 12, advanced to 13 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 11X 85, entered at 8, advanced to 8.60 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 32H 90, entered at 11.50, advanced to 12.50 marks per dozen. Ice wool squares, 11C 75, entered at 6, advanced to 6.50 marks per dozen. Add packing.

19653.-Skins dressed and finished, from L. Pastori, Naples, October 180 skins for gloves, entered at 440, advanced to 542 lire

28, 1898. for all.

CUSTOMS.

(20452.)

Changes in Statistical Schedules A and E, classification for returns of

imported commodities.

[Circular No. 204.]

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 17, 1898. To collectors and other officers of the customs:

The following are changes made in the statistical schedules A and E of the Bureau of Statistics of this Department, and are published for the guidance of customs officers in rendering returns of imports to that Bureau. The changes in Schedule A will take effect January 1 next, and in Schedule E with transactions from and after October 1 last.

SCHEDULE A OF JUNE 14, 1898.
Page 11, Class 184, “Lemons," insert unit of quantity "Lb.”

Class 185, “Oranges," insert unit of quantity "Lb.”

SCHEDULE E OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1897.

....No.

Page 11, change class 263 to read as follows:
Furs and fur skins undressed, not specially provided for-

263. Sealskins, raw....
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263a. All other..... Page 19, strike out of class 633 the words "and sulphide of.” Page 33, change class 1061 to read as follows: Furs, dressed on the skin, but not made up into articles-1061. Seal.......

....No. 192

1061a. Other........ Change class 1067 to read as follows: Manufactures of, not specially provided for

1067. Seal........ 192

1067a. All other......

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MONTHLY RETURNS OF IMPORTED SEALSKINS.

Collectors are directed to discontinue the special monthly returns of imported sealskins required by circular letter of the Bureau of Statistics under date of January 18, 1898. 76

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GOODS IMPORTED UNDER CONSULAR SEAL.

Collectors are directed to discontinue the monthly return to the Bureau of Statistics of goods imported under consular seal at exterior ports, and received at interior ports, authorized by circular letters from that Bureau dated August 9, 1898.

0. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary.

(20453.)

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Paintings on china or porcelain. Square or oblong pieces of china or porcelain upon which portraits or pictures are

painted with chemical colors and fired in a kiln, dutiable at 35 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 85, act of 1894, as "plaques

painted * * # or otherwise decorated in any manner," and not free as paintings in oil or water colors.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 21, 1898. SIR : The United States attorney for the southern district of New York reports, under date of the 10th instant, that the case of Bour & Bouillen v. The United States (suit 2272) was decided in the United States circuit court for that district in favor of the Government, the court affirming the decision of your Board in the case.

The merchandise in suit consisted of square or oblong pieces of china or porcelain, upon which were portraits or pictures painted by artists with chemical colors and afterwards fired in a kiln. Duty was assessed at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 85 of the act of August 28, 1894, under the enumeration “china, porcelain, parian, bisque, earthen, stope, and crockery ware, including plaques, etc." The importers protested, claiming the merchandise to be free of duty under paragraph 575 of the same act as “paintings in oil or water colors."

The decision of the court is as follows:

The articles in question are flat, rectangular porcelain panels, decorated by means of paints, composed of powders mixed in oil or water, and known as mineral colors, as distinguished from oil and water colors. The decoration of those articles is then completed by a process of firing. The evidence is very strong that the articles are commercially known as plaques ; but in view of the finding of the Board of General Appraisers, as I understand that finding, that it is not satisfactorily shown that they are commercially known as plaques, I do not feel disposed to disturb that finding. The utmost, however, that can be claimed on behalf of the importers is that it has not been shown that these articles are commercially known as plaques. We are then brought to the question as to what they are in fact and how they are known and designated in common speech. The testimony of the appellant himself and of his witnesses, and the ordinary understanding of people, as the court understands it, fortified by the dictionary definition, all seem to show that these articles are plaques in common speech. Webster says a plaque is "any flat, thin piece of metal, or clay, or ivory, or similar material,

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