12 CHICAGO DAILY NEWS ALMANAC FOR 1898. IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE, WITH RATE OF DUTY. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897. compared with the corresponding period of 1896. [Abbreviation: n. e. s., not elsewhere specified.] NOTE.-The new arrangement, combining free and dutiable, is made to conform to the tariff classification which took effect Aug. 28, 1894. 367,750 Art works.. Antimony ore, and regulus or metal...free..lbs. 4,087,425 of the U. S., returned, n. e. s......free. Art Works (free)-Imported from .free. ..dut.. Other Europe... British North America Other countries.. Total.. Asphaltum or bitumen, crude Books, music, maps, engravings, etc..free. 237,200 156,133 316.588 89,946 .free.. .dut.. 1,477,607 1,373,230 .25% Germany. British North America. Other countries... Total... Books, etc. (dut.)--Imported from The Chicago daily news almanac and yearbook .... George Edward Plumbe, James Langland 695,317 656,927 161,488 161,974 34,886 35.675 90,230 19,007 Catcar. aut...IbS. 343,732 19,689 1,525,409 32,742 .15% Rye.. Wheat... Wheat flour. dut...bu. 170 .20% .20% 6,848 2,250 9,914. 20% |