of the act of October 3, 1913, which provides that Schedule K of the said act "shall be effective on and after the 1st day of January, 1914, until which date the rates of duty now provided by Schedule K of the existing law shall remain in full force and effect." The department construes paragraph 310 to mean that only the articles and manufactures of wool provided for in paragraphs 286 to 309 of the present tariff act shall be subject to duty under the provisions of Schedule K of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, until January 1, 1914, and not that all articles and manufactures of wool, which were classified under Schedule K of the act of August 5, 1909, shall continue to be classified under the said schedule until January 1, 1914. It follows from the foregoing that, in the opinion of the department, articles embraced in Schedule K of the former act, but which are now provided for in schedules other than Schedule K of the present act, are not covered by the provision in paragraph 310, and as paragraph 422 is in the free list of the present act, this paragraph became operative on October 4, 1913, and, therefore, press cloths composed of camel's hair, imported expressly for oil milling purposes and marked so as to indicate that they are for such purposes, and cut into lengths not to exceed 72 inches and woven in widths not under 10 inches nor to exceed 15 inches, and weighing not less than onehalf pound per square foot, are entitled to entry free of duty. CHARLES S. HAMLIN, Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. (T. D. 33822.) Assistant Secretary. Free entry of cigars, cigarettes, and whisky. Privilege of free entry of cigars, cigarettes, and spirits, wines, or other beverages, referred to in article 618, Customs Regulations of 1908, not to be extended to persons frequently crossing into Canada. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 30, 1913. SIR: The department is in receipt of your letter of the 8th instant, requesting instructions as to whether the provisions of article 618 of the Customs Regulations of 1908 relating to the free entry of cigars, cigarettes, and whisky should be applied in the case of persons living near the border who make short or frequent trips to Canada in automobiles and other vehicles. The provisions of article 618 of the Customs Regulations is intended. to apply only to bona fide passengers arriving in the United States from a foreign country, and such privilege should not be extended to persons who cross into contiguous foreign territory and return after an absence of a few hours, or of one or two days, nor do they apply to persons crossing the boundary line for the purpose of making such purchases. Number of yarn in cotton cloth. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, October 30, 1913. To collectors of customs and others concerned: The attention of customs officers is invited to the provisions of paragraphs 252 and 253 of the act of October 3, 1913, relative to the rate of duty on cotton cloth. Under the provisions of paragraph 253 the rates of duty are to be ascertained according to the average number of the yarns in the condition in which imported. The length of the yarn is to be counted as equal to the distance covered by it in the cloth, all clipped threads to be measured as if continuous, and all ply yarns to be separated into singles and the count taken of the total singles; any excessive sizing is to be removed by boiling or other suitable process. The number of the yarn is the English number of 840 yards to a pound for a No. 1 yarn. The average number of the yarn may be found without unraveling the fabric, and is the quotient of the division of the total thread length by the weight in the proportion of 840 yards of yarn equaling 1 pound of 7,000 grains or 1 yard of yarn equaling 83 grains, which is equivalent to a No. 1 yarn. The following simple formula may be used: Multiply the count of threads per square inch by the number of square inches in the sample used, this product to be multiplied by 100; then divide the product thus obtained by the weight of the sample in grains multiplied by 432. The quotient will give the number of the yarn. For example, take a sample of cotton cloth 4 inches square, which equals 16 square inches, having 28 warp and 28 woof threads, a total of 56 threads to the square inch, and weighing 8.6 grains. The formula applied would be as follows: 56 x 16 x 100 8.6 x 432 =24, the number of the yarn. The formula may be further simplified by weighing a square yard of said cloth and dividing the number of threads per square inch by 1/300 of the weight of a square yard in grains. Samples of all cotton cloth should be forwarded to the United States appraiser at New York on the C. V. R. cards, under the provisions of T. D. 31936. When a square yard or more is available for test the following formula may be used: Number of threads per square inch x 24 Average number of yarn. Great care should be exercised to ascertain the exact count, measurement, and weight of each sample. The following tables are appended for the convenience of customs officers and others concerned. (99268.) CHARLES S. HAMLIN, Assistant Secretary. TABLE NO. 1. This table is based upon the total single threads per square inch and the weight per 16 square inches in grains. In counting the threads per square inch all ply yarns must be separated into singles and the count taken of the total singles. How to use table.-If a sample contains 51 threads per square inch and weighs more than 20.99 grains per 16 square inches, the average number of yarn composing the sample is less than No. 9. If the sample is lighter and weighs between 20.99 grains and 9.94 grains, the average number of yarn is between No. 9 and No. 19. Whenever the weight found is within 4 per cent of its given equivalent weight in the table, it will be necessary to make further trials of at least four samples; and if the average weight is again found to be within 4 per cent, the sample must be conditioned-i. e., dried to bone dryness and a regain of 7 per cent added back. Should the limits of the table be exceeded, divide or multiply the threads and weight by 2. TABLE 1.-Showing the average yarn number and rate of duty. |