do solemnly swear that I am the owner or exporter of the above-described articles, and that to the best of my knowledge and belief it is impracticable to have the same satisfactorily repaired in the United States. I, 191-, and report a detailed description thereof for the purpose of issuing a certificate of registration for identification upon return of the article- to the United States. 191-, at on SIR: You will please deliver, for examination, the article- described in your application, dated 191-, for the purpose of determining whether or not a certificate of registration may be issued pursuant to the regulations under paragraph 404 of the act of October 3, 1913. I, have supervised the packing and transfer to and lading of the above-described article on board the steamship' Inspector. At ports at which there is no appraiser and surveyor the direction for the examination and the supervision of the lading for exportation shall be made to an inspector. 2. The owner or exporter shall deliver, at his own expense, the articles to the place designated by the collector for examination, and shall also pay all expense in connection with the cording, sealing, and transfer of the articles to the exporting vessel or conveyance. 1 If by rail or parcel post, change form accordingly. 3. At the time of examination the articles will be marked, stamped, or tagged, if the same can be done without injury, in such manner as to readily secure their identification upon return to the United States. Photographs, or other means of identification, will be furnished appraising officers when required. Upon the receipt of the reports of the appraiser and inspector, showing the examination of the articles and their lading on the exporting conveyance, the collector will issue to the exporter a certificate of registration in the following form: port the following described article, which w- laden under customs super 4. Upon return of articles exported for repairs exceeding $100 in value there shall be filed with the entry a certified consular invoice, separately showing the value of the articles in their repaired condition and the cost or value of the repairs, or a bond given for its production, together with the certificate of registration and a declaration made by the consignee, owner, or agent having knowledge of the fact that the articles entered are the identical articles covered by the certificate of registration, and that the value or cost of repairs is correctly stated in the entry. When the value of the returned articles, including the repairs, is less than $100, a bill or statement showing separately the value of the articles in their repaired condition and the cost or value of the repairs may be accepted in lieu of a certified consular invoice. 5. Collectors will require at time of entry a deposit of estimated duties, based upon the value of the repairs, and will order all packages containing such articles to the appraiser's stores, when necessary, for identification of the articles and appraisement of the value of the repairs. In case the articles can not be identified from the invoice description and examination made with the articles exported, the appraiser will so report, and duties will be liquidated upon the entire value of the articles in their condition as imported. 6. Wearing apparel and other personal and household effects taken abroad and returned in the baggage of a passenger, and upon which repairs or alterations have been made abroad, will be admitted on If by rail or parcel post, change form accordingly. the payment of duties on the cost or value of repairs only, although not registered prior to exportation, provided that the cost or value of such repairs be declared and bills therefor or other evidence produced to the customs officers on the pier. If the cost or value of the repairs be not declared, the articles will be subject to duty upon their entire value. 7. Passengers will be required to state that the articles are the identical ones taken by them from the United States; that they were repaired abroad, and that to the best of their knowledge the cost or the value of the repairs shown by the bills or other evidence is correct. 8. "Repairs" is defined to mean any change, alteration, addition, renovation, cleaning, dyeing, etc., which does not destroy the identity of the article exported or create a new or different article. (78657.) CHARLES S. HAMLIN, Assistant Secretary. (T. D. 33891.) Drawback on olive oil. Drawback on purified, filtered, and clarified olive oil produced by the H. J. Heinz Co., of New York, N. Y., from olive oil imported in a raw or unfiltered state. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 19, 1913. SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under paragraph O of Section IV of the tariff act of October 3, 1913, and the drawback regulations (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911) on purified, filtered, and clarified olive oil manufactured by the H. J. Heinz Co., of New York, N. Y., from olive oil imported in a raw or unfiltered state. The olive oil as imported contains particles of vegetable and other foreign matter which remains therein at the time of production from the ripe olives, and the process of producing purified, filtered, and clarified olive oil consists of pressing the raw oil through some 240 layers of filtering material, which renders it of a grade and quality fit for table use. The allowance shall not exceed the quantity of olive oil appearing in the exported packages, as shown by the sworn statement of the manufacturer dated February 5, 1913, which is transmitted herewith for filing in your office. Supplemental sworn schedules may be filed covering other sizes of containers for purified, filtered, and clarified olive oil, and upon verification of such schedules drawback may be allowed on such olive oil exported in containers of the sizes covered thereby. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. CHARLES S. HAMLIN, (T. D. 33892.) Drawback on nut meats. Drawback on "nut meats" produced by the Cresca Co., of New York, N. Y., by the use of imported shelled almonds and filberts. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 19, 1913. SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under paragraph O of Section IV of the tariff act of October 3, 1913, and the drawback regulations (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on nut meats" produced by the Cresca Co., of New York, N. Y., by the use of imported shelled almonds and filberts. 66 The "nut meats" are produced from the imported shelled almonds and filberts by the following method: The nuts are steeped in warm water to loosen the skins, which are then removed by hand, after which the nuts are dried out and roasted in olive oil, salted, and packed in air-tight glass jars of retail size. If allowance is to be claimed on the waste incurred in preparing the "nut meats," the manufacturing record must show, in addition to the usual data, the date of production of each lot of "nut meats,” the weight of the almonds or filberts used, and the weight of the nut meats" produced. An abstract from such record shall be filed with each drawback entry. 66 The quantity of imported almonds or filberts which may be taken for the basis of the payment of drawback may equal the weight of the "nut meats" contained in the exported packages, as shown by the sworn statement of the manufacturer, dated September 26, 1913, transmitted herewith, with an addition to compensate for such loss. in weight as occurred in preparing the exported "nut meats," as shown by the abstract from the manufacturing record where such abstract is filed with the entry. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. (T. D. 33893.) CHARLES S. HAMLIN, Drawback on package dates. Drawback on package dates produced by the Smyrna Fruit Co., of New York, N. Y., by the use of dates imported in bulk. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 19, 1913. SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under paragraph O of Section IV of the tariff act of October 3, 1913, and the drawback regulations (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on package dates produced by the Smyrna Fruit Co., of New York, N. Y., from dates imported in bulk. The process of preparing the package dates consists of removing the broken fruit and all foreign matter, selecting and washing the dates and treating them in a sirup solution, after which they are packed in glass jars of a retail size. The allowance shall not exceed the quantity of dates appearing in the retail packages, as shown in the manufacturers' sworn statement, dated September 22, 1913, which is transmitted herewith for filing in your office. T. D. 33828 of November 1, 1913, amended to include automobiles and parts thereof manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation, of Detroit, Mich., with the use of castings made by the General Aluminum & Brass Castings Co., of Detroit, Mich., from imported aluminum. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 19, 1913. SIR: The department's regulations of November 1, 1913 (T. D. 33828), providing for the payment of drawback on automobiles and parts manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation with the use of castings made by the General Aluminum & Brass Castings Co., of Detroit, are hereby amended to include automobiles designated as Model 6 and parts thereof manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation from castings made by the General Aluminum & Brass Castings Co., of Detroit, from imported aluminum. The allowance shall not exceed the weight of the rough castings, as shown by the sworn statements of the Studebaker Corporation and the General Aluminum & Brass Castings Co., dated September 11, 1913, which are now on file in your office. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Detroit, Mich. (T. D. 33895.) CHARLES S. HAMLIN, Drawback on machinery. Drawback on metal-shaping machines manufactured by the E. W. Bliss Co., of New York, N. Y., with the use of imported dies or mandrils. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, November 19, 1913. SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under paragraph O of Section IV of the tariff act of October 3, 1913, and the drawback regulations (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on metal-shaping machines manufactured by the E. W. Bliss Co., of New York, N. Y., with the use of imported dies or mandrils. |