(T. D. 28675.) Length of gloves. Appeal directed from decision of Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 17755 (T. D. 28634), involving the classification of gloves. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 9, 1908. SIR: Referring to your letter of the 2d instant, in regard to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of the 19th ultimo, Abstract 17755 (T. D. 28634), involving the classification of certain gloves, you are hereby instructed, in view of the importance of the issue, to file an appeal for a review of the said decision in accordance with the provisions of section 15 of the act of June 10, 1890. Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. JAMES B. REYNOLDS, (T. D. 28676.) Drawback on steel rails. Acting Secretary. T. D. 22890 of March 16, 1901, establishing a rate of drawback on pig iron and other products manufactured by the Maryland Steel Company, of Sparrows Point, Md., amended. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 9, 1908. SIR: The Department's regulations of March 16, 1901 (T. D. 22890), establishing a rate of drawback on pig iron and other products manufactured from a mixture of imported and domestic ores by the Maryland Steel Company, of Sparrows Point, Md., are hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "The manufacturer shall keep the records of manufacture in such manner that the information now prescribed may be readily obtained by customs officers, and in addition thereto a record of the metallic percentage of domestic ores used and the percentage of loss sustained in converting iron into steel." The final metallic product of any block of manufacture shall equal the metallic product of the imported material used according to its metallic percentage plus the metallic product of the domestic material used according to its metallic percentage with an allowance of the actual loss sustained in converting iron into steel, as shown by the manufacturer's records, but such allowance shall not exceed 20 per cent on any block of manufacture, nor a yearly average of 13 per cent. The metallic percentages of materials used as the bases for allowance of drawback shall be the percentages ascertained by the independent chemist whose figures are accepted by the buyer and seller. The certificate of such chemist shall at all times be accessible to the customs officers. The metallic percentages certified by the independent chemist shall be compared with the percentages found by the official chemist of the manufacturers, and in cases of material difference samples shall be submitted to the United States chemist at the port of New York for analysis, and the metallic percentage found by him shall be used as the basis for allowance of drawback. Respectfully, JAMES B. REYNOLDS, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Baltimore, Md. (T. D. 28677) Drawback on maple sirup. Drawback on maple sirup manufactured by Hildreth & Segelken, of New York City, wholly with the use of imported maple and cane sugars.-T. D. 24900 of January 18, 1904, extended. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 10, 1908. SIR: The Department's regulations of January 18, 1904 (T. D. 24900), establishing a rate for the allowance of drawback on maple sirup manufactured by the Manierre-Yoe Syrup Company, of Chicago, Ill., with the use of imported maple sugar, are hereby extended, so far as applicable, to cover maple sirup manufactured by Hildreth & Segelken, of New York City, wholly from imported maple and cane sugars, in accordance with their sworn statement, dated November 25, 1907, transmitted herewith for filing in your office. In liquidation, the quantities of imported maple and cane sugars which may be taken as the bases for the allowance of drawback may be the quantities declared in the drawback entry, after official verification of exported quantities, provided that in no case shall such basic quantities of imported materials exceed the quantities given in the sworn statement of November 25, 1907, above referred to. JAMES B. REYNOLDS, Respectfully, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. Acting Secretary. (T. D. 28678.) Additional list of customs notaries. [Omitted from this edition.] (T. D. 28679.) Common carrier. Approving bond of Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company for transportation of merchandise in bond, and discontinuing shipments under bond which was approved March 19, 1907. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 10, 1908. SIR: The Department has approved the bond of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company, transmitted by its attorney in this city under date of the 30th ultimo, for the transportation of unappraised merchandise from any places in the United States which are now or may be hereafter designated by law as places from which unappraised merchandise may be transported to any places in the United States which are now or may be hereafter designated by law as ports to which such merchandise may be transported, and appraised merchandise between the several ports of entry and delivery in the United States and merchandise in transit through the United States, under the provisions of sections 3005 and 3006 of the Revised Statutes. You will discontinue the shipment of unappraised merchandise under the bond of said company which was approved March 19, 1907, and hold said bond without cancellation to meet any liability which may have accrued thereunder. Approving bond of Rutland Railroad Company for transportation of merchandise in bond TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 11, 1908. SIR: The [bond of the Rutland Railroad Company, transmitted with your letter of the 28th ultimo, for the transportation of merchandise in bond under sections 3000, 3001, 3005, and 3006 of the Revised Statutes, the act of June 10, 1880, and all acts and regulations relating thereto, is hereby approved, and one copy of said bond is transmitted herewith for the files of your office. Respectfully, COLLEC ECTOR OF CUSTOMS, New York. JAMES B. REYNOLDS, (T. D. 28681.) Common carrier. Approving bond of Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company for transportation of merchandise in bond, and discontinuing shipments under bonds which were approved January 12, 1905. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 11, 1908. SIR: The bond of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, transmitted with your letter of the 26th ultimo, for the transportation of merchandise in bond under sections 3000, 3001, 3005, and 3006 of the Revised Statutes, the act of June 10, 1880, and all acts and regulations relating thereto, is hereby approved, and one copy of said bond is transmitted herewith for the files of your office. You will discontinue the shipment of merchandise under the bonds of said company which were approved January 12, 1905, and hold said bonds without cancellation to meet any liability which may have accrued thereunder. Approving bond of the George W. Bush & Sons Company (Incorporated) for transportation of merchandise in bond, and discontinuing shipments under bond which was approved June 15, 1907. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 11, 1908. SIR: The bond of George W. Bush & Sons Company (Incorporated), received at the Department on the 4th instant, for the transportation of merchandise in bond under sections 3000, 3001, 3005, and 3006 of the Revised Statutes, the act of June 10, 1880, and all acts and regulations relating thereto, is hereby approved, and one copy thereof is inclosed herewith for the files of your office. You will discontinue the shipment of merchandise under the bond of this company which was approved June 15, 1907, and hold said. bond without cancellation to meet any liability which may have accrued thereunder. Respectfully, JAMES B. REYNOLDS, Acting Secretary. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Wilmington, Del. (T. D. 28683.) Drawback on venetian blinds. Drawback on venetian blinds manufactured by the Burlington Venetian Blind Company, of Burlington, Vt., in part with the use of imported interwoven cotton ladder tape. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 11, 1908. SIR: On the exportation of venetian blinds manufactured by the Burlington Venetian Blind Company, of Burlington, Vt., in part with the use of imported interwoven cotton ladder tape, a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the duty paid on the imported material so used, less the legal deduction of 1 per cent. The preliminary entry must show the marks and numbers of the shipping packages, the total number of blinds of each length and width and the number of strips of tape used on each blind more than 4 feet in width. The drawback entry must show the total number of blinds exported and the total quantity of tape used in the manufacture thereof, and, in addition to the usual averments, that the merchandise was manufactured of materials and in the manner set forth in the manufacturers' sworn statement, dated January 6, 1908, transmitted herewith for filing in your office. In liquidation, the quantity of imported tape which may be taken as the basis for the allowance of drawback may equal the quantity declared in the drawback entry, after official verification, but in no case shall an allowance be made on each strip of tape to exceed 2 inches in excess of the length of each blind. Respectfully, JAMES B. REYNOLDS, COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Burlington, Vt. (T. D. 28684.) Protest-Lithographic prints. Decision of the United States circuit court, southern district of New York, in Hensel, Bruckmann & Lorbacher v. United States, suit 4890 (T. D. 28637), acquiesced in. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, January 11, 1908. SIR: The Department is in receipt of a report from the United States attorney for the southern district of New York, in which he states that suit 4890, Hensel, Bruckmann & Lorbacher v. United States, involving the classification of lithographic prints, was recently decided in the United States circuit court for that district adversely to the Government. The merchandise in suit consisted of lithographic prints which were assessed with duty at the rate of 25 per cent ad valorem as |