be used by him on entry of the lumber at the port of destination, transmit one copy by mail to the collector of customs at the port where entry of said lumber is to be made, and retain the other for the files of his office.

On arrival of the lumber at the port of destination in the United States the same may be delivered to the consignee if the collector at such port shall be satisfied that the lumber arriving is that covered by the manifest received by him by mail, otherwise entry with payment of duties will be required.

PRODUCTS OF TIMBER ON ST. JOHN RIVER.

ART. 531. Citizens of the United States owning timber grown upon the river St. John or its tributaries in the State of Maine, and desiring to import the product thereof into ports of the United States free of duty, such timber having been exported through the channel of the St. John River and sawn in the Province of New Brunswick, must also comply with the following regulations:

They shall present to the collector of customs at Houlton, Me., or to the deputy collector nearest the place from which the logs are to be floated, the manifest in triplicate and the surveyor's affidavit (Forms Nos. 27 and 28). The collector at Houlton, or the deputy before whom the manifest of logs is verified, will transmit one copy thereof by mail to the United States consular officer at St. John, New Brunswick, deliver one copy to the owner of the logs or his agent, and retain the remaining copy for the files of his office. A record of such manifests shall be kept in proper books by the collector of customs at Houlton, Me.

ART. 532. The United States consul at St. John will keep a proper book of record, in which he will enter all "manifests of logs" received from the United States customs officers, and also receive and file duplicates of the usual returns made from day to day by the St. John official scalers to the American mills.

Upon shipping to the United States lumber sawn from the aforesaid logs the shipper shall file a statement under oath with the United States consul at St. John, distinctly setting forth the kind and quantity of lumber to be exported to the United States, its quality, value per thousand feet, where and by whom manufactured, and the number, kind, and marks of logs from which manufactured. If the total quantity of lumber so exported to the United States and manufactured from any specific "mark of logs" does not exceed by 7 per cent the number of feet

estimated for the logs of that mark and credited on the books of the consul as per "St. John scale," the consul will issue his certificate for the free entry of the lumber into the United States. No "overrun" will, however, be allowed by the consul in excess of 7 per cent above the quantity credited as per "St. John scale" on the books of the consul above mentioned.

TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDISE, NOT DUTIABLE, FROM ONE PORT IN THE UNITED STATES TO ANOTHER THROUGH THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK.

ART. 533. When goods, wares, and merchandise are to be shipped from any port in the United States, in transit through the Province of New Brunswick, to another port in the United States, the owner or shipper thereof shall present to the principal officer of customs at the port of departure in the United States a manifest thereof in triplicate, setting forth the ownership and the number of packages, kind of goods, quantity, value, the route by which it is intended to transport them, and their port of destination. He shall also make affidavit to such manifest before said customs officer, who shall retain one copy for the files of his office, transmit one copy by mail to the collector of customs at the port of first arrival in the United States, and deliver the remaining copy to the owner or shipper of said goods, wares, and merchandise, to accompany them in their transit. All such goods, wares, and merchandise shall, whenever it is practicable, be corded and sealed by said customs officer at the port of departure.

FORM NO. 35.

Transit manifest through New Brunswick.

PORT OF

Manifest of goods, wares, and merchandise about to be shipped to the port of in their transit passing through the territory

of the Province of New Brunswick.

Owner or shipper of goods.

Number of pack-
ages and kind of
goods.

Quantity, in
pounds, gallons, or Value.
otherwise.

Consignee's

name.

I,

owner (or shipper) of the above-described merchandise, do hereby declare that it is intended to transport the same

over [name the route] to the port of

and I solemnly swear that the statements herein contained are in every respect true. So help me God.

Owner (or Shipper).

I hereby certify that

DISTRICT OF
Port of

the owner (or shipper) of the

goods, wares, and merchandise described in the above manifest, personally appeared before me and made affidavit to the truth of the statement therein contained.

[SEAL.]

Deputy Collector.

ART. 534. Upon arrival of the merchandise at the first frontier port of the United States after its transit through New Brunswick the manifest thereof shall be presented to the principal officer of customs at that port, who shall cause such merchandise to be examined; and if the seals thereon are found to be intact, said officer will break such seals, and if satisfied that the goods are in the same condition as when shipped from the point of departure, he will deliver the same to the consignee.

ART. 535. Should, however, the seals on said goods, wares, and merchandise be found by inspection to have been tampered with, or the goods appear to have been changed during their transit, the officer will detain them in his custody, cause them to be examined and compared with the manifest, and notify the Secretary of the Treasury of the same, giving such information in reference thereto as may have come to his knowledge, and await instructions in regard to their final disposition.

ART. 536. Passengers' baggage may be corded and sealed by customs officers at the port of departure upon the request of the owners, and in such cases no manifests as above provided shall be required; and if upon arrival at the frontier port after its transit through New Brunswick the seals are found intact, they shall be broken by the principal officer of the customs and the baggage passed free of duty.

ART. 537. When goods, wares, and merchandise pass through the Province of New Brunswick in transit to ports in the United States via the St. John River, the manifest thereof shall be in quadruplicate, three copies of which shall be disposed of as aforesaid, and the fourth copy shall be transmitted by mail to the United States customs officer at Fredericton, New Brunswick, who, upon arrival of the goods, wares, and merchandise, shall supervise their transshipment, examining the same to see that they agree with the description set forth in the manifest thereof and

that the seals on the same are intact. If the goods are found to agree with said description and the seals are intact, he shall so certify on the manifest accompanying the said goods in their transit, giving the date of the transshipment under his supervision and the proposed mode of conveyance thence to the place of their destination. Such certificate shall be in the following form:

FORM NO. 36.

Certificate on manifest of goods in transit via St. John River.

FREDERICTON, N. B.,

I hereby certify that I have examined the packages of goods, wares, and merchandise described in the foregoing manifest, the same being in transit through the Province of New Brunswick to the port of

—, in the United States, and I find that they agree with the description in said manifest, and that the seals on the same are intact. I do further certify that the same have been this day transshipped under my supervision, and go forward to their destination by whereof is master.

United States Customs Officer at Fredericton, Ñ. B.

ART. 538. If said United States customs officer at Fredericton, New Brunswick, shall find that the goods, wares, and merchandise, in transit as aforesaid, do not agree with the description set forth in the manifest accompanying them, or if he finds that the seals on the same have been in any way tampered with, or that there is anything unusual or irregular in regard to their condition, he will report such facts in detail to the collector of customs at the port in the United States to which such goods are destined.

ART. 539. Upon the arrival of such goods at the port of destination in the United States, they shall be delivered as hereinbefore provided, if the principal officer of customs at said port of destination is satisfied of their being in the same condition as when they left the port of departure in the United States, and that they agree with the description set forth in the manifest. If they shall be found to disagree with the manifest, or if the seals have in any way been tampered with, or if he have reason to believe that the same are in a different condition from that in which they were when manifested at the port of departure, he will detain them in his custody, cause them to be examined and compared with the manifest, and report the facts to the Secretary of the Treasury, awaiting his instructions as to their final disposition.

ART. 540. Merchandise free of duties, transported under the regulations above cited, need not be accompanied by

any certificate from the customs officers in the district whence it leaves the United States, and need not be sealed. A manifest in the usual form, however, must be presented to the customs officers at the port of arrival in the United States.

Act July 24,

1897, 473.

ANIMALS FOR BREEDING PURPOSES.

ART. 541. In making free entry of animals the importer T.D.20833,21298. must produce a duly certified invoice and a certificate of identification, sworn to by him.

T. D. 17703.

It having been ascertained that animals which are crossbred and others with unknown pedigrees have been recorded in certain registers, with the sole object of making them eligible for free entry into the United States, and as paragraph 473 of the act of July 24, 1897, provides that no animal shall be admitted free unless pure bred of a recognized breed, the object of the law being, in the opinion of this Department and the Department of Agriculture, to exclude from free entry animals not absolutely pure bred, it is hereby directed that no animal imported for breeding purposes shall be admitted free of duty unless the importer furnishes a certificate of the record and pedigree in the form hereafter given in the appended list of registers, showing that the animal is pure bred, and has been admitted to full registry in a book of record established for that breed, and that its sire and dam and grandsires and granddams were all recorded in a book of record established for the same breed. An affidavit by the owner, agent, or importer that such animal is the identical animal described in said certificate of record and pedigree must be presented.

ART. 542. In the case of sheep, females are frequently recorded by flocks, and not individually; therefore, whenever the names of individual ancestors can not be given in the pedigree, the certificate should be filled out in such manner as to show the volume and page of the flock book in which the ancestors for two generations are recorded.

Unless the certificate of record and pedigree herein provided for is produced, the animal shall be considered dutiable as not being pure bred of a recognized breed, and duly registered in the book of record established for that breed.

ART. 543. In case such certificate is not at hand at the time of the arrival of the animals, duties should be estimated thereon and deposited, and the animals delivered to the importer, who may, within ten days, file a written