All other staple goods of this colony not mentioned above, also mineral ores and other mineral products, shall be subject to an export duty of 5 per cent ad valorem.

GUADELOUPE.

[Corrected up to June, 1899.]

With the exception of the following special import tariff, all imports into Guadeloupe are subject to the rates specified in the import tariff of France. The local tariffs immediately following are charges wholly applicable to Guadeloupe, and asserted for the local purposes given.

Articles.

FRENCH WEST INDIES.

IMPORT TARIFF.

Champagne

Vinegar of all sorts other than perfumery vinegars.

Cheese of all kinds.

Butter, salted and made up, margarine, and oleomargarine.

Tallow

Refined edible oils:

.....do
.....do

Consul Ayme writes from Guadeloupe May 24, 1898: "Changes have been made in the duties on certain articles imported into this colony in considerable quantities, and, in great measure, from the United States. I inclose a tabular statement of these new duties." (See p. 814.)

Head

Cigars and cigarettes.
Cut or powdered..
Leaf.

.....do

..do

Unit.

100 kilograms (220.46
pounds) net.
.do

100 kilograms...

100 kilograms gross...

Articles.

SUPPLEMENT.

NEW DUTIES IN GUADELOUPE.

Francs.

General.'

200 $38.60

150 28.95

75

50

35

General tariff dues are applied to articles of other than French derivation.
* Minimum tariff dues are applied to articles sent to colonies from France.
Per 100 kilograms (220.46 pounds) gross.

New tariff.

30

Free.

18

1 In United States gold 1 franc 15.15 cents.

2100 kilograms: 220.46 pounds.

31 kilogram-2.2046 pounds.

14. 47

9.65

6.74

5.79

3.47

Quantity.

On August 24, 1898, Consul Ayme reports:

By order of the French minister for the colonies, new tariff duties on certain imports went into effect at noon August 24, 1898. The new supplementary schedule is as follows:

Kilos.
2100

100

100

100

100

Minimum.2

100

100

100

100

100

100

Francs.
150

100

31 1 100

50

30

25

20

Free.

12

Duty.

Francs.

4.40 Free.

Free.

4.55

Free.

20.00

13.25

9.33

10.45

12.00

20.00

$28.95

19.30

12.00

6.00 250.00

9.65

5.79

4.82

33.86

3.21

$0.67

.69

3.03

2.00

1.41

1.58

1.82

3.03

1.82

.91 37.875

Horses:

LOCAL TARIFFS OF GUADELOUPE.

Consul Dart, under date of September 14, 1897, in transmitting the following local tariffs to the Department, gives them under four heads, "Town dues," "Consumption duty," "Statistical duties," and "Wharf dues:"

Colts
Mules

Donkeys

Bulls and oxen...
Young, and calves
Cows and heifers..

Stallions or geldings and mares-
5 years and over...
Under 5 years..

1. TOWN DUES.

[For the benefit of the communes of Guadeloupe.]

Articles.

Cereals:

LIVE ANIMALS.

Smoked tongues

Sausages, preserves, and extracts of meat and prepared

meats.

Raw hides..

Hair-raw, prepared, or curld.

Grease:

Flour, wheat

Maize

Tallow

Lard

Neat's foot and sheep's foot oil.

All others...

ANIMAL PRODUCTS.

Raw wax of all colors.

Butter, artificial butter, oleomargarine

Cheese of all kinds

Manure of all kinds, except Peruvian guano

Grain

Meal

Oats, in grain

Sea bread and biscuits

Codfish....

Other sea fish-dried, salted, or smoked.
Pickled or in oil (oysters included).
Fish oils and cod liver oil......

Table fruits:

FISH.

VEGETABLE PRODUCTS.

Potatoes

Vegetables, dried, and in flour.
Chestnuts.

Fresh cocoanuts..

Dari, millet, and canary seed.

Groats and fecula, pearled and husked, grain and vermicelli.

Edible roots and cassava flour

Rice..

Barley (fodder).

FRUITS AND SEEDS.

Other

Dried prunes, raisins, figs, and dates
Dried almonds, nuts, and filberts.
Preserves-

In spirits or sugar
In vinegar or salt.

..do
..do

Red butterine prohibited by decree of April 17, 1897.

Oilseed cakes

Drills and rags

FRUITS, STEMS, AND FILAMENTS.

Canes, reed, straw, and rattans...
Hemp and flax:

Oakum..

Carded. Cotton:

Raw

Faced and carded (wadding)

DYES AND TANNING MATERIALS.

Truffles, dried or pickled.

Mushrooms

Beet roots and green vegetables.
Salted vegetables.
Preserved vegetables

Provender, hay, and straw.
Bran of all kinds

Unit.

220 pounds..

Ad valorem.

220 pounds.....

26. 417 gallons..
220 pounds..

.do

do

do

do

2.2046 pounds

do

220 pounds...

220 pounds....

...do

2.2046 pounds
Ad valorem.

220 pounds..
.do

.do

.do

.do
.....do

Ad valorem.
...do
2.2046 pounds

328 feet
...do

35.316 cubic feet
Ad valorem..
1,000..

...

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

39.37 inches.

Roots, herbs, flowers, leaves, barks, wood grain, and Ad valorem..... fruits, powdered or crushed.

SUNDRY PRODUCTS.

220 pounds....

..do .....do

..do

Ad valorem.

.....

220 pounds..
.do

.do
..do
do
2.2046 pounds.
do
Value...
220 pounds..

1 The importation of foreign sugar is prohibited.