cigars, or other articles, when such distribution is dependent upon lot or chance. Abbrevia - SEC. 7. That the following abbreviations shall be employed in the tariff: tions. Money in which duty to be paid. Metric sys tem. from United States ble. G. W. equals gross weight. SEC. 8. That duty shall be paid in the money of the United States, or its equivalent in Philippine currency. SEC. 9. That the metrical system of weights and measures as authorized by sections thirty-five hundred and sixty-nine and thirty-five hundred and seventy of the Revised Statutes of the United States, and at present in use in the Philippine Islands, shall be continued. The meter is equal to thirty-nine and thirty-seven onehundredths inches. The liter is equal to one and five hundred and sixty-seven ten-thousandths quarts, wine measure. The kilogram is equal to two and two thousand and forty-six ten-thousandths pounds, avoirdupois. Importation s SEC. 10. That importations from the United States are dutia- dutiable under the provisions of this Act, but no customs duties shall be imposed on articles, goods, or merchandise transported only from one place or port to another place or port in the Philippine Islands. Rates on imports. Class I.Stones, earths, SEC. 11. That the rates of duties to be collected on articles, goods, and merchandise imported into the Philippine Islands shall be as follows: CLASS I.-STONES, EARTHS, ORES, GLASS, AND CERAMIC ores, glass, etc. PRODUCTS. Group 1, GROUP 1.-STONES AND EARTHS EMPLOYED IN BUILDING, ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. earths employ ed in arts, etc. Stones and 1. Marble, onyx, jasper, alabaster, and similar fine stones: (a) In the rough, or in dressed pieces squared or prepared for shaping, G. W., one hundred kilos, fifty cents; (b) Slabs, plates, or steps of any dimension, polished or not, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars; Marble affixed to or packed with and belonging to furniture shall be liable to the same duty as the furniture. (c) Sculptures, high and bas-reliefs, vases, urns, and similar articles for house decoration, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten dollars; (d) Wrought or chiseled into all other articles, polished or not, G. W., one hundred kilos, six dollars. 2. Stones, other, natural or artificial: (a) In the rough, unwrought, in rough blocks or (c) Slabs, plates or steps, G. W., one hundred (d) Millstones and grindstones, G. W., one hun- (e) Wrought into all other articles, N. W., one 3. Earths employed in manufactures and arts: (a) Lime, gypsum, chalk, or cement, G. W., one (b) Other, G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty cents. 4. Gypsum manufactured into articles: (a) Statuettes, stucco work, and similar articles (b) Other articles, N. W., one hundred kilos, Provided, That none of the articles classified GROUP 2.-COAL. Group 2. 6. Coal and coke, G. W., one thousand kilos, twenty-five Coal cents. coke. GROUP 3.-SCHISTS, BITUMENS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES. Group 3. derivatives. and In case of doubt as to the clearance of crude, Bitumens and petroleum, the following rules shall be observed: 1. A sample of two hundred cubic centimeters shall be taken from each fifty cases or less comprised in the declaration and belonging to the same kind of goods. If the oil is imported in bulk or in tanks, samples of equal quantities shall be taken from each receptacle in which the oil is contained, sufficient to make more than two liters in all after mixing. 2. These samples shall be thoroughly mixed in a large receptacle, and when the discharge of the shipment is terminated, two liters are taken therefrom and put into separate bottles, which are sealed and furnished with labels signed by the customs employees and the interested party. These bottles shall be forwarded to the customs chemical expert in order to be assayed. 3. Immediately after this operation the goods shall be cleared and the corresponding duty applied, but the interested party shall always be bound by the results of the analysis, and the clearance shall not be deemed definite until that result be known. 4. The samples must be assayed within one. month, and the interested party has the right to be present when the samples are opened and analyzed, provided that he has made a written request to this effect at the time of identifying the samples by affixing his signature to the labels. He may also appeal to the collector of the islands from the report of the experts. 5. Should the interested party in his appeal request that a new analysis be made, this operation shall be effected at his expense if the report of the experts be sustained. In contrary case the expense shall be borne by the government. 6. The following shall be considered: (a) As crude oil derived from the distillation of slates or schists, those obtained from first distillation having a specific gravity of from nine hundred to nine hundred and twenty, at a temperature of twenty-one and one-ninth Centigrade, or measured on a Baumé scale for fluids lighter than water, which give a reading from about twenty-seven (corresponding to a specific gravity of about nine hundred) to twenty-two (corresponding to a specific gravity of about nine hundred and twenty-four). (b) As crude and natural petroleum, that imported in the state in which found when extracted from the well, and which had undergone no operation whatever, whereby the natural chemical composition is altered or modified. When gradually and continuously distilled up to a temperature of three hundred degrees Centigrade, this petroleum must leave a residuum exceeding twenty per centum of its primitive weight. 7. Tar and mineral pitch, bitumens, schists, unrefined creosote, asphalt, and also asphalt paving blocks, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten cents; The customs authorities must take care that under the denomination of tar, or mixtures containing tar, no oils derived from schists are imported. Tar must not contain in appreciable proportions volatile products or oils which might be extracted by means of distillation at three hundred degrees Centigrade. Though imported under the name of asphalts, or bitumens, impure paraffin, or other products must be included in number one hundred and two of Class III. S. Crude oils derived from schists, including crude petroleum and axle grease for cars and carts, G. W., one hundred kilos, ten cents; Crude mineral oils mixed with crude animal oils, as well as crude mineral oils mixed with crude vegetable oils when these oils are exclusively destined to lubricating machinery, are likewise dutiable according to this number. 9. Petroleum and other mineral oils, rectified or refined, intended for illumination or lubrication, N. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and twenty-five cents. 10. Benzine, and mineral oils not specially mentioned, including vaseline, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and twenty-five cents. (a) Gasoline, G. W., one hundred kilos, sixtyfive cents. All mineral oils not having the properties described in paragraph (a) of rule six of the rules for this group shall be considered as refined. GROUP 4.-ORES. 11. Ores other than copper, gold, and silver, G. W., one thousand kilos, twenty-five cents. GROUP 5.-CRYSTAL AND GLASS. Group 4. Ores, other than copper, gold, and sil ver. Group 5. 12. Common or ordinary hollow glassware, G. W., one Crystal and hundred kilos, eighty cents. (a) Siphons for aerated waters, G. W., one hun- 13. Crystal, and glass imitating crystal: (a) Articles cut, engraved, painted, enameled, or (b) The same, neither cut, engraved, painted, en- (c) Lamp chimneys of all kinds, per one hundred NOTE. Decanters, glasses, tumblers, cups, gob- 14. Plate glass or plate crystal: (a) Slabs for paving or roofing, G. W., one hun dred kilos, one dollar and sixty-five cents; 3449-07-12 glass. Proviso. Group 6. (c) Window glass set in lead; frosted pane glass, plain or in design; and plate glass polished, beveled or not, G. W., one hundred kilos, four dollars and fifty cents; (d) Articles engraved or enameled, G. W., one 15. Mirrors and looking glasses of glass and crystal: (c) Beveled mirrors, G. W., kilo, twelve cents. (b) Other articles, neither cut, engraved, painted, enameled, nor gilt, G. W., one hundred kilos, four dollars; (c) The same, either cut, engraved, painted, enameled, or gilt, G. W., one hundred kilos, eight dollars. NOTE. Washbowls, wash basins, soap dishes, toothbrush holders, and washstand pitchers are included in this number. Provided, That none of the articles classified under paragraphs thirteen and sixteen shall pay a less rate of duty than thirty per centum ad valorem, and none of the articles classified under paragraphs twelve, fourteen, and fifteen shall pay a less rate of duty than twenty per centum ad valorem. GROUP 6.-POTTERY, EARTHENWARE, AND PORCELAIN. Pottery, 17. Common clay: earthenware, and porcelain. (a) In common bricks, fire bricks, and squares, (b) Pressed, vitrified, or glazed bricks or squares, (d) In tubes or pipes, varnished, glazed, or vit- 18. Ceramic tiles: (a) Varnished, vitrified, or not, plain and undecorated, G. W., one hundred kilos, thirtytwo cents; |