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(d) Other artificial or natural colors prepared in
paste or ready for use in oil, water, varnish,
or turpentine, N. W., one hundred kilos, five
dollars.

85. Other artificial colors in powder, crystals, lumps, or
paste, N. W., kilo, fifteen cents;

(a) Printing and lithographic inks, including dry
colors for the same not specially provided
for; also bituminous paints made from min-
eral pitch or coal tar (not anilin dyes),
N. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars;
(b) Writing and drawing inks, N. W., one hun-
dred kilos, four dollars;

(c) Lead, colored, and indelible pencils, and char-
coal pencils for drawing, Ñ. W., kilo, fifteen

cents:

Minimum.

Provided, That none of the articles classified Provisos. under paragraphs eighty-four and eighty-five shall pay a less rate of duty than fifteen per centum ad valorem.

86. Natural dyes:

(a) Woods, barks, roots, and so forth, for dyeing,
G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty cents;

(b) Madder or rubian, G. W., one hundred kilos,
two dollars and twenty-five cents;

(c) Indigo and cochineal, G. W., kilo, ten cents. 87. Artificial dyes:

(a) Extracts from logwood, orchilla, and other
dyeing extracts, N. W., one hundred kilos,
one dollar;

(b) Colors derived from coal, and all other chem-
ical dye colors not specially provided for,
N. W., kilo, fifteen cents.

88. Varnishes, N. W., one hundred kilos, four dollars:

Provided, That none of the articles classified Minimum. under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than fifteen per centum ad valorem.

89. Blacking of all kinds; graphite and manufactures of graphite of all kinds; polishing, dressing, cleansing, and preserving preparations for shoes or leather; bone and lamp blacks of all kinds, N. W., one hundred kilos, three dollars.

GROUP 3.-CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.

90. Simple bodies:

Group 3.

(a) Sulphur, G. W., one hundred kilos, fifteen Chemical and

cents;

(b) Bromine, boron, iodine, and phosphorus, N.

W., kilo, eighteen cents.

91. Inorganic acids:

(a) Hydrochloric, boric, nitric, and sulphuric
acid; also aqua regia, G. W., one hundred
kilos, twenty cents;

pharmaceutical products.

Provisos.
Minimum.

Minimum.

Minimum.

(b) Liquid carbonic acid, N. W., one hundred kilos, five dollars;

(c) Other, N. W., one hundred kilos, five dollars. Provided, That none of the articles classified under letter (c) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than fifteen per centum ad valorem. 92. Organic acids:

(a) Oxalic, citric, tartaric, and carbolic, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar;

(b) Oleic, stearic, palmitic, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and forty cents;

(c) Acetic, G. W., one hundred kilos, six dollars; (d) Other, N. W., one hundred kilos, five dolars: Provided, That none of the articles classified under letter (d) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than fifteen per centum ad valorem. 93. Oxides and hydroxides of potassium, sodium, and other caustic alkalies and barilla, including aqua ammonia, G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty-five

cents.

94. Inorganic salts:

(a) Chloride of sodium (common salt), crude,
G. W., one hundred kilos, twenty cents;
(b) Chloride of sodium (common salt), ground,
powdered, or otherwise manufactured, G.
W., one hundred kilos, fifty cents;

(c) Chloride of potassium; sulphates of sodium,
iron or magnesium, carbonate of magne-
sium, alum, G. W., one hundred kilos, forty-
five cents;

(d) Sulphate of ammonium; phosphates and superphosphates of lime, nitrates of potassium and sodium, G. W., one hundred kilos, three cents;

(e) Ammonium carbonate, ammonium chloride, copper nitrate, copper sulphate, copper oxide, chloride of lime (bleaching powder). sulphate of potassium, hyposulphite of sodium, borax, and sal soda, also calcium carbide, G. W., one hundred kilos, seventyfive cents;

(f) Chlorates of sodium and potassium, G. W.. one hundred kilos, one dollar and eighty cents;

(g) Bicarbonate of sodium, G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar;

(h) Other, N. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars; Provided, That none of the articles classified under letter (h) of this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than fifteen per centum ad valorem. 95. Organic salts:

(a) Acetates and oxalates, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars and fifty cents;

(b) Citrates and tartrates, N. W., one hundred
kilos, three dollars;

NOTE. No acid or double salts shall be dutiable
under this paragraph.

96. Alkaloids and their salts, except those of cinchona bark; chlorides of gold, silver, and platinum, N. W., kilo, six dollars and seventy-five cents.

97. Chemical products not specially mentioned, N. W., kilo, two cents.

98. Pills (except quinine pills), capsules or medicinal drázhā'z and the like, N. W., kilo, twenty-five

cents.

99. Pharmaceutical products not specially provided for, including Chinese and other similar medical preparations, and materials used exclusively therefor not specially provided for; aseptic and antiseptic surgical dressings, and catgut, silk, and similar ligatures for surgical use, N.W., kilo, twenty-five cents;

(a) Absorbent cotton, not medicated, N. W., kilo,

ten cents:

Provided, That none of the articles classified under paragraphs ninety-seven, ninety-eight, and ninety-nine shall pay a less rate of duty than fifteen per centum ad valorem.

GROUP 4.—OILS, FATS, WAX, AND THEIR DERIVATIVES.

100. Vegetable oils:

Minimum.

Group 4.

(a) Solid (cocoanut, palm, and so forth), G. W., Oils, fats,
one hundred kilos, one dollar;

(b) Liquid, not specially provided for, and not in
the form of a pharmaceutical product or
preparation, G. W., one hundred kilos, one
dollar and twenty-five cents.

101. Animal oils and animal fats:

(a) Cod-liver oil and other medicinal oils not re-
fined, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars
and fifty cents;

(b) Cod-liver oil and other medicinal oils refined,
but not in the form of a pharmaceutical
product or preparation, G. W., one hundred
kilos, five dollars;

(c) Glycerin, olein, stearin, and spermaceti, crude,
G. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar and
forty cents;

(d) Other crude oils and fats, G. W., one hundred
kilos, fifty cents;

(e) Other refined oils and fats not specially pro-
vided for, G. W., one hundred kilos, three
dollars.

wax, etc.

Perfumery.

Proviso.
Minimum.

Group 5.

102. Mineral, vegetable, and animal wax, unwrought, and paraffin in lumps, G. W., one hundred kilos, two dollars.

103. Articles of stearin and paraffin; wax of all kinds, wrought, N. W., one hundred kilos, five dollars. 104. Soap and other scouring compositions; all soaps, soap powders and preparations, and similar scouring compositions, fifteen per centum ad valorem.

105. Perfumery:

(a) Essential oils, extracts, and products used in the preparation of perfumery, including musk, N. W., kilo, five dollars;

(b) All other kinds of perfumery not otherwise provided for; powders and oils for toilet purposes, N. W., kilo, fifty cents:

Provided, That none of the articles classified under paragraph one hundred and five shall pay a less rate of duty than twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

GROUP 5.-VARIOUS.

Miscellane 106. Artificial or chemical fertilizers, G. W., one hundred kilos, five cents.

ous.

107. Starch and feculæ for industrial purposes, N. W.,
one hundred kilos, two dollars.

108. Dextrin, N. W., one hundred kilos, one dollar.
109. Glues, albumens, and gelatin, G. W., one hundred
kilos, four dollars.

110. Carbons prepared for electric lighting, G. W., one
hundred kilos, five dollars.

Explosive 111. Gunpowder and explosive compounds:

compounds.

Class IV.

Cotton and

its manufac

tures.

Group 1.

(a) Gunpowder, explosive compounds and min-
ers' fuses, N. W., one hundred kilos, five
dollars;

(b) Gunpowder, sporting and other explosives not
intended for mines, including fireworks of
of all kinds, N. W., kilo, twenty cents.
All gunpowder intended for any kind of fire-
arms, capable of passing through a metallic riddle
with round holes two and one half millimeters in
diameter, shall.be considered as sporting.

CLASS IV. COTTON AND ITS MANUFACTURES.

GROUP 1.-RAW COTTON.

Raw cotton. 112. Raw cotton, with or without seed, and cotton waste

N. W., one hundred kilos, fifty cents.

Cotton yarns and threads of less than twenty centimeters in length shall be considered as waste of spun cotton.

GROUP 2.-YARNS.

Group 2.

Rule applicable to goods classed in the present Yarns.

group:

A meter of number one cotton yarn of a single thread weighs fifty-nine centigrams. To ascertain the number to which a cotton yarn corresponds any number of the meters thereof may be taken. The number of meters so taken must be multiplied by fifty-nine and the product thereof must be divided by the number of centigrams that the tested length of yarn weighs. The quotient so obtained will be the number of the tested yarn, if of not more than one thread. If the yarn is of more than one thread, the quotient must be multiplied by the number of threads, and to give the proper number seven per centum must be added if not dyed, or ten per centum if dyed.

113. Yarn in hanks:

(a) Bleached or unbleached, N. W., kilo, ten cents;
(b) Dyed, N. W., kilo, fifteen cents.

114. Yarn in cops, bobbins, or spools, unbleached, includ-
ing weight of bobbins, spools, and so forth:

(a) Up to number thirteen, N. W., kilo, nine cents;
(b) Number fourteen to number twenty-five, N. W.,
kilo, eleven cents;

(c) Number twenty-six to number thirty-five,
N. W., kilo, thirteen cents;

(d) Number thirty-six to number forty-five, N. W.,
kilo, sixteen cents;

(e) Number forty-six and above, N. W., kilo,
twenty cents.

115. The same, bleached or dyed, including weight of bob-
bins, spools, and so forth:

(a) Up to number thirteen, N. W., kilo, fourteen

cents;

(b) Number fourteen to number twenty-five, N. W.,
kilo, sixteen cents;

(c) Number twenty-six to number thirty-five,
N. W., kilo, eighteen cents;

(d) Number thirty-six to number forty-five, N. W.,
kilo, twenty-two cents;

(e) Number forty-six and above, N. W., kilo,
twenty-five cents.

116. Yarns or threads for sewing, crocheting, darning, or
embroidering, including the weight of the reels
or spools, N. W., kilo, twenty cents;

(a) Thread for sewing sails, wrapping twine and
cord, twisted or braided, including the
weight of the reels, N. W., kilo, twelve cents;
(b) Wicks for making candles or matches, includ-
ing the weight of the reels, N. W., kilo, six

cents.

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Classifica

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