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Toys, etc.

Proviso.
Minimum.

Umbrellas.

Hats.

Caps.

Proviso.
Minimum.

350. Artificial flowers of all kinds, also artificial fruits, seeds, pistils, or buds of any material for the manufacture of flowers, N. W., kilo, two dollars and fifty cents.

351. Matches of wax, wood, or cardboard, N. W., kilo,
twenty cents.

352. Caoutchouc and gutta-percha manufactured into
any kind of articles not specially provided for:
(a) Rubber, pure or with cloth or wire insertions
for machinery packing, including gaskets
and washers, N. W., kilo, three cents;

(b) Hard rubber articles, not specially provided
for, N. W., kilo, fifty cents;

(c) Boots and shoes of rubber, N. W., kilo, twenty-five cents;

(d) All other articles, including rubber in sheets other than packing, N. W., kilo, twenty cents;

(e) Hose and belting of all descriptions into which rubber enters as a component material, N. W., kilo, ten cents.

353. Games and toys, except those of gold or silver, or of gold or silver plate, or of the materials mentioned in paragraphs two hundred and forty-one and two hundred and forty-two, N. W., kilo, ten cents: Provided, That none of the articles classified under this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty than twenty-five per centum ad valorem.

354. Umbrellas and parasols:

(a) Covered with paper, eight cents each;
(b) Covered with silk, fifty cents each;

(c) Covered with other stuffs, twenty cents each.
355. Hats and bonnets and crowns for same, of straw:
(a) Camplete, not trimmed, thirteen cents each;
(b) Same, trimmed, twenty-two cents each;
(c) Crowns for (untrimmed), eleven cents each.
356. The same articles of other materials:

(a) Complete, not trimmed, six cents each;
(b) Same, trimmed, twenty cents each;
(c) Crowns for (untrimmed), five cents each.
357. Caps of all kinds:

(a) For adults, of any material, plain, fifteen cents
each;

(b) For adults, embroidered or decorated, fifty
cents each;

(c) For children, plain, ten cents each;
(d) For children, embroidered

thirty-five cents each:

or ornamented,

Provided, That none of the articles classified under paragraphs three hundred and fifty-four, three hundred and fifty-five, three hundred and fifty-six, and three hundred and fifty-seven shall pay a less rate of duty than twenty per centum ad valorem.

358. Cameras of which the lenses are not removable or Cameras, etc. adjustable; made of wood or of metal, polished or covered with leather or imitation of leather; fitted for either plates or films, or for both, twenty per centum ad valorem.

359. The same articles made of wood or metal, painted, varnished, shellacked, or plain, and otherwise, twenty per centum ad valorem.

360. Cameras with removable or adjustable lenses, not including the lenses, twenty per centum ad valorem. 361. Single lenses for photographic apparatus, twenty per centum ad valorem.

362. Combination lenses, tripods, plateholders, dry and other plates, and kodak films, twenty per centum

ad valorem.

363. Tuns, pipes, casks, and other similar wooden recep- Tuns, pipes, tacles of liquids, or of articles in liquid or in casks, etc. brine, imported separately, or in use as immedi

ate containers of imported merchandise which is
not dutiable on the gross weight:

(a) Such as are used as containers for olives and
pickles, having a capacity not to exceed
three liters, each, fifteen cents;

(b) Having a capacity not to exceed ten liters,
each, thirty-five cents;

(c) Having a capacity not to exceed fifty liters,
each, fifty cents;

(d) Having a capacity not to exceed one hundred
and ten liters, each, eighty-five cents;
(e) Having a capacity not to exceed two hundred
and twenty liters, each, one dollar;

(f) Having a capacity not to exceed four hundred
and forty liters, each, one dollar and sev-
enty-five cents;

(g) Having a capacity greater than four hundred
and forty liters, each, three dollars and fifty

364. Tobacco:

cents.

(a) In the leaf, unmanufactured, N. W., kilo, fifty Tobacco, etc. cents;

(b) Manufactured, N. W., kilo, one dollar.

365. On all other goods, wares, merchandise, and effects not otherwise enumerated or provided for, except crude materials, twenty-five per centum ad valorem. 366. On crude materials not otherwise enumerated, ten per centum ad valorem.

ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY.

367. Trees, shoots, and plants.
368. Moss in a natural or fresh state.
369. Copper, gold, and silver ores.

3449-07-15

Free list.

Commercial 370. Ordinary and usual commercial samples, imported

samples.

Provisos.
Identifica-

tion.

Time limit.

Consignment.

Return of ex

by bona fide commercial travelers, after examination by the customs authorities and upon the filing of a bond with security satisfactory to the collector of customs for, the exportation of said samples within three months after their date of importation: Provided, That said samples shall be positively identified by the customs authorities before exportation, and that their appraised value shall not exceed two thousand dollars in any one case: And provided further, That the period of three months allowed for their exportation may be extended in the discretion of the collector of customs for a further period not to exceed three months, upon application being made to him in writing before the expiration of the original period. In the case of any consignment of bona fide commercial samples the appraised value of which exceeds two thousand dollars, the owner may select any portion thereof up to two thousand dollars in appraised value for entry under the above provisions of this paragraph, and the remainder of the consignment shall be entered in bond or for duty, as in the case of regular importations.

(a) All samples of the kind, in such quantity, and of such dimensions or construction as to render them unsalable or of no appreciable commercial value.

ported articles. 371. Articles of the growth, produce, and manufacture of the Philippine Islands exported to a foreign country and returned without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means, and upon which no drawback or bounty has been allowed.

372. Gold, silver, and platinum, in broken-up jewelry or table services, bars, sheets, coins, pieces, dust, and

scraps.

373. Gold, silver, and platinum, in articles manufactured and stamped in the Philippine Islands.

374. Fresh fruits.

375. Fresh garden produce.

376. Fresh meat, except poultry and game; also ice.
377. Fresh eggs.

378. Fresh milk.

379. Diamonds and other precious stones in the rough, unmounted.

380. Hand paintings in oil, water color, or pastel, and pen and ink drawings intended for use as works of art, and not as a part of decoration of any other merchandise, nor for use in the manufactures and industrial arts and sciences; also family photographs, paintings, crayons, and other pictures of the members of a person's family.

381. Lithographs, posters, calendars, and folders for ad-
vertising purposes only, having no commercial
value and designed for free public distribution.
382. (a) Spanish scientific, literary, and artistic works,
not subversive of public order, imported un-
der provisions of article thirteen of the treaty
between Spain and the United States signed
at Paris on the tenth day of December, eight-
een hundred and ninety eight;

(b) Public magazines, reviews, newspapers, and
like published periodicals, Bibles, and school-
books; but complete books published in
parts and not otherwise entitled to free en-
try shall not be classified under this para-
graph.

383. Manures, natural.

384. Quinine, sulphate and bisulphate of, and all alkaloids or salts of cinchona bark, in pills or otherwise.

ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.

cles subject to

385. Supplies imported by the United States Government Free-list arti for its use or that of its subordinate branches, or conditions. by the insular government for its use or that of its subordinate branches.

Travelers'

386. Wearing apparel, toilet objects and articles for per- ge
sonal use, bed and table linen, books, portable
tools and instruments, theatrical costumes, jew-
els, and table services bearing evident signs of
having been used, imported by travelers in their
luggage in quantities proportionate to their pro-
fession and position.

(a) Wearing apparel, and toilet objects for per-
sonal use, brought by citizens or inhabitants
of the Philippine Islands in their personal
luggage in quantities proportionate to their
profession and position; also bed and table
linen, books, portable tools and instruments,
jewels, and table service, brought in the lug-
gage of citizens or inhabitants of the Phil-
ippine Islands, which are their personal
property and not. for barter or sale and
which have been used by such persons in the
Philippine Islands and exported therefrom
under conditions to be prescribed by the col-
lector of customs.

The customs authorities may exact a bond for
the exportation of these articles when deemed nec-
essary by them.

387. Works of fine art destined for public museums, galleries, or art schools; when due proof is given as to their destination.

No ncompliance with regulations.

388. Archæological and numismatical objects for public
museums, academies, and scientific and artistic cor-
porations, on proof of their destination.

389. Specimens and collections of mineralogy, botany, zo-
ology, and ethnology, and small models for public
museums, public schools, academies, and scientific
and artistic corporations, on proof of their desti-
nation.
390. (a) Philosophical, historical, economic, and scien-
tific books, apparatus, utensils, instruments,
and preparations, including packing, pack-
ages, and receptacles thereof, specially im-
ported in good faith and for the use and by
the order of any society or institution incor-
porated or established solely for philosoph-
ical, educational, scientific, or literary pur-
poses, or for the encouragement of the fine
arts, or for the use and by order of any col-
lege, academy, school, or seminary of learn-
ing in the Philippine Islands, or of any pub-
lic library, and not for sale or hire, subject
to such regulations as may be prescribed by
the collector of customs of the islands; and
the provisions of this paragraph in respect
to books shall apply also to any individual
importing not exceeding two copies of any
one work for his own use and not for sale or
hire.

(b) Books and music in raised print, used exclu-
sively by the blind.

If the regulations in each case are not complied with, or if the examination is not entirely satisfactory, the exemption shall be annulled, and the duties stipulated in the tariff shall be collected.

Temporary ARTICLES FREE OF DUTY SUBJECT TO THE FORMALITIES PREimportations. SCRIBED IN EACH CASE BY THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES.

Casks, etc. 391. Casks, sacks, and large metal receptacles in use as immediate containers of dutiable imported commodities, when such receptacles are to be reexported.

Circus and other equipments.

furniture.

392. Carriages, trained animals, portable theaters, circus equipments, panoramas, wax figures, and other similar objects for public entertainment, imported temporarily.

Household 393. Used household furniture of persons coming to settle in the Philippine Islands, including such articles, effects, and furnishings as pictures, books, pianos, organs, chinaware, and kitchen utensils, in quantities and of the class suitable to the rank and position of the persons bringing the same and intended for their own use and benefit and not for barter or

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