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not over 30 ct. per lb........271⁄2 ct. per lb. and 40%

Wool or worsted yarns, value 30 ct. to 40 ct., per lb........

Wool or worsted yarns, value over 40 ct., per lb......

ad val.

382 ct. per lb. and 40% ad val.

.382 ct. per lb. and 40% ad val.

Woollen or worsted clothing....44 ct. per lb. and 60%

ad val.

*The Dingley Tariff increases rates on women's and children's gloves uniformly 75c. per dozen pairs; on men's gloves the rates are the same as the Wilson rates. (a) Valued at more than 50c. per lb., 33c. per lb. and 40 per cent ad val. (b) Specific duties ranging from $1.50 to $6 on each article and 35 per cent ad val. (c) On goods above 40c. and not above 70c. per lb.; duty on goods above 70c, per lb., 44c. per lb. and 55 per cent ad val. (d) Value $1 per lb., 20c. per lb. and 15 per cent ad val., with increasing duty of 10c. per lb. for each 50c. additional value up to $2.50; all over $2.50 per lb., 60c. per lb. and 15 per cent ad val. (e) Wool valued at 12c. per lb. or less, 4c. per lb.; above 12c. duty is 7c. per lb. (f) Two prices only in Dingley bill, 30c. and less, and above 30c. (g) If not over 10c. per lb. (h) If valued at $150; if more, 25 per cent ad val. (i) Above 56°, 6c. per gal. (j) And 15 to 20 per cent ad val. (k) On woolen an additional duty of 44c. per lb. (1) Chemical wood pulp, 1-6c per lb. (m) When not above 75°, but for every additional degree by polariscopic

test, 35-1,000c. per lb. additional, and fractions of a degree in proportion.

Articles of merchandise entering the United States from Hawaii and Porto Rico and entering those possessions from the United States are exempt from duty.

The act of Congress approved March 2, 1902, provides that the customs duties on articles entering the Philippines from the United States shall be the same as on those entering from foreign countries. On articles entering the United States from the Philippines the full tariff rates shall be collected except that a 25 per cent reduction shall be granted on articles produced and grown in the Philippines.

TABLES OF WEIGHT, MEASURE, ETC. TROY MEASURE.

For weighing gold, silver and precious stones.

24 grains make....

20 pennyweights make.

12 ounces make...

.1 pennyweight.

1 ounce. .1 pound.

The standard Troy pound is the weight of 22.79437 cubic inches of distilled water, and is less than the pound Avoirdupois.

The Troy pound is the one adopted by the mint at Philadelphia and elsewhere, and may be regarded as the standard of weight. The following tables show the formula of Troy weight, and the difference between Troy and Avoirdupois weights:

The Troy pound contains

5670 grains equal to.....240 pwt. equal to 12 ounces= 1 lb. Troy.

480 grains equal to..... 20 pwt. equal to 1 ounce.

24 grains equal to..... 1 pwt.

The difference is shown as follows:

7000 Troy grains make.........
4371⁄2 Troy grains make.
175 Troy ounces make....

175 Troy pounds make..

1 pound Avoirdupois.

1 ounce Avoirdupois. 192 ounces Avoirdupois. 144 pounds Avoirdupois.

1 Troy pound makes...... .822857 pounds, Avoirdupois. 1 Avoirdupois pound make1.215278 pounds, Troy.

One pound Troy is equal to 1 pint Wine Measure.

WINE OR LIQUID MEASURE.

Wine, spirits, cider, vinegar, oil, honey, etc., are measured and sold by this measure.

The standard unit for measurement of liquids adopted by the U. S. custom house is the wine gallon, 231 cubic inches, and contains 8.388822 Avoirdupois pounds, or 58373. Troy grains of distilled water.

All liquors except milk, beer and ale are bought and sold by this measurement.

4 gills make........

2 pints make. 4 quarts make... 311⁄2 gallons make. 42 gallons make... 100 gallons make. 18 gallons make.

63 gallons make.

2 hogsheads make...

2 pipes or 4 hogsheads make...

.1 pint.

1 quart.

.1 gallon.

..1 barrel.

1 tierce

1 anker.

1 runlet.

.1 hogshead.

.1 pipe or butt. .1 tun.

One pint wine measure is equal to one pound Troy weight.

Wine, beer and dry measures, and all measures of volume, differ from the cubic measure only in the unit which is used as a standard.

The English Imperial Wine gallon is equal to about 1.2 times the wine gallon of the United States. The wine gallon of the United States contains 231 cubic inches.

One barrel of wine or brandy in Great Britain or United States equals....

.311⁄2 gallons.

One-half barrel in Pennsylvania equals....16 gallons.

One double barrel in Pennsylvania equals..64
A puncheon in Pennsylvania equals.
A tierce in Pennsylvania equals..

gallons.

84 gallons. 42 gallons.

The usual custom in the United States to reduce liquid measures to English or British ones of same denominations is to divide by 1.2, or to be exact, by 1.20032; or to change British to United States measures multiply by 1.2.

MISCELLANEOUS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

A cylinder one foot in diameter and one foot high contains

1357.1712 cubic inches.

7854 cubic foot.

.02909 cubic yard.

188.0064 United States liquid gills.
47.0016 United States liquid pints.
23.508 United States liquid quarts.
5.8752 United States liquid gallons.
40.3916 United States dry pints.
20.1958 United States dry quarts.
2.5245 United States dry pecks.
.63112 United States dry bushels.

A load of timber contains

50 cubic feet of square timber, 100 linear feet, 6x12-inch timber,

200 linear feet, 6x6-inch timber,

150 linear feet, 4-in. planking 12-in. wide,
200 linear feet, 3-in. planking 12-in. wide,
300 linear feet, 2-in. planking 12-in. wide,
400 linear feet, 12-in. planking 12-in. wide,
600 linear feet, 1-in. planking 12-in. wide,

20 struck bushels equal..
A struck bushel equals.
A cubic foot equals..

...

.25 cubic feet. .1.24445 cubic feet. ...80356 of a struck bushel.

A dry flour barrel equals....3 struck bush. or 3.75 cu. ft. The dry flour barrel is not a legal measure in the United States. The only legal barrel of flour contains 196 pounds.

1 ton of chestnut lumber equals.

1 ton of ebony lumber equals..

1 ton of lime equals...

1 ton of mahogany lumber equals.
1 ton of maple lumber equals...
1 ton of poplar lumber equals.
1 ton of pine lumber equals..
1 ton of sycamore lumber equals.
1 ton of walnut lumber equals..
1 ton of yellow pine lumber equals.
1 stone is about..

.59 cubic feet.

.30 cubic feet.

56 cubic feet. ..34 cubic feet.

48 cubic feet. .68 cubic feet. .55 cubic feet.

.59 cubic feet.

.53 cubic feet. .....65 cubic feet. .14 pounds.

[blocks in formation]

1 cubic foot of ordinary cannel coal is about 50 pounds. 1 cubic foot of ordinary charcoal (hard wood) is

about

......

181⁄2 pounds.

1 cubic foot of ordinary charcoal (pine wood) is

[blocks in formation]

100 cubic feet of stone weighs about. 100 cubic feet of stone is reckoned....

1 cord Virginian pine is about.... 1 cord southern pine is about. 34 cubic feet mahogany weigh.. 39 cubic feet oak or ash weigh. 51 cubic feet beech weigh. 60 cubic feet elm weigh. 65 cubic feet fir weigh...

1 ton of coal is 28 bushels. 1 ton of ice is......

1 ton of freight is...

1 ton of round timber is.
1 ton of square timber is.
1 ton of shipping timber is.
1 cubic foot of water is....
1 cubic foot of plaster paris is.
1 cubic foot of mortar is....
1 cubic foot of brickwork is.
1 cubic foot of sand solid is.
1 cubic yard of sand is about.
1 cubic yard of common soil is
1 cubic foot of sand loose is..
1 cubic foot of earth loose is.
1 cubic foot of fire brick is....
1 cubic foot of mason work is.
1 cubic foot of sand stone is.
1 cubic foot of slate is..
1 cubic foot of gravel is.

18 pounds. .13000 pounds. .1 cord of stone. 2700 pounds. .3300 pounds.

.1 ton.

.1 ton.

.1 ton.

.1 ton.

.1 ton.

43.56 cubic feet.

.43 cubic feet. .40 cubic feet. 52.92 cubic feet.

50 cubic feet. 42 cubic feet. ..62.3 pounds. 73.5 pounds. .98 pounds. .90 to 120 pounds. ..1121⁄2 pounds. .3037 pounds. about....3429 pounds.

.95 pounds. .934 pounds.

.137 pounds.

.116 to 144 pounds.

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