The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-23
Circular from the Treasury Department..
WASHINGTON, Dec. a. 1858.
Tkefooving has been iseued under the head Of Scene

WARRINGTON, Dec. a. 1853.
Thsooving has been iseued under the head Of Scene
raj Instructions, No 15'-
TO CoLLECroRs OF THE CUSTOMS.
TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT, Isc. 1s, 1853.
EE;I have reason to believe that there ssrAl
defect in the forms and times OF rendering ho
required OF Collectors BY the act OF the goth Fbr0gy
1870 AZ we'll in the MODE Of entering keeping and
hibting the matter contained ia tho In the Regis
ters oce and desi TO introduce such improvements
be prsccable rnd mAy greater exaotness
and pro aptitude In the exhibits req1red by the act y
object In adore ssing you 10 to Obtain such information
~ d aid at may be conducive to that end.
There is much diversity the part OF Collectors
In report ting the articles and consequently de-
lay and cihouty IL ths r. sters Office 10 aasimilatng
and distributing such ma arSes & 70 recognized species or
say for this Department to frame nomenclature Of art
cles notify the list to all Collectors Tor their obser
vance End for to be varied only BY authority from
time to time the importation Of articles to be
reported BY Collectors other circnans shall
proper mepelAtu,s will thank you, as soon may
be, to trastmit to this Department sabe, in aphabsti
First-Ths names of all articles imported, whether
ated nonsnumerated subject to duty, free
Soond-rhe commercial or scientific denemination Of
The general claGs to which such variety belongs
rhiyd--rhs place OF growth manufacture
Fdnth- Ths rate Of =, II any, sanh article.
not IN common or familiar use, and OF the purposes to
which they are most usually applied % may be In your
power to furnish.
as In your opinion may bs aggregated classified for
reasons contained In the prosiso to the third section
of the aot erred to and similar lst and appendix Of
the articles exported At the time 1t msy be pro-
per revise and rearange the Is OF countries to and
from which commerce passes. And will thank you
TO look into this br .Dch OF the subject aso and favor
with table, in lphabetical order o. the places proper
in your opinion be cognzed and established the
places Of trade consn plated by the act in these returns
The in respect to the time when it Is assumed the
exports take place. am not that any chan
except in the time Of rendition is required In the pre-
sent MODE Of returning, registering exhibiting the
tonnage but defect In it occurs to you. and YOU
suggest Improvement 1t will DO acceptable to th
Department for you to do
1t e proposed that ths returns Of commerce navgs
tiob shall bs made at present. for quarers but tina
they shall be made possible after the close
the quarter to which the return refers instead OF being
ss At this tme for weeks and even months to
gstbsr. You viii please inform If the business can
not bs conducted in your ocs from day to day. 90
that the returns may be made within period of from
to FIVE days. according to ths business OF your dis
trot ihs last point will be to the most sdy
and exact moe Of keeping and rendering those returns
in the tetral districts and registering and exhibiting
the results At the Treasury. Tne probability Is muct
diversity Ia the various Custom Houses In this PARTON
lar Also you will please explain the mode observed IL
your tfcs, aendpg copies Of the forms used and thu
reasons that in your judgment recommend such form
| over Others am, respectfully,
| (Sgned) JAS GUTHRIE.