The Portland daily press., 1863-02-13
Treasury Circular to Collectors of Gus
toms relating to Tare.
DEPARTMENT,
January "a. 1863

January "A, 1863
SIR:-The 10th Sect. of the Tariff Act of
the l4th July, 1862, provides:
That from and after the passage of this
act, in estimating the allowance for tare on all
chests, boxes, cases, casks, bags, or other en-
velope or covering OF all articles imported liza
Bile to pay any duty, where the original in
voice is produced at the time of making entry
thereof, and the tare shall be specified therein,
it shall be lawful for the collector, if he shall
see fit, or for the collector and naval officer,
If such officer there be, if they shall see fit,
with the consent of the consignees, to estimate
the said tare according to such invoice but
in all other cases the real tare shall be allowed,
and may be ascertained under such regula-
tons as the Secretary of the Treasury may
from time to time prescribe, but in no case
shall there be any allowance for draft."
The execution OF the foregoing provision
will be governed by the following regulations:
In all cases where the original invoice is pro-
duced ut the time OF making the entry thereof,
with the tlre specified therein, the collector or
collector and naval officer, If such officer there
be, may, in his or their discretion, and with
the consent of the consignees, estimate the
tare according to the invoice; otherwise the
real tare is to be allowed.
The schedule of Tares annexed is the tare
to be allowed in all cases where the invoice
Provided, That the collector shall have the
right at any time to test the tare on any impor-
tation where, in his opinion, the real tare may
vary from the tare on the schedule annexed.
Should any consignee or importer enter a
protest in due form Of law against the enforce
ment of any one or more of the tares as herein
set forth, the collector will in all such cases
adopt the real tare, to be ascertained in the
usual manner. Respectfully,
ID
Secretary of the Treasury.
SCHEDULE OF TAREs PRESCRIBED FOR THE GOVERN
MESr or THE COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS AND oTH-
ERs INTERESTED.
dimonds-Bales 81 per cent, bags 2per cent. trails
Sper cent
Cheese-l0 per cent for casks or tubs
Cassia-s per cent for mats.
Coffee. Rio-l per cent single bags; per cent,
double bags: all other Coffee actual tare.
CinndmoR-6 per cent bales.
Cocoa-2 per cent, bags; sper cent, ceroo ms.
topperas-l0 per cent, casks.
Carraats-l0 per cent casks
Hemps-Maniila, pounds to each bale; Hamburg,
Leghorn. Trieste, pounds each bale.
Indtgo-10per cent for ceroons.
Meiado-l1 per cent.
Naifs-2 per cent, bags; 8 per cent. casks.
Ochre-Dry, in casks. per cent; in oil, in casks.
Pepper-2 per cent bags; per cent. double bags
Fimeato-2 per cent, bags.
2sper cent boxes; per cent, trails; Il per cent
casks.
Rsce-2 per cont. bags.
Spanish BroDn-In casks, dry, 10 per cent; casks,
In oil, IL per cent.
Sagar-I2I per cent, hogsheads; II per cent, tier
10 per cent barrels; IA per cent, boxes; Q per
cent, bags; ~ per cent, mats.
S1f-FiDe. in sacks. 3 pounds for each sack coarse
or ground alum, pounds each.
Teds-Duty TO be levied the net number OF
pounds, as per invoice. when from China Japan
all others, actual tare by weight
Tobacco-Leaf. in balss, tare 10 pounds each bale
bales with extra covers, II pounds each.
Whifing-l0 per cent, in casks.