The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-26
WASHINGTON.
Regulations for Transportation oi
Merchandise i'm Bond.

Regulations for Transportation OF
Merchandise I'm Bond.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April "a
Congress having adopted a resolution
at the last session providing that where
the gauge of railroad changes in case
of transportation Of merchandise in bond
from point to point, the inspector may
make necessary changes without break
ing bulk orcausinga new appraisement,
the Treasury Department has just is
sued regulations ir accordance with the
object Of the resolution. These provide
that in case route for transportation is
over railways Of different gauges, or in
part by railroad and in part by steam
boat line, special application for per.
mission to use cars or boxes of such
size that they can be conveniently placed
within an ordinary box freight car will
be considered by the department and
granted in cases where the necessity Of
business may require, and safety to the
revenue will permit. Such small cars
or boxes must be made OF iron, and in
dimensions shall not be less than three
'eet in height, three feet in width and
FIVE feet in length, and so constructed
that the merchandise can be conveyed
therein under Treasury locks as re Iuir-
ed by law and regulations. Whenever
duly authorized, such small cars or
boxes may, in case of a break or differ
ence of gauge Of railways, be transferred
or removed with the contents thereof
intact from one ordinary railroad car to
another, and also from railroad cars to
steamboats,, and vice vGrSa, both forming
parts Of the same bonded line and route.
The merchandise must not be unladen
from such small cars or boxes, which
are not to be either opened or unlocked
between the ports Of FIRST arrival and
final destination.
The High Joints Almost Done.
The British portion Of the Joint High
Commission to day received intelligence
from the English government that the
protocols or terms Of settlement Of the
questions thus far agreed upon in the
Commission, which were forwarded to
London some time since, have met with
unanimous approval. The Commission
will now proceed to settle few remain
ing questions of difference, which it is
expected will be accomplished by the
last of the month. The protocols
which have thus far been approved are
five in number, and relate to the Ala
bama claims, the fishery question, San
! Juan boundary, navigation of the st.
Lawrence and British claims in the
Southern States growing out Of the war.
AS will be seen these involve about all
the important differences submitted to
arbitration.
The English Tax on Matches.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-Owing to
the trouble in England over the excise
on friction matches, the Chancellor Of
Exckesuor Of England to-day tele-
sraphed so Commissioner Pleasanton to
see how the match tax worked in this
country. Mr.. Pleasanton replied that
the tax did net affect the amount Of
manufacture or consumption, and stated
also that the yield to the Government
was S2,OOO,O00 from the tax alone.
Treasury Balances.
The following are the Treasury bal
ances at the close Of business to-day:
Currency, $I0,056,000; coin, Sl03,5O9,-
600, OF which $2l ,043, 900 were coin GER
tifcates
Marine Hospital to be Sold.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
given instructions for the sale OF the
material of the Marine Hospital at San
Francisco. The building was badly
shaken by the earthquake Of 1868,
hence the sale. The ground on which
the building stood will not be sold.
Quite number of perches of differ
.pt stones have been received at the
r., >ssury Department to be used in the
erect;ot OF the New State Department
bniIdino None have yet been &C.
cepted. -,.,.r s,.I