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Synopsis Of Decisions by the Treasury

department
a synopsis Of the important decisions rendered
BY the Treasury Depa tment f5r the month Of
May has been published for the information Of
merchants zai he guidance Of customs revenue
officers.
Section g Of the act of July 2S. 1856, provides.
That in determining the dutiabe value Of
merchandise hereafter imported there shall he
added to the cost CT % the sctual wholesale price
or general market yslIe az the time Of export Ia
ton in the principal market Of the country from
whence the same shau have been imported into
the United States the value of the sack, box or
covering Of any kind in which such goods are
contained
Il necessarily follows that when wives are IN
ported in bottles the est Of the bottles should be
included in the dutia5.e value Of the wines con-
tainel in them, whether such wines are subject
to a specific duty, according to value, or an al
ral0rem duty, or 10th. Banks OIL and
d" Straits oil" are rot prepared expressly for use
as medicine, but are obtained from the liver Of
the goldfish, 10 the same manner as the ordinary
ish oil. and are generally used for the same pur-
poses. Such oils, when imported in the condition
in which they are originally rendered, without
being refined or purihed should be classified
FISH oil, at daty Of twenty per centum al
rgl0reu, under the tFeaty-drs, section Of the
act Of July II, 1879.
New Zealand fax should not be CLASSIFIED as "a
substitute for hemp" at duty Of twenty-five
dollars per ton, as it Is not commercially known
as or generally used for the purpose Of hemp, BY
reason Of want of strength IN the iibre and other
defects, but sh0uli be classified 'haZ not
hacked or dressed, 50 NJ duty q twenty dollars
per ton, under the ;1euty- fret section Of the act
Of July Il, 1870.
The department sees no objection 70 the agent Of
8 common cairier, bonded for ;be transportation
Of goods under the provisions Of the act Of July
II, 1870, acting as the consiguee, and therefore
authorized to make entry OF the goods intenied
for immediate transportation provided it shall
sppear from the invoice that the goods are con-
signed TO such agent.
Imported musical instruments, manufactured
Of a combination Of metals, Of which copper
forms but little if any portion Of the value there
of, are liable TO duty At the rate Of thirty per
centum Cd ra'Jrsm, under the spocial provision
for musical instruments Of all kinds in the
twentieth section Of the act March ., 1861, and
the sixth section Of the act Of July !, 1862.
Imported silk lace rarssol covers were proper
y classified for duty a the rate Of sixty per
ce1tum al rGilreu under the specisl provision
in the eighth section Of the act O! June 30 1861,
for silk laces. The fact that the merchandise is
Manufactured expressly in shape for psrSsol COW
ers does not operate diyest il Of its commercial
character as lace.
Imported oysters, preserved in oil, sufficiently
for general commercial purposes, are liable to
duty Of thi-ty-hye per cantum al rIi0rcm,
under the provisions in the tWenty-second section
Of the set u March >, 1851, snd the thirteenth
section Of the act Of July II. 1852 for' prepared
vegetables, meats, dsl sni gsme, sealed or IN
sealed, in cans or Otherwise
Pieces of xyloniie cat in the form Of sud parti-
ally manufactured rs knife handles, and intend
ed 70 be used s5leiy for such purposes, are liable
70 daty Of twenty per cent at raiorem, as
Sc partially Manufactured articles G0t otherwise
enumerated" under the twenty fourth section OF
the act Of March ., 1851.
The Department, af3er a careful reconsiiera-
ton Of its decision Of May IL, 1870 has decilei
that imported steel iu sheets should not be clas-
siiei as ''c1oss cut Saws, partially manufactur-
e5 - st duty Of ten cents per lines foot, as the
same may be usei for hay knives and other
purposes, but II should be classified as stee' in
sheets ami piy duty according to its value per
pound
lnportal shells, c!es1sel and polished by acids.
and otherwise made ready for sale as ornamental
shells, are liable 20 daty al the rate Of thirty-dve
per oentum az r1ioreu, under the provisions
'' for manufacture OF Shells" in the twenty
second section OF the act Of March ,, 1861, and
he eighteenth section Of the set Of July Il,
1862
II s licensed vcssel Of over twenty tons bur
del. engaged in the colsting trade, has no copy
OF her enrolment on board, or if none be proiu-
ced on demand of an othcer concerned in the
collection Of the revenue. she becomes liable to
the penalty mentioned in section thirteen Of the
sct Of February Is, 1928.