The New York herald., 1877-12-19

single came on consignment
| 4 LIGHT AND AIRY
| The dith division is in charge o! Mr. william D.
Hoyt 10 whom sent for examination the following
named goods:Bunting, corsets, feathers. crude ana
dried; gloves, hats, hosiery, knit goods, millinery
goods, parasols, straw braiis umbrellas worsteu
performed here with but very little assistance IL Is
The belief OF those whose opinions on inc suoJect are
OF weight that larger number oi Cases
OF dress goods should be TO this division for OK
animation, a Modification made oil article 4os, Gus
toms regulations, SO as 10 permit an examipaton 10
be made OF goods ordered The public stores AZ
such place places they may be found under the
ia store for exam ination and when other are
ordered by the Appraiser II is frequently found that
they cannot be produced. notwithstanding tue bond
yua FACTS OF INTEREST TO LADIEs
Mr. john A. Baush, Special Assistant Appraiser,
ana veteran OF nearly thirty Ave years 10 TINS de-
partment, has charge Of the sixth division. me
principal staples passed in this divsion are wool and
iurs on these subjects Mr Bausn converses with
ease as well as practical knowledge. he says
'srhe impol talion Of fine woods, which come from
Australia, nave largely decreased. aud tne
coarse woods, which are the carpet work,
aud come from the Black Sea principally, are
about the same as last year or the year previous.
We DO not raise fine wools In this country as the
Australian woods, nor is the Black Sea wool raised in
this country TO any great extent There are few
coarse woods raised the UniLed States or carpets
ana low priced blankets The Texas, California and
australian Ss.nT n0'is article @ The g. Flencn German and
English woos have greatly fallen OF In mportatons,
also carpets OF all KINDS, owing the competition OF
our own domestic man nuiactures The importers COM
plain most OF the compound duties which arc very
unpopular. They think the Whole Iarin IS too
tho whole law furs are received III TINS
d,vslon-manufacturers' iurs, raw iurs, raw
/ SKIN iurs, dressed lurs the skins, hatters'
furs and iur seals, &c. Raw fur skins are reo OF
duly, but on dressed iur SKINS there is duly OF
! caps pay duty OF thrty-dve per cent ad valorem.
In TINS business ali classes OF urs have decreased
this year, owing 10 heavy laures in the trade and
lack demand In 1875 had, lor instance, 5o, 600
SEALS III 1876, 4i,0oo This year we Will run TO about
-, 900. refer now to dressed ana undressed seal
| SKINS. These skins from London. They are
| sold November and March. The dea!ors pay the
gold Tor them, and We get ihem here IN july and Au-
gust OF the succeeding year already dressed some
Times we do not set them untii september, october
ana November Last year although the times were
with, there good SALE because the weather was
favorable In the beginning OF the seasou IT was sup
posed that the seal would be drug IN the market,
but when the ladies' got to changing the fashions oy
making them INTO long sacques the demand became
greater, aud the prices were good. The seal skins
still hod their prominence tor garments. No mink
iurs come here now except The Russian mink, which
is the poorest in the market. Our mnks the best
| in the world"
MARKET
The Seventh division, IN charge oi Dr. William J.
Headiy assistant appraiser, is better known Us the
drug DIVISION Many difficulties exist in the ex
pmlna on OF the various arlcles coming to TINS de-
partlDent especially III the case oi perunery vi The
hundred or more different manufacturers oi per-
iumery abroad, all making nifty or more bottles OF
different Sizes, anu paying duty ol SO per
| gallon anu nty per CENT the quantity has
| 10 be estimated, anu the examiner who does that
ihe perumery received into the port from every part
OF the world, and which enables him 10 verify such
articles also the values OF essential oils and pomades
and toilet requisites toilet soaps paying cons
pound aud twenty-five per cent Another thing IS
testing the various dyes that are received, as ~
whether they contain aniline or not Any dye or
color containing anime pays y duty OF MY
Ssns h per ves,us have careuy
tested BY chemical process, In order
de,ec aniline that may be contained in them,
as man uacturers abroad are continually putting IN
small quantities. OF such material TO brighten the
original color, and 10 tho detriment OF Inc article
ilsel This anine Is made from The residuum OF coal
oil. and exported in large quantities from this
country in crude state Many OF the drugs
active principle 10 order to be allowed 10
come into The country for consumption. Drugs are
generally free. TIE only thing to be looked alter s
" pass reject them. II rejected the importers
allowed Six noAths 10 export tnem; otherwise sney
over fifteen hundred cases oil opium have been
received, paying duty OF 81 per pound, each case
having 70 De carefully unpaeked, weighed repacked,
corded and sealed. nc value OF Is about 5000
IN bond, and averages about one hundred and nifty
pounas 10 the case.
GLASSWARE AND cRooKERY.
Mr.. Frank Hay, assistant appraiser, has charge OF
the Egnin division, TO which are semi great variety
oil articles among them i've animals, burr stones,
building materials boots and shoes OF leather
tonery crockcry, earthen ware, glass; glass
ware guano, gulta percha ice ivory, leather. Oakum
porcelain ware, rags, SKINS (not furs slate stones
wood, &c. But the most important and SOLID material
examined here are imported sugars, molasses and
meado. Millions upon millions oi pounds 81 these
Nast named articles arrive annually and are passed
upon by this DIVISION.
METAL DEPARTMENT
The Ninth division Is under The control OF General
James i. Hal aud designated the "MoIal Division.p
1he intricate bus this bureau Is the val
uatson Of s,eeis. The quality OF tnis article man
can ascertain by simply looking at H. testing the
Would cost more than The material The judgment iu
regard to this metal Is largely made up from The uses
to which 1t is applied Ii requires an expert Judgment
IN de e.ermlnng these values. PROBABLY greater
than almost any other article thai can be
named u may be SAID inat 70 become
\ I1ntn Sfe narGn mug
born III ana brought uD In The businesa All tue tin
imported also comes 10 this division. Block tin Is
Tree OF duty, but on sheet or plate tin there is
specific uuty Vi one and onc-ten th cents per pound
This about the only single instance, merchants CLAIM
in winch The tariff seems satisfactory the
portcrs and just 20 the government The importa
ton oil English ana other cutlery largely uim n
shed OF late years, owing to the excellence oil the
American manufacture OF THIS article, which has
almost crowded The Sheffield wares out OF the market
IRiSKABLEs AND
One of the most important OF all Is the tcnlh div
sion, which Is IN charge oil Mr. DAVID q Sturg $ Asss-
tant Appraiser ILc goods sent mere Tor examination
consist o 'ae beverages cocoa, coffee, cordas, nre
WORKS, lood, fruits, gunpowder, gram, groceries Tex
cept moasses and SUGAR. hops, malt, nuts, oils tex
cept essential and me dicnal plants, porter, Seeds
spirituous liquors, satury tea, wincs cigars, cigar
etles, uu and lObaccoo BY lar the greater
OF exam nations conducted here are oi spiriluous
quors, vines and cordIals. Mr. }. McFarringon, tie
examiner OF these goods, has been connected with
this department Tor nearly twenty years.
10 January, 1867, the department established an
average gauge Tor Deer IN botes al ~ gallons Tor
quar,s and 70 gallons lor pnls This was accepted
about two years ago, when The established gauge
questioned al san Francisco, aad since that tmo
the average gauges have been ascertalned by
actual measurements, and instead OF
form gauge there been found as many
| as thirty VARIATIONS OF average gauges Tho
duties upon spirluous nquors Dcins determined
by Their proofs great cautio0 necessary their
| examination Much care been Laken In TINS do
partment 10 secure IN tile cxamInatt0n certain
for conditions, such as having the "cup labcn
aaJussed 10 a dead level and 10 have samples
spits TO be tested subjected 10 uniform tempera-
ture, icwer errors are keiy occur the Ger
tainincnt OF proofs where the Is made ut such
| temperature IL has been iound necessary, even
with tho most careful handing OF tho hy-
drometers, TO have them frequently read
jusled by test Instrument THIS has been dono
as often two mouths when 1t was
discovered that there were considerable variations
the thermometers and consequent variations in the
apparent proofs III Is believed lhat TINS prccaul Is
taken port IN tho United states. IL is The
general opnIon thai free goods or merchandise pay
ing spccnc VI duty require llttc or no
Ilog The Illustrations Rfven aoovc respecting tue
animation Of beer ana spiftuous liquors vlil show
falsity OF this opinion. This pont may be further