The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-11-08
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Hawaii and Chile VIII Be There-RuIe
for Free Entry OF Exhibits


WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. The secretary of
state Is informed that the government of Hawaii
mas accepted the invitation to participate in tho
Worlds fair
The secretary of the treasury today announced
new regulations to govern the free importation
OF articles for exhibition at the Worlds fair
The regulations, which are very lengthy, have
been carefully prepared, with view to
securing expedition and security TO all
articles imported for exhibition at the
exposition without the exaction of Gus
toms duties, fees or charges and to
arrange proceedings entry so as to
afford the utmost convenience and dispatch
The regulations, after giving instructions as to
now the goods are to be shipped, prescribes that
every foreign exhibitor will prepare in duplicate
statement in the form of an invoice which
shall show the name of the exhibitor, the marks
and numbers of the packages, with description
OF their contents and declaration OF the guam
tity and market value of each separate kind
thereof i'll the country producing il. This state
ment must be signed by the exhibitor. but will
require no further verfcation. One OF the in
voices is to be transmitted by mail to
the collector OF customs at Chicago and
the other TO the consignee of the goods at the
port OF first arrival. As matter OF convenience
1t is recommended that all packages intended
for the exposition be consigned to the agent or
forwarder of the commissioner at the
port of first arrival, who will attend
to the customs business incident TO
the transfer of packages from the
importing vessel to the bonded route for trans
portation to Chicago. The consignee of mer-
chandise at the first port of arrival must present
at the custom house the invoice above
described, with the bill of lading and
entry in duplicate, which shall show
the name of the foreign shipper or
owner, the name Of the importing vessel, the
marks and numbers OF packages, with a state
ment of the nature of their contents and foreign
value declared in the invoice. The goods
must come from port of entry to Chicago over
bonded lines, list of which is given in the
regulations. From San Francisco these lines
are the Central Pacific, Southern Pacific aud
Wells, Fargo 81 Co From Port Towsend-
Northern Pacific. From POrtland-Northern
Pacific, Oregon short Line and Utah Northern.
These lines will discharge freight at stations in
Chicago to be arranged within the exposition
grounds, and the packages may be taken to the
respective divisions where they are to be identi-
fed by the customs officers in accord
ance with the duplicate invoice The
articles will remain under the custody of
thu customs inspectors stationed at every place
containing foreign exhibits, and in case the
articles sold they must be regularly with
drawn and duty paid. Delivery will not be al
lowed until the close of the exposition. The
buildings and space set apart for the purpose of
exposition are constituted constructive bonded
warehouses and yards" During the continuance
of the fair any attempt to take advantage of these
regulations to evade the tariff laws, Will
subject the offender to all prescribed penalties.
At the close of the exposition all goods intended
for expectation will be transported in bond to
the seaboard or exterior port and exported
therefrom under the general regulations Tor the