, 1897-03-16

Ayers, New Zealand. Australia. Cape o
Good Hope, Russia. Great Britain, Cana
ia, Egypt, Morocco and elsewhere. ant
also including all woods not designated
in class > and 3.
Class Leicester. Catswold, Lincoln
shire. Down combing woods, Canad;
long woods or other like combing wool!
Of English blood. hair Of the angorF
goat, alpaca and like animals.
Class 3-Donskoi, native OF South
America. COrdova, Russian camels ant
woods OF like character as have beer
imported into the United States from
Turkey. Greece, Syria and elsewhere. ex,
cepting improved woods hereinafter
provided for.
The duties fixed are: Glass l, II cents
a pound; class 2. II ents: class 8, on
woods valued at 10 cents or less per
pound including charges, and on com,
mon goat hair, 80 per cent ad valorem,
valued al more than 10 cents per pound
30 cents ad valorem.
Standard samples OF wool which may
be deposited in the principal custom
hoses are to be the standards for classI,
t~ication and the secretary OF the treas.
ury is authorized to renew the standards
from time to time in his Judgment.
Woods of class 3 improved from their
present character by mixture of merino
or English blood shall be classified as
class ! or .. Woods of the first class
imported. washed. shall pay double the
duty and woods of the second class I'M.
ported. secured. treble duty.
Cnwashei woods shall be considered
such as shall have been shorn from the
sheep without any cleansing: washed
woods such as have been washed with
water only on he Sleeps back or on the
skin. Wool washed in any other way
shall 'e considered as secured. Woods
OF classes | and 2 imported in any other
than ordinary condition. or sorted, or
increased in value by the rejection OF
any part Of the original fleece, shall pay
donble duty, but skirted woods imported
in 1890 and before are excepted. The
duty upon wool changed in character or
condition for evading the duty or re-
duced in value by admixture OF dirt or
other foreign substance, shall be twice
doubled. Duty on woods on which duty
IS assessed amounting to three times or
mora tIun 10 ,Nprn,lnJ -l,I1 So. L.
doubled on account Of its being sorted.
II n bale or package Of wool or hair
claimed by the importer TO be dutiable
as of any specified class, containing anv
wool subject to "A higher duty than the
class specified, the whole bale or packs
age shall be subject to the highest rate
of duty %chargeable on wool OF the class
subject TO such higher rate OF duty, and
if any package be claimed by the i'm
porters to be shoddy, mungO, flocks,
wool. hair or other material of any class
specified. and such bail contain any mix
ture Of any o1her material, the whole
bale or package shall be subject to duty
NJ the highest rate imposed upon any
article in said bale or package.
Woods on the skin shall pay the same
rate as other woods. Duties or noils.
shoddy, top waste. slubbing waste, row
ing waste, ring waste. yarn waste, gar
Melted waste and all other wastes COM
posed wholly or in part Of wool, 30
cents per pound on wooden rags, mungo
and flocks 10 cents per pound.
Wool and hair in the form of ropins,
rowing, or tops. and all OF which have
been advanced in any name Or by any
process Of manufacture beyond the
washed or secured condition, not spe,
cially provided for in this act, shall be
subject to the same duties as are imposed
upon manufactures OF wool not specially
provided for.
On rovings. ropings and yarns made
wholly or in part Of wool. valued at mol
more than 80 cents per pound, the duty
shall be TWO and one-half times the
duty on one pound Of unwaslied wool OF
the first class; valued at more than 30
cents and not more than so cents; three
times the duty of unwashed woods OF the
first class; valued at more than 40 cents,
three and one-half times and upon all
the above, additional duties shall be i'm
posed as follows:
On rovings, ropings and yarns, wholly
or in part of wool. and not advanced be-
yond the condition of single yarn by
grouping or twisting two or more single
rovings, ropings, strands or yarns, to-
gether, the duty shall be 10 cents per
pound on all numbers up to and includ-
ing number 80: on all numbers finer than
30. l5 cents. and in addition 80 of l
cent for each number in excess OF 80.
The numbers Of rovings, ropings and
yarns shall be determined by the num-
Der of hanks of 100 and so yards each Of
single yarns or strands in a pound. The
following scheme Of mixed specific and
ad valorem duties on manufactured
goods has been devised: On cloths, knit
fabrics, not especially provided FOR in
this act, and on all manufactures Of ev-
cry description. wholly or in part OF
wool. not especially provided for, the
duty shall be three times the duty OF
unwashed wool Of the first class.
On blankets and fannels for UNDER
wear, composed wholly or in part Of
wool. valued at not more than 30 cents