The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-18
TARIFF FOR THE PHILIPPINES
SCHEDULES ADOPTED BY THE
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Rates of Duty On Imports - Port
Charges On Vessels and Wharf
age-Metric System Continued.

Washington, Aug. 1.-THE war depart
ment has issued regulations for the guild
ance of officers concerned in the collec-
ton of duties on imports and exports
taxes and other charges and exactions to
be collected as a military contribution at
ports and places in the possession or I'M
der the control of the forces of the United
States in the Philippine islands. The reg
ulatlons are substantially the same as
were recently put into operation in Cuba.
The rates of duty, however, differ in many
important particulars. The light duties
are as follows, per net ton:
On each entry of a vessel from a port
or place, except from another port or
PLACE in the Philippines in possession of
the United States, 10. On each departure
of a vessel for port or place, except for
another port or place in the Philippines in
possession of the United States, 10.
On each entry of vessel from another
port or place in the Philippines in pos
session of the United States, .02; on each
place in the Philippines in possession of
tho United States, o.
The following are exempt from light du-
ties A vessel belonging to or employed
in the service of the government of the
United States or a vessel of a neutral gov
eminent of the United States or vessel
of neutral government not engaged in
transit; or a vessel in distress; or yacht
belonging to an organized yacht club of
the United States or of neutral foreign
nation.
ports of the Philippines, declared open by
the United States, shall pay a charge of
peso per 1000 Kilograms gross, as a
charge for wharfage, whatever be the port
of destination or nationality of the ex-
porting vessel. Goods of all kinds import
ed into ports OF the Philippines declared
open by the United States and destined
for trans-shipment to other ports of the
Philippines declared open by the United
States, shall pay a charge for wharfage
of one-half of one peso per 1000 Kilograms
q nnrf M fr-ll I'M dref a
due for wharfage.
Merchandise imported. exported or ship
ped in transit for the use OF the govern
ment of the United States and coal shall
be exempt from wharf charges.
The following customs tariff will be col
lected on elementary substances:
Live and dead poultry and small game:
pair, :O5 pesos; meat, sailed and jerked
beef. kilo .0S; pork and lard. including
bacon, kilo Is; other kinds of meat, kilo,
20; salt cod and stock fish, kilo,. .04; fresh
fish or with the salt indispensable for its
preservation. kilo, oil; fish, sailed, smoked
and picked, kilo, 90; shell fish, kilo. .O5;
rice: husked or not, 100 kilos. 70; wheat.
other cereals, 100 klos, 1.50; -four of same.
loo kilos. LOO; a sugar. raw, kilo. 10; b
sugar refined, kilo. 10; cocoa of all kinds
and origin, kilo, 10; cinnamon of all
kinds and origin, kilo, IL; cloves, kilo IA :;
pepper. .kilo. .0l; tea of all kinds and ori-
gin, kilo. 20; olive oil, kilo. II.
Common brandy of vinic alcohol litre,
.09; (a) brandy favored with aniseed, COM
posed brandies and liquors of vinic alco-
hol litre, 20; (b) common brandy favored
with aniseed. composed brandies and IL
quors, not exclusively made of vinic al
cohol, i. e. those known as Industrial
litre, 30; beer and cider in wood. 900 per
hectolitre; in bottles. 1.75 per hectolitre;
wines, sparkling, itre. %; wines, other,
litre. II.
Duty will be levied on the following pro-
auctions OF tho Philippine Islands when
exported therefrom
Abaca raw or wrought hemp indigo
rice, sugar. cocoanutS and tobacco.
Excise and other inland charges are pro-
vided for on distilled spirits and cigars
and cigarettes.
Provision is made for the free impor-
tation into the Philippines of mineral wa
tiers, trees and plants, lime. copper and
gold and silver ores and samples of many
lines of merchandise.
Free admission is also extended to wear
ing apparel and reasonable personal
equipment of travellers. to the furniture
OF persons going TO settle IL the Philip
pines. 10 the equipment of portable thea
tres. panoranas and similar public enter
tainmentS. 70 submarine telegraph cables
and TO machinery and supplies necessary
for the salvage or repair of foreign vessels
which have entered ports of the Philip
pines through stress of weather.
The metric system OF weights and meas
ures in use by the Spanish government
will be continued. The kiiogram is equiv
alent to e20+G pounds.
The monetary unit of the Philippines
is the gold peso, of the value Of Sl.034.
The current money heretofore il. cir
eulation in the Philippines shall be re-
ceived for duties taxes a other er-
actions in the manner ARD Upon the same
basis OF valuation as heretofore prevail