The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-18
DUTIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
War Department Issues Instructions
TO Collectors

TO Collectors.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE war depart
ment has issued regulations for the guild
snce of officers concerned in the collection
Of duties on imports and exports, tsxes
and other charges and exactions to be
collected as a military contribution at
ports and places in the possession of, or
under the control OF. the forces OF the
| United States IN the Philippine Islands.
| The regulations are substantially the
same as were recently put in operation
| in Cuba The rates OF duty, however,
differ in many mporta particulars. The
light duties are as follows. per net ton:
| On each entry of a vessel from a port
Of place except from another port or
place in the Philippines in possession OF
the United States 500.
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, $40. On each en-
| trance of vessel from another port or
place in the Philippines in possession Of
the United States, s02 On departure of
| a vessel for another port or place in the
Philippines in possession of the United
| States, 500.
The following are exempt from light
duties: A vessel belonging to or employ
ed in the service Of the government of
the United States Or a vessel of a neutral
government not engaged in transit; or
vessel in distress; or a yacht belonging
TO an organized yacht club of the United
Goods of all kinds exported through
ports of the Philippines declared open by
the United States shall pay charge of
one peso per 1000 Kilograms gross, as a
charge for wharfage, whatever be the
port of destination or nationality of the
exporting vessel.
Goods of all kinds imported into ports
of the Philippines declared open by the
United States and destined 70 trans-ship-
ment to other ports of the Philippines de-
clared open by the United States, shall
pay a charge for wharfage of one-aaf
of l peso per 1000 Kilograms gross at
the port of trans-shipnent as duty for
wharfage,
Merchandise imported, exported or ship
ped in transit for the use OF the govern
ment Of the United States. and coal, snail
be exempt from wharfage charge.
The following customs will be collected
on aimentary substances:
Live and dead poultry and small game,
pair, % pesos.
Meat, salt and jerked beef, kilo, .0s.
Pork and lard, including bacon,
kilo, Is.
Other kinds of meat, kilo, 90.
Butter, kilo 20.
Salt cod and stock fish, kilo, .o4.
Fresh fish or with the salt indispensable
for its preservation. kilo, .01.
Fish. sailed, smoked and picked, per
kilo, O6.
Shell fish, kilo. .05.
Rice, husked or not, 100 kilos, 20
Wheat, 100 1ilos, so.
Wheat flour, 100 kilos 40.
Other cereals, 100 kilos, so.
Flour of same, 100 kilos, LOO.
A sugar, raw, kilo, .02.
B sugar. refined kilo. 10.
Cocoa of all kinds and origin kilo IL
Coffee, of all kinds and origin. kilo, 10
Cinnamon, of all kinds and origin,
kilo. 10.
Cloves, kilo. IA
Pepper kilo, OF. {
Tea, of all kinds and origin, kilo 20
Olive Oil, kilo, IL.
Common brandy Of vinic alcohol, Ii
tire, .O9.
A brandy, favored with anized. compos-
ed brandies and liquor of vinic alcohol,
litre, 20.
B. Common brandy, favored with anlzed
composed brandies and liquors. not ex-
clusively made from vinic alcohol: /. e.,
those known as industrial, litre, .os
Beer and cider in wood, $50 per hectoli-
tre in bottles. rs per hectolftre.
Wines. sparkling, litre. .25.
Wines, other, litre, IL.
Duty will be levied on the following
products OF the Philippine islands when |
exported therefrom:
Abanca, raw or wrough hemp; indigo. |
rice, sugar. cocoanuts and tobacco.
Excise and other inland charges are |
provided for on distilled spirits and CT |
gars and cigarettes.
Provision is made for the free importa- |
ton into the Philippines of mineral wa
ters. trees and plants. lime. copper and |
gold and silver ores and samples OF many |
lines of merchandise.
Free admission IS also extended to I
wearing apparel ind reasonable personal |
equipment OF travellers; to the furniture |
OF persons going TO settle in the Philip |
pines; to the equipment of portable the |
aires. panoramas OF similar public en- |
tertainments: 10 submarine telegraph ca |
bles, and 10 machinery and supplies nee /
essary for the salvage or repairs Of for /
eign vessels which have entered ports OF 1
the Philippines through stress OF
weather.
The metric system Of weights and 1
measures in use by the Spanish govern /
ment viii be continued. The kilogran IS /
equivalent TO 29O4s pounds.
The monetary unit Of the Philippines
is the gold peso, Of the mint estimate Of /
value s1G544
The current money heretofore IN cir
culstion in the Philippines shall be re-
ce,ved FOR duties. taxes and other sxac-
tons. in the manner and upon the same
basis OF valuation heretofore prevailing 4
as that IN use prior TO the military and 4
naval occupatio
4 litre - equivalent 70 Ls7 quarts.
hec;oli;re Is equivalent 70 = 40 gallons.
Lost Hi. Life saving Others
a country boy visiting New York stop
Ped a frantic runaway team that vas
= bout % dash On the Sidewalk where there
were hundreds % women ard children.
he saved their lives but lost us own
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