The record-union., 1898-08-18
PHILIPPINE CUsTOMEs.
Regulations for the Collection of
Duties on Imports and Exports.

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-THE War
Department has issued regulations for
the guidance of officers concerned in
| the collection 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 under the control of the
forces of the United States in the Phil
ippines The regulations are substan-
TALLY the same as We're recently put
into operation in Cuba. The rates of
duty, however, differ IN many import
ant particulars. The light duties are
as follows per net ton:
On each entry of vessel from port
or place except from another port or
place in the Philippines in possession
lef the, United States, 10 cents.
I On each departure of vessel for a
port or place, except for another port
or place in the Philippines in posses
sion of the United States, 10 cents.
On each entry of vessel from an
other port or place in the Philippines
in possession of the United States,
cents.
On each departure of a vessel for an
other port or place in the Philippines
in possession of the United States, ?
cents.
The following are exempt from light
duties:
A vessel belonging to or employed in
the service of the Government of the
United States; or a vessel of a neutral
Government not engaged in transit; or
a vessel in distress; or a yacht belong
to an organized yacht club of the Unit
ed States or of a neutral foreign ma
ton.
Goods of all kinds exported through
ports of the Philippines declared open
by the United States shall pay a charge
of / peso per 1000 kilograms, 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 for trans
shipment to other ports of the Philip
pines declared open by the United
States, shall pay charge for wharfage
of one-half of l peso per LOCO kilo-
grams gross at the port of trans
shipment as a due for wharfage.
Merchandise importeda exported or
shipped in transit for the use of the
Government of the United States and
coal shall be exempt from wharf
charges.
Duty will be levied on the following
productions of the Philippine Islands
when exported therefrom: Abaca, raw
or wrought hemp. indigo, rice sugar,
cocoanuts and tobacco.
Excise and other inland charges are
provided for on distilled spirits and ci-
gars and cigarettes.
Provision is made for the free i'm
portation into the Philippines of min
eral waters. trees and plants, lime, cop
per and gold and silver ores, and sam
pies of many lines of merchandise.
Free admission is also extended to
wearing apparel and reasonable equip
ment of travellers; to the furniture of
persons going to settle in the Philip
pines: to the equipment of portable
theaters. pAnoramas and similar public
entertainments; to submarine telegraph
cables. and to machinery and supplies
niece ssary for the salvage or repair of
foreign vessels, which have entered
ports Of the Philippines through stress
of weather.
The metric system of weights and
measures in use by the Spanish Gov
eminent will be continued. The kilo-
gram is equivalent TO 2.2046 pounds.
The monetary unit of the Philippines
is the gold peso, valued at S1.034.