The Topeka state journal., 1898-08-18
TARIFF FOR PHILIPPINES.
Schedule Issued by the Government
for Official Guidance

Schedule Issued by the Government
for Official Guidance.
Washington, Aug 1s.-The war de-
| partment 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 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 into operation in Cuba The rates
of duty, however, differ in many i'm
pOrtant particulars. The light dues
are as follows per net ton: On each
entry of vessel from a port or place
in the Philippines in possession of the
United States $O.10.
On each entry Of a vessel from an
other port or place in the Philippines in
possession of the United States .O2.
On each departure of a vessel for an
other port or place in the Philippines
in possession of the United States or
The following are exempt from light
dues:
A vessel belonging to or employed in
the service of the government or a YES
sci of a neutral foreign government not
engaged in transit; or a vessel in dis
tresS; or yacht belonging to an or
ganized yacht club of the United States
or neutral foreign nation.
GOODS OF all kinds exported through
ports of the Philippines, declared open
by the United States, shall pay acharge
of one peso per 1 900 kilograms gross,
as charge of 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
philippines declared open by the United
States shall pay a charge for wharfage
of one half of one peso per 1000 kilo-
grams gross at the port of tras-ship-
ment as due for wharfage.
Merchandise imported, exported or
shipped in transit for the use Of the
government of the United States and
coal shall be exempt from wharf
charges.
The following customs tariff will be
collected on alimentary substances:
Live and dead poultry and small
game, pair .05 pesos.
Meat, Salted and jerked beef, kilo, .0S.
Pork and lard, including bacon, kilo,
Is.
Other kinds of meat, kilo, .09.
Fresh fish or with the salt indispensa-
BILE for it's preservation, kilO, .01.
Fish, salted, smoked and picked, ,kilo,
.O6.
Shell fish, kiIo, .O5
Rice, husked or not, 100 kilOs, rs.
Wheat, 100 kilos, 60
Wheat flour, 100 kilos, 2.10.
Other cereals, 100 kilos, so.
Flour OF same, 1UU k1lOS, l.UO.
A sugar, raw, kilO, .02.
B sugar, refined, kilo, 10.
Cocoa, Of all kinds and origin, kilo,
p
Coffee of all kinds and origin, kilo
10.
Cinnamon Of all kinds and origin.
kilo, .12.
Cloves, kilo, IA.
Pepper, kilo, .O7.
Tea of all kinds and origin, kiIo, 20.
Olive oil, kilo, .12.
Common brandy, Htre, .09.
A brandy favored with anise seed
and liquors of vinic alcohol, 1itre, 40.
common brandy, Favored with
anise seed, composed brandies and
liquors, not exclusively made of vinic
alcohol, i. e., those known as Industrial,
litre, So
Beer and cider in wood, $50 per hec-
tolitre; in bottles, IT'S per hectolitre.
Wines, sparkling Itre .25-
Wines, other, htre, .12.
Duty will be levied on the following
products of the Philippine islands when
exported therefrOm.
Abaca, raw or wrought hemp; indigo,
rice, sugar, cocoaIiuts and tobacco
Excise and other inland charges are
provided for on distilled spirits and ci-
gars and cigarettes.
Provision is made for the free impor-
tation in 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
wearing apparel and reasonable person.
al property of travellers, the furniture
of those going to settle in the Philip
pines, to the equipment of portable the
aters panOramas and similar public en-
tertainments, to submarine telegraph
cables, and to machinery and supplies
necessary 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 govern |
ment will be continued. !
The kilogram is equal to 2.46 pounds.
The monetary unit of the Philippines !
is the gold peso, of the mint Estimate
of value $1.034.
The current money heretofore in cir |
cuIation in the Philippines shall be re- |
ceived for duties, taxes and other ex- |
actions, in the manner and upon the |
same basis of valuation as that in use |
prior to the military and naval occupa-
ton.
A Itre is equivalent to 1857 quarts.
A hectolitre is equivalent to 26.4170
gallons.
FOR EXPANSION.