The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-08
CONUNDRUMS
ARE SOLVED.
What the Changes in
Customs Are.
RULING ON MOOT POINTS
Merchandise Imported After June 18th
Subject to United States
Law,

Merchants of Honolulu who import
from the States have been puzZling over
number of questions relating to Gus
toms matters that will arise in con-
nection with the change from the Ha-
waiian laws to those of the United
States on Thursday next. Collector of
Customs Stackable prepared for the Adj
vertiser last evening statement giving
an authoritative ruling on some of the
more important questions that have
been under dispute.
This statement is as follows:
Merchandise imported into the Ha-
waiian ISLANDS before the 14th of June,
1900, and entered for warehouse, or re-
naming unclaimed at the close of bust
ness on June 13th 1900, and merchandise
imported on or after June IA, 1900, will be
required upon entry at the Custom
House to pay the rates of duty pre-
scriped by the United States tariff act
approved July oath, 1897, excepting that
merchandise, the growth or product or
the United States, and arriving there
from on or after June 14th, 1900, will be
considered as merchandise transported
from one port of the United states to
another, and not as an importation.
Merchandise withdrawn from a bond
ed warehouse in the United States prior
to June 14th, 1900, for expectation with
out payment of duty to the Hawaiian
| Islanus, will be treated upon its ar
| rival at the Hawaiian Islands as
though exported directly from the coun-
| try of production, and Will be dutiable.
! The date of the entry of the vessel will
| in each case be the date of the importa-
ton of the merchandise. Vessels from
the United States will be entered coast
4 wise on and after June 14th, 1900.
Importers will be required on June
| 14th, 1900, to present at the Custom
1 House entries for warehouse or con-
| sumption, covering merchandise enter
i ed for warehouse prior to that date
and not already withdrawn therefrom
which entries will be in the form pre-
! scribed by The Customs Administrative
act of June 10th, 1890, and in the case OF
entry for warehouse covering such mer-
chandise, the prescribed bond for ware
! housing imported goods will be duly
executed.
/, Domestic distilled spirits imported in
!, to the Hawaiian Islands from the Unit
: ed States on or before June 14th. 1900
without payment of United States In
ternal Revenue tax, and remaining un
claimed or in bonded warehouse IL
the District of Hawaii on or after tina
date, upon entry for consumption OF
equal to the Internal Revenue tax.
Article 29S of the Customs Regula
tons of 1892 reads as follows:
Duties must be paid in coin or coil
certificates of the United States or il
United States notes payable on demand
!, which We're authorized to be issue,
prior to February %, 1862, and made re
ceivable for public Dues or in the treas
ury notes issued under Act of July Il
1890" SIS ~
Article 1880 of the Regulations refer
red to reads as follows:
Gold coins of the, United States ar
2 receivable for duties at their nomina
value, in unlimited sums, provided tn
. loss of weight by abrasion or ordinar
2 wear does not exceed one-half of on
l per centum in twenty years, or in tina
l proportion for shorter period of circu
: lation
Y Silver dollars of the United States
e other than trade dollars, are receivabl
e for duties, at their nominal value, il
t unlimited sums
Silver half-dollars. quarter dollars
f dimes and half dimes are receivable TO
f duties in sums not exceeding ten dol
lars in any one payment
: United States demand notes, Unite
X States treasury notes and certificate
g of deposit of gold coin and bullion an
of standard silver dollars of the Unite
, states are receivable for duties at thei
nominal value in unlimited amounts.
Debenture certificates for payment {
drawback, which may have been issue
| according to law. shall be received 1
payment of duties at the Custom Hous
= at which they were issued"
Checks, drafts or other bills of e2
change, and national bank notes, al
$ not receivable as duties.
d The office of Mr.. Stackable at tt
% Custom House will be one of the busie:
= places in the city during the next fe
: days. w. S. Chance, of Washington
q representing the Treasury Department
n and Andrew Smith, who has had yeal
70 of experience in the customs office