The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
VENEZUELA'S NEW TARIFF.
The Free List Embraces Books,
Woods, Machinery. Etc.

woods, Machinery. Etc.
| The United States Consul at Maracaibo.
Venezuela. Mr.. Plumacher. has sent 10 The
| State Department copy OF the new
Venezuelan tariff The document is a
vOIUminous affair and goods OF foreign
origin are divided into nine classes fer
taxation at the custom houses, beginning
with the articles admitted free Of duty
The range of duty is from I9 cents per
kiIogram TO 1886 per kiIogram. Following
IS the free list:
Articles imported by order OF the Gov
eminent Live animals with the excep-
| ton Of leeches- Iron boiler plates, bot
toms or boilers. gratiBgs. rollers and ap-
paratus for crushing cane. also axies and
frames for same and native iron and scrap
iron for resmeIting- Flows and pillow
shares, hoes, spades. sickIes. bilhooks and
scythes, wedding hooks, hatchets. shov-
els, picks. tastes and cutIasses with or
without wooden handles, and matchets
for Topping. Apparatus and machinery for
lighting with gas and electricity and for
their manufacture, Matching apparatus
carbonate of calcium. mineral coal and
carbons fer electric light. acetylene gas
and trisulpEate Of lime. Barbed iron wire
for fences, and also hooks for fastening
the same, as shown in the cIiche contain
engines. Carriages accessories and ma
terials intended exclusively for railroads
Wood ashes, residues OF pressed grapes.
guano and every other substance, yege-
table, mineral or artificial used as fertii-
iZeTs and not included in my other class
Roman cement and TiIeston cement for
roofs Personal effects Of ministers and
those Of diplomatic agents of the RePub-
lie on their return to the Republic
Springs, axletrees, rims, and boards for
carts and carriages TO be constructed IN
the country Baggage brought by passen-
gers. with the exception Of those articles
which have not been used, and OF furni-
ture which will pay according to the
class to which it belongs. subject TO a re-
bate according 20 the deterioration which
it may have suffered from use The duty
IeviabIe on unused articles imported to-
gether with baggage snail be increased by
% per cent, and if they come from the
West Indies. they shall pay 30 per cent
additional Geographical or astronomical
globes, photographed or marine charts,
maps OF all kinds and Autographed or
printed topOgra phiCaI plans Of mines
Renaet- Ice imported into localities
y here no ice factories exist by permits
sion of the Government EGgs. Books
printed. unbound OF stitched. treating of
science. art. aud trade, catalogues, news
papers. and writing copy books for pri-
mary schools. Wood prepared for ship
building logs Of pine. pitch pine for mast5
and square beams exceeding twenty-five
Centimetres. oak CT other common wood
int ended TO he sawn into planks. beams,
or into any other form Printing presses
and typographical accessories. such as
type. lines. prepared printing ink. and
white printing paper. neither sized nor
gImmed. also paper paste for manufaC-
turing stereotype plates and alloy Of lead
and aluminium employed Tor stereotype
printing MaChtntTy for USE in agrICui-
ture, mines weaving, Sa WmiliS, lOuHdrteS
not otherwise mentioned, also those in
tended for the arts or trades when the
manufacturer imports them himself. and
after having justified the use he intends
20 make of them and having obtained
previous permission from the Govern
ment- Parts imported for the purpose OF
repairing sugar mills and agricultural
machinery are also in this first class Tel
egTaphic machinery and apparatus with
previous permission from the Govern
ment- Steam engines Of al kinds and
W1nQmlliS with their accessories with
previous permission from the Govern
meur- Samples OF tissues in small strips
in quantities not exceeding twenty-five
kilograms In weight. and OF wall paper
not exceeding hIIy-Centimetrss in Iength-
OF Of all other articles whenever they
are imported in such dimensions and IN
such conditions as to be unSaI Die Legal
gold coin Platinum and gold and silver
uaISrouEht- Living plants of all kinds. .
herDarlUms or collections OF Try plants (
other than medicinal and seeds for SOW
ing which cannot be used for food Pro
ducts of Colombia imported across the /
frontier of that country provided reel (
procity exists. Bridges with their chains (
floors and other accessories. intended for /
pubic use or agricultural purposes. 9TH
erNis'- they pay duty on the materials OF /
which composed Clocks for public use /
imported by order Of the Government /!
" hen empty glass bottles are imported +
IN boxes which may be used 10 carry the !
same number of bottles when filed the {
bottles and the boxes shall pay the /
respective duty 10 which they are fable /.
under this law Articles in which goods +
exempt from duty are imported, such as 4
trunks, Gladstone bags, portfolios. IIanE-
cts: or cloths which are not thereby de-
terlOFated IN value shall be weighed aDarr
ana SE1aL pay the duty Of the class ia /
which they respectively belong