The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-03

dollars. and such owner shall be paid
for such co ms by the superintendent OF
the mint the bullion value per troy ounce
OF the flno silver they contain In stand
ord silver coin of the United States.
Sec. 5. That silver coins heretofore
struck by the government OF Hawaii
shall continue to he legal tender for
debts in the Territory OF Hawaii, In ac-
cordance with the laws OF the Republic
OF Hawaii. until the first day OF Jam
uary. nineteen hundred and three, and /
not afterwards.
Sec. G. That no seigniorage, or mint j
dues. or charges shall be made or retain-
cd for the recoinage OF the silver coins |
Of the United States under the provi- |
sions of this Act.
Sec. Z. That any silver certificates
heretofore issued by the government of
the Hawaiian Islands, intended to be cir
culated money. shall be redeemed by
the Territorial government of Hawaii on
or before the first day of January, nine
teen hundred and four, and after that
date 1t shall be unlawful to circulate the
same as money.
Sec. s. That nothing In this Act con-
tanned shall bind the United States to
redeem any silver certificates issued by
the government of Hawaii. or any silver
in the manner and upon the condition
stated In this Act for the recoinage of
Hawaiian silver.
Sec. Q. That the collector of customs
for the district of Hawaii is hereby au-
thorized to deposit all collections made
by him in the designated depository of
the United States in the Territory of
Hawaii.
CUSTOMS AND REVENUE.
The last weekly bulletin of the Treas
TRY Department, containing decisions
pertaining to customs and revenue
questions, contains two matters affect
ing Hawaii. One of these is a letter to
Messrs. j. d. Spreckels Bros. & Co.. of
San Francisco, in answer to a letter OF
December 9th inst, protesting against
the action of the inspector in charge
of the administration of the. Chinese
exclusion act at the port of San Fran
cisco, who, as stated in the Spreckels'
letter. required that company to fur
nish a separate passenger list of three
Chinese persons brought to that port
on the auxiliary steamer Sierra from
Honolulu. The protest is buseu upon
the fact that Honolulu is a domestic
port. proposition which Is not dis
puted by the Treasury Department as
respects any other feature than the
entry of Chinese coming therefrom to a
continental port of the United States.
The letter of reply, which is written
by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
II. a. Taylor, concludes thus:
your attention is drawn to the pro-
visions of section 1O1 of the act APP
proved April so. 1900, providing the
! form of government for the Territory
of Hawaii. portion Of said section
reads as follows:
Provided, however, That no Chinese
/ laborer, whether he shall hold such GER
/ tificate or not, shall be allowed to en-
ter any State, Territory or District Of
the United States from the Hawaiian
/ Islands.
I'm view of this proviso, which places
Chinese coming from Hawaii upon the
same footing as those coming from
any foreign territory, you will concede
the necessity of complying with the
provisions of law, with regard to fur
nishing collectors of customs at the
port of arrival in the United States
separate lists of all Chinese persons
on board. even though some or all of
such Chinese persons were taken on
board at a port Of the Territory Of
| Hawaii"
The other decision is by the board
of appraisers at New York in the mat
ter of the protest of Lee Toma, against
a decision of the collector of customs
at Honolulu, II. l., as to the rate and
tain merchandise, in this instance, fif-
teen cases Of Manila cigars. which We're
imported into honolulu from the Phil
ippine Islands per steamship China,
and entered September last. The
goods We're assessed for duty at the
rate of $3.50 per pound, and 20 per
cent ad valorem, under paragraph 2lI
or the Dingley tariff act of 1897. The
claim made in the protest is that the
cigars are the product of the Philip
pine Islands, and that said islands con-
stitute a part of the United States,
and these cigars are therefore not liza
BILE to duty as merchandise imported
from a foreign country.
The decision Is that the jurisdiction
of the board of classification of the n
eral appraisers under the provisions o!
section IA of the customs administra-
tive act of June 10. 1890. does not ex-
tend to an appeal from decision OF
collectors of customs on goods import
ed from the Philippine Islands, when
the preliminary question is whether
those places were foreign countries
within the l.:Caning of the tariff laws
The opinion. '"hich Is by General Ap-
praiser Sc "r ...', 30 iOtes quite eXten-
siyely fro me /, Z at decision in the
diamond rings case.
ERNEST G. WALKER.