Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-01-28
SOME BIG FIGURES
Increase Of Business in Vermont
Customs District Last Year.
Duties Assessed Amount to More THIN
SJOO. 0OO-PrincipaI Articles Imported
nnd Exportcd-Dutics Of Collectors
and inspectors.

The calendar year ending December 81,
1905, was d busy one for Collector Olin |
Mcrrili of the customs district of YER
mont and his force of Is suUOrdlnates, tho |
volume of business transacted beng lar |
In excess of tnat accomplished III any |
previous year s,nce the Old district or
Vermont was divided in 1870 and in TACT |
for some years before that.
The figures tor each year since 1898
the first complete year since the district
WAS dlVidcd, are as follows:
lN's --4oi4'oo
1853 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. oA4ola..'
lND 'o,"'" d
1901 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. WoV''f3
ll5'2 90 ~ 20
1909 'o-n-n.0
! he value Of the merchandise brought
into the district In 1905 from the Donlnlon
of canada amounted in the aggregate To
81 $3.50. upon which duties TO tne
amount Of $3.4H,EG.36 were collected or
estimated. The value Of the merchandise
entered for Immediate consumption was:
Goods exempt from duty Sl34l.lO; duti-
| able mer1 handise s3,0l6,2h, upon wnicn
duties amounting to s9S2,sSo % were col
lccted, entered for warehousinS |I'''ll'
duties s5,Sls Is: entered for transporta-
tion to other districts, NA,0i4. duties
assessed t.22 1892; entered for transpor-
tation and expectation $3.50. ld3. estimated
duties s. .lj4,47e5, imported under consul
lar seal s451, 80. duties siD.l2'o seventy
five per cent of the merchandise in'poltel
under consular seal consists Oh ireSh
halibut from Vancouver, Il. c., and des-
tined for Boston. Mass
Among the principal articles entered
for immediate consumption were: Free
goods; production OF inc Chi'cu otaleS
returned. valued at s2'o'zE' WOOD asnss'
s.5'oio; asbestos s's,S@' cotton waS', ,o 81.
W. swcepings of silver and gold w "A
Sf-oK Sheen skins,
paper stock, SSiS': pulp WOOD SIS.o"'
raw six, Sl}6.l-'; househoid eHectS' sifo'-
20 tea, s'24S; India rubber scrar3'
s.lo2l; dutiable merchandise nay, 100 -.
tons valued at s'7Sl24, hides s@''-i'Sl'
pounds valued at S-"f4h' HtN' ~ loHH.
valued at s57,Gj7 lsl horses. valued at
s267l2, 33,loS bushels Of peas Na'hel AZ
SS.ll3, 2lllH bushels OF turnlps' Na.ucd
at Sel,l72; lumber 'h4ii,'H3 fcet' Na'ue"
at s'GS,b.0; wood pulp, To- l33'4Io pou"uS'
valued at N49,99l; 1872 pounls OF Wool
sl23A2o; lo,'19 railroad ties, 'j5''i1' shih-
giles, 5000 thousand, valued at sl"o-''
The magnitude OF TINS business can pet
ter be understood when IL IS Stated mat
this mcrchandlse was contained III near }
N.'n railroad cars "hich IN the Ga
of bonded merchandise, must DC Inspector
and sealed whiie IN the care OF ot"er
mcrchandise they must Dc weighed sur
Heyed' inspected ana IN man! INSTANCES
unloadei
. The value OF tho merchandise exported
To Canada throuGh ms d'strlct o"rlnH
> the year was slo''iNV''' ana among 'ht
n principal arti'Ios so eNpo''cp were n. go, 80
, ana manufactures OF prasS' s-lt'ie-
Watches S5l"i copper ana manure '!ut :
= Of COPPER s3-eii5; raw cotton, sil''op-
cotton Manufactured, 'Nl'' coruaSe ah1
tv!no, S4'i+1N. manufacturers OF IRON "'''
. steel, S-,-'5''ai' paper ana manu-. ~ uI.'
I OF paper, sSe.2'-; icar TOBACCO 100