The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-18
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

Boxes containing an assortment OF
games. Included In VIM p we're Honiho'-
and checker. Imported n{ u Sha.Ha.'h
ia.i~irn hanl.d down Yesterday hy tn"
lg.Ir. 90! tnI'.i states General AppitIs'@s
Appraiser ~iEut he'd that As 'he n"rrhai'-
,isr 1. sold u.s. an entirety. dY'' should be
Assessed a; th- Highest rate ~ dUtS ina
any ~ IT, contents Nou'" '' subject 20
lert t. a higher rat" Of duty than any OF
he other contents of the box. du'N "ts
assessed AZ th- rat. of so per cent at
yliurem under paragraph 81! Of IN" tariu
act 81 1918, The importers claimed In
their protest that ali OF the merchandise
should hu.r been taxed fnr duty at the
rate OF but IS per cent dd yalorem under
paragraph 3ig as TOYS ~" sample " me
merchandise showed It 10 b" - hoN contain
Ing twelve different games, and according
To- thu Genera! Appraiser. the record salts
r~act0-ily established each ~ the games 20
be - toy. with the exception OF ne
twelve games we're packed IN a single box
10y direction Of the Importer. but were in
tended for ultimate sale to the consumers
"a single game at q time. Judge Fischer
finds, therefore. that the boxes were I'm
properly classified as entirctirs and that
with the exception Of the checkers and the
dominoes. which were correctly ASSESSED.
duty should has" been taxed a. the 81 per
cent. sd valorem rate.
Colored glass; and metal dogs imported
from Alexander 4 Co. Of Gshlonz and EN-
tered at this port at so crowns per gross,
less 8 per cent and . per cent, add
Nv ''ifllhlN'' ;" ~ w ''4f' ~
Judge McCleliand at $50 crowns per dozen,
Loss : per cent. packing extra"
In a~dyaurius IA" foreign market values
Of braid i:Hpprt"d from the china straw
braid Export company Of Ti-utsiu china.
and entered a. ms port. Judge Mc'l")iaud
writes: sing k"c white frst >-sig mIu.
entered at % Ticntsin tacls per bale single
pearl elg. rrst sHi MIN, entered at - n
Tientsin taels per bale. Advanced by ad
dition OF charges for warehous. rent and
cases and packing"
General Appraiser waite handed down
three enpptnis.ment decisions Yesterday
advanCing the foreign market values OF
pearl buttons, imported from Winckler &
60, and Juneisha 60 OF Kobe; Japan'
Japan. In tn" Winckler & co. ruling
Takas" ball buttons, I'M - lines, entered
At nj. port at ',309 per 100 gross, are re-
Ditto - lines. entered at $50 ven per 100
eroes, are reappraiscd At ~ Yen per great
ditto II lines, entered at 81 II, are ad.
yanced to 90 yen per 100 gross. In the
are advanced to yen pccr great gross.
TO \ yen per great gross. and iitto Is line.
entered al 1910 yen per great gross, are
held to have been correctly valued As 20
IN" buttons imported from Osaka. the Gen
era Appraiser writes as follows: self
shank buttons, II lines, entered at SO, al.
uttered a. So, advanced TO, So Yen per
great rross p%nckinE, Included
Judge bfo"n hoIis IN hnother reap
praisemeut decision that certain s%ariines
imported rom Arthur Azama Of Paris
wer" uuls rrHlied when entered at New
York This merchandise inVuiccd as 'ln0It
Dingley tins lAgirde brand ltnS sariines
with bones second choice entered ~ -
francs per case, should, according to the
,i'ierhl Appraised have been entered ~ 80
francs per as" DITTO y Ispa brand iOug
! sardin"s With bones, entered Mt 30, are ad-
vauc"d to ~ francs per case, Cases and
tins are Included,
Certain italian glassware WAS tho sub
| jeot OF u decision nv Judge sullivan. In
THIS rrn ppraisemeUt ruling III" General
! Appraiser holds that the foreign market
values of $50. 1916 cope fun",' entered
~ . lire for 2, aud $50, 33G5, calnrc."
entered at - lire for ., are advanced ny
the disall"wance OF a deduction OF i per
cent. discount.