11. When goods dutiable on gross weight and liable to the same duty, but for which different tares have been established, are inclosed in the same package, the lowest tare shall be deducted. Should part of the goods be dutiable on gross weight without any allowance for tare, no tare shall be deducted. 12. When the same package contains goods dutiable on gross weight as well as other articles dutiable on net weight or otherwise than on weight, all such articles shall pay separately, and, those dutiable on gross weight must comply with the foregoing rules, save that no article contained in the package shall be entitled to any tare allowance. 13. Packages containing mineral waters shall be dutiable according to the following rules: Cases containing bottles shall be dutiable according to No. 189 (letter b) on 15 per cent of the gross weight of case and contents. Bottles shall be dutiable according to No. 10, and for this purpose bottles containing 70 centiliters or more shall be considered as weighing 720 grams each. For smaller bottles and for flasks, except of glass, and for other receptacles used for importing water, the weight shall be practically ascertained, and such receptacles shall be dutiable according to the numbers of the tariff in which classed. 14. Receptacles containing brandies and liquors shall be treated as follows: When the importation is effected in barrels or other casks, the receptacles shall be dutiable according to No. 191 (letter a) on 14 per cent of the gross weight if single, and on 20 per cent if double. When the importation takes place in bottles or flasks and in wooden cases or hampers, all such packages shall be dutiable according to the number of the tariff in which they are included. The cases shall be dutiable according to No. 189 (letter b) on 15 per cent of gross weight. The hampers shall be classed under No. 201 on 8 per cent of gross weight. For bottles or flasks, also for any other receptacle serving to import alcohol, brandies, or liquors, the weight shall be practically ascertained, and such receptacles shall be liable to the duties established in the numbers of the tariff applicable thereto. 15. Receptacles containing wine shall be treated as follows: When the importation is effected in barrels or other casks, the receptacles shall be dutiable according to No. 191 (letter a) on 12 per cent of gross weight if single, and on 18 per cent if double. When the importation takes place in bottles or flasks packed in wooden cases or hampers, all such packages shall be dutiable according to the number of the tariff in which they are classed. The cases shall be dutiable according to No. 189 (letter b) on 15 per cent of gross weight. The hampers shall be classed under No. 201 on 8 per cent of gross weight. Common bottles containing claret, Burgundy, or like wines shall follow the régime of No. 10, and for this purpose shall be considered as weighing 760 grams each. Ordinary half bottles shall be considered as weighing 400 grams each. Ordinary champagne and similar bottles shall be considered as weighing 950 grams each. Half bottles of the same description shall be considered as weighing 550 grams each. For bottles and flasks of a shape different from the ordinary kind or of an unknown capacity, also for any other receptacle used for importing wine, the weight shall be practically ascertained, and such receptacles shall be dutiable according to the number of the tariff applicable thereto. 16. Receptacles containing beer or cider shall be treated as follows: When the importation takes place in barrels or other casks, the receptacles shall be dutiable according to No. 191 (letter a) on 18 per cent of gross weight if single, and on 25 per cent if double. When the importation is effected in bottles or flasks packed in wooden cases or barrels, all such packages shall be dutiable according to the number of the tariff in which comprised. Exterior cases or barrels shall respectively be liable to the duty prescribed in No. 189 (letter b) or in No. 191 (letter a) on 15 per cent of gross weight. For bottles or flasks, and likewise for all other receptacles used for importing beer or cider, the weight shall be practically ascertained, and such receptacles shall be dutiable according to the number of the tariff to which they belong. DISPOSITION SEVENTH. ARTICLES PROHIBITED IMPORTATION. 1. Dynamite, gunpowder, and similar explosives, unless the importer is able to produce a special authorization for landing issued to him by the proper authorities. 2. Paintings, publications, figures, and all other objects offensive to morality. 3. Artificial wine (other than medicinal wines of known composition) and adulterated wines. Duties shall be paid in United States money, or in foreign gold coin, such as the Spanish alphonsinos (centen) and the French louis, which will be accepted at the following rates: Alphonsinos (25-peseta piece), $4.82; louis (20-franc piece), $3.86. The following Spanish silver coins now in circulation in the island of Cuba shall be received for customs at the following fixed rates in American money: Peso, 60 cents; medio peso, 30 cents; peseta, 12 cents; real, 6 cents; medio real, 3 cents. Bronze and copper coins now current in the island of Cuba will be received at their face value for fractional parts of a dollar in a single payment to an amount not exceeding 12 cents (1 peseta). The metrical system of weights and measures is in use in Cuba. Importations from the United States are dutiable like other commodities. CLASS I.-STONES, EARTHS, ORES, GLASS, AND CERAMIC PRODUCTS. GROUP 1.-Stones and earths employed in building, arts, and manufactures. 1. Marble, jasper, and alabaster: a. In the rough or in dressed pieces, squared or prepared for shaping, b. Slabs, plates, or steps of any dimension, polished or not,* G. W., c. Sculptures, high and bas-reliefs, vases, urns, and similar articles for 1.00 100 kil.. 3.10 d. Wrought or chiseled into all other articles, polished or not, T. (Disp. 2. Stones, other, natural or artificial: a. Slabs, plates, or steps, G. W.... .100 kil.. 2.00 ..do.... .50 b. Wrought into all other articles, T. (Disp. VI, rule 5)..........................do........ 1.00 3. Earths employed in manufactures and arts: Cement, lime, and gypsum, G. W.. 4. Gypsum manufactured into articles: a. Statuettes, T. (Disp. VI, rule 5). 6. Articles, other, T. (Disp. VI, rule 5)... ..100 kil.. .60 do.... 3.00 ..do.... .75 * Marble affixed to furniture shall be liable to the same duty as the furniture. S. Doc. 254-4 49 GROUP 2.--Coal. (See Free list.) GROUP 3.--Schists, bitumens, and their derivatives. Régime applicable to goods classed in the present group. Whenever doubt arises as to the classification of the products enumerated in Nos. 6, 7, and 8, the customs officer must, before collecting duty, refer the matter to the collector at the chief port. In case of doubt as to the clearance of crude petroleum, a sample of this oil must be taken and the following rules observed: 1. A sample of 200 cubic centimeters shall be taken from 50 cases or less or from 10 barrels or less comprised in the declaration and belonging to the same kind of goods. 2. These samples shall be mixed in a large receptacle, and, when the discharge is terminated, 2 liters are taken therefrom and put into separate bottles, which are sealed and furnished with labels signed by the customs employees and the interested party. These bottles shall be forwarded to the customs chemical expert in order to be assayed. 3. Immediately after this operation the goods shall be cleared and the corresponding duty applied, but the interested party shall always be bound by the results of the analysis, and the clearance shall not be deemed definitive until that result be known. 4. The samples must be assayed within one month, and the interested party has the right to be present when the samples are opened and analyzed, provided that he has made a written request to this effect at the time of identifying the samples by affixing his signature to the labels. He may also appeal to the collector at the chief port from the reports of the experts. 5. Should the interested party in his appeal request that a new analysis be made, this operation shall be effected at his expense if the decision of the customs be sustained. In contrary cases, the expenses shall be borne by the government. 6. In order that the government may always be enabled to know the nature of products imported under the denominations comprised in the present group, the customs must enter in their statistics and collection sheets the following different kinds: No. 6 of the tariff: a. Tar and other liquid products, even thick. b. Pitch, asphalts, schists, and other solid or pasty products. No. 7 of the tariff: a. Petroleum, crude. b. Other crude oils which can be used in the preparation of illuminating oils. c. Oleonaphtha and the other products classed in this number. No. 8 of the tariff: a. Petroleum, refined. b. Other refined oils designed for illumination. c. Benzine, vaseline, and other products comprised in this number. 6. Tar and mineral pitch, asphalts, bitumens, and schists, * G. W..... 100 kil..$0.60 * The customs authorities must take special care that, under the denomination of tar or mixtures containing tar, neither crude petroleum, oleonaphtha, nor oils derived from schists are imported. Tar must not contain, in appreciable proportions, volatile products or oils which might be extracted by means of distillation at 300° centigrade. Under the name of asphalts or bitumens, impure paraffin or other products must be included in No. 107 of Class III. (Tow impregnated with pitch, tarred felts, and tarpaulins coated with sand, which heretofore were dutiable according to this number, shall in future be comprised in No. 327 of Class XIII.) |