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Number.  I

GREECE

Customs  duties  collected  under  the  tariff  laws  of  Greece.
[Prepared  by  Consul  William  H.  Moifett.]
Chreek  currency.—Lepton,  the  one-hundredth  part  of  a  drachma;  5  lepta=  1  cent,  nearly;  1  drachma
(dr.)  =  19.3  cents.
Weights  and  measures.—Dram  =  one-tenth  of  an  ounce  avoirdupois,  nearly  ;  oke  (400  drains)  =  43.3
ounces  avoirdupois,  roughly  2%  pounds  ;  quintal  =  44  okes  ;  oke  of  wine  =  2.829  pounds  avoirdupois.
A  municipal  tax  of  2  per  cent,  is  to  be  added  to  the  duties  given  in  the  accompanying  schedule.

Tariff  olassiflcation.

Unit.

Sates  of
duty.

Equivalent
in  United
States  money.

12

Agricultural  implements
Animals,  living,  without  exception
Art  works  :
Paintings  unframed,  statuary,  casts,  models,  theatrical ­
  scenery,  plans.
Small  articles  in  bone,  or  imitation
Small  articles  in  ivory,  tortoise,  or  rhinoceros
Articles  in  marble  (not  antique  statues),  natural  or
imitation,  or  alabaster.
Various  articles  of  luxury
Bark  and  extracts  :
Raw  gums  and  all  extracts  of  bark  not  manufactured
or  otherwise  classed,  and  all  substances  used  for
dyeing  and  tanning,  and  all  medicinal  roots  and
barks.
Cork
Essence  of  lentisque
Cinchona
Blacking  for  shoes,  harness,  &amp;c
Bones,  hoofs,  horns,  &amp;c.  :
Unprepared
Prepared  bones,  &amp;c.,  of  elephants,  rhinoceros,  turtles.
All  other  prepared  bones
Books,  maps,  engravings,  &amp;o
Brass  and  manufactures  of  :
In  plates  or  sheets,  connections  for  machinery,  tubes,
and  for  printers’  use.
Articles  in  rough  work  not  specially  classed,  coffee
mills,  &amp;c.
Articles  chased  or  enameled
Articles  of  rich  ornamentation
Cartridge  cases
Breadstnffs  :
Wheat
Other  cereals
Wheat  flour
Wheat  flour  from  January  1,  1887
Flour  of  all  other  cereals
Rice  and  chestnut
Flour  of  rice  and  chestnut,  and  of  barley
Biscuits—
Common
With  sugar  or  butter
Dough
Farinaceous  foods,  sago,  &amp;c

Oke

do

Oke
..do
Dram...
Oke

Oke.
..do

Oke.

..do  ...
..do  —
1,000
Quintal
..  do  ...
...do  ...
...do  ...
.'..do  ...
Oke...
...do  ...

.do  ...
.do  ...
do  ...
do  ...

Drachmas.
Free
Free

Free.

3.00
20.00
.10
7.00

Free  .

.10
1.60
.07
.30

Free.
Free.
Free.

20.00
3,00

1.00
2.  00
3.00
2.00
1.20
.88
3.00
2.40
L76
•.10
.20
.15
,80
.20
.60

$0  58
3  86
02
1  35

02
29

3  86
68

19A
38g
23
18
58
47
34
02
04
03
16
04
10

Brooms  gnd  brushes  :
Common  brooms
Brooms  of  better  quality
Brushes,  shoe,  scrubbing,  and  house-painters’.
Brushes—
Teeth,  hair,  shaving
Clothes,  of  vegetable  fiber
Hair  or  feather
Revolving,  for  barbers
Candles:
Tallow
Beeswax  (yellow)
Stearine
White  wax  for  churches

Oke....
...do  ...
...do  ...
...do  ...
...do  ...
...do  ...
Each  ..

Oke....
...do  ...
...do  ...
...do  ...

.20
.40
.20
3.00
3.  00
3.  00
1.  00
.20
1.25
2.  00
4.00

04
08
04
58
58
58
19*
04
25
38i
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