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FOREIGN  CUSTOMS  DUTIES.

Hominy  '  P«r  kilogram
Tea  of  every  quality  tl«  -
Sugar
Common  wines  in  casks  por  liter
Fine  wines  in  casks  -
Wine,  bottled,  of  every  class  do..
Beer  or  cider,  per  liter  or  bottle  do..
Alcohol  in  casks,not  exceeding  30  degrees  do..
Liquors  not  exceeding  25  degrees  do..
Alcohol  in  bottles,  not  less  than  1  liter  per  bottle
Liijuors  in  bottles,  not  less  than  1  liter  do..
Liquors  of  greater  strength  than  25  degrees  In  pro
Kerosene  P^r  liter
Candles,  sperm  and  stearine  per  kilograms
Stearine  do..
Playing  cards  pnr  gross
Wax  matches  per  kilogram

#0  04
30
07
06
22
22
15
15
15
25
25-portion.

25
15
12
10  00
50

Articles  of  weight  shall  pay  the  duty  with  their  packages  included.
ART.  II.  The  following  articles  shall  be  imported  free  of  duty,  to  wit:  Vessels,  and
machinery  for  steamers,  stove  coal,  wire  for  fencing  and  for  telegraphs,  breeding  animals ­
  and  cattle  on  the  hoof,  fresh  tish  and  fruit,  furniture  and  tools  of  immigrants  oi
little  value,  gold  and  silver,  coined  or  in  bullion  ;  plants,  railway  and  tramway  materials, ­
  locomotives,  wheels,  with  or  without  axles  ;  iron  pipes  for  gas  or  water,  quicksilver, ­
  frames  for  casks,  special  powder  for  mines,  church  ornaments  asked  for  by
ecclesiastics,  school  books  and  furniture,  asked  for  by  the  school  board  ;  (quicksilver,
seeds  for  agricultural  purposes,  sheep  dips  for  the  cure  of  scab,  and  such  articles  as
are  excepted  by  special  laws  or  contracts  made  in  pursuauce  of  laws  of  Congress.
Art.  III.  All  kinds  of  produce  of  the  country  are  free  of  export  duties  except  the
following,  which  shall  pay  according  to  their  value,  to  wit  :
(1)  Washed  and  unwashed  wool,  skins  of  wild  animals,  sheep-skins,  washed  or  unwashed, ­
  and  ostrich  feathers  shall  pay  an  export  duty  of  4  per  cent.
(2)  Animal  oils,  horns  and  horn-piths,  bone  ash,  hair,  hide-cuttings,  grease,  tallow,
boues,  and  hides  not  enumerated  above,  which  shall  pay  an  export  duty  of  3  qier  cent.
Art.  IV.  Import  duties  shall  be  liquidated  in  accordance  with  a  tariff  of  values
formed  on  the  basis  of  the  price  of  the  articles  in  deposit  ;  and  export  duties  shall  be
based  on  the  price  of  the  articles  prepared  for  shipment.  The  duties  on  such  articles
as  are  not  included  iu  this  tariff  shall  be  paid  on  the  declared  value  by  those  dispatching ­
  them.
Art.  V.  Custom-houses  may  retain  for  a  period  of  forty-eight  hours  after  inspection ­
  of  the  vista  for  account  of  the  public  treasury  all  merchandise  whose  declared
value  is  considered  too  low,  paying  immediately  to  those  interested  the  declared  value
with  10  per  cent,  addition  in  bills  on  the  treasurer  at  ninety  days’  sight.
Art.  VI.  The  executive  department  shall  designate  and  fix  the  values  of  all  merchandise ­
  and  qiroducts  which  may  be  included  iu  the  tariff  provided  for  in  Article  IV*
Art.  VII.  On  all  wines,  oils,  alcohols,  beer,  and  licquors  in  casks,  5  q)er  cent,  shall
be  allowed  for  leakage,  if  they  proceed  from  ports  north  of  the  equator;  and  of  2  per
cent,  if  they  proceed  from  ports  south  of  that  line.  On  the  same  articles  iu  bottles
2  i)er  eent.  shall  be  allowed  for  breakage,  from  whatever  ports  they  may  proceed.
On  other  articles  the  taro,  leakage,  and  breakage  shall  be  fixed  iu  the  tariff  of  values.
Art.  VIII.  All  export  duties  shall  be  paid  at  the  first  port  of  departure,  and  must
be  dispatched  directly  for  their  foreign  destination,  it  not  being  jiermitted  to  ship
them  from  one  port  to  another  of  the  Republic  without  having  first  satisfied  the
duties.
Art.  IX.  All  import  duties  must  be  satisfied  before  the  delivery  of  the  merchandise  ;
when  its  value  exceeds  $200  the  payment  must  be  made  by  bills  on  stamped  paper
with  the  proper  stamps,  drawn  at  ninety  days’  sight,  with  interest,  and  guaranteed
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  collector  of  the  port.  In  all  other  cases  the  payment  must
be  made  in  cash.
Art.  X.  All  export  duties  must  be  paid  in  cash  before  the  cleara  nce  of  the  vessel.
Art.  XL  The  internal  transit  of  merchandise  which  has  not  paid  inqiort  duties  lU
some  eustom-house  of  the  Republic  is  prohibited,  except  as  follows  :  .
(1)  That  which  passes  from  Brazilian  ports  for  those  of  Concordia,  Federación,  and
Paso  de  los  Libres.
(2)  That  which  passes  from  Chili  to  the  custom-houses  of  Salta  and  Jujuy.
(3)  That  which  passes  from  the  custom-houses  of  Buenos  Ayres  and  Rosario  for  thos«
of  Mendoza,  San  Juan,  Salta,  and  Jujuy,  and  from  there  to  Bolivia  and  Chili.
Art.  XII.  The  executive  department  shall  establish  tornarjuias  (landing  certifi'
cates)  if  agreements  to  this  end  can  be  arranged  with  the  adjacent  countries  above
named.
Art.  XIII.  This  law  shall  continue  in  force  during  the  year  1886.