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FOREIGN  CUSTOMS  DUTIES.

Customs  duties  collected  on  various  articles  at  the  port  of  Rio  de  Janeiro—Continued.

Tariff  classification.

Unit.

Duty  in
Brazilian ­
  currency. ­


Unit.

Equivalent ­
  in-United

States
money,

54

65

56

67

58

59

60

62

Prepared  for  pipes  or  cigarettes.
As  snufi'.

Liter.

Seeds—Continued.  '
Mustard  I  Kilo  .
For  gardening  or  agriculture  !
Not  specified  |  do
Soap:
Without  perfume  :  I
Dark  or  black  i  do
Yellow  i  do
White  -  *.  do
Perfumed  do
Medicinal  of  any  kind  do
Spirits  :
Absinthe,  encalypsinthe,  and  kirsch
Alcohol,  brandy,  cognac,  rum,  whisky,  aguardiente ­
  of  cane,  of  Jamaica,  of  France,  of  the
Rhine,  and  of  any  other  kind
Grin  —  —
NOTE.—The  rates  given  above  include  only  liquors ­
  imported  in  casks.  When  they  come  in  demijohns ­
  they  pay  25  per  cent.,  and  in  jars,  fiasks,  bottles, ­
  or  any  other  vessel  of  earthenware,  chinaware,
or  glass,  50  per  cent,  more  than  the  duties  above
sot  forth,  there  being  included  in  this  the  duties  on
the  respective  vessels.  Duties  on  alcoholic  liquids
are  collected  according  to  the  real  force  of  the  pure
alcohol,  ascertained  by  the  alcoholmeter  and  instructions ­
  of  Gay  Lussac.  The  above  taxes  refer,  therefore, ­
  to  10°  at  a  temperature  of  15°  C.
Starch  :
Of  potatoes
Not  classified
Sugar  :
Milk
Of  grace
Any  other  kind
Tin:
In  sheets
Manufactures,  not  classified  :
Simple  or  plain
Painted  or  varnished,  with  or  without  ornaments ­
  of  copper,  brass,  zinc,  or
other  common  metal
Tobacco,  leaf,  cigars,  cigarettes  :
In  cigars
In  cigarettes
In  sheets  of  any  kind
For  chewin

Beis.
100
Free....
300

Pound...

...do  .

Prepared  in  any  other  manner
Note.—On  tobacco  there  is  a  special  duty  of  40
per  cent,  in  addition  to  those  given  above,  and  to
the  regular  additional  tax  of  60  per  cent.
Vegetables  :
Dry  or  fresh,  salted  or  in  brine
Canned  in  any  way,  with  or  without  mixture  of
any  fruit
Wood  and  manufactures:
Bark  or  trunk  of  the  cork-tree
Stocks  :
Of  oak:
Up  to  10  centimeters  thick  :
Up  to  10  meters  indength
More  than  10  meters  in  length
More  than  10  to  20  centimeters  thick;
Up  to  10  meters  in  length
More  than  10  meters  in  length
More  than  20  and  up  to  40  centimeters
thick  :
Up  to  10  meters  in  length
More  than  10  meters  in  length
More  than  40  and  up  to  60  centimeters
thick  :
Up  to  10  meters  in  length
More  than  10  meters  in  length
More  than  60  centimeters  thick;
Up  to  10  meters  in  length
More  than  10  meters  in  length

Kilo.
...do

do

Hundred.
Kilo
...do
...do
...do
...do
...do

.do

Kilo

Meter  ...
—do

.do
.do

do
do  ,

.do
do  ,

.do
.do

030
070
150
600
600
900

600
220

do  ,
...  do
do
...do  ,
Liter

3,000  Pound  ...
700  do

600
000
130
050
300
600
3,000
2,000
300
600
800
1,800
3,000

040
200
010

400
600

800
1,  000

1.400
2.400

3,600
4,800

do
...do
—do
...do

Hundred.
Pound  ...
do  —
do
do
do  —

do  ...
Pounds.

Meter

do
do

$0.02

.057

.0067
.013
.0285
.11
.11
.37

7,200  ...  do
8,400  ....do

.57
.13
.11
.011
.024
.0095
.057
.11
1.26
.38
.067
.11
.16
.84
.68

.008
.038
.002

.16
.25

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LOO

1.61
2.01
8.02
8.62