NOTE.The executive is authorized to allow a reduction of from 5 to 15 per cent, according to the fluctuations of the market, in the valuations stipulated in the fourteenth section, decree of November 15, 1893, article 3. BRAZIL. On the import duties 10 per cent shall be collected in gold, national, or in pounds sterling, at the rate of exchange of 27 pence (54.6 cents) per milreis. The duties are calculated in reis, of which 1,000 equal a milreis. While the gold milreis is valued at 54.6 cents, the paper milreis, the actual currency of Brazil, was valued in April, 1899, at about 14 cents. Arranged in the Bureau of Foreign Commerce from a report by Minister Conger, printed in Consular Reports No. 212, and from such later official returns as have reached the Bureau. Minister Conger has only given such articles as are imported into Brazil from the United States. 21 kilogram 2.2046 pounds. NOTE BY MINISTER CONGER.-It is impossible to make any comparison of duties on cotton cloth. The new duties are estimated on the number of threads contained in 5 square millimeters. It is apparent, however, that they are much increased. For instance, crude, unbleached cotton in the 1896 tariff paid 1,500 reis a kilogram, while in the present tariff it is subjected to duties ranging between 1,500 reis and 14,000 reis a kilogram, according to its texture; bleached cotton paid 2,400 reis a kilogram in 1896, and in 1897 between 2,200 reis and 20,000 reis. No 1. Glass articles for table use, tumblers, glasses, bottles, fruit dishes. sugar bowls, salt cellars, cruet stands, etc. 50 p. c. Dyed... Chemicals and drugs, not specified in the foregoing list, viz: Acetone, acetates, alkaloids, albumens, ambergris, antimoniates, medical juices, arseniates, borates, bromides, caffeine, cantharides, carbonates, chloral, chlorides, chromates, citrates, cyanides, emetine, salves, sponges, extracts, ethers, fluorides, formiates, glycerin, guaramine, hydrate of sulphur, iodates, iodides, lac tates, fluid magnesia, honey, nitrates, oxalates, oxides, phos phates, phosphorets, medical powders, alcoholic tinctures, troches. valerianites, etc. Flax, hemp, and jute and manufactures of: Flax and hemp, raw, dressed, hackled, etc. Jute yarn Linen yarn— Raw or bleached Kilogram .do .do .do Carpets and mats .do For apartments For slippers Buttons.. Coarse cloth of linen, hemp, sackcloth, etc., plain or twilled, for bags for packing. ..do 2.000 ..do Up to 12 threads in a square of 5 millimeters (} of an inch). Kilogram .do Parasol covers .do 3,600 20,000 6,000 Mantles, chemisettes, and other wearing apparel of lace or any other kind of tissue. Laces.. .do 60 per c. 13,000 52, 000 24,000 do 3,600 Kilogram. 12,000 Dozen pairs 5,000 Kilogram. 12,000 .do 300 .do 600 ..do 5,000 Eggs..... Free. Preserved meats Kilogram.. 1,000 Preserved fruits, jellies do 1, 200 Preserved fish Stills Furniture and other wood manufactures-Continued. Builders' supplies Gold and silver, jewelry, etc.: Dentists' gold.. Jewelry set with Precious stones. False stones Dentists' silver Instruments (mathematical, surgical, scientific, etc.) remain practically the same. Iron and steel, machinery, hardware, implements, etc., steels for sharp. Dozen ening knives, mother-of-pearl handles. 15 per c 33,000 Mortars Machinery (sugar, mining, manufacturing, naval, locomotives, printing presses, lathes, type, hay presses, etc.). 15 per c. 15 per c. Iron Marble. Kilogram 300 Rails.... Building materials, iron or steel Pistol barrels Gun barrels. Muskets, rifles, etc., military Shotguns, rifles, etc., sporting. Revolvers... Lumber: Pine, fir, in the rough Up to 20 centimeters (8 inches) in thickness Mathematical, physical, chemical, and optical instruments and appa Boards.... ratus: Alcoholometers. Hour and other sand glasses.. Electro-galvanic or electro magnetic rings, collars, and chains. .do 1,500 do 15 03 do 20 perc. Each. 1.500 .do .do .do 3,000 8.000 10.000 Per pair 1087 Per chamber. 1.000 Small, plain, or with meridian lines, watch shape or with diopter Geological, with metal cases and prismatic compasses.. |