Sails, for boats and launches, when imported therewith. Salt, common. Samples of merchandise, in small pieces, not exceeding 25 pounds in weight. Seeds for planting. Shingles. Silver, unmanufactured, and also lawful money. Springs for coaches, cars, and carts. Stages. Staves for barrels, pipes, and hogsheads, imported separately. Steam motors of every sort, with all their accessories. Stone, of all kinds, in the rough. Stone, such as marble, alabaster, jasper, and granite, cut or polished in any form, not elsewhere specified. Stones for filtering. Stones of all kinds and in any shape, for grinding or sharpening. Stones, refractory, for foundry furnaces. Tiles, for roofs, of clay or slate. Tires, for coaches, cars, and carts. Merchandise from foreign countries which is introduced into the custom houses of the Republic is divided into twelve classes, as follows: 1. Free of duty. 2. Paying 2 cents a pound. 3. Paying 4 cents a pound. 4. Paying 8 cents a pound. 5. Paying 12 cents a pound. 6. Paying 18 cents a pound. 7. Paying 24 cents a pound. 8. Paying 30 cents a pound. 9. Paying 50 cents a pound. 10. Paying 80 cents a pound. 11. Paying $1.50 a pound. 12. Paying 2 pesos a pound. SUPPLEMENTS TO TARIFF OF HONDURAS. [From Consular Reports for August, 1897, No 203.] [Decree No. 119.-Translation.] CHANGES IN TARIFF OF HONDURAS,1 The National Congress decrees: ARTICLE 1. There is established for the appraisement of merchandise which may be imported into the State a twelfth class, with appraisement of 2 pesos per pound, gross weight. ART. 2. In the appraisements established the following modifications are made: (1) Bottled wine and beer of every quality is taken from the second class and transferred to the third class. (2) Wine and beer of every class in barrels, demijohns, or any other kind of vessel, except bottles, is taken from the second class and transferred to the fourth These changes have been incorporated into the tariff schedules. (3) Liquors, strong or sweet, such as alcohol, brandy, whisky, wormwood, rum, gin, mistela, chartreuse, bitters, etc., and champagne, when it comes in bottles and does not exceed 22° Carthier, are taken from the fourth class and transferred to the sixth. Champagne above the grade mentioned shall be appraised in proportion. (4) Liquors, strong or sweet, such as alcohol, brandy, whisky, wormwood, rum, gin, etc., when they come in barrels, demijohns, or other vessels than bottles, and do not exceed 22° Carthier, are taken from the fourth class and transferred to the eighth. Exceeding this grade, they shall be appraised in proportion. (5) Pantaloons, vests, jackets, coats (frock, sack, and cutaway), cloaks, and whatsoever other similar piece of clothing made for the exterior dress of men, of wool or linen, are taken from the eighth class and transferred to the ninth. (6) Saddles, halters, saddle pockets, pistol holsters, bridle reins, girths, martingales, cruppers, and other fixtures are taken from the ninth class and transferred to the eighth. (7) Ivory balls for billiard tables, when they come without tables; jewelry, ornaments, precious stones and jewels, articles of gold and silver and those which contain something of these metals, watches of whatsoever material, empty boxes of plush, satin, or leather, prepared for placing watches or jewels; silk, crude or mixed with other material, manufactured in whatsoever form, when the principal part is silk, are taken from the eleventh class and transferred to the twelfth. (8) Cigarettes of every class, including also cigars, are taken from the tenth class and transferred to the ninth. ART. 3. The importation of aguardiente (rum, such as that made in the country), rum, whisky, brandy, gin, and ordinary anisic liquor is prohibited, the Government alone remaining empowered to import and sell them. ART. 4. All merchandise that may be imported shall pay 100 per cent in addition to the appraisement and warehouse dues established. ART. 5. The present law shall begin to rule the 1st of August of the present year, but that provided in article 4 shall only have effect from that date in case of there not having been deposited on the 25th of May the guaranty stipulated in the contract with the Honduras Syndicate in regard to arrangement of debt, bank, and railroad. In case the guaranty is deposited, the said article 4 shall only have effect from the 1st of October in advance, in case of the failure of fulfillment of that stipulated in the contract. [Decree No. 114.-Translation.] ABOLITION OF TOBACCO MONOPOLY IN HONDURAS. The National Congress decrees: ARTICLE 1. The monopoly of tobacco in the State is abolished; in consequence it is permitted, without any limitation, to plant, cultivate, reap the profits of, prepare, and export said plant. ART. 2. From the day this law begins to rule the executive power is authorized to sell the existing supply of tobacco and cigars at a feasible price. ART. 3. This law shall begin to rule, in regard to the planting and exportation, the 1st of next August, and in regard to the abolition of the monopoly, the 1st of December of the current year. NICARAGUA. Minister Merry, under date of San Jose, December 18, 1898, advised the Department that the Government of Nicaragua had, on the 22d ultimo, annulled the tariff of September, 1898, and substituted therefor the previous tariff. The previous tariff was that of July 25, 1888, amended by decree of December 25, 1891, increasing the same by 100 per cent. The following tariff schedules cover this increase. The monetary unit of Nicaragua is the silver peso, which fluctuates so much in value as to render its reduction into United States currency of no permanent value. Import tariff rates of Nicaragua. [Per pound gross weight.] Tariff Articles. COTTON AND MANUFACTURES OF COTTON, Trimmings for clothing. Table linen, figured, damask, tablecloths, napkins, and all other damasked tissue. Cotton: Raw, not ginned Ginned Antimacassars, and all kinds of crochet or knitted work, not elsewhere mentioned. Rate of duty. Pesos. 1.00 .30 .40 .02 .06 1.00 Bogotana, estribilla, Irish linen, coquillo, madapolam, satinets, imperial, and all other similar bleached tissues under whatever name known.. 12 Cambric and cambrasine, printed, figured, or worked 1.20 .40 .24 Shirts: Cambric, gauze, or muslin, and other similar tissues, with stripes, checks, or .GO .72 Night shirts, shirt fronts, collars, cuffs, trousers, coats, jackets, drawers, and .50 Canvas Table covers (carpetas) Corduroys, cotton velvet, for men's clothing 20 Tapes and webbing for boot tags, plain, fancy, white, or colored. Velveteen ribbons and all other similar ribbons Cords, tassels, and fringes, for curtains or other similar use.. 70 .44 .26 .30 .36 .36 Knitted, or of lace tissue.. Of damask or other similar tissue. Counterpanes, plain or damasked, printed or worked, with or without fringes, Corsets, finished or cut out. Curtains and bedcovers: 1.00 .30 .60 .76 1.00 Cretonne, or enaguillas Cretonne, white, or sheetings, for sheets, and Chinese coverlets.. 40 26 fancy drills, light velveteens (panilla), imitation kerseymere, etc., for men's clothing.... .36 .30 Lace .60 Socks for men and children.. 1.20 Belts, braces, and garters.. Socks with stripes or ornaments of wool or silk, for men and children.. .50 60 Fringes for trimming dresses .60 Blankets, horse rugs, and ponchos.. 1.00 Gamboon, Italian cloth, and stuff (paño) for women.. Gauzes and muslins: .24 .70 42 Fancy stuff's not elsewhere mentioned, plain or figured, with stripes, checks, or .54 44 .36 80 1.20 .80 1.20 Tariff Import tariff duties of Nicaragua-Continued. Articles. Rate of duty. COTTON AND MANUFACTURES OF COTTON-continued. 79 Plain, unbleached, of all kinds and widths 46 Gloves and caps, plain or embroidered.. Ginghams Sewing thread for hand or machine, white or colored, on wooden or metal spools. 50 Sewing, embroidering, or knitting thread, in balls or skeins. Druggets and floor coverings of all kinds. Lawn, or transparent Holland, plain or figured. In skeins, raw or bleached.. Pesos. 1.00 .36 .30 28 32 20 .54 .24 069 08135 .14 58 Ticking (manta-dril), unbleached or bleached; figured cloth (cotin); ticking, 60 Wicks for smokers and lamps Stockings for men, women, and children.. 62 Stockings with stripes or ornaments of wool or silk. Trimmings, not elsewhere mentioned... Bishop's lawn, or other similar tissues, plain or figured 65 Candle wicks 66 Cotton velvets and plushes, plain or figured, and other similar tissues.. 67 Towels of all kinds .20 18 1.00 .36 .50 .60 1.00 .40 .12 1.10 72 Poplin with stripes, checks, or flowers of silk Guipure for curtains and beds, and lace nets Guipure, tulle, crape, and similar tissues: Combined with gold or silver threads. "Rebozos" mixed with silk 71 Poplin or any other similar tissue, with stripes, checks, or flowers of wool. Handkerchiefs and scarfs, of muslin, calico with flowers, satinet, lawn, chintz, .30 .50 .36 44 .80 1.20 1.00 1.00 Satin, satinette, or other similar tissues, for women 1.20 .50 .60 Valises, hand bags, knapsacks, and similar articles Silesia (sandalo), lustring, nankeen, or any other similar cloth, for lining clothes. 1.40 .36 20 Ready-made or cut out Cloths or tissues for hammocks, carriage curtains, mattresses, and other uses. .30 24 .44 2.40 Children's baptismal dresses 90 Prints or chintzes, plain or worked.. Of lawn, muslin, tulle, cambric, guipure, or similar tissues, embroidered. 1.20 1.00 .80 1.00 .36 Stockings and socks, undershirts, drawers, and other knitted articles Shirts of all kinds of woolen tissues, plain, fancy or embroidered Cassimeres, broadcloths, satins, and similar tissues. 107 Capes, shawls, scarfs, and similar articles. 1.60 2.00 .50 .80 1.20 .80 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.00 .90 1.50 1.50 Capes, shawls, embroidered with silk, trimmed with silk blonde or fringes. 1.60 2.00 .36 111 112 Slippers, simply cut out, printed, or embroidered.. 113 114 115 Satin of wool, lastings, and similar tissues, plain or worked.. Cords, tassels, tapes, and blonde for window and door curtains, and other simi- 1.20 1.00 .60 .90 1.50 With silk flowers 2.40 119 120 121 Gloves and caps, plain or embroidered.. 117 Belts, braces, and garters 118 Fringes and trimmings, for clothing.. Gauzes, muslins, and all other tissues, plain or worked, for women's dresses 1.60 .90 1.40 i.00 1.50 1.60 122 Sewing and embroidering wool .20 .50 .70 -40 20 80 .60 Merinos, cashmeres, and similar tissues, plain or worked. 1.00 133 Guipure, tulle, crape, and similar tissues, in the piece, or in made-up articles.. Serges and similar tissues Plain or trimmed Trousers, sack coats, frock coats, and all kinds of ready-made clothing, for men. 1.60 1.80 .80 1.50 Bed covers.. Women's clothing, ready-made or cut out, or any made-up part of same: 136 NOTE.-Articles of wool mixed with cotton or linen shall be dutiable as wool. Articles not specially enumerated, of wool mixed with silk, shall pay as articles of silk. 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.40 1.00 Brittany cloth, Irish linen, cambrasine, royal, white cretonne (crea), and similar .40 156 Courtrai, osnaburgs, Holland, and similar tissues, unbleached or colored. Collars and cuff's: Thread in skeins, hanks, or any other form, for sewing or embroidering .36 Trousers, coats, drawers, and other articles of wearing apparel for men, not spe- NOTE.-Articles of linen with an admixture of cotton shall be dutiable as linen. |
