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We are Practicing

CUSTOMS ATTORNEYS

And make a Specialty of the

United States Tariff

AND

Customs Laws

We are Regular Attendants at the

Board of General Appraisers

In the Interest of

IMPORTERS

Regarding Questions of

CLASSIFICATION AND VALUES

F. B. Vandegrift & Co.

Custom House Brokers and Attorneys

New York,

15-25 Whitehall Street

Chicago,

315 Dearborn Street

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Lackawanna Line

Lackawanna Grand Trunk Line

Wabash and Lackawanna Despatch

RAIL AND LAKE:

Lackawanna Transportation Co.

Lackawanna Green Bay Line

Northern Steamship Co.

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Buffalo S. S. Co. Port Huron & Duluth Steamship Co.

Wabash Lake Line

Union Transit Co.

Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co.

Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Co.

We also operate out of Philadelphia over the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co., and out of Boston over the Boston & Maine Railroad.

On application, we will quote you rates. Correspondence invited on all questions. Through Bills of Lading issued by our Foreign Agents.

F. B Vandegrift & Co. CURTOM HOUSE BROKERS

New York,

15-25 Whitehall Street

Chicago,

315 Dearborn Street

ENERGY

ECONOMY

DISPATCH

F. B. VANDEGRIFT & CO.

Custom House Brokers
Foreign Express

General Forwarders

Fire and Marine Insurance Brokers

CARTAGE, STORAGE and WEIGHING

ATTENDED TO

Drawback collected on all exported articles entitled to same, manufactured from imported materials

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

Entrance and Clearance of Vessels

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
THIS WORK

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F. B. VANDEGRIFT & CO.

TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Foreign Express

15-25 Whitehall St., New York.

315 Dearborn St., Chicago.

Rates on Small Packages of Merchandise from New York.

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General Instructions and Information Relating to

Shipments to Europe and other Foreign Points

Via Atlantic Ocean Routes.

I.-PACKING, ADDRESSING AND WAY-BILLING.Packages must be carefully packed with regard to contents and distance and in such manner as to facilitate Custom House examination.

While F. B. Vandegrift & Co. will exercise the greatest care, we cannot accept responsibility for damages to goods from careless handling in the Custom House,

Shipments must be legibly addressed in English, and street and number given on packages for cities or large towns.

The name and address of shipper must appear on every package, to insure reports of refused or undelivered goods.

II.-DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS AND VALUE.-Contents and value must be fully marked on each package or an invoice or detailed memorandum of the nature and value of the contents of each package must accompany goods.

Shipper will be held liable for any fines, extra duties or expense incurred by reason of alleged false or inaccurate representation of what

soever nature.

III.-MARINE INSURANCE.-Shipments for foreign countries are not insured by F. B. Vandegrift & Co. against losses arising from perils of the sea, unless Marine Insurance is desired and charged for. IV.-FOREIGN CUSTOM HOUSE CHARGES, dues and other Governmental expenses are not included in any rates given; they must be guaranteed by shippers. A deposit sufficient to cover these expenses (known or estimated) will be required where absolutely free delivery to consignee is desired.

V.-PREPAYMENT OF CHARGES is compulsory to Spain, Portugal, Africa, China, Japan, the Mediterranean Levant, Central and South America and West Indies, and on samples and packages of nominal value to all points.

VI.-LIVE ANIMALS will not be received for shipment to Europe until after special arrangement has been made with us at New York. VII.-TOBACCO FOR ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND

AND WALES will not be accepted in packages less than eighty lbs. net; except that samples of tobacco under four lbs., if so marked on face of package and prepaid at double rates, will be taken.

Tobacco must never be packed with other articles for shipment to any foreign country.

VIII-THE FOLLOWING WILL NOT BE RECEIVED FOR

SHIPMENT:

Fresh fruits for Germany.

Gunpowder, Oils, Acids, or any other articles of a combustible or an explosive character, or Petroleum, Essential Oils or other liquids which, by leakage, are liable to cause injury to other goods.

Medicine for Norway, Sweden, Russia, France, Austria and Hungary.

Roses for Holland.

Plants with roots for France and Germany.

Potatoes to Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, or Austria.

Reprints of Works by English authors of English copyright songs for England.

Packages for Russia unless packed in wooden boxes, otherwise they are liable to seizure as improper importations. Vegetables and Live and Cut Plants, Bulbs and Roots to Italy. IX.-Whiskey, Wine, Beer and liquors generally, including any prepa. ration, whether medicinal, toilet or otherwise, in which Aleohol is used, also Tea and Coffee destined to Great Britain and Ireland will not be received unless the exact contents are plainly marked on face of packages

X.-LETTERS must not be enclosed in foreign packages.

XI.-BULKY or UNWIELDY PACKAGES will be charged for at one and a half or double rates, according to size. Bicycles charged double rates, except for quantities of three or more wheels, when special rates will be furnished upon application to us at New York.

XII.-PURCHASES IN EUROPE will be made at regular commission

rates.

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