British colonies* United States.. Porto Rico.. Uruguay... Total... 1906 11,121 3,711 14,894,658 5,227,538 1,294,000 51,000 1905 634 214 564.073 279,683 13,720,454,867 20,603,823,919 5,451,584,000 279,534,000 *Not elsewhere specified. †Including newspapers and periodicals. All persons on-their arrival in the United States are required to make a declaration under oath of all dutiable articles obtained by them abroad upon a blank furnished by the government to passengers on incoming vessels. This declaration will be verified on the pier by careful examination of the contents of packages. The senior member of a family may include all the members thereof in the declaration. As far as possible keep your original receipted bills for all important purchases made abroad. Each person is entitled to bring in fifty cigars or 300 cigarettes for his own use. All in excess of this and less than 3,000 are liable to seizure. Duties will be assessed at the foreign market values at the time of exportation. A failure to declare dutiable articles will render the same liable to confiscation and you to criminal prosecution. It is unlawful for customs officers to receive any "tip" and to offer the same is a violation of law. A resident of the United States returning thereto is entitled to bring with him, free of duty, personal effects taken abroad by him as baggage, provided they have not been remodeled or improved abroad so as to increase their value, and in addition thereto articles purchased or otherwise obtained abroad of a total value not exceeding $100. Such articles may be for the use of the person bringing them or for others, but not for sale. All articles obtained abroad, whether exempt from duty or otherwise, should be declared, and an allowance of $100 for articles obtained abroad will be made by the deputy collector upon the pier. The law expressly forbids the importation into the United States of garments made in whole or in part of the skins of prohibited fur seals, and unless the owner is able to establish by competent evidence, and to the satisfaction of the collector, either that the garments were purchased prior to Dec. 29, 1897, or that the animal from which the skin was taken was captured elsewhere than in prohibited waters, entry will not be allowed. Residents who desire to take sealskin garments abroad may have the same registered with the collector. TIMBER SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATES. [From reports of forest service bureau, U. S. department of agriculture.] Total wood-National State 16,000,000 9,463,725 FOREST AREAS. unreserved public forests. Acres. Private and unreserved public forests. Acres. 1,555,001 3,328,000 1,800 2,067,960 7,830,436 1,439,988 10,528,012 22,592,000 Delaware 448,000 448,000 N. Dakota... 384,000 384,000 Total national and state forests, 146,896,196 acres, equal to 21 per cent of the total wooded area. ANNUAL OUTPUT OF FOREST PRODUCTS. 18,462,500 11,776,000 254,063 20,065,937 No. hogs No. hogs No. hogs No. hogs No. hogs No. hogs | No. hogs No. hogs No. hogs 2,592,866 2,812,588 2,925.960 2,952,193 3.433,905 2,970,095 2,869,580 3,249,385 2,672,730 276,420 428.462 Chicago.. 255,167 600,423 1,202,736 268,269 247,947 220,617 359.454 232,882 244,932 476,568 434.250 1,271,686 1,178.320 150,000 143.982 322,169 396.298 938.787 786,156 761,982 627.550 503,823 642,030 667,000 270.460 297.232 1,305,131 177.268 508.074 *Includes Cudahy. |