Italian duties on imports of French origin, &c.—Continued. Carpets of waste wool, of bands or strips, and of selvage of cloth Sewed articles (duties of the tissues of which they are made, plus 10 per cent. of those duties). 110.00 Of waste silk, or silk mixed with other materials in which silk Tulles and galloons of silk or silk waste, with gold or silver, fiue or false.....do 10.00 Articles sewed (duty of the article of which composed, with 10 per cent. of additional of that duty). Hats with straw, not with garniture (comprising hats of palm, Per 100 chip, &c.). 10.00 *Those buttons only pay 220 lire whose tissue is covered with ornaments. All other buttons of stuffs pay as fine mercery, i. e., fancy goods. Italian duties on imports of French origin, &c.—Continued. Iron or steel, not tempered: In rods (comprising wire of 5 millimeters at least of diameter or of....do width). Plated or beaten (rods of more than 5 millimeters in diameter and....do bars of any dimensions). 4. 62 8.00 In plates of the thickness of 4 millimeters or more ...do 4.63 Iron and steel: Forged in anchors, axles of wagons, anvils, and other crude works. Of second manufacture, iron works, simple Garnished with other metals Utensils and instruments for the arts and agriculture and trades of iron, steel, or iron and steel. Knives for the arts and trades, and knives with wooden handles, common, not garnished. In brass or copper ..do Nickel, with its alloys with copper and zinc, in pieces, in cake, and scrap....do 20.00 4.00 Italian duties on imports of French origin, &c.—Continued. Apparatuses of copper and other metals to heat, refine, to distill, &c... Ital. lire. 100 kilograms... 6.00 ....do 8.00 ...do 6.00 ..do 8.00 Freight railroad wagons.. Passenger railroad carriages......... Gold: Of porcelain, gilt, or otherwise decorated. ...do 32.00 Plates of glass or crystal, not polished, of thickness of 4 millimeters....do. or more. 3.75 Looking glasses in fraines, and plates of looking glasses, polished ....do and silvered, without tare. 35.00 Works of glass and crystal, simply blown or melted, not colored nor....do. ground nor cut. Glasses and crystals enameled, cut in beads, or in pierced pieces.......do Italian duties on imports of French origin, &c.-Continued. Hats of pure silk or mixed with other material, except garnished....do hats for ladies. 150.00 Italian export duties established by the treaty of commerce with France. * The Italian Government reserves the right to establish an export duty on articles for collections. TARIFF ON COTTON-SEED OIL. Consul-General Richmond, of Rome, informs the Department that the law increasing the duty on imported cotton-seed oil from 6 lire, the old tariff, to 20 lire per quintal, pure or mixed, and imposing a tax of 14 lire per quintal on cotton-seed oil manufactured in Italy went into effect on the 22d of April last. It was understood, however, at Rome that, in anticipation of the passage of this law, the importers of Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, and Venice had a six months' supply on hand when the new tariff took effect. TAX UPON COTTON-SEED OIL IN ITALY. REPORT BY CONSUL CRAIN, OF MILAN. The law passed by the Italian Parliament imposing a duty of 14 lire per quintal on all imports of cotton-seed oil was designed, as is known, for the protection of the olive-oil industry of Italy. The advocates of the measure claimed that the admixture of cotton oil with olive oil, and its sale as olive oil, was a direct damage to one of the largest agricultural interests of the country. The law in question went into operation on the 22d of April, 1881, and has brought results very different from those anticipated, as will be seen by the following: The monthly imports of cotton-seed oil from March 1, 1881, to March 1, 1882, were as follows: During the same months the exportation from Italy of olive oil was as follows: These figures would indicate that the importations of cotton-seed oil subsequent to April, 1881, were made under contracts which ran to January 1, 1882, from which date all importations practically ceased. |
