(24234.)

Chinese laborers.

Lists of registered Chinese laborers whose certificates have been canceled because of failure on the part of such Chinese laborers to return to the United States within two years after departure therefrom.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION,

Washington, D. C., February 19, 1903.

The COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Washington, D. C. SIR: Inclosed herewith find descriptive list covering 71 certificates of residence of Chinese persons who have failed to return to the United States within two years, which is the extreme limit allowed under the treaty and laws relating to the exclusion of Chinese for their return.

Inasmuch as the certificates described in said list can be of no further use to the persons to whom they were issued, it is requested that you issue instructions to the respective collectors of internal revenue for the cancellation of the stubs of the said certificates. F. P. SARGENT, Commissioner-General.

Respectfully,

Approved: H. A. TAYLOR, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. LIST OF LABORERS' CERTIFICATES LEFT WITH THE COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS UPON FILING OF APPLICATION FOR RETURN CERTIFICATES.

DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF CERTIFICATES OF RESIDENCE OF CHINESE DEPORTED, DEAD, OR PERMANENTLY DEPARTED FROM THE UNITED STATES.

a Found in possession of a Chinaman impersonating Yee Lee; name of impersonator unknown. Turned over to this office by a Mexican who saw a Chinaman burying it near S. P. R. R. bridge at El Paso.

Ordered deported September 16, 1897.

d Deported February 23, 1900.

e Placed in timbers of Stanton street bridge by a Chinaman in transit through United States under bond while passengers were being examined by customs officials.

Taken from a Chinaman in transit to Mexico. On being searched this certificate was found in his possession.

g Died at Kingman, Ariz., in 1885 or 1886.

This Chinaman was taken off from Santa Fe train February 4, 1902, but no complaint was filed against him. On investigating the case we found evidence that he had been in Mexico. He has not been at this office since, and we presume that he has returned to Mexico.

This certificate was found in possession of one Lee Mon, who was deported on October 26,

(24235.)

Drawback on expectorant, alterative, carminative balsam, etc. Drawback on articles manufactured by Dr. D. Jayne & Son, of Philadelphia, Pa., in part from imported alcohol.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 20, 1903.

SIR: On the exportation of expectorant, large and small sizes, alterative, carminative balsam, tonic vermifuge, large and small sizes, and liniment, manufactured by Dr. D. Jayne & Son, of Philadelphia, Pa., in part from imported alcohol, a drawback will be allowed equal in amount to the duty paid on the imported alcohol entering into the manufacture, less the legal deduction of 1 per cent. The entry under which the merchandise is to be inspected and laden, must show the marks and numbers of the shipping packages, with a description of the contents of each package. Said entry must further show the number and size of the bottles containing each kind of medicine in each package, the actual quantity of each kind of medicine in each dozen bottles in the shipment, and the alcoholic strength of same.

The drawback entry must show the quantity of each kind of medicinal preparation exported, the percentages and quantities of alcohol therein, and, furthermore, in addition to the usual averments, that the medicines were manufactured in the manner set forth in the manufacturers' sworn statement, dated September 29, 1902.

Samples of the medicines for export shall be taken as ordered by the collector, to be submitted to the appraiser for determination of the percentages of alcohol contained therein.

In the liquidation of the entries, the quantities of the different kinds of medicines, and of alcohol contained therein, which may be taken as bases of allowance of drawback, may be the quantities declared in the drawback entry, provided, however, the percentage of alcohol and capacity of bottles shall not exceed the following:

(24236.)

Common carrier.

Approving bond of Pere Marquette Railroad Company as common carrier for the transportation of unappraised merchandise.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1903.

SIR: The Department has received your letter of the 12th instant, with which was inclosed the bond, in duplicate, of the Pere Marquette Railroad Company as a common carrier for the transportation of unappraised merchandise from your port. The bond is hereby approved, and one copy thereof inclosed, to be placed upon the files of your office.

Under its bond, the company named is authorized to transport unappraised merchandise from the port of Detroit, Mich., to the ports of

Chicago, Ill.

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Cleveland, Ohio.

Columbus, Ohio.

Detroit, Mich.

Denver, Colo.

Duluth. Minn.
Dubuque, Iowa.
Durango. Colo.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Evansville, Ind.

Galveston, Tex.

Gladstone, Mich.
Grand Haven, Mich.

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Indianapolis, Ind.
Kansas City, Mo.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Leadville, Colo.
Louisville, Ky.
Lincoln, Nebr.
Los Angeles. Cal.
Marquette, Mich.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Memphis, Tenn.
Mobile, Ala.
Nashville, Tenn.

New Orleans, La.
Oakland, Cal.

Omaha, Nebr.

Port Huron, Mich.
Portland, Oreg.
Port Townsend, Wash.
Pueblo, Colo.
Sandusky, Ohio.
Sioux City, Iowa.
San Antonio, Tex.
St. Louis, Mo.
St. Joseph. Mo.

St. Paul, Minn.

San Francisco, Cal.

San Diego, Cal.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Seattle, Wash.

Tacoma, Wash.
Toledo, Ohio.

And to such other ports as are now or may be hereafter designated by law as places to which such merchandise may be transported, in the following manner, viz, in suitable railroad cars or vessels owned or controlled by said company and running over any or all of the following-named lines of railway and water routes, viz:

Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
Chicago Great Western Railway.

Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville Railway.
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway.
Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway.
Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis Railway of
Illinois.

Chicago, Rock Island and El Paso Railway.
Chicago, Rock Island and Mexico Railway.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway.
Chicago, Rock Island and Texas Railway.
Chicago. St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Railway.

Choctaw Northern Railroad.

Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad.
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad.

Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway.
Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific
Railway.

Cincinnati Northern Railroad.

Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway.

Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis
Railway.

Colorado and Southern Railway.
Colorado Midland Railway.

Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District
Railway.

Columbus, Sandusky and Hocking Railroad.
Copper Range Railroad.

Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern
Railway.

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.

Denver, Lakewood and Golden Railroad.

Detroit and Mackinac Railway.

Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway.

Detroit Southern Railroad.

Duluth. South Shore and Atlantic Railway.
Dunkley-Williams Company.

East Jordan and Southern Railroad.
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway.
Erie Railroad.

Evansville and Indianapolis Railroad.
Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad.

Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louisville Rail-
road.

Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad.

Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Rail

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway.
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad.

Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway.
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad,
Northern Ohio Railway.

Northern Pacific Railway.

Ohio Central Lines.

Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company.
Pennsylvania Company.

Pere Marquette Railroad and Steamship Line.

Hartford and New York Transportation Com- Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis pany.

Hocking Valley Railway.

Houston and Texas Central Railroad.
Illinois Central Railroad.

Indiana and Illinois Southern Railroad.
Indiana, Decatur and Western Railroad.
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa Railroad.
Iowa Central Railway.

Jacksonville and St. Louis Railway.
Kanawha and Michigan Railway.

Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad.
Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Rail-
road.

Kansas City Northwestern Railroad.
Kansas City Southern Railway.
Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway.
Kansas City Southwestern Railway.
Kentucky and Indiana Bridge and Railroad
Company.

Lake Erie and Western Railroad.

Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway.
Manistee and Northeastern Railroad.
Michigan Central Railroad.

Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad.

Railway.

Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway.
Quincy, Omaha and Kansas City Railway.
Rio Grande and Southern Railroad.

Rio Grande Western Railway.

Saginaw, Tuscola and Huron Railroad.
St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad.

St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Rail-
way.

St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway.
St. Louis Southwestern Railway.

San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway.
San Antonio and Gulf Railroad.

San Diego, Cuyamace and Eastern Railway.
San Diego, Pacific Beach and Lajolia Railway.
Southern Railway.

Southern Pacific Lines.

Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway.
Terre Haute and Logansport Railway.
Texas and New Orleans Railroad.
Texas and Pacific Railway.

Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad.
Union Pacific Railroad.
Vandalia Line.

Wabash Railroad.

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad.

Railway.

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.
Missouri Pacific Railway.

Wisconsin Central Railway.

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad.

And such other lines of railway or water routes as may be specially designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, provided that in all instances where such designation is made the written consent thereto of the surety on the bond shall first be filed with said Secretary.

In all cases where other cars or vessels than those owned by the company named are used they must be distinctly marked "Pere Marquette Railroad Company."

Respectfully,

O. L. SPAULDING, Acting Secretary.

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, Detroit, Mich.

(24237.)

Mail importations from Mexico.

Unsealed registered as well as nonregistered mail packages from Mexico, containing merchandise, should be examined and appraised at exchange offices of receipt and forwarded to destination charged with the duties levied thereon, the postmaster at place of destination to collect the same and remit to the collector of customs who examined and appraised the package.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 21, 1903. SIR: The Department is in receipt of your letter of the 5th instant, in relation to certain three packages of drawn work forwarded through the mails from Mexico by C. D. Crane, addressed to Mrs. Sigler, Helena, Mont.