SECTION 25, ACT AUGUST 28, 1894.
SEC. 25. That the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that
of the pure metal of such coin of standard value; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various
nations of the world shall be estimated quarterly by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed by the Secretary
of the Treasury immediately after the passage of this Act and thereafter quarterly on the first day of January, April,
July, and October in each year. And the values so proclaimed shall be followed in estimating the value of all foreign
merchandise exported to the United States during the quarter for which the value is proclaimed, and the date of the
consular certification of any invoice shall, for the purposes of this section, be considered the date of exportation:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury may order the reliquidation of any entry at a different value, when-
ever satisfactory evidence shall be produced to him showing that the value in United States currency of the foreign
money specified in the invoice was, at the date of certification, at least ten per centum more or less than the value
proclaimed during the quarter in which the consular certification occurred.