5 per cent. ad valorem, it being optional to convert it into specific duty. (B) Extracts of quinquina (Peruvian bark) were taxed at 2.08 francs per 100 kilograms in the old general tariff, and at 2 francs in the conventional tariff. Phosphorus moss was considered as medicine, prepared, not denominated, and prohibited. 31.06 62.00 20.00 30.00 Free. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. CUSTOMS TARIFFS OF FRANCE-Continued. Comparative statement of the old, the conventional, and the new tariff of France, &c.-Continued. [Duties in francs and centimes.] 10.40 per cent. ad valorem (b). 4.16 per 100 kilos and 5.20 per cent. ad valorem. 10.40 per cent. ad valorem... 5.20 per cent. ad valorem.. 65.52 295 Starch 297 Sealing wax Candles (spermaceti, paraffine, and wax) of all kinds. Wax and stearic acid, manufactured, other than candles 300 Candles: With wicks, woven, braided, or twisted, chemically prepared.... Other (a) The duty of $51.17 per 100 kilos is special to red varnish. 31.20 per hectoliter of pure alcohol. 36.40 per hectoliter of liquid.. (b) The duties specified in the tariffs do not include the internal revenue taxes. (c) In the old general tariff the duty on pencils in wood of all kinds, varnished, was 249.60 per 100 kilos. 15.00 per hectoliter of pure alcohol. 15.00 per hectoliter of liquid. (d) The duty of 25 francs is especially applied to sauces; other prepared spices pay the general duty of 249.60. 1.00 (g) 7.75 30.00 per hectoliter of pure alcohol. 40.00 per hectoliter of liquid. (e) Except medicines, prepared, the admission of which was authorized by the "High School of Pharmacy" and on which the duty was 24.86 per cent ad valorem. () These medicines shall pay a specific duty equivalent to 10 per cent. of their value, which will be determined by the "High School cé Farmacy," and, besides, the additional duties which may be levied upon medicines prepared with substances subject to customs or internal-revenue taxes. (g) The duties specified in the tariff do not include internal taxes. CUSTOMS TARIFFS OF FRANCE-Continued. Comparative statement of the old, the conventional, and the new tariff of France, &c.-Continued. [Duties in france and centimes.] Glass, in beads, pierced or cut, or in crystals for jewelry, trinkets | 124. 80 and 748. 80. colored or not, spun glass, balls, and coral imitation. 333 Bottles, empty.... 835 Manufactures of glass, not denominated. 338 Yarn, single, bleached, or colored, and yarns twisted, unbleached Yarn, twisted, bleached, or colored. Yarn, of flax or hemp mixed, the flax or hemp predominating in Same duty as flax or hemp weight. Yarn, unbleached, measuring to the kilogram Same duty as yarn, single, unbleached, with the addition of 30 per cent. Same duty as yarn, single, bleached or colored, with the addition of 30 per cent. Same duty as flax or hemp yarn, pure, according to class. 200.00 Same duty as yarn, single, un- Same duty as yarn, single, Same duty as flax or hemp Same duty as flax or hemp yarn. Same duty as yarn of jute, Same duty as yarn of jute, pure. pure. Same duty as flax or hemp (A) The duty of 101.09 francs is applicable to yarn of jute bleached, and the duty of 99.84 francs to yarns of jute colored. |
