Industrial Cuba Part 19

Duties shall be paid in United States money, or in foreign gold coin, such as the Spanish alfonsinos (centen) and the French louis, which will be accepted at the following rates: Alfonsinos (25-peseta piece), $4.82; louis (20-franc piece), $3.86.

The following Spanish silver coins now in circulation in the Island of Cuba shall be received for customs at the following fixed rates in American money: Peso, 60 cents; medio peso, 30 cents; peseta, 12 cents; real, 6 cents; medio real, 3 cents.

Bronze and copper coins now current in the Island of Cuba will be received at their face value for fractional parts of a dollar in a single payment to an amount not exceeding 12 cents (1 peseta).

The metrical system of weights and measures is in use in Cuba.

Importations from the United States are dutiable like other commodities.

CLa.s.s I.--STONES, EARTHS, ORES, GLa.s.s, AND CERAMIC PRODUCTS

GROUP I.--_Stones and earths employed in building, arts, and manufactures_

1. Marble, jasper, and alabaster:

_a._ In the rough or in dressed pieces, squared or prepared for shaping, G. W......100 kil. $0.50

_b._ Slabs, plates, or steps of any dimension, polished or not, G.W......100 kil. 1.00

_c._ Sculptures, high and bas-reliefs, vases, urns, and similar articles for house decoration, T......100 kil. 3.10

_d._ Wrought or chiselled into other articles, polished or not, T......100 kil. 2.00

2. Stones, other, natural or artificial:

_a._ Slabs, plates, or steps, G. W......do. .50 _b._ Wrought into all other articles, T......do. 1.00

3. Earths employed in manufactures and arts: Cement, lime, and gypsum, G. W.....100 kil. .60

4. Gypsum manufactured into articles:

_a._ Statuettes, T......do. 3.00 _b._ Articles, other, T......do. .75

GROUP 2. _Coal._

(See Free list).

GROUP 3.----_Schists, bitumens, and their derivatives_

6. Tar and mineral pitch, asphalts, bitumens, and schists, G. W.,.....100 kil. $ 0.60

7. Oleonaphtha, crude natural petroleum and crude oils derived from schists, G. W......100 kil. 1.40

_a._ Crude petroleum to be used exclusively in the manufacture of illuminating gas and only at gas works in Cuba, said gas works to be subject to inspection by the customs authorities, and to be used for no other purpose, provided that the importer gives such bond as may be regarded necessary by the acting collector, G. W......100 kil. .70

8. Petroleum and other mineral oils, rectified or refined, intended for illumination; benzine, gasoline, and mineral oils not specially mentioned; vaseline, G. W......100 kil. 4.70

_a._ A product from petroleum known under the name of cordage oil, imported by and used exclusively for cordage works in their manufacture of rope and cordage, provided that the importation be made at the direct demand of the president of the cordage company, and that the latter submit their works at all times to the inspection of the customs authorities, and that the importer give such bond as may be regarded necessary by the acting collector, G. W......100 kil. 2.35

GROUP 4.----Ores

9. Ores, G. W......100 kil. .10

GROUP 5.----_Crystal and Gla.s.s_

10. Common or ordinary hollow gla.s.sware; electric insulators, T......100 kil. 1.00

Common bottles of gla.s.s, intended to contain beer, rum, and sparkling wines, manufactured with native fruit, and garrafones or demijohns and siphons to contain mineral, carbonated, or seltzer waters, shall enjoy a rebate of 60 per cent. of the duties stipulated in this number, when imported and declared in the custom-house by the manufacturers of said beverages.

11. Crystal, and gla.s.s imitating crystal:

_a._ Articles, cut, engraved, or gilt, T......100 kil. 14.00 _b._ Articles, other, T......do. 7.00

12. Plate gla.s.s and crystal:

_a._ Slabs, paving or roofing, T......100 kil. 1.65 _b._ For windows or in other articles, provided they be neither polished, bevelled, engraved, nor annealed, T......100 kil. 3.40 _c._ Window gla.s.s set in lead and polished, or bevelled plate gla.s.s, T......100 kil. $ 4.90 _d._ Articles, engraved or annealed, T......do. 9.80

13. Gla.s.s and crystal, tinned, silvered, or coated with other metals:

_a._ Common mirrors not exceeding 2 mm. in thickness, coated with red or dark mercurial varnish, T......100 kil. 10.00 _b._ Mirrors, other, not bevelled, T......do. 15.00 _c._ Mirrors, bevelled, T......do. 18.00

14. Gla.s.s and crystal in statuettes, flower stands, and vases and similar articles for toilet purposes and house decorations; spectacle and watch gla.s.ses; imitations of precious or fine stones; enamel, T......kilog. .56

15. Incandescent electric lamps, mounted or not hundred. 2.50

GROUP 6.----_Pottery, earthenware, and porcelain_

16. Bricks of clay, not glazed, for building purposes, furnaces, etc.; articles of fire clay, G. W......100 kil. .30

17. Roofing tiles of clay, not glazed, for building purposes, per square (10 by 10 feet) 1.50

18. Slabs or conduits of clay, glazed or unglazed, cement or stoneware, G. W......100 kil. .50

19. Ceramic tiles of all kinds and glazed roofing tiles, per square (10 by 10 feet) 2.50

20. Hollow ware, glazed or not, of clay or stoneware:

_a._ Household and kitchen utensils, T......100 kil. .80 _b._ Dishes or other articles, provided that they be neither gilt, painted, nor ornamented in relief, T. .....100 kil. 5.50 _c._ Common bottles of earthenware, to contain beer, etc......do. 1.00 _d._ Articles, gilt, painted, or ornamented in relief, T......do. 5.60

21. Hollow ware or dishes of faience: