TABLE SHOWING THE DUTIES LEVIED ON THE FOLLOWING LEADING ARTICLES FROM 1789 TO 1867. Date of Tariffs. Sugar. Coffee. TeaSouchong. Salt (in bulk.) Pig Iron. Bar Iron. Glass Manufactures. Cotton M'nufc's. Woolen Manufactures. Silk Goods. July 4, 1789... August 10, 1790. 66 66 12 22222 1 cent p. lb 24 cts. p. lb 13 cts. p. lb 6 cts. p. bush. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 4 66 18 10 per cent. 5 p. ct. 5 per cent. 5 per ct. March 26, 1804.. 505552 18 Free. 17 17 221 66 174 15 to 17 July 14, 1832 30 "6 ་ 30 p. ct. & 3 cts. p. lb 25 30 p. ct. & 3 30 66 30 p. ct. & 3 " 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 20 per cent. 30 25 30 per cent. 25 : 25 " 25 66 25 25 20 30 25 19 25 66 24 25 p. c. & 12 cts. p. lb 20 19 " 30 30 60 60 * Imposed July 27, 1813. NOTE.-In 1833 the Sliding Scale was introduced, by which, in cases where the duty exceeds 20 per cent., the excess should be reduced biennially. For later duties see Table of Tariffs in succeeding pages. Do. printed or colored, value 25 (5 c. per sq. cents or less per square yard...... (yd. & 20 p. c. Do. Hosiery. Do. Laces, cords, braids, gimps, galloons and cotton laces, colored and insertings Do. Thread-yarn, warps, or warpyarn not wound on spools, valued at over 60 and not exceeding 80 cents per pound........ Cotton, valued at over 80 cents per pound.... Do.Velvet, velveteens, velvet bindings, ribbons, and vestings Currants, Zante, or other........ Diamonds (cut), cameos, mosaics, gems, pearls, rubies, and other precious stones, not set.............. Dolls Embroideries, of cotton or wool.... Fans....... Feathers, ostrich, cock, and other ornamental. Feathers and flowers, artificial and ornamental, not otherwise provided for. 35 per cent. 35 per cent. 30 c. per lb. and 20 p. c. 40 c. per lb. and 20 p. c. 5 35 per cent. 1 c. per lb. 10 per cent. 35 per cent. 35 per cent. 35 per cent. 25 per cent. 50 per cent. 21⁄2 c. per lb. 21121312322211226 111262599 Figs Do. Burlaps, and like manufac tures of flax, jute, or hemp, of which either shall be the component of chief value (except bagging for cotton.... Do. Duck, canvas, paddings, cotton bottoms, diapers, crash, huckabacks, handkerchiefs (not hemmed), lawns, or other manufactures of flax, jute, or hemp, valued at 30 cents or less per square yard 30 per cent. 35 per cent. Do. valued at above 30 cents per square yard 40 per cent. Do. Thread, twine and pack-thread 40 per cent. 40 per cent. Utah........ Vermont.. Virginia.... Washington Tertry West Virginia.... Wisconsin Wyoming.. The Recent American Tariffs, under Revised Statutes, Sec. 2491, et seq. COMMODITIES. RATE OF DUTY. 35 c. per gall. 25 c. per gall. 50 c. per lb. and 35 p. c.) 20 per cent. 15 c. per bush. 25 per cent. 30 per cent. 40 per cent. 30 per cent. Cheese..... 4 c. per lb. Do. all other manufactures of flax not otherwise provided for......... Fruits and nuts :Almonds, not shelled shelled Filberts and walnuts................................ Raisins.... Furs, and manufactures of.. Porcelain, Bohemian, cut, en- Above 24 by 30 Hats, bonnets, and hoods, straw.... Hemp, jute, and other fibre:- Manila, India, and other like sub- Scrap-iron, old, wrought........... Manufactures of iron, not otherwise provided for COMMODITIES. Iron and steel, manufactures of:Steel, and manufactures of penknives, jack-knives and pocketknives. All other cutlery, including sword blades.... In ingots, bars, coils, sheets, and steel-wire, not less than 4 inch diameter, valued at 7 cents per pound or less............ Valued at above 7 cents and not over 11 cents per pound...... Muskets, rifles, and other fire arms...... Railway bar, or rails, wholly of steel. Manufaclures of steel, not otherwise provided for...... Jewelry of gold, silver, or other metal, or imitations of................ Lead, and manufactures of: Pigs and bars, and molten.......... Leather, and manufactures of :Calf-skins, tanned, or tanned and dressed Gloves, of kid or leather, of all descriptions........ Upper leather of all kinds, and skins, dressed and finished, of all kinds, not otherwise provided for Manufactures of, and articles of leather, or of which leather shall be a component part, not otherwise provided for....................... Lemons and oranges..... Marble, and manufactures of: Veined and all other, in block, roughed or squared, not otherwise specified. Mats of cocoa-nut, china, and all other floor-matting, of flags, jute, or grass... Metal, manufactures of, not other- .... Opium prepared for smoking........ Paintings and statuary, not by American artists...... Papier-mache, manufactures, articles, and wares of.............. Pickles, sauces, Rice, cleaned... and capers RATE OF DUTY. 50 per cent. 35 per cent. 24 c. per lb. 3 c. per lb. 35 per cent. 1/4 c. per lb. 45 per cent. 25 per cent. 2 c. per lb. 25 per cent. 50 per cent. 20 per cent. 35 per cent. 20 per cent. 50 c. per cu. ft. & 20 p. c. per cu. ft. 30 per cent. Tartar, cream of....... Tartar, argols, other than crude.. Cigars, cigarettes, and cheroots.. Toys, wooden and other................ Watches, of gold or silver...... Wines, Champagne, and all other sparkling, in bottles, containing not more than 1 pint each and more than 1⁄2 pint....... Wines, Champagne, and all other sparkling, in bottles, containing not more than 1 quart and more than 1 pint........................dozens "Still wines, in casks...galls. "in bottles, containing each not more than 1 quart and not more than 1 pint..................doz. bots. Wood: Boards, planks, deals, and other lumber. ..M. ft. "Manufactures of, not otherwise provided for.......... RATE OF DUTY. 5 c. plus 25 per cent. per lb. 1/2 c. plus 25 c. per lb. 134 c. plus (25 p. c. p. lb. 2 c. plus 25 1p. c. per lb. 2 c per lb. 24 c. plus 251 p. c. per lb. 10 c. per lb. 6 c. per lb. 1 1-10 c. per lb. 35 per cent. 30 per cent. per ..ĺbs. $1 per gall. 10 per c. $1 per lb. "Value over 32 cents per 12 c. per lb. $6 per lb. pound...... .lbs. "Class No. 2, value over 32 cents 12 c. per lb. 10 per cent. per pound..... ....lbs. & 10 p. c. 3 c. per lb. 22 c. per lb. 6 c. per lb. 50 per cent. "Class No. 3, carpet and other similar wools, valued at 12 cents or less per lb.. ....lbs. " Value over 12 cents per pound....... ......lbs. Carpets and carpetings of all kinds, Aubusson and Axminster, and carpets woven whole for .sq. yds. rooms........ "Brussels carpet wrought by Jacquard machine...... ........q. yd. "Brussels tapestry, printed on the warp or otherwise.....sq. yds. "Patent velvet and tapestry velvet, printed on the warp or otherwise..... ...........sq. yds. "Dress goods, women and chil dren's, and real or imitation Italian cloths, valued at not exceeding 20 cents per sq. yd.......... ........................ ......................8q. yds. "Valued at above 20 cents per square yd........................£q. yds. "Dress gools, women and children's, and real or imitation Italian cloths, weighing 4 ounces and over per square yard......lbs. "Hosiery, valued at above 80 cents per pound........................................................lbs. 1 "Manufactures not otherwise specified, valued at above 80 cents per pound....................lbs. Wool cloths....... Spirits, other except brandy), manufactured or distilled from other materials... Cologne-water and other pe fumery, of which alcohol forms the principal ingredient. 50 c. per lb. & 35 p. c. 50 c. per lb. & 35 p. c. 50 c. per lb. & 35 p. c. 50 c. per lb. & 35 p. c. (50 c. per lb. & 35 p. C., less 10 p. c. 50 c. per lb. & 40 p. c. 50 c. per lb. THE CUSTOMS TARIFF OF GREAT BRITAIN. No protective duties are now levied on goods imported, Customs duties being charged solely for the sake of revenue. Formerly the articles subject to duty numbered nearly a thousand; now they are only twenty-two, the chief being tobacco, spirits, tea, and wine. The following is a complete list: |