THE CUBA REVIEW 



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Important Modification in the Consular Declaration which must be Affixed on 

 Invoices Covering Shipments to Cuba. 



Decree No. 1016, Havana, October 30th, 1908, signed by Provisional Governor 

 Charles E. Magoon, and reads as follows: 



First.— That Paragraph 4 in Clause 11 of the Article 97 of the existing Cus- 

 toms Regulations be and the same is hereby amended as follows: "No Consular 

 Invoice shall be admitted in which there are amendments or erasures, nor shall 

 any invoice be admitted except the original one of the manufacturer, producer, 

 seller, owner, or shipper of the merchandise, as the case may be. Invoices shall 

 be made on firm and durable paper, in a legible manner, etc., etc., etc." (Explicit 

 instructions as to making out Consular Invoices, etc., will be found in the July 

 issue of the "Review.") ^^ 



NOTE. — Previous to this ruling, only the "fabricante, vendedor 6 productor 

 (manufacturer, producer or seller) of the goods shipped, was authorized to sign 

 the Spanish declaration at the foot of the invoice. 



NOTE. — Heretofore any person shipping furniture, household goods, etc., etc., 

 was obliged to suffer delays and annoj^ances by being compelled to write to the 

 manufacturer or seller of the goods for invoices, and in cases the majority of the 

 documents were not made out properly, i. e., some lacking the weights, others 

 signatures, number of copies, etc., and thereby making it necessary to mail them 

 back, in order that they be made out according to the requirements; in the mean- 

 time the shipper in this city is obliged to pay storage on the goods, loss of time, 

 etc. But with this modification it will be much easier for the shipper. 



Special Duties on Cuban Imports Con- 

 tinue Indefinitely. 



NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 1908.— Please state 

 when the 20 per cent, reduction in duty on 

 goods arriving from Cuba will cease to be 

 allowed. AGENT. 



Reply. — It is a treaty or convention 

 between the United States and Cuba, 

 ratified in March, 1903, which provides 

 that "all articles of merchandise being 

 the product of the soil or industry of 

 the RepubHc of Cuba * * * import- 

 ed into the United States shall be ad- 

 mitted at a reduction of 20 percentum 



of the rates of duty thereon as provid- 

 ed by the tariff act of the United States," 

 etc. This is to continue "so long as the 

 said convention shall remain in force;" 

 and the convention provides, by its own 

 terms, that it is "to continue in force 

 for the term of five (5) years from the 

 date of going into effect, and from year 

 to year thereafter until the expiration of 

 one year from the day when either of 

 the contracting parties shall give notice 

 to the other of its intent to terminate 

 the same." 



New Custom House in ^^latanzas. Will house Custom House, Post Office, Telegraph and 

 Department of PubHc Works. All these formerly occupied separate quarters, at a heavy rental. 

 The saving is nearly eighteen per cent. The building is now finished. 



