538 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



75. statement by countries of the domestic exports of whalebone during the ten years ending 



June 30, 1894— Continued. 



Import duties. — The import duties exacted on whalebone in various 

 foreign countries are shown in Table 76. This article has been admitted 

 free of duty into the United States since 1873, previous to which time 

 a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem was imposed. 



76. Statement of the approximate rates of duty exacted on ivhalebone imported into various 



foreign countries. 



