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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



MEXICO. 



(Law of .May 15, 1891, modified by decree of April 30, 1894, to take effect July 1, 1894.) 

 [Peso = $0.528. Kilogram = 2.2046 pounds.] 



Items. 



Duty. 



Unit. 



Rate 

 per 100 

 Rate, pounds. 



Kilogram . 

 ....do.... 

 ....do ... 



Kilogram 

 do ... 



Candles, sperm 



Coral, in the rough 



Coral, wrought 



Fish : Fresh and in ice 



Fish and shellfish, dry, salted, smoked, or pickled... 



Preserved fish and shellfish 



Fish glue 



Mother of-pearl, in the rough 



Oil, cod li ver | do 



Oil, fish do .... 



Pearls, unset I Carat 



Spermaceti Kilogram . 



Sponges, fine ! do 



Sponges, common do 



Whalebone do 



Pesos. 



0.20 

 .25 



1.50 

 Free. 

 .12 

 .15 

 .15 

 .25 

 .10 

 .10 

 .50 

 .25 



2.00 

 .40 

 .10 



$4.79 

 7.9D 

 35.93 



2.87 

 3.59 

 3.59 

 7.99 

 2.40 

 2.40 



7.99 



47.90 



9.58 



2.40 



COSTA RICA. 



(Tariff law of September 7, 1885.) 

 [Peso = $0,486. Kilogram = 2.2046 pounds.] 



Duty. 



Unit. 



Rate. 



Rate 

 per 100 

 poundB. 



Fish : 



With or without oil, in tins or otherwise ' Kilogram 



Shellfish, preserved, with or without oil, or with condiments, in | 



cans, or otherwise do 



Fishhooks do 



Glue do 



Mother-of-pearl, manufactured do 



Oil do 



Pearls, fine, unmounted ; do 



Spermaceti do 



Whalebone do 



Pesos. 

 0.07 



.07 

 1.09 



.11 



2.17 



.11 



ioo. oo 



.07 

 .54 



$1. 54 



1.54 

 24.03 

 2.42 



47.84 

 2.42 



1.54 

 11.90 



GUATEMALA. 



(Tariff promulgated November 4, 1893, and in force since January 1, 1894, and sup- 

 plementary decree of December 20, 1893, reducing the additional duties imposed 

 by former laws to 15 per cent. ) 



[Peso = $0,486. Kilogram = 2.2046 pounds. | 



Ko. 



Items. 



Duty. 



Rate. 



Rate 

 per 100 

 pounds. 



47 

 924 



1701 



1748 

 1861 

 1862 

 1863 

 1904 

 2038 

 2047 



2048 

 2075 

 2101 

 2102 

 2103 

 2113 

 2114 

 2174 

 2530 

 2639 

 2641 



Cod, dried, salted, or smoked, in bulk 



Fishhooks, all kinds, with or without gut and float, in- 

 cluding weight of container 



Coral, wrought, polished, or cut into beads, including 

 weight of container 



Fish glue 



Spermaceti, in cakes, gross weight 



Spermaceti, in candles, gross weight 



Sponges 



Whalebone 



Caviar, gross weight 



Codfish and herring, dried, salt, smoked, or pickled, 



packed in wood or earthen vessels 



Canned, preserved, or in oil 



Lobsters, preserved 



Salmon, canned 



Sardines, smoked, salted, pickled, or dried, not in cans 



Sardines, in cans 



Shellfish, preserved in any package 



Shrimp, canned 



Ambergris, net weight 



Isinglass 



Fish oil 



Cod-liver oil 



.do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 

 .do. 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



do.... 



Gram 



Kilogram . 



do.... 



do.... 



Pesos. 

 Free. 



2.00 

 .80 

 .25 



.30 



6.00 



.75 



.25 



.15 

 .25 

 .25 

 .25 

 .15 

 .25 

 .24 

 .25 

 1.00 

 .80 

 .10 

 .20 



$6.61 



44.09 

 17.64 

 5.51 

 6.61 

 132. 27 

 16.53 

 5.51 



3.31 



5.51 

 5.51 

 5.51 

 3.31 

 5.51 

 5.29 

 5.51 



17.63 

 2.20 

 4.41 



