20 The Humming Bird. 



Import Duties to Countervail Excise Duty upon British Beer. 



£ s. d. 



Beer and Ale, the Worts of which were, before fermentation, of a specific 



gravity of 1,057 degrees per barrel of 36 galls. 066 



And so on in proportion for any difference in gravity. 



Bber, Rum, and Spruce. 

 The Worts of which were, before fermentation, of a specific gravity : 



Not exceeding 1,215 degs per bbl. of 36 galls. 160 



Exceeding 1,215 degs. ,, ,, ,, 1 10 6 



Import Duties to Countervail Excise Duty upon British Spirits. 



£ s. d. 

 Spirits and Strong Waters. 



Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and Unenumerated Spirits ... per proof gall, o 10 4 

 Liqueurs, Cordials or other preparations containing Spirit?, in bottle, not 



tested for strength per gall, o 14 



Perfumed Spirits and Cologne Water ,, o 16 6 



Chloroform per lb. 030 



Chloral Hydrate ,, 013 



Collodion per gall. 140 



Ether, Sulphuric ,, 150 



Ethyl, Iodide of ,, o 13 o 



Naphtha, purified so as to be potable per proof gall, o 10 4 



Soap, Transparent, in the manufacture of which Spirit has been used perlb. 003 



Varnish, containing Alcohol per gall. 



See Spirit Duties. 



Import Duties to Countervail Excise Duty on British-made 



Articles. 



£ s.d. 



Plate, Gold per oz. Troy o 17 o 



,, Silver „ ,,016 



Playing Cards per doz. packs 032 



CHICAGO EXPOSITION. 



World's Fair Notes. 



More than one and one-half million pounds of steel 

 and iron will enter into the construction of the Mines and 

 Mining Building. 



The .Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of 

 British Guiana has decided to hold a local exhibition of its 

 resources preliminary to the display it intends making at 

 Chicago. 



The imitation battleship " Illinois," at the naval pier, in 

 the Exposition grounds, is now rising from the water. Work 

 is progressing satisfactorily on the hull. The deck will 

 measure over all 348 by 69! feet. The structure is to cost 

 $100,000 and is the most original illustration of naval 

 architecture ever worked out. 



A company has been ormed, embracing several very 

 wealthy men, to inaugurate and operate in Chicago a per- 

 manent circus after the style of the Hippodrome in Paris. 

 A building, with seating capacity of 5,ooo ; and having a 



