78 [March, 1902.] 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
Vol. VIII. No. 87. 
EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION. 
*** The Imperial Institute acts in concert with the Emigrants' 
Information Office ( which is under the direction of the 
Colonial Office ), of ji, Broadway , Westminster, S. W. ; 
and also with the British Women s Emigration Asso- 
ciation, now temporarily carrying on its work in 
rooms at the Institute. The Handbooks and Quarterly 
Circulars issued by the Emigrants' Information Office 
may be obtained at the Commercial Intelligence Office. 
Special information and practical advice respecting 
Canada and Cape Colony will also be furnished by the 
Curators of these Sections. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
General Emigration. — During January this year, 12,843 
persons left the United Kingdom for places out of Europe — 
about the same number as in January, 1901. There was an 
increase of 10 in the number of British and Irish emigrants to 
South Africa, of 330 in the number to British North America, 
whilst fewer were bound for Australasia and the United States. 
The sum total of emigrants — 12,843 — was made up of 7,819 
British and Irish, and 5,024 foreigners. 
Alien Immigration. — According to the monthly return 
issued by the Board of Trade, the number of aliens that arrived 
from the Continent at ports in the United Kingdom during the 
month of January amounted to 6,935, as against 7,414 so 
returned for January, 1901. Of these 1,251 came from Germany, 
1,151 from Holland, S73 from Scandinavian ports, and 788 from 
Dieppe. The number stated to be en route to America or other 
places out of the United Kingdom is given as 2,803, ar) d com- 
pares with a total of 2,324 in the corresponding return of the 
previous year. 
British Women’s Emigration Association. — The hon. 
sec. of the British Women's Emigration Association reports 
the number of applications from January 21 to February 21, to 
be 429. 
The dates of the Protected Parties to Canada for this 
season are now fixed, viz. : April 17, May 22, July 4, August 7, 
September ii, and October 16. These will sail by the ss. 
Vancouver to Quebec. A party of young ladies for situations 
in the North-West Territories is also sailing on March 27, in ss. 
Dominion to Portland. It is anticipated that a large number 
of young women will emigrate this year to Canada, as the free 
passages to Australia are suspended. The Association is 
pledged to protect its travellers throughout their journey, and 
this makes it imperative to provide accommodation for one 
night in London, for those who start from Euston at 7 a.m. 
Some of them often need it for several days, when they have left 
their situations or parted with their “ homes,” while waiting to 
sail. Those going to Africa and Australia, New Zealand and 
the States are also obliged to sleep in London the night before 
they embark, if their homes are at a distance. This necessity 
has made the Council of the Association decide that the time 
has now come to open a Hostel of its own in London, that its 
travellers and other respectable women may obtain safe, com- 
fortable and economical lodgings. The initial expenses will be 
heavy, but the one Central British Hostel in London will serve 
for emigrants to all the Colonies, 
The Home Country should not be behindhand in furnishing 
this essential, for the comfort and advantage of the women 
leaving their native land. 
The Colonies have already established Reception Homes in 
their principal towns, so as to minimise the dangers and diffi- 
culties to the young women landing on their shores. The Home 
at Westminster used by our travellers for the last six years is 
now closed. Will not some of the believers in the benefits of 
emigration help the Association to found a good house of its 
own in London? Consider the advantage to a girl, a stranger 
in that great city, to be able to be sure of finding a safe 
shelter and kind welcome, on the first night of leaving her home 
and her friends, to travel to the other side of the world. There 
are always many things to be attended to that last evening, not 
unfrequently one of the party has left behind her ticket or her 
keys, or there are papers to be signed, last words to be spoken 
or written home. 
It is important that this Hostel should be opened without 
delay, so as to have it ready for the Canadian season, and also 
for the large numbers for South Africa which it is anticipated will 
be proceeding out there as soon as peace is established. 
The hon. sec. of the British Women's Emigration Associa- 
tion begs for contributions towards the Hostel Fund ; these may 
lie forwarded to the Women's Emigration Office, at the Im- 
perial Institute. 
The Australian 3rd class rates are now fixed at fvp the 
lowest price, and £19 for a berth, in a four-berth cabin. Some 
places have been reserved in the deck cabins of ss. Austral for 
April 11, and young women intending to go to either of the 
Australian ports, are advised to join a party for that date. The 
number of persons who travelled under the care of the Associa- 
tion in 1901, was 447. 
The annual report of (he work of the past year will be issued 
in April, in time for the annual meeting. The magazine The 
Imperial Colonist , is to be enlarged by the addition of four more 
pages, and interesting articles arc promised for future numbers. 
The circulation appears to be satisfactorily increasing. It will 
be forwarded monthly to anyone who sends an order, enclosing 
as. 6d. to cover postage, for the yearly subscription, to the hon. 
sec. British Women's Emigration Association, Imperial In- 
stitute, London. 
COLONIES. 
Canada. — New Immigration Office at Winnipeg. — 
The Provincial Government has decided to establish a new 
immigration office in Winnipeg as a branch of the Department 
of Agriculture and Immigration. 'The object of the department 
in establishing this branch is to provide a place which will be 
easy to reach by immigrants who desire to "obtain information 
about the province and who come over the Canadian Pacific 
Railway. Maps and pamphlets will be kept for purposes of 
distribution, together with samples of grain and other matter 
which will be useful to new arrivals and which will give informa- 
tion without making it necessary for people to go to the 
Government buildings in order to obtain it. In addition to this 
the department intends to use the branch as a means of placing 
immigrants who arrive in the province, seeking employment in 
the spring or while harvesting operations are on, and^ for this 
purpose a list of farmers requiring hands will be kept. 

CUSTOMS TARIFFS. 
COLONIES. 
Australian Commonwealth.— Bye-Law respecting Free 
Importation of Minor Articles used in the Manufac- 
ture of Certain Goods.' — The Commonwealth of Autsralia 
Gazette, for 20th December last, contains a copy of a Customs 
Bye-Law to the effect that certain “ minor articles ” used in the 
manufacture of bellows, blinds, boots and shoes, fishing rods, 
furniture, harness, saddles, whips, hats and caps, metals and 
vehicles, etc., within the Commonwealth, may be imported free 
of duty. The list of ‘ ' minor articles” referred to in the Bye- 
Law is in considerable detail, and can be seen by persons 
interested on application to the Commercial Intelligence Branch 
of the Board of Trade, 50, Parliament-street, S.W., any day 
between the hours of 10 a,m, and 5 p.m. 
Byf.-Law Respecting Piece-Goods used in the 
Manufacture of Waterproof Cloth. The copy of the 
above-mentioned Gazette further contains a Customs Bye-Law 
notifying that "imported piece-goods not containing silk may 
be delivered at a duty of 10 per cent, ad val., for the purpose 
of being manufactured into cloth made waterproof with india- 
rubber, on the condition that the manufacture is carried on in a 
warehouse licensed under the Customs Act, 1901." 
The New Tariff. — The Federal House of Representatives 
has confirmed the Excise duty on grape spirit of us. , and has 
raised the Excise duty on barley, malt, molasses, and maize to 
12s. 6d., and on other spirits to 13s. The import duty remains 
at 14s. 
British South Africa. — Duties on Goods for Trans- 
vaal via Natal. — The Natal Mercury states that it has been 
notified that on and after 1st February, as regards goods 
destined for Pretoria and Johannesburg, Transvaal Customs 
Duties will not be collected in Natal, but will be payable at the 
place of destination, to the proper officers of the Transvaal 
Customs stationed there. Therefore, as regards Pretoria and 
Johannesburg (and those places only for the present), Transvaal 
Customs entries will not be accepted by the Natal Customs. 
Goods will, however, still be refused by the Railway Department 
unless the railway-consignment-note has been endorsed by the 
Natal Customs with the usual stamp and signature. In the 
case of goods from bonded warehouses, or, when dutiable, from 
ship’s side, the railway-eonsignment-note will be stamped and 
signed on production of the Natal transit-entry. In the case 
of goods from open stocks or of Colonial goods, or of goods 
free from Customs Union duties, one entry only is to be passed, 
and, on production of this entry, containing all particulars of 
export, the railway-eonsignment-note will be stamped and 
signed. The usual permits to import into the Transvaal must, 
however, still be obtained and produced. This notice applies 
only to Pretoria and Johannesburg. Goods for other stations 
and places must be cleared in Natal as hitherto. 
Transvaal. — Importation of Goods. — The Transvaal 
Government Gazette of 10th ult. publishes the following 
Proclamation by His Excellency Lord Milner, the Adminis- 
trator of the Transvaal : — 
Whereas it is necessary to amend Proclamation No. 2 of 
1901 {see Board of Trade Journal for 28th March last, pp. 
761-2), and to make further provision for the importation of 
goods into the Transvaal : 
Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority in me vested, I 
do hereby declare, proclaim, and make known as follows : — 
t. Proclamation No, 2 of 1901 shall, from and after the 
1st day of February, 1902, be repealed, and from and after the 
said date the importation of goods into this Colony will be 
subject to the following conditions : — 
(a) A permit for such importation shall be previously 
obtained from the Military Governor of Pretoria, or his duly 
appointed deputies. 
(Q Customs duties shall be paid on all goods imported in 
accordance with the laws and regulations of the Customs, 
These duties shall, until further provision be made therefor, 
be levied according to the Customs tariff leviable by the Laws of 
the late South African Republic, which shall be read, however, 
as if the following appeared therein in the schedule of articles 
exempted from duty : — 
"Public .stores, imported or taken out of bond by, and 
bond fide for the sole and exclusive use of the Government of 
His Britannic Majesty or the Government of any Colony, State 
or Territory in South Africa, provided that a certificate be 
delivered to the Customs given under the hand of a principal 
Imperial, Military, Naval, Civil, Commissariat or Ordnance 
Secretary or Officer, or under the hand of a Secretary to any 
Government as aforesaid, setting forth that any duty levied on 
such public stores would be borne directly by the Treasury of 
his Government ; and provided further that no portion of such 
stores used or unused shall be sold or otherwise disposed of so 
as to come into the possession of or into consumption by any 
parties not legally entitled to import the same free of duty, until 
the intention so to sell or dispose of the stores shall have been 
notified to the principal officer of Customs in this territory, to 
whom the duty leviable according to the tariff then in force 
shall be paid by the Government selling or disposing of the 
stores : Wine, spirits, and beer, imported direct or taken out of 
bond by, and for the sole use of. Commissioned Officers serving 
on full pay in the regular Military or Naval forces of His 
Britannic Majesty, subject to such regulations as the Customs 
may make for the due protection of the revenue, provided that 
if any such liquors shall be sold or otherwise disposed of to or 
for consumption by any other person not legally entitled to 
import the same free of duty without the duty being first paid 
thereon to the Customs according to the tariff then in force, 
then they shall be forfeited, and the parties knowingly disposing 
of such liquors or into whose possession the same shall know- 
ingly come shall be liable to such penalties as may be 
prescribed by law ; and provided further that until otherwise 
enacted articles commonly known as ‘canteen stores 1 imported 
or taken out of bond for the sole and exclusive use of His 
Majesty's Military Forces may, under the foregoing conditions, 
be admitted free of duty.” 
2. The Customs duties on goods imported from or through 
the colonies of the Cape of Good Hope or Natal, destined for 
places in the Transvaal other than the towns of Pretoria and 
Johannesburg, shall be paid to the collectors of Customs of 
"those colonies, who have been nominated and appointed to act 
as agents for the collection of such duties. Goods destined for 
Pretoria or Johannesburg shall be duly entered and duty thereon 
shall be paid on arrival in accordance with the laws and regula- 
tions of the Customs. 
3. The permits mentioned in section 1, sub-section (a), shall 
be issued subject to such conditions as may from time to time 
be prescribed by the said Military Governor of Pretoria. 
4. Any goods imported as aforesaid without payment of 
the proper Customs duties or contrary to the regulations men- 
tioned herein shall be liable to confiscation, and the importer or 
his agent shall in addition be liable to a fine not exceeding five 
times the amount of the Customs duties thereon, or, in default 
of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a 
period not exceeding twelve months. 
5. This Proclamation shall be read together and- with the 
Customs law of the Transvaal, 
Cod save the King. 
INDIA. 
Decision regarding Generators for making Soda- 
water. — Customs circular (No. x of 1902), contains a Decision 
to the effect that generators for making soda-water, which are 
worked by steam power and are not adapted for working by 
manual or animal power, are exempt from duty under entry 
No. 14 of Schedule iv. of the Indian Tariff Act 8 of 1894. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Chile.— Abolition of Import Duties on Provisions 
for Victualling Ships. — According to the French Moniteur 
Officiel du Commerce of the 23rd January, the Chilean Govern- 
ment has abolished the import duty on provisions and eatables 
destined for use on ships. This applies to trading vessels, 
whether foreign-going or engaged in the coasting trade, as well 
as to Chilean and foreign men-of-war, 
France. — Import Duties on "Colonial Produce.” — 
With reference to the French import duties on "colonial pro- 
duce,” the Board of Trade have received a copy of a despatch 
from H.M. Ambassador at Paris, reporting that a Bill to 
suspend the application from 24th ult., of the maximum tariff 
to British " colonial produce ” has been passed by the French 
Chamber of Deputies, and is now before the Senate. Should 
this Bill become law, “colonial produce” of British Colonial 
origin will continue to be admitted into France at the rates of 
duty hitherto in force. 
France (San Salvador).— Commf.rci at. Convention 
between the above Countries.— The French Journal 
Officiel for the 29th January contains the text of a Commercial 
Convention concluded between France and San Salvador on 
the 9th January, 1901, and ratified at Paris on the 15th January, 
T902. According to this Convention, "colonial produce” of 
Salvadorian origin will be admitted into France, Algeria, Tunis, 
and French colonies and possessions at the lowest rates of 
duty applicable to similar products of any other foreign origin. 
Reciprocally, goods of French or of French colonial origin 
are to be admitted into San Salvador at the lowest rates of duty 
applicable to similar goods of any other foreign origin, and 
the rates of duty on imports from France are to be lowered 
in respect of a number of articles specified in a schedule 
annexed to the Convention. 
The text of the Convention, together with the lists of 
articles with respect to which concessions are made on either 
side, may be seen by those interested on application at the 
Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, 
50, Parliament-street, S.W., any day between the hours of 
10 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
Guatemala. — Import Duties : Proportion Payable in 
Gold. — A memorandum prepared by H.M. Vice-Consul at 
Guatemala draws attention to the fact that, although the exact 
Tariff rates of import duty, without abatement or surtax, are 
now nominally leviable, the regulation which requires 30 per cent, 
of the duties to be paid in gold certificates is still in force. The 
effect of this regulation is practically equivalent to a surtax of 
60 per cent, on the nominal Tariff rates, gold certificates being 
accepted by the Government at a premium of 200 percent. ; 
but the Vice-Consul adds that this rate, although maintained 
by the Government without modification for over two years, is 
subject to alteration at any time, the actual premium 011 gold 
being considerably higher than the rate mentioned. 
Portugal.— Temporary Importation of Articles in- 
tended for Consumption or Repair. — The Portuguese 
Diario do Governor for the 13th September last contains a Royal 
Decree authorising the temporary importation into Portugal, 
free of duty, of articles intended for consumption or repair. 
Russia. — Customs Decisions, — The following Decisions 
with regard to the classification of articles under the Russian 
Tariff have been issued in recent circulars of the Russian Cus- 
toms Department : — - 
Tariff classification of “ lithopone." — The white paint 
known ns "lithopone,” consisting of sulphate of baryta and 
sulphuretted zinc, is dutiable under Section 137 of the Tariff, at 
the rate of 4 roubles 50 copecks per poud (£1. 9s. yd. per cwt.), 
with the addition of the surtax of xo per cent, laid down by the 
Imperial Ukase of the 5th August, 1900. 
A rticles jnanufactured of wood, with ornamental parts ( not 
being essential trimmings ) of leather or of textile material, are 
dutiable under Section 61, point 4, of the Tariff, as the rate of 
15 roubles per poud (^’4. 18s. 6d. per cwt. ), with a surtax of xo 
per cent., as mentioned in the preceding paragraph. 
Machines and apparatus not specially mentioned, composed 
of various ordinary materials, if they contain no iron or steel, or 
contain either in insignificant proportions only (as bolts, joints, 
etc.), are dutiable according to the material of which they are 
made. If they are composed of various ordinary materials 
(other than copper and its alloys), but contain iron or steel 
(except in the form of bolts, etc.) in any proportion, they are 
dutiable at the conventional rate of 2 roubles 10 copecks per 
poud (13s. 9d. per cwt.). 
Periodicals in the Polish language are free of duty under 
Section 178, point 3, of the Tariff. 
Medical and pharmaceutical preparations not mentioned in 
the list 1 of preparations authorised to be imported into Russia , 
Applications for leave to import these articles must be accom- 
panied by two samples for examination. If imported in special 
packages, with labels and descriptions, the samples must also 
be accompanied by these labels and descriptions. 
United States, — Customs Decisions, — The following is 
a list of sofne Decisions affecting the application of the Customs 
Tariff and Customs Regulations of the United States, which 
have recently been published by the Treasury Department at 
Washington : — 
Hall-marked silver. — The goldsmiths' hall-mark placed on 
unfinished silver goods of domestic manufacture re-imported 
into the United States after being sent to the United Kingdom 
to be hall-marked, does not constitute an improvement in con- 
dition of the goods or advancement in value abroad within the 
meaning of para. 483 of the Tariff. Such goods may, therefore, 
be re-imported free of duty. 
Spangled articles. — Ornaments, trimmings, and other 
articles, composed in part of spangles made of gelatine, are 
dutiable as "articles made in part of spangles," under para. 408 
of the Tariff at the rate of 60 per cent, ad val., and not under 
para. 450 as “ articles made in chief value of gelatine. 
Marble statuary, shown by proper certificates to be the pro- 
fessional production of recognised sculptors in the country of 
production, is dutiable as "statuary" under para. 454 of the 
Tariff at the rate of 20 per cent, ad val. , and not under para. 115 
as manufactures of marble. 
Scouring bricks, prepared from ground pumice stone and 
sand, mixed and pressed into different sizes, are dutiable as 
"pumice stone wholly or partially manufactured,” under para, 
92 of the Tariff, at the rate of 56 per ton. 
Finished articles of cotton cloth, such as couch covers and 
horse blankets, with whipped, hemmed, or stitched edges, made 
wholly of cotton, come under the definition of " cotton cloth” 
given in para. 310 of the Tariff, as consisting of "all woven 
fabrics of cotton in the piece or otherwise," and are, therefore, 
dutiable under the "countable clauses” of the Tariff, and not 
under para. 322, as “manufactures of cotton, not specially 
provided for.” 
Cotton glove material, made on the "Milanese machine,” 
resembling knit goods in appearance, and of which the threads 
cannot be counted by unravelling or other practical means, is 
dutiable under para. 322 of the Tariff as a “manufacture of 
cotton, not specially provided for,” at the rate of 45 per cent. 
ad val. 
