190 [July, 1902.] 
IMPERIAL INSTITUTE JOURNAL. 
Vol. VIII. No. 91. 
Glace Bay, Cape Breton, upon the subject : — The rents at our 
collieries vary from $1.36 to $6.00 per month, according to the 
number of rooms and locations of the houses. The houses that 
rent here for $6 per month are, I understand, much better than 
the ordinary run of tenement houses occupied by British miners. 
There are no houses in the neighbourhood of the collieries that 
are rented from 50s. to £6 per month, and this statement in the 
circular is erroneous. Our miners are paid by the ton, and the 
wages from $2 to $3 per day. Many of the better class of 
workmen average from $5 to $6 per day. This, of course, 
applies to machine cutters, who understand handling coal- 
cutting machinery ; but the average wage of the handpick 
miner is about $2.25 to $2.50 per day, according to his skill and 
his desire to work. A working day at the collieries is ten hours, 
but the miners do not, as a rule, average eight hours a day, as 
most of them do their work and earn their wages in that "time 
and even less.” 
INDIA. 
Mr. J. O’Conor in his latest report on the Moral and Material' 
Progress of India, gives many interesting details respecting 
the emigration movement from India during the past financial 
year. From 
Calcutta, 
the British colonies of Demerara, Trinidad, Jamaica, Natal, 
and Fiji again indented for labourers. No labourers were 
required for Dutch colony of Surinam, which in 1899 had asked 
for 600 coolies, but Mauritius, which had made no demands in 
the previous year, again started operations during 1900. The 
terms of agreement remained the same as in the preceding year, 
except those for the colony of Trinidad, in which two important 
alterations were made: (t) the period of service for female 
emigrants is reduced from five to three years, and (2) employers 
of labour are now required to provide rations for 12 instead of 3 
months. There was an increase both in the demand and 
supply of labour during 1900, Demerara still being first 
in regard to the numbers of coolies demanded. In the case of 
Natal the demand was less than half, in that of Fiji more than 
double that of 1899. 18,489 coolies were recruited during the 
year, as against 14,059 in 1899. Of these 55 per cent. "were 
registered in the. North-Western Provinces and 26.^ per cent, in 
Oudh ; other percentages were zk in Bengal and 9 in Bihar. 
The corresponding figures in the previous year were 54, 29, r;, 
and 11, percent, respectively. Emigration from the congested 
area of Bihar does not, for some reason, increase in popularity. 
After a lapse of several years, recruitment was once more 
extended to the Punjab and the Central Provinces, where 1,360 
coolies were registered. The number of emigrants who 
returned from the colonies was 3,147 (as against 2,421 in 1899). 
Demerara reported the largest number (1,145), with an average 
saving of Rs. 139-8 per head ; tbelow T est number of repatriations 
was from the French colony of Reunion, only 17 emigrants 
returning from there during the year, whose savings were nil. 
It would seem that the cooiies of Natal are either much 
better off or very much more provident than those elsewhere. 
At Madras 
agencies were obtained by the Governments of Natal and 
Mauritius. 'I he Natal depdt admitted 9,607 persons during the 
year, while 549 remained over from the previous year. 
Emigration to Mauritius, which was stopped from the 1st of 
April, 1899, was resumed in 1900. A total of 1,476 persons 
embarked from three districts — Vizagapatam, Madras and 
North Arcot ; 490 persons returned from Mauritius, as against 
221 in 1899. As regards free emigration, 30,750 persons 
embarked for the Straits Settlements (as against 15,176 m 1899), 
while 194,270 (as against 76,662) went to Ceylon. Emigration 
from the port of 
Bombay 
was again prohibited throughout the year under the Epidemic 
Diseases Act. From Karachi 8,032 emigrants embarked for 
Uganda for service on the railway, as against 4.479 in 1899 and 
9,903 in 1898. The number of emigrants that returned to 
Bombay during the year was 21, and to Karachi 3,632. 

CUSTOMS TARIFFS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
Import Duties on Corn and Meal. — The Commissioners 
of Customs have recently issued a General Order (No. 19 of 
1902), containing the following revised schedule of articles 
dutiable at the rates mentioned : — 
Part I. 
Chargeable at 3d. per cwt. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Oats. 
Rye. 
Maize. 
Buckwheat. 
Peas (not fresh). 
Beans (not fresh. 
Locust beans. 
Lentils. 
Rice (other than whole or 
cleaned rice). 
Offals of any of the above- 
mentioned articles. 
Part II. 
Chargeable at 3d. per cwt. 
Flour and meal (other than 
offal ) of any of the articles 
in Part I. 
Starch. 
Arrowroot. 
Cassava powder and 
tapioca. 
Potato Hour. 
Sago. 
Malt. 
Pearled barley. 
Rice (whole and cleaned). 
Preparations containing any of the above-named articles, 
such as biscuits, feeding-cakes, etc., will be liable to duty (under 
Section 7 (1) of the Finance Act, 1901), at rates proportional to 
the quantities of the articles named in either part of the schedule 
which they contain. Such goocls must be sampled for analysis, 
but pending analysis may be delivered on a deposit sufficient to 
cover the duty. 
The General Order referred to is accompanied by a series 
of directions for the guidance of Customs officers in levying 
the above-mentioned duties, one of which prescribes that duties 
are to be charged on the net weights of the goods, and that in 
computing the duties, fractions of a cwt. are to be disregarded 
to the following extent :■ — 
(i.) In consignments exc eding one cwt., any fraction of a 
cwt. 
(n.) In consignments of less than one cwt., anyfraction less 
than cwt. as regards articles in Part I., and less than 1 cwt. as 
regards articles in Part II. of the schedule. 
A copy of the Order and accompanying directions may be 
seen 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. 
COLONIES. 
British Guiana.— Increased Import Duty on Rice. 
— An Ordinance (No. 19 of 1902), dated 16th May last, increases 
the duty on rice imported into British Guiana from 35 cents 
imposed under the principal Ordinance 8 of 1:902, 1041 cents per 
100 lb. 
Note.— T he additional duty of 5 per cent, is still applicable 
to the revised rate. 
Dominion of Canada. — Tariff Amendments. — The 
following Resolutions were adopted by the House of Commons, 
sitting in Committee, on the 14th May last : — 
r. That it is expedient that the provisions of Cap. 22 of the 
Act of 1901, granting the free admission of machinery and 
structural iron and steel, for use in the construction of factories 
for the manufacture of sugar from beet-root, be extended until 
the 1st April, 1903. 
2. That it is expedient to provide that the Customs Tariff, 
1897, be amended by inserting in Schedule B thereto the 
following item : — 
555A Such of the following as the Governor-in-Council may 
from time to time authorise to be admitted free of duty under 
regulations to be made by the Minister of Customs, viz. : — 
(a) All tools and machinery, not manufactured in Canada, 
up to the required standard necessary for any factory to be 
established in Canada for the manufacture of rifies for the 
Government of Canada. 
(b) All materials or parts in the rough, unfinished, and all 
finished parts consisting of screws, nuts, bands and springs, to 
be used in rifles to be manufactured at any such factory for the 
Government of Canada. 
(c) Charcoal-making machinery. 
The above Resolutions were reported and agreed to on the 
14th May, and a Bill to amend the Customs Tariff, 1897, was 
then introduced, and finally passed without amendment by the 
Senate and House of Commons on the above date. 
Fiji.— Decision respecting Insulated Wire. — The 
Fiji Royal Gazette for 14th April last contains, in accordance 
with the provisions of the Customs Regulation Ordinance, 
1881-1895, a ruling of the Commissioners of Customs, dated 
26th March, 1902, to the effect that insulated wire used in 
connection with electrical machinery will be classed as 
“Electrical Machinery" when imported into Fiji, 
[Note. — Under the Tariff Ordinance at present in force 
(No. 1 of 1898), “Electrical machinery” maybe imported into 
the colony free of duty. ] 
New Zealand. — Timber Export Act 1901, brought 
into Operation. — The New Zealand Gazette for 3rd April, 
1902, contains an Order-in-Council, under date of the 27th 
March, 1902, by which the following duties are imposed 
under the “Timber Export Act, 1901,” on white pine and 
Kahikatea timber exported from the colony : — 
Export Duty. 
Logs, round v 
Logs, cut in half . ( , 
Logs, squared with axe or saw, 10 ins. r 3 s - P er 100 SU P- ■ 
by ro ins. or its equivalent or over. J 
Flitches, any width, and not ex- 
ceeding 10 ins. thick . . . 2S. per 100 sup. ft. 
Customs Decisions.— The New Zealand Gazette for 
roth April, 1902, contains a copy of a Customs Commissioner's 
Order (No. 688) under date of 8th April, 1902, notifying the 
following Decisions under the Customs Import Tariff of New 
Zealand : — 
Articles and how Classed. Rate of Duty. 
Dentist’s cleansing paste — 
As soap, ri.o.e. ..... 25 per cent, adval. 
Expanding metal lathing — 
As building materials, n.o.e. 
Mock glacd kid, made from sheepskin — 
As sheepskins ..... 
♦Ribbons, unprinted, cut into lengths not 
exceeding 21 in. for cigar wrappers. 
Shears with serrated edge, and not less than 
10 in. in length — 
As artificers’ tools .... 
“ Saponine” — hard benzine soap — 
As soft soap 20 per cent, ad val. 
Timber logs squared with saw — 
As timber, rough sawn , . . 2s. per 100 sup. ft, 
* Revised derision. 
Sierra Leone.— Free Importation of Miners’ Tools, 
Etc, — An Ordinance (No. 17 of 1901), assented to by the 
Governor on 24th August, 1901, provides for the free importation 
into the Colony of Sierra Leone of “tools, implements and 
materials imported by miners or prospectors for their bond fide 
use in mining or prospecting.” 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Argentine Republic. —Additional Import Duties. — 
The following additional import duties are now leviable in the 
Argentine Republic : — 
1. By the Law of the 3rd January, 1900, a surcharge of 
5 per cent, ad valorem is leviable on all articles paying a specific 
duty or an ad valorem duty of more than 5 per cent. 
2. In addition, Art 7 of the Budget Law for the current 
financial year prescribes that all dutiable articles are to be 
subject to a further surcharge of 5 per cent. ; and 
3. By Art. 5 of the same Law, articles dutiable at the rate 
of 10 per cent, ad valorem or over, are subject to yet a further 
surcharge of 2 per cent, ad valorem. 
Exemption of Certain Articles from Export Duty. 
— A Decree, issued in pursuance of Art. 6 of the above- 
mentioned Budget Law, authorises, during 1902, the exportation 
free of duty of by-products of meat-preserving works 
(-“ saladeros") and meat-extract works. 
Portuguese African Colonies.— Importation of Spirits 
under Licence. — The following are the most important pro- 
visions of this Law, respecting the prohibition to import spirits 
into the Portuguese Possessions of Mozambique (south of the 
River Save) and of St. Thom£ and Principe. 
The importation of distilled spirituous liquors, of whatever 
origin, is prohibited in the province of Mozambique, south of 
the River Save (Art. r), and in the province of St. Thomd and 
Principe (Art. 7) ; but clearance of distilled spirituous liquors in 
transit by rail to the Transvaal is permitted at the Lorenzo 
Marques Custom House (Art. 4). By Articles 5 and 7, the 
Governors of the provinces of Mozambique (in respect of the 
territory south of the River Save), and of St. Thomd and 
Principe, may authorise non-natives, by means of a licence, to 
import prepared brandy ( aguardente ), cognac, gin and liqueurs, 
but on condition that they shall not be supplied, under any 
pretence whatever, for consumption by natives. Contravention 
of this proviso will entail the withdrawal of the licence, and no 
renewal thereof will be granted to the offending individual, 
company, or firm (Art, 13). 
Wines crossing from the left to the right bank of the River 
Save will be considered as contraband, entailing the infliction 
of a fine equal to 20 times the duty, besides the forfeiture of the 
wine, receptacles, and conveyances if seized (Art. 9). 
Import Duties on Wine, Beer, Spirits, etc., in the 
Portuguese African Colonies. — Art. 8 of the Law contains 
the following new Tariff of duties leviable on the importation 
Free. 
3d. per lb. 
Free. 
Free. 
(so far as permitted) of wines, beer, and spirits into the under- 
mentioned Portuguese Possessions in Africa : — 
Mozambique (South of the River Save). 
(i.) Wines,* beer, and spirits of national origin 
Ordinary still wines : 
Up to 15 0 strength 
From 15 0 to 17 0 strength 
Above 17 0 strength 
Special, generous, and sweet wines, f 
such as port, madeira, and muscatel, up -1 
to 23 0 strength, in bottles . . . ^ 
Sparkling wines : 
Table wine (typo de pasto), white 
or red ..... 
Other kinds .... 
Prepared brandy (aguardente), gin, J 
liqueurs, and other similar beverages . 1 
Beer, cider, and other fermented 
beverages not specified .... 
Alcohol and brandy (aguardente) 
produced in the district of Lorenzo 
Marques : 
Up to 50° strength (centesimal) . 
Above 50° „ „ . | 
Denaturated alcohol . 
Reis.t 
Litre 
8 
P P 
10 
> P 
200 
Reis. 
Litre, or bottle 'l 
i 
not exceeding 
10 
one litre. J 
1 
Litre 
10 
l p 
5 ° 
Litre, or bottle') 
not exceeding 
ks° 
one litre. J 
i 
Litre 
roo 
Litre 
Per litre and 
per degree. 
Litre 
3 °° 
J 10 
I 
10 
(ii.) Wines of foreign production imported direct from the 
country of origin or re-exported from Portugal, of all descrip- 
tions, and without regard to alcoholic strength : — ■ 
Reis. 
In casks .... 
In bottles . 
Sparkling wines . 
Foreign prepared spirits (gin, li- 
queurs, and other similar beverages) 
Foreign beer, cider, and other 
fermented beverages not specified 
Litre 300 
( Litre, or bottle 'l 
4 not exceeding J-500 
[ one litre. J 
Litre 600 
{ Litre, or bottle "I 
not exceeding k7Q0 
one litre. J 
Litre 200 
St. Thom 6 and Principe. 
National wines* (rdgime for the first three years, after the 
publication of this Law) : Reis. 
Up to 15 0 strength . , . Litre 1 
From 1 5 0 to 17 0 strength . . „ 4 
Above 17 0 strength . . . , , 200 
Ditto (regime for the fourth and fifth years after the publi- 
cation of this Law) : 
Up to 15 0 strength , . . Litre 4 
From 15“ to 17 0 strength . , ,, 8 
Above 17® strength . . . ,, 200 
National wines* (regime after the expiration of 5 years from 
the publication of this Law) : — 
Reis, 
Up to 1 5 0 strength . . . Litre 8 
From 15° to xf strength . . 10 
Above 17° strength , . . ,, 200 
Note. — Special, generous, and sweet wines, such as port, 
madeira, and muscatel, of national production,* in bottles, up to 
23° strength, pay the duty leviable at the time on wines of a 
strength between 15° and 17°. 
Foreign wines ; sparkling wines ; spirits and liqueurs ; beer 
and other fermented beverages; and alcohol— pay the same 
duties as in Mozambique (south of the River Save). 
Mozambique [north of the River Save J, Angola, Guinea , and 
Cape Verde. 
National wines : * 
Reis. 
Up to 15° strength 
Litre 
I 
From 15° to 17° strength . 
1 1 
4 
Above 17° strength 
P P 
200 
Note.— S pecial, generous, or 
sweet wines, such as port, madeira, 
and muscatel, of national production,* 
in bottles, up to 23° strength, pay 
Litre 
4 
Foreign wines, sparkling wines, spirits and liqueurs, beer 
and other fermented beverages, and alcohol, pay the same duties 
as in Mozambique (south of the River Save). 
A copy of the translation of the Law referred to above may 
be seen by those interested 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. 
Russia. — Customs Decision. — The Russian Customs 
Department have notified, by a Circular dated the 30th April/ 
13th May, that brick-shaped pieces, plates, and other articles 
prepared of cork refuse in combination with common materials, 
are to be admitted into Russia under paragraph 2 of No. 60 of 
the Tariff, at the rate of 3 roubles 60 copecks per poud 
(£*• 3 s - 7<1. per cwt.). 
Spain. — Certificates of Origin required for 
Mineral Lubricating Oils, Vaseline, etc.— The Gaceta 
de Madrid for the 4th inst. contains the text of a Royal Order 
decreeing that certificates of origin will in future be required for 
the articles enumerated in para. 11 of the Spanish Customs 
Tariff, viz., oleonaphtha, mineral lubricating oils, vaseline and 
mixtures of these substances with animal or vegetable oils or 
greases, in order to entitle them to any Tariff advantages. 
United States.— Customs Decisions. — The following is 
a list of some Decisions affecting the application of the Customs 
Tariff of the United States, which have recently been issued by 
the Treasury Department at Washington : — 
Articles dutiable at various rates. — When articles dutiable 
at various rates are indiscriminately mixed, it is the duty of the 
importer, and not of the Collector of Customs, so to separate 
and identify them that it can be determined what portions are 
dutiable at the various rates applicable. When the importer 
fails to separate and identify his goods in this manner, protest 
against the Collector's decision will be overruled. 
Bagging composed of plain woven single jute yarns of com- 
paratively fine texture, suitable for the bagging ot beans, 
potatoes, etc., but not of cotton (other than special kinds such 
as “ Sea Island ” cotton), is held not to be “ bagging for cotton ” 
within the meaning of para. 344 of the Tariff, but to be duti- 
able as a plain woven fabric of single jute yarns, according to 
width, weight, and count of threads, under para. 341. 
Cod-liver oil is dutiable as a “fish oil,” under para. 42 of 
the Tariff, at the rate of 8 cents per gallon (4fd. per imperial 
gallon). 
Spirits in Transit through Canada.— With reference 
to notices which have previously appeared in the Board of Trade 
* By Art. 10 of the Law, wines of national production are exempt 
from any additional or municipal tax in the Portuguese African 
Colonies. 
t The present value of the milreis (1000 reis) may be taken as about 
3s. fid. 
