Vol. VIII. No. 92. 
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use in religious worship ; articles of clothing and baggage 
imported for the personal use of travellers or of settlers 
in the military territory ..... Free. 
All other articles 6 per cent, ad val. 
Export Duties — 
Indiarubber and ivory . . . .10 per cent, ad val. 
Germany. — C ustoms Decisions.— T he Board of Trade 
have received translations of certain Orders recently issued by 
the Hamburg Customs authorities, affecting the classification 
for Tariff purposes of certain articles imported into the German 
Customs Union. The following is the substance of these 
Orders : — 
Soap-glue {“ seifen-leim ”), a mixture of “Turkey-red oil” 
with 24 per cent, of mineral oil and 16 per cent, of resinous oil, 
Is dutiable under No. 29 of the Tariff, as mineral lubricating 
oil, at the rate of 10 marks per 100 kilogs. (5s. id. per cwt. ). 
Japanese fire-screens and light-shades, made of coloured 
paper and wood, and intended to stand upright, are dutiable as 
articles made of paper combined with other materials, under 
No. 27/(3) the Tariff, at the rate of -24 marks per 100 kilogs. 
( 12s. 2d. per cwt.). 
Japanese fans, consisting of bamboo cane frames covered 
with coloured paper, are dutiable according to the nature of the 
materials of which they are composed, when they are under 15 
or over 45 centimetres in length. The length for this purpose, is 
to be taken as the length of the ribs, or, in the case of immovable 
fans, or of fans opening into a complete circle or ellipse, as the 
length of a vertical line drawn through the middle of the fan, 
neglecting the handle. 
Lined sheets of paper, consisting of two thin layers of white 
paper held together by indiarubber, and printed black on both 
sides, with white lines, are dutiable under No. 27 f (2) of the 
Tariff, at the rate of 12 marks per 100 kilogs. (6s. id. per cwt.). 
Duties on Yarns. — T he Customs Tariff Committee of 
the Reichstag has rejected the duties on yarns provided for in 
Paragraphs 438 to 442 of the Tariff Bill, and voted instead the 
following reduced rates: — 
Para. 438. — Single threaded yarn, raw: 
Up to quality No. 22, inclusive (English), 4 marks per 
double cwt. 
From quality No, 23 English to No. 32, 10 marks, 
j 1 i » 11 3 2 h m 47 > ^4 m 
,, i 1 48 ,, ,, 63, 20 
F» II II 64 II II ^3l 24 ,, 
>> .. .. 84 ,, ,, 102, 30 
Higher qualities 36 marks. 
Para. 439. — Single threaded yarn, bleached, dyed, or 
printed : The same duty as on raw single threaded yarns, plus 
9 marks per double cwt. 
Para. 440. — Yarn of two or more threads. Raw : The 
same duty as on single threaded raw yarn, plus 3 marks. 
Bleached, dyed, printed : The same duty as on single threaded 
yarns, plus 9 marks. 
Para. 441 is eliminated, the duties on the sorts mentioned 
in it being provided for in amended Paragraph 440. 
Para. 442. — Yarn of two or more threads, extra twisted. 
Raw : 36 marks. Bleached, dyed, printed : 42 marks. 
Para. 443, fixing a duty of 70 marks on cotton thread, was 
adopted without amendment. 
Germany— Guatemala. — Postponement of Expiration 
of Treaty. — With reference to the denunciation of the Com- 
mercial Treaty between Germany and Guatemala, it is to be 
noted that the German Reichsanseigcr for the 13th June contains 
a statement to the effect that the denunciation on the part of 
Guatemala has been so changed as to defer the expiration of 
the treaty to the 22nd June, 1904. 
Russia— Poland. — P roposed Increase of Duty on 
Spun Yarns. — I n his recent report f Foreign Office, Annual 
Series 2,810/ H.M. Consul-General at Warsaw writes as 
follows : — - 
“ I hear on good authority that the duty on all spun yarns, 
which is now 18 rbls. (£1. 18s. 6d. ) per poud (36 lb.), is to be 
raised by 11 rbls. (24s.) at the end of this year. This will 
practically shut out all imported yarns. This measure, it is 
stated, is especially introduced to protect the manufacture in 
■Russia of the higher numbers, that is of yarns over 6o's, as the 
manufacturers complain that they cannot compete with foreign 
yarns.” 
With regard to the above it should be noted that up to the 
present no official confirmation has been obtained. 
Salvador. —Tariff Modifications. —A ccording to a 
Supplement to the Tariff of Salvador, recently published by the 
International Tariffs Bureau, various Ordinances affecting the 
application of the Tariff of the Republic were issued by the 
Salvadorian Government during the months of October, 
November and January last. The following is the substance 
of these Ordinances :— 
In applying the Law of 17th May, 1901, granting exemption 
from duty on bags containing coffee intended for exportation, 
the export duty on coffee is to be charged according to net 
weight, two and a-half pounds per bag being deducted from 
the total gross weight. 
Shoemakers' thread of linen or hemp , untwisted, is dutiable 
at the rate of 30 centavos per kilog. 
Rye flour (not separately specified in the Tariff in force) is 
to be subject to a duty of 2 centavos per kilog. on importation. 
Socks of Scotch yarn and imitations thereof are dutiable at 
the rate of 1 peso 50 centavos per kilog. 
Electric Ventilating fans (not specially mentioned in the 
Tariff) are dutiable at the rate of 30 centavos per kilog. 
Alaise and beans necessary for consumption may be im- 
ported free of duty and warehousing charges for a period of one 
year from the date of the Ordinance— 1st January, 1902. 
Spain. — T ariff Classification of Pencil Cases and 
OF Leads for Pencils. — T he Gaceta de Madrid for the 1st 
ult. contains the text of a Royal Order, according to which cases 
made to receive and hold writing leads, as well as those holding 
the lead in a fixed form, like wooden pencils, are dutiable under 
No. 409 of the Spanish Tariff, at the rate of 1 peseta 50 cts. per 
kilog. [f 2 - is. per cwt.). The leads themselves (“lapiees”), 
cut and prepared for use in lead pencils or in pencil cases, are 
dutiable under No. 294 of the Tariff at the rate of 2 pesetas per 
kilo S- (£4- is. 3d. per cwt.). 
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TRANSPORT AND FREIGHTS. 
The Freight Market. — Outward coal rates are still falling, 
as recent Welsh fixtures will show , viz. : 5s. 6d. Genoa, 
6s. Venice, 5s. Port Said, 6s. 6d. Las Palmas, 12s. Rio, 
13s. 3d. River Plate, 9s. 6d. Bombay, 10s. 6d. Colombo. The 
Cape Government coal contracts have been placed and the 
contractors are offering 14s. to 14s. 6d. America shows a 
slightly improved demand for new season's grain, which is quoted 
at about 2s. 6d. Australian chartering is practically at a stand- 
still and little improvement can be anticipated even with the 
advent of the new season. Black Sea continues to improve for 
backward loading. Current berth quotations are 8s. 6d. Odessa, 
9S, Sulina. Danube and Azof? weak. Eastern markets have 
slumped and current rates are 10s. Bombay, 12s. Kurrachee, 
20s. Java, 15s. is reported to have been accepted from Rangoon. 
Mediterranean markets weak and, except for ore, practically no 
business is being effected. River Plate market has completely 
fallen away, especially for prompt loading. For later loading 
San Lorenzo is quoted at ns. to 12s. — Weddel, TURNER 
& Co., July 24, 1902. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
New Line of Steamers to South Africa. — Messrs, R. P. 
Houston and Co., Liverpool, announce that they have made 
arrangements for a regular and continuous service of their 
steamers between the United Kingdom and Cape Town, Mossel 
Bay, Algoa Bay, East London, Natal, Delagoa Bay, and Beira. 
The steamers to be employed on this service are fast cargo boats, 
and freight contracts have already Inen made for a number of 
years with a number of the leading South African corporations 
and companies. It is understood that Messrs. Houston have 
arranged the new service at the requestor the parties concerned, 
who are anxious to have shipping facilities independent of the 
so-called ‘'conference” lines. The first departure of the new 
service was that of the Hostilius (3,325 tons), from Middles- 
brough, July 20, Glasgow, July 26, and Liverpool July 30, and 
she will be followed at fortnightly intervals by other steamers of 
a tonnage ranging from 4,233 tons to 5,662 tons. Messrs. 
Houston have already started a fortnightly service in conjunction 
with the Prince Line between New York and the South African 
ports. 
COLONIES. 
New Zealand and South Africa. — The new steamship 
services between New Zealand and South Africa will, it is 
reported, consist of (1) a monthly direct line to Durban, Port 
Elizabeth, and Table Bay, and (2) a monthly line to the same 
ports via West Australia. Four New Zealand ports will be called 
at, probably Dunedin, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland. 
Rhodesian Railways.— At a meeting of the Chamber of 
Commerce held at Bulawayo on the 4th ult., it was stated that 
Sir Charles Metcalfe intended to do his utmost to connect the 
railway from Bulawayo to Gwelo before the rainy season, and 
that it was expected that the railway would be finished in 
October, giving through connection between Cape Town and 
Beira. A petition by the Chamber of Commerce to the Chartered 
Company urging the extension of the railway to Tub with a view 
to obtaining connection with the Transvaal and Delagoa Bay 
was adopted. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Colombia Republic. — The German Consul at Baranquilla 
reports that nothing was done last year by the Colombian 
Government to render the entrance into the Magdalena river 
more easy for shipping, and that shipowners and shipmasters 
would do well to refrain from chartering their vessels to the 
river port of Baranquilla until a suitable tug and pilotage service 
is established. The passage of the bar is very dangerous. 
France. — A decree has been signed bv the President of the 
French Republic appointing a commission to consider the means 
of centralising the mercantile marine services in the same 
ministerial department. Hitherto shipowners have had to deal 
with two different departments, namely, Marine and Commerce 
and Public Works. — Fairplay . 
German South-West Africa. — The Times correspondent 
at Berlin writes, under date June 27 last: The railway line 
which was opened last Friday from Swakopmund, on the coast 
of German South-West Africa, to Windhoek, the principal 
settlement in the interior, was commenced in September, 1897. 
It has a length of about 380 kilometres (about 235 miles), and 
reaches Windhoek via Jakalswater, Abbabis, Karabib, and 
Gkahandja. It was originally supposed that the construction of 
the line would not cost more than five million marks (£250, 000), 
but this estimate has proved insufficient, and the Reichstag has 
already voted over 13 million marks (£650,000) for the purpose. 
The construction of a harbour at Swakopmund will cost another 
two million marks (£100,000). According to the estimate for 
1902, the revenue is expected to cover a working expenditure of 
857,000 marks (£42,850). This leaves no margin for interest on 
the capital. It was originally proposed that the service should 
consist of two goods trains a day in either direction and two 
passenger trains weekly in either direction, but it appears that 
only one goods train a day will run at present. The speeds 
attained are not great, the goods trains being timed to run 
ten to 12 kilometres and the passenger trains 18 kilometres 
an hour. 
The railway was undertaken in order to overcome the 
difficulties of oxen transport, which was often threatened with 
interruption by rinderpest. The inhabitants of Windhoek 
depend largely for the necessaries of life on imports from the 
coast, and an' interruption of the traffic would have had incon- 
venient, if not serious, consequences. The advocates of 
colonial expansion argued that the railway would greatly develop 
the resources of the country, and their orgau in the press, the 
Kolonial-Zeitung , now anticipates a large traffic in meat with 
the British colonies in South Africa. 
The Freisinnige Zeitung, the journal of Herr Richter, the 
leader of the Radical Left, takes a very gloomy view of the pros- 
pects of the railway. It points out that the number of whites 
in the protectorate, which is one-and-a-half times as large as the 
German Empire, is only 3,388, of whom 452 are women and 
720 children Only 2,223 of the total just given are Germans, 
and of these 825 belong to the colonial troops, while of the 
remainder the majority have some connection with the troops or 
the Government officials. Agriculture is only possible in the 
north, and sufferes muck from drought and locusts. The 
imports into German South-West Africa have consisted, so far, 
mainly of the necessaries of life and the materials for building 
the railway, and the total exports have not yet reached a value 
of one million marks (£50,000), and of this two-thirds is 
accounted for by a guano factory on the coast. 
Italy and China and Australia,— Steamship Lines.— 
The Italian Minister of Posts has arranged the details of the 
proposed new steamship lines between Italy and China and 
Australia. The intention is that the China line shall be worked 
by the Navigazione Generale Italiana, which will receive a 
subsidy of 300,000 lire for the maintenance of a monthly service 
between Gcnoa-and Shanghai, independent of the existing line 
to Bombay, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The Australian line 
will be worked by the Orient Company, which, for a small 
subsidy, merely undertakes that its steamers shall call at 
Messina for the export of Sicilian agricultural products. — Fair- 
play. 
United States and South Africa. — The Prince and 
Houston steamship lines have joined in establishing a fortnightly 
cargo-boat service between New York and Cape Town, Port 
Natal, and Delagoa Bay. The service commenced on the 
16th J uly last. 
United States. — The New York and Cuba Mail Steam- 
ship Company (Ward Line) inteuds to establish next year a 
direct cargo service from New York via the Tehuantepec 
Isthmus to Puget Sound. The cargoes will go by rail across 
the Isthmus, and by this means it is calculated that’ a saving of 
time amounting to twelve days will be made when compared 
with the Panama route. 
OFFICIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONTRACTS. 
UNITED KINGDOM. 
Cardiff Railway Company. — Tenders are invited until 
the nth inst. for a single-ladder Dredger capable of dredging 
and discharging into hoppers from 600 to 700 tons per hour to a 
depth of 45 feet below water line, when working in stiff clay 
and gravel. Particulars may be obtained from Mr. Henry Ree, 
Bute Docks, Cardiff. 
Leicester. — T enders are invited until September 3 for 
Electrical Tramways and Materials, under the following 
sections, each comprising a separate contract : — (1) Steel girder 
tramway rails and fish-plates, (2) Bolts, nuts, and tie-bars, 
(3) Points, crossings, etc., (4) Stoneware pipes and conduits, 
(5) Feeder cables, telephone and test wires, etc., (6) Overhead 
elzetrical equipment, etc., (7) Steam-raising plant, (8) Engines, 
generators, etc., (9) Electric tram cars. Particulars (£2 for each 
contract) may be obtained from E. George Mawbey, 
M. Inst. C.E. , Town-hall, Leicester. 
Newport. — T enders are invited until the 7th inst. for the 
following works: (x) Tramways re-construction and wood 
paving, (2) Rails and Fish-plates, (3) Tie-bars, bolts, nuts, etc. 
Particulars (£10 for 1 and z, and £2 for 3) may be obtained 
from Albert A. Newman, Town-hall, Newport. 
North-Eastern Railway — T enders are invited until 
October 7, |for the complete Electrification of about 37 miles of 
standard gauge Line (mostly double track) in the neighbour- 
hood of Newcastle. Tenders must be divided into two sections, 
viz. : — (1) Electrical equipment of coaches and permanent wav ; 
(2) high tension cables and sub-station equipment ; but tenders 
for either section separately will not be considered. Particulars 
may be obtained from Mr. Wilson Worsdell, Gateshead -on - 
Tyne. 
Swansea. — T enders are invited until September 4, for the 
Construction of a Draw Bridge over the North Dock Lock, 
together with hydraulic machinery for working the same. Par- 
ticulars (£5) may be obtained from Mr, A. O. Schenk, Harbour- 
office, Swansea." 
COLONIES. 
Cape of Good Hope. — Tenders will be received until the 
12th inst. for the Conveyance of all Freight the Agent- 
General for the Cape of Good Hope may, on behalf of the Cape 
Colonial Government, require from ports in Great Britain to 
the ports of Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Port Elizabeth, and/or 
East London on and from 1st November, 1902. Tenders will 
lie accepted for the conveyance of the freight by steamers and 
in British bottoms only. Tenders must state : — (a) the class 
of Steam ers to be employed ; (b) the maximum time to be 
occupied in transit ; (<-) the maximum intervals between each 
sailing ; (d) the maximum time within which they undertake 
that freight for conveyance at port of shipment shall be 
despatched therefrom ; (e) the ports in Great Britain at which 
cargo will be accepted for shipment ; (/j the rate chargeable 
for cargo where the weight of any package does not exceed five 
tons actual weight, and/or thirty feet in length ; (g) the rates 
chargeable for packages exceeding five tons actual weight, 
and/or thirty feet in length ; (A) the terms and conditions 
under which tender is made; (*) penalties proposed in case of 
non-fulfilment of contract ; alternative tenders for one and 
two years will be received. Tor further particulars apply to 
the Agent-General for the Cape of Good Hope, 100, Y’ictoria 
street, Westminster, or to the Chief Railway Storekeeper, 
Cape Town. East London. — The Town Council of East 
London invites TENDERS, until the 3rd of September, from 
Firms desirous of Representing them as their Buying 
Agents in Europe, and otherwise performing the duties of 
London Agents to the Municipality. Tenders to state the terms 
upon which the applicants are prepared to buy all the Munici- 
pality's requirements. Particulars may, be obtained from 
Messrs. Dyer and Dyer, 17, Aldermanbury, London, E.C. 
Federated Malay States,— The Crown Agents for the 
Colonies invite Tenders, until the 21st inst., for certain Plant 
and Materials in connection with the Electricity Supply 
scheme for the town of Kuala Lumpur in the protected Native 
State of Selangor, Federated Malay States. Contract A . — 
Section 1. The supply, delivery and erection of a generating 
station consisting of : — Two 600 h. p. high pressure turbines 
with pipes ; two 400 kilowatt three-phase alternators S switch- 
boards and sundries. Section 2. The supply, delivery and 
erection of a sub-station plant consisting of : — Three 150 kilo- 
watt motor-generators ; two balancers ; switchboards and 
sundries. Contract B . — Section 3. The supply and delivery 
f.o.b. at a European port of steel poles, cross arms, insulators, 
copper wire, etc., for the high-pressure transmission line. Con- 
tract C. — Section 4. The supply and delivery f.o.b. at a Euro- 
pean port of arc lamps, iron posts, controlling apparatus, glow 
lamps and fittings. Particulars may be obtained from the 
Crown Agents for the Colonies, Downing-street, London, S.W., 
on payment of £2 for Contract A, £1 for Contract B, and 
£1 for Contract C. AU information regarding the above con- 
tracts is to be obtained from Messrs. Preece and Cardew, 
8, Queen Anne's-gate, S.W, 
INDIA. 
The Secretary of State for India in Council invites Tenders, 
until the 6th inst., from such persons as may be willing to 
Supply — 1. Brake Yans. 2. Wheels and Axles for Carriages 
and Wagons. Particulars may be obtained from the Director- 
General of Stores, India Office, Whitehall, S.W'. 
East India Railway. — T enders are invited, until the 
6th inst., for the Supply at Calcutta of Materials for Steel 
Foundry (ferro-manganese, anthracite coal, moulding com- 
position, ground ganister, and hematite ore). Particulars (£1,1 
may be obtained from C. M T , Young, secretary to the Company, 
Nicholas-lane, London. 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Chili.— T enders are invited, until the 15th inst., in the 
Directorate-General of State Railways, Santiago, for the 
Supply of 200 tons of Steel Rails of 30 kilogs., 8 tons of 
fish-plates, 4 tons of f-inch spikes, and 5 tons of steel rail nails, 
placed in the port of Coquimbo. A provisional deposit of 
5 per cent, on the value of the contract, on the terms proposed, 
is required to qualify any tender. 
Egypt. — The Ministry' of Public Works at Cairo invite 
Tenders for the work of Laying Down Roads in Cairo with 
compressed Asphalt, and maintaining same in good condition 
for a period of 20 years. Particulars may be seen at the 
Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, 
50, Parliament-street, S.W. 
Holland. — The Municipal Council of Amsterdam invite 
TENDERS, until the 8th September, for the Delivery and 
Laying of the entire net of Cables for the Municipal Electrical 
Works, consisting of : — 
About 150 kilometres of divertible stream cables. 
>• 7° ,, ,, direct ,, ,, 
,, 25 ,, ,, wire and telephone ,, 
with the necessary appurtenances. Particulars (4s. 2d.} may be 
obtained from the Municipal Printing Office, and at the office of 
the Director of the Electrical Works, O. Z. Aekter, Curgwal, 
No. 213, Amsterdam. 
