REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE REVENUE.


LETTER

FROM

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

TRANSMITTING

The report of the Special Commissioner of the Revenue upon the industry,
trade, commerce, &c., of the United States for the year 1869

Comparitive table of import duties in the United States and European countries.

ARTICLESUNITED STATESGREAT BRITAINGERMAN ZOLL-
VEREIN		SWITZERLAND
1Musical instruments........30 per cent......Free............Centner..$2.88 Centner..$1.56 
2Musical instruments, strings
of gut.		30 per cent.......Free............Centner...0.36 Centner...1.56 
3part metal............35 per cent......Free............Centner...0.36 Centner...1.56 
7[Steel wire], less than ¼ inch
in diameter, not less than
No. 16, wire guage.		20 per cent, and
$0.02½ per lb.		Free............Manuf. iron in
bars, wheel tires
for rail road card,
wire unpolished
of 1-16 inch or
less in diameter,
centner..$0.84 		Iron wire and
sheet iron cop-
pered or tinned,
centner, $0.29 
8Same, less than ¼ inch in
diameter, less than No. 16,
wire guage.		20 per cent, and
$0.03 per lb.		Free............
6Wood, bar, box, Brazil
Brazilette, camwood
carmaguey, dye-wood in
sticks, fustic, lignum-vitae,
lance, log, Nicaragua,
Pernambuco,queen's,red
sanders, red, Rio de la
Hache, Santa Martha, and
other dye-woods; sandal
in sticks; ebony and
granadilla; ebony, green,
(dye ;) jacaranda, rose,
satin, cedar, and mahog-
ony-all cabinet wood.		Free............Free............All wood, un-
manufact'd,free.
wood in ve-
neers,cen'r.0.36
All cabinet wood,
free.		All cabinet wood,
15 cent'r. 0.029
Dyewood, cent-
ner..... 0.145
Wood, goncallo20 per cent.....Free............Free............10 per cent.....

(Duties expressed in gold dollars of the United States.) - Continued

FRANCERUSSIANETHERLANDS
General tariff.In treaty with
Great Britain, &c.
In French ves-
sels.		In other vessels.In vessels of
treaty powers.		In other vessels.
Fifes, flageolets, each$0.12 $0.12.Free...$0.48 Piano-fortes and or-
gans not portable,
each.......$31.20 		5 percent..........1
Flutes, triangles, each0.1450.14510 percent
Tambourines, each...0.29 0.29 
Trumpets & violins, e.0.58 1.58 Ordinary and church
organs, and harps
each.......... 7.80 
Clarionets..........0.97 0.78 
Bass, each.........1.45 1.45 
Harmonicas and trans-
portable organs, each.		3.51 3.51 All not specially enu-
merated, p'nd.0.117
Pianos, square, each..58.50 58.50 
other........78.00 78.00 
........................15 per cent.10 per cent.Pound..........0.08 5 per cent..........2
........................15 per cent.10 per cent.Pound..........0.08 5 per cent..........3
Steel wire all for in-
struments, 100 kilogs		$13.95 $14.82 $3.90 $4.29 Wire, pood, $1.17 In bars, wire,
sheets, and rails,
free.		7
8
Wood,
In leaves, 1,000 leaves..		0.0190.29 Free...0.34 All wood, not other-
wise provided for,
free.
Precious woods, as
guaiac,ced'r,cypre's
mahogany, nutwo'd,
rosewood, palmtree,
&c., &c., pood. 0.04 
All in leaves or ve-
neers, pood ... 0.33 		Furniture wood not
sawn, 1 per cent.
Sawn, 3 per cent.		6
Cabinet wood in planks,
over 2 decimeters
thick :
Box tree, 100 kilogs....		0.1950.195................
Other, 100 kilogsFree...0.17 ................
Sawn, less than 2 deci-
meters thick :
Box tree, 100 kilogs....		0.19 0.39 ................
Other, 100 kilogs.......0.19 0.39 ................
Fragrant wood, 100 kil.Free...0.58 ................

ARTICLESITALYSPAINPORTUGAL
General TariffTariff in treaty with
France, &c.
1Musical instruments........Organs for ch's,
100 kilogs.		$1.95$1.95Pianos each $50.00Harps, each $10.80
Others, porta-0.780.78Pianos, e'h 24.84
ble, each. or5 per centOther scientific in-
strum'ts, 10 p. ct.
Pianos, each...1.361.36All not specified,
25 per cent.
Other instrum'ts
not enum'd, e'h.		or 5 per ct
2Musical instruments, strings
of gut.		100 kilogs........9.759.7520 per cent........Kilogramme . 0.54 
3part metal............100 kilogs........9.759.7520 per cent........Kilogramme . 0.324
7[Steel wire], less than ¼ inch
in diameter, not less than
No. 16, wire guage.		Wire, or manu-
factures, per
100 kilogs.		3.90 $4.50 Fine, 100 kilogs,
$3.50.		Wire,kilog,$3.054.
8Same, less than ¼ inch in
diameter, less than No. 16,
wire guage.
6Cabinet wood not
sawed, 100 kil..		0.39 .....Cabinet wood in
pieces, 100 k. 0.10 
In boards:
100 kilogs... 0.50 		Boards, for cabinet
work, kilog. 0.162
Boards of ordinary
wood, kilog. 0.02 
Sawed, in tables
or slabs, of 1
centimeter or
less thick, 100
kilogs .........		2.34 0.55 
In larger slabs,
100 kilogs......		0.97 0.55 

BELGIUMAUSTRIADENMARKSWEDENNORWAY
General tariff.Tariff in treaty.
6 per cent........Centner.....$4.80$3.60Pianos, organs,
accordeons, and
similar, 10 p. c.		Guitars, violins,
drums, trump'ts.
&c., each 0.2756		Pianos, guitars,
violins, violin-
cellos, contr-
bassos, e. 0.273		1
Flutes, clar'n't's.
&C., each 0.138
Pianos, e.11.025Flutes, clarion-
ets, hautboys,
&c., each 0.137
Others, p.$0.091Gr'd do., e. 16.54
Musical boxes,
each.....0.138		Bows for instru-
ments, c. 0.054
Org'ns,harmoni-
ums, 5 per cent.
10 per cent........Of gut, cov-
ered, cent'r		24.0014.40Pound.....0.091Pound.....0.138Pound....0.1592
10 per cent........Steel wire. cen.2.401.92Pound.....0.0056Pound.....0.0275Pound....0.0363
Others.cent'r.14.4014.40
Bars, leaves, or
wire, 100 kilos.,
$0.195		Steel wire,
polish'd, &
strings,
centner.		2.401.92Hoops, bar, rails,
axletrees, wheel-
tires, tubes, gas-
retorts, plates,
sheets, bolts,
spik's, nails, wire,
steel strings for
instr'mts, sheets
painted, pound,
$0.0014.		Manufactures of
steel, not pol-
ished, per lb.,
$0.0275.		Wire, steel, and
other; also, if
covered, and
wire cordage,
pound, $0.036.		7
Same, polished,
p'r lb., $0.0689.		Manufacture of
wire, lb., $0.109.		8
For building and
furniture, oak
beech, &c., cub.
meter....0.195
Other, cubic me-
mer ...... 0.58 
For building and
cabinet furnit're
over 5 centime-
ters thick, cub.
meter .... 1.17 
As above, of 5
centimeters th'k
or less, cubic
meter .... 1.76 		Wood for manufactures:Wood, not at all
worked, for fuel;
oak, ebony,
beach, free.
Timber in ships,
commercial
last ......1.775
Other, cubic
foot.....0.0217		Wood, all, not
manufactured :
Staves, masts,
spars, boards &
planks, blocks
for rifle stocks,
handspikes,fuel
willow, veneers
of ¼-inch or less
thick, free		Wood not manu-
factured : ve-
neers, planks
over ½-in. thick,
spokes, staves,
bars, manufac-
tures not speci-
fied, wooden
shoes, free.
Vene'rs of foreign
wood, ¼ inch
thick or less ;
also if inlaid
with mother-of-
pearl, lb. 0.031		6
Common, in
trunks of 2
meter leng'h
or more, in
doubes and
othe'r rough-
ly prepared
work, 100
cubic feet...		0.388Free.
Foreign wood
in blocks,
boa'ds,posts.		Free.Free.
Veneers, cen'r0.12 0.36 

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