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Accordingly, you are hereby authorized to accept invoices covering shipments from Santa Rosalia when certified in the manner prescribed by the said section 2844.

Respectfully,
(91585.)

JAMES F. CURTIS,

COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, San Francisco, Cal.

(T. D. 33328.)

Assistant Secretary.

Franking of official mail matter.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 4, 1913.

To collectors and other officers of the customs:

The attention of all concerned is invited to a ruling of the Post Office Department to the effect that it is permissible under the law for an executive department or an officer of the Government to send in the mails free of postage, under a penal envelope or label, official matter partaking of the characteristics of "fourth-class mail matter" not exceeding 11 pounds in weight.

The act of August 24, 1912, known as the parcel-post law, provides that

Fourth-class mail matter shall embrace all other matter, including farm and factory products, not now embraced by law in either the first, second, or third class, not exceeding 11 pounds in weight, nor greater in size than seventy-two inches in length and girth combined, nor in form or kind likely to injure the person of any postal employee or damage the mail equipment or other mail matter and not of a character perishable within a period reasonably required for transportation and delivery.

This ruling does not affect the sending of letters, accounts, and official mail matter other than samples or other merchandise. Such letters, accounts, etc., will be forwarded as at present under a penalty envelope or label, with the same limitations as to weight and size as the regular first, second, and third class matter, viz, written matter, periodical publications, and miscellaneous printed matter, respectively. W. G. McADOO, Secretary.

(60935.)

(T. D. 33329.)

Brass or bronze woven-wire cloth.

Appeal directed from the decisions of the Board of United States General Appraisers of March 10, 1913, Abstract 31676 (T. D. 33280) and Abstract 31816 (T. D. 33304), involving the classification of woven-wire cloth made of brass or bronze.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 8, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d instant in regard to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of March 10, 1913, Abstract 31676 (T. D. 33280), involving the classification of certain woven-wire cloth made of brass.

or bronze, which had been assessed with duty at the rate of 45 per cent ad valorem, plus 1 cent per pound, under paragraphs 199 and 135 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, and which the board held was not subject to the additional duty of 1 cent per pound provided in the last-mentioned paragraph.

In view of the importance of the issue, you are hereby requested to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, an application with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decision, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909, and you are also requested to take like action with respect to the board's decision, Abstract 31816 (T. D. 33304), involving the same issue.

Respectfully,
(94184.)

JAMES F. CURTIS,
Assistant Secretary.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York.

(T. D. 33330.)

Fish-Free entry-American fishery.

Appeal directed from the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers, G. A. 7449 (T. D. 33279), involving the free entry of fish claimed to be the product of an American fishery.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 9, 1913.

SIR: The department is in receipt of your letter of the 4th instant, recommending that an appeal be taken from the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of March 14, 1913, G. A. 7449 (T. D. 33279), holding that certain fish imported by the Post Fish Co., at Sandusky, Ohio, are entitled to free entry as the product of an American fishery.

In view of the importance of the issue, you are hereby requested to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, an application with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decision, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909.

Respectfully,
(84748.)

JAMES F. CURTIS,
Assistant Secretary.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York.

(T. D. 33331.)

Porcelain pyrometer tubes.

Appeal directed from the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstract 31312 (T. D. 33194), involving the classification of porcelain pyrometer tubes.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 9, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, inviting attention to the decision of the Board of United

States General Appraisers of February 10, 1913, Abstract 31312 (T. D. 33194), wherein it was held that certain porcelain pyrometer tubes, which had been assessed with duty under paragraph 94 of the tariff act at the rate of 55 per cent ad valorem, were properly dutiable at the rate of 35 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 95 of the said act. In view of the importance of the issue, you are hereby requested to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, an application with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decision, in accordance with subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909.

Respectfully,
(98456.)

JAMES F. CURTIS,
Assistant Secretary.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York.

(T. D. 33332.)

Marble pedestal and marble columns or standards.

Appeal directed from the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers, Abstracts 31434 and 31435 (T. D. 33217), involving the classification of a marble pedestal and marble columns or standards.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 9. 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 31st ultimo, inviting attention to the decisions of the Board of United States General Appraisers of February 19, 1913, Abstracts 31434 and 31435 (T. D. 33217), involving the classification of a marble pedestal and marble columns or standards, respectively.

In view of the importance of the issue, you are hereby requested to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, applications with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decisions, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909.

Respectfully,
(84204.)

JAMES F. CURTIS.
Assistant Secretary.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York.

(T. D. 33333.)

Mail importations-Parcel-post convention with the French colonies of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 9, 1913. To officers of the customs and others concerned:

The department is advised by the Postmaster General of the conclusion of a parcel-post convention between the United States and the French colonies of Guadeloupe and Martinique, in effect April 1,

1913.

The provisions of Chapter VIII of the Customs Regulations of 1908, as amended by T. D. 29826 of June 9, 1909; T. D. 29881 of June 21, 1909; T. D. 31466 of April 5, 1911; T. D. 33011 of December 12, 1912; and T. D. 33024 of December 18, 1912, apply to this convention. The limit of weight of parcels received thereunder is 11 pounds. Such parcels must not exceed the following dimensions: Greatest length in any direction, 3 feet 6 inches; greatest length and girth combined, 6 feet. There is no limit as to value.

(60935.)

JAMES F. CURTIS, Assistant Secretary.

(T. D. 33334.)

St. John's bread.

Appeal directed from the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of February 26, 1913, Abstract 31521 (T. D. 33242), involving the classification of merchandise described as "St. John's bread."

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 9, 1913. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, in which you invite attention to the decision of the Board of United States General Appraisers of February 26, 1913, Abstract 31521 (T. D. 33242), involving the classification of merchandise described as "St. John's bread."

In view of the importance of the issue, you are hereby requested to file, in the name of the Secretary of the Treasury, an application with the United States Court of Customs Appeals for a review of the said decision, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 29 of section 28 of the tariff act of August 5, 1909.

Respectfully,
(98457.)

JAMES F. CURTIS,
Assistant Secretary.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, New York.

(T. D. 33335.)

Drawback on automobile slip covering.

Drawback on automobile slip covering manufactured by the Pantasote Leather Co., of New York, with the use of imported cotton-warp wool cloth.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, April 11, 1913.

SIR: Drawback is hereby allowed under section 25 of the act of August 5, 1909, and the regulations promulgated thereunder (T. D. 31695 of June 16, 1911), on automobile slip covering manufactured by the Pantasote Leather Co., of New York, with the use of imported cotton-warp wool cloth.

A manufacturing record shall be kept which will show, in addition to the usual data, the number of square yards of imported cottonwarp cloth used in the manufacture of each lot of automobile slip covering. An abstract from such manufacturing record shall be filed with each drawback entry.

The allowance shall not exceed the quantity of imported material used in the manufacture of the exported automobile slip covering, as shown by the abstract from the manufacturing record.

The sworn statement of the manufacturer, dated March 27, 1913, is transmitted herewith for filing in your office.

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Door hinges made of steel, with added fittings of bronze, are not dutiable under paragraph 144, tariff act of 1909, relating to "finished hinges or hinge blanks, whether of iron or steel," where the bronze material is chief value, but are dutiable under paragraph 199 of said act as articles not specially provided for composed wholly of metal.

United States General Appraisers, New York, April 9, 1913. In the matter of protests 678171, etc., of J. J. Gavin & Co. against the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at the port of New York.

Before Board 2 (FISCHER, HOWELL, and COOPER, General Appraisers). FISCHER, General Appraiser: The merchandise-door hinges made of steel and bronze-was classified under paragraph 199, tariff act of 1909, as manufactures of metal, and is claimed dutiable under paragraph 144, relating to "finished hinges or hinge blanks, whether of iron or steel." The article is actually a steel hinge, with added fittings of bronze, silver plated for that part of the hinge which is not hidden when in use. This bronze material is in the shape of ornamental tops covering the socket and pivot portion of the hinge. It is a substantial and necessary part of the framework of this type of hinge; is the most important element whereby the article is given a characteristic style of design, determining whether it is of the Renaissance, the Louis XVI, or other period, and is the essential portion

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