INVOICES-Continued.

Statuary Continued.

Country of origin. See above under Paintings and

statuary.

Staves, regulations relating to shooks extended to. Circular, December 7, 1899.

Straw. See item Hay under Quarantine.

Sugar.

Certificate of origin. Invoices should show the country of origin of the raw sugar. Circular, September 3, 1897.

To facilitate the identification of foreign sugar, the use of the following form is suggested:

I, the undersigned

, 190-. [title of officer], do hereby certify

that the sugar described below was produced between the

-, 190-, and the

and is to be transported by

to

-, 190—, in the country of

[vessel or vehicle and route] [destination]; and that no bounty or grant has been or will be paid or bestowed on said sugar by said country in any manner whatsoever.

Mark's and num

Kind of packages.

Kind of sugar.

bers.

Quantity of sugar.

This certificate shall be invalid twelve months from date of issue unless otherwise limited to a less period.

*I do further certify that the above-described sugar was not obtained from a factory or refinery working or handling sugars from any country paying or bestowing, directly or indirectly, any bounty or grant upon the exportation of sugars.

*This certificate must be signed when the country of origin is not a party to the Brussels Sugar Convention of March 5, 1902.

that I am satisfied that said certificate is correct and true;

that the signature thereto is that of

and that said

certificate.

[title of officer]; [title of officer] is authorized to sign said

Witness my hand and seal of office at year aforesaid.

the day and

American

Circular, September 1, 1904.

If

When an invoice covers raw sugar the following words
should be added to Forms 138 and 139: "I further
declare that this sugar was produced in
the invoice covers refined sugar the words added
should be: "I further declare that this sugar was re-
fined at
from raw sugar produced in
In like manner when an invoice covers raw sugar
the consular certificate (Form 140) should end as
follows: "I certify that to the best of my knowl-
edge and belief the sugar described in the within
invoice was produced in
," or in the case of
was refined at
from raw sugar
." Circular, November 16, 1897.

refined sugar
produced in

Swearing to invoices. Paragraph 681 of the Regulations revoked by Executive order of June 1, 1907. Circular, June 1, 1907..

Swine. Term defined.

Includes domestic hog, wart hog, water hog, and varieties of wild hog. Circular, June 17, 1904. Telegrams. Cable address of appraisers registered. Consuls should not attempt to explain invoices by telegraph. Circular, December 21, 1898. See Appraiser at New York.

Tobacco. Character of tobacco, whether wrapper or filler, and origin and quantity, must be stated in invoice. Entry refused unless invoices contain these specifications. Circular, June 15, 1901.

INVOICES-Continued.

Transit wares.

Invoices to be numbered in regular invoice series. Fee is official. Circular, December 1, 1907.

Transportation charges. Paragraph 669 Consular Regulations amended by striking out words "The cost of shipment." Inasmuch as the charges made dutiable by law are limited to the placing of the merchandise in condition packed for shipment to United States, cost of shipment to United States does not constitute an element of consideration. Circular, July 25, 1901.

Triplicates. Triplicate copies of invoices covering wares destined for immediate transportation in bond (paragraph 655, Consular Regulations) should be sent to the collector of customs at the port where the customs entry is to be completed; not to the collector of the port of first arrival. Circular, December 8, 1904. See also under Mailing Triplicates.

Undervaluations. Consuls expected to render practical aid to customs officers, thereby assisting in securement of lawful revenue and protection of honest trade. See also above under Consigned wares and Market value. Circular, February 6, 1903. (Canceled, Circular, August 23, 1906.)

Evidence on which conclusions are based should be

specified in memorandum on invoice, as well as in letter to collector or appraiser. Circular, January

14, 1904.

Importance of examination of invoices and noting undervaluations strongly urged. Circular 14, 1904. Report of examination and certification of invoices must be forwarded to Department of State at end of each quarter (Form No. 193). Attention invited to circular of June 7, 1904, in regard to promptness. Circular, December 27, 1905. (Form No. 193 canceled, Circular, August 23, 1906. See above under Certification and Examination.)

Unstamped invoices. See under Fee Stamps.

Values. Determination of invoice and entered values devolves upon collectors. Circular, May 7, 1903.

Watches and watch movements.

in detail, specifying price of each.

Invoices to be made

Movements should

INVOICES-Continued.

Watches and watch movements -Continued.

be described according to number of jewels they contain, and the value of the cases separately declared. Circular, August 17, 1897.

Weight. Invoices should clearly and distinctly indicate the unit of weight used. Circular, June 9, 1900. Weights and measures of country of exportation to be Circular, December 30, 1901.

used in invoices.

Wire rope.

Character of information required in invoices:
1. Particulars pertaining to finished rope.

a. Diameter of rope.

b. Kind of rope, i. e., trade name or use for which intended.

c. Gauge of wire or wires comprising rope.

d. Number of strands and number of wires in each strand; and if more than one size of wire is used, number of wires of each size.

e. Total weight and total length of rope.

f. Value per hundredweight; and if value is expressed in units of length, weight of rope per unit should be stated.

2. Concerning materials of which rope is composed. a. Character of wire used in manufacture of the rope, whether plow steel, patent steel, Bessemer steel, charcoal iron, etc.

b. Gauge of wire according to Birmingham wire
gauge or gauge used in the country of expor-
tation, and the diameter expressed in thou-
sandths of an inch..

c. Breaking strain of wire in pounds avoirdupois.
d. Equivalent of breaking strain of wire in tons.
per square inch of sectional area.

e. Weight of wire and value per hundredweight.
f. If rope is composed of wires of two or more sizes
or qualities, each size or quality of wire as
required under items a, b, c, d, and e should be
stated.

g. Cost of hemp core per hundredweight and cost of manufacture of rope over and above cost of wire and hemp core. Circular, December 7,

1901.

INVOICES-Continued.

Wood pulp. Consuls must refuse to certify invoices for wood pulp from any district other than their own. They should note on the invoice, for the information of the customs officers, any shipment of such pulp produced from wood cut in the Province of Quebec. Circular, April 18, 1903. Wool, camel's hair, and articles of like character. Country of origin or production always to be stated in invoices. Circular, April 5, 1899. Invoices of wool must be closely scrutinized. certifying, consul must ascertain if wares are still within limits of his district, and also whether inland freight rates are correctly stated in the invoices. Circular, October 12, 1904.

Before

J.

JAMESTOWN

TION.

TERCENTENNIAL

EXPOSI

Alien employees of exhibitors. Enclosing Circular No. 116 of Department of Commerce and Labor prescribing rules and regulations in regard to admission of such employees. Bond of $500 conditioned for departure within three months after close, namely, February, 1908, required. Circular, July 2, 1906. Entry of exhibits. Enclosing Treasury Department circular of October 15, 1906, in regard to entry of articles from foreign countries for exhibition. Particular attention called to manner package must be marked. Consular invoices not required. Circular, December 15, 1906. JAPANESE

AND KOREAN IMMIGRATION TO CONTINENTAL TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES. Encloses copy of Circular of Department of Commerce and Labor, No. 147, containing the regulations to give effect to the Executive order of March 14, 1907, where by virtue of the act approved February 20, 1907, it is ordered that Japanese or Korean laborers, skilled and unskilled, who have received passports to go to Mexico, Canada, or Hawaii, and come therefrom, be refused permission to enter the continen