ship belongs. This sanction shall depend on a sufficient security to be given by the master, preventing the seaman becoming destitute within a period of three months. No seaman shall willfully or negligently remain in the colony. (9) Seamen deserting may, by order of the harbor office, be apprehended and returned on board the vessel. Ships and houses may be searched for deserters from ships. A penalty will be inflicted on all persons who knowingly shelter deserters from ships. (10) In the event of death of a passenger or seaman occurring on board of any vessel in port the master shall forthwith report the same to the harbor office and subsequently, with exception of Chinese subjects, to the registrar-general. (11) Disputes between master and crew of vessels the nationality of which is not represented in the colony may be heard and decided at the harbor office. In order to enact its decision, the harbor office may, at its discretion, inflict a fine not exceeding $350, or a penalty for a period not exceeding six weeks. (12) All vessels lying at anchor in port are required to exhibit a bright light at a visible place from dark until daylight. In cases of fire or mutiny on board, signals of distress (ringing the bell or hoisting flags) shall be made in order to notify the harbor office. (13) It is forbidden to throw ballast, ashes, or any rubbish into the waters within harbor limits. Persons owning, or in charge of, or keeping anything causing an obstruction in the harbor must remove the same. If, after due notice has been given, such person fails to remove the obstacle, the harbor police shall cause it to be removed, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person on whom the notice has been served. No person, unless legally authorized to do so, may go on board a vessel without permission of the master or the officer in charge. No junks, lighters, or like vessels are allowed to make fast to a ship without the permission of the master or officer in charge. (14) No buoy may be laid without the sanction of the harbor office. Buoys that are already laid down are subject to the control of the harbor office. The harbor office, for the sake of safety and the convenience of the port, may shift or remove them at its discretion. (15) In case of contravention of sections 10 and 14 of the above regulations, a fine not exceeding $25; of sections 21, 3, and 12, a fine not exceeding $100; of sections 5 and 6, a fine not exceeding $2,000 will be inflicted. In case of contravention of section 8, the master will be subject to a penalty not exceeding $100 and the seamen to a penalty not exceeding $25, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty-five days. DUTCH INDIA. ARTICLE 1. On all articles which are imported for consumption: In Java and Madura; in the government of the west coast of Sumatra; in the assistant residency of Benkoelen; in the residency of the Lampong districts; in the residency of Palembang; in the residency of Banea and dependencies; in the assistant residency of Billiton, and in the residency of the south and eastern section of Borneo, and which are not particularly enumerated as being "free of duty," a duty shall be paid as specified in the following tariff: In bulk...... In glass.. Black of bones. Books, geographical and hydrographical maps, engravings, and prints, and music on sheets, bound or not, (1) prints and engravings in frames as furniture. Candles (wax, spermaceti, stearine, and composition).. Carriages and parts of carriages (railway carriages and parts Value thereof are free of duty.) 6 p. ct. Casks and coopers' goods, new and empty. ..do. 6 p. ct. Cattle (live) Free. Coals and coke. Free. Instruments, mathematical, physical, chirurgical, optical, and musical. Iron, in bars, pieces, rods, or sheets; pails and fish plates for railways, tubes for aqueducts; iron gas tubes, axles and wheels (axles and wheels imported with the carriages to which they belong are subject to the same duty as carriages); iron prows or loading boats, cast or drawn; frames for iron buildings, stores, or warehouses; bolts and nails, iron wire; ships' anchors, chains, and capstans. Iron goods, cast, hammered, laminated, or wrought, not otherwise Value enumerated. Jewels, pearls and precious stones, set or unset.. Free. Value 6 p. ct. .do 6 p. ct. Free. 100 kilos.. 1.50 .603 Value 100 kilos.. 6 p. ct. 8.04 Value 6 p. ct. Value do Free. 6 p. ct. 1 By decree of December 30, 1899, the tariff law is to be extended to the parts of Dutch possessions in India not already mentioned; the duty on salt is also fixed at $1.40 per 220.46 pounds (3.50 florins per 100 kilos) in the district of Tapanoli, and at 80 cents (2 florins) elsewhere. Export duties are levied on forest products in districts outside of Java and Madura. Machinery and steam engines: Machinery, engines, implements, Value Free. Manufactures: Cotton goods, gray and white or bleached, dyed or .....do printed; of silk, wool, hemp, flax, or tow, ribbon, lace, and trimming, and all other sorts not particularly enumerated. Free. Matches, in boxes of 50 cubic centimeters or less, outside measure- Gross boxes ments. Matches, in other receptacles, per every 6 cubic decimeters of volume, outside measure. Meat, all sorts. Mercery (if necessary the governor-general will point out the articles to be classed under mercery.) Mineral water, natural o. artificial, in stone or glass bottles.. Per 100. Painters' colors, dry or wet, and linseed oil.. Paper, all sorts, hangings, music, calico, card, pasteboard, and ledgers, white or lined. 100 kilos.. Perfumery. .do Pictures Pitch 6 p. ct. Playing cards Value 6 p. ct. Rice, cleaned or rough. Free. Rope and cordage, cables and standing or running rigging, and all other cordage. Free. Rosin. Sailcloth Spelter, rough and flattened, including plates and sheets for sheet- Spelter, manufactures of, painted, lacquered, or not. In case of higher or lower strength, the quantity of liquid is reduced into the parity of an alcohol strength of 50 per cent. The regulations, the instruments, and the schedules according to which the strength is to be stated and the reduction is to be made are to be approved by the governor-general. As regards liquors and other similar cordials which are prepared or mixed with substances which prevent the strength to be ascertained simply by means of areometers and thermometers, the reduction will always be made on the basis of a standard strength of 75 per cent, unless the customs officers suspect that such cordials are liquids of a higher strength, in which case they are entitled to claim that the actual strength be ascertained, and the reduction will then be made according to the result of the investigation. For varnish and all other liquids made of or with alcohol, being no drinks, as well as for methylated spirits, and all liquids prepared of or mixed with methyl, the reduction will be made on the basis of a standard strength of 100 per cent. The governor-general has, however, the right to exempt of import duty, under the necessary precautions: (1) Methylated spirits, (2) spirits (a) mixed in the Netherlands with methylated spirits, according to the regulations in force there in regard to the drawback of the excise, (b) which have been rendered unfit for comsumption in Netherlands India, according to the orders given and under the superintendence of the customs officers, by mixing methylated spirits through the same (c) for making vinegar. For sulphuric ether, chloroform, and all similar liquids made of alcohol, double the duty will have to be paid imposed on varnish and liquids assimilated therewith. If the entry of spirits or cordials is made at any other customs office than those specially appointed by the governor-general for that purpose, the duty will be charged as for varnish and similar liquids. The governor-general makes regulations for the payment of an additional import duty if spirits are imported in a quantity exceeding the legal maximum fixed by him. All other articles not particularly enumerated, or not included in those mentioned above. ...do .do 6 p. ct. 6 p. ct. Axes and Wheels. See Iron. Bags (linen and other sorts). As manufactures of Cotton. Band (ribbon). See Manufactures. Bars (golden). See Gold. Bars (iron). See Iron. Beads of glass. See Glasses of spectacles. Beds and mattresses. As Furniture. Blankets. As manufactures of Cotton. Bolts (brass) See Copper. Boots and shoes As Leather and leather goods. Brandy. As Spirits. Bricks. See Earthenware. Broadcloths. As manufactures of Cotton. Bronze. Manufacture of. As manufactures of Coin (copper). See Copper. Coopers' goods. See Casks. Copper, cast, sheet. See Copper. Copper coin. See Copper. Copper, manufactures of. See Copper. Copper wire. See Copper Cotton goods. See Manufactures of. Crystal. As Glass and glassware. Drawings. As Pictures. Drawing materials. See Writing and drawing materials. ART. 2. Besides the goods which according to this tariff are exempt from duty, the following ones may also be imported "duty free:" (1) All goods imported for the use or for account of Government. (2) All products of the Netherland East Indies, where customs duties are levied in behalf of the Dutch Government, provided the same are accompanied, for as much as regards cotton goods, tobacco, and cigars, with a certificate of export from said possessions. (3) All products of other parts of the Netherland East Indies and of those states in the interior of the East Indian Archipelago which are on terms of friendship with the Netherland Government, except gambier, woven cotton goods, tobacco, and cigars. (4) All goods on which duty has been paid at one of the custom-house offices in the Netherland East Indies. Should, however, a higher duty be due at the second place of import, then the goods can not be entered until the difference is paid. (5) Wearing apparel of passengers and luggage imported by them. |